Behind Closed Walls

In an alternate future, a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland has been completed. And The Troubles have returned to the streets of Belfast. A British Army Recruit was in the wrong place at the wrong time. They have been taken by a Paramilitary group and kept under guard until it has been decided what to do with them. Their guard is a Volunteer, hoping to prove their worth and rise in the ranks. Will the Recruit give up any information? Will they let the Recruit leave with his life? And will the Recruit and the Volunteer realise that there is more to them than meets the eye? ‘That’s when I knew, and hundreds knew. There was only one way for peace. To fight.’

Behind Closed Walls is a hard hitting, humorous and thought-provoking new Irish play by Daryl J. Blair, inspired by his upbringing in Belfast. With an all-Irish Cast, the play premiered at Camden Fringe 2022 at the Hen and Chickens Theatre.