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Nuala Hayes

Dublin-born actress Nuala Hayes explores common elements among the shirt factories and storytellers in Derry-Londonderry, the inaugural UK City of Culture 2013.

Dublin born Nuala Hayes first came to Derry in the 1970s to act in Brian Friel's early Field Day productions, including the first staging of Translations at the height of the 'troubles'. Since then she has become fascinated with the city's many stories, and in particular those of the famous shirt factories. Nuala ponders the common threads of the city's shirt factory and story-telling traditions, examining the shirt as a symbol in Irish poetry and literature, and on the factory floors of Derry where story-telling became a way of life for the city's women.

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Thu 17 Oct 2013 22:45

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  • Thu 17 Oct 2013 22:45

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