The Long Road

By Shelagh Stephenson
Directed by Nikki Packham

When 18 year-old Danny is fatally stabbed by Emma, his family struggles to find meaning and forgiveness. His mother Mary’s determination to understand this random knifing by a girl the same age as her son brings her face to face with his perpetrator.

But it’s not only Mary who is forced to confront the bitter senselessness of the loss, but her husband John and Danny’s brother Joe are too.

Playwright Shelagh Stephenson (The Memory Of Water, An Experiment With An Air Pump) wrote this to be performed in prisons as well as in theatres.

She visited prisons with The Forgiveness Project and Synergy Theatre Project and found that nearly all the prisoners had been profoundly damaged long before they ended up in jail.

This production is only open to Members and their Guests,