Scandal, silence, shame: the careful retelling of a buried story

May 08 2021 Posted: 15:13 IST

A new NUI Galway production responds to the lived experiences notably missing from the report into mother and baby homes. 

Created by Dr Miriam Haughton and students from NUIG’s drama and theatre studies faculty, the 45-minute piece is part of the Tuam project. Just months after the much contested Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, Nochtaithe responds to and centralises the lived experiences notably missing from the report into the great stain of mother and baby homes. The result is a moving, maddening, creative work echoing the experiences of the women and girls. 

Read more (The Irish Times)

 

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