\u201cForce adversaries to talk and you may<\/p>\n
achieve peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
What happens when you lock up two sworn
\nrivals on the day of the big match?
\nFireworks!!! Then something extraordinary.
\nWinner of the coveted Stage Award for Acting
\nExcellence and hailed with multiple
\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605 reviews at the Edinburgh Festival
\nFringe, Des Dillon\u2019s award winning play has
\nbeen touring for over 20 years and continues
\nto resonate powerfully with contemporary<\/p>\n
audiences.<\/p>\n
Alan Chadwick described it as \u201cScottish
\ntheatre\u2019s greatest success story of recent
\ntimes\u201d while Joyce McMillan of The Scotsman
\ncalled it \u201cOne of the shortest and most
\ngripping two-hour shows in current Scottish<\/p>\n
theatre.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the play begins with confrontation, it
\nevolves into something far more universal.
\nThrough blistering humour, raw energy and
\nemotional depth, it becomes an allegory for
\npeace processes across the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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