Room at the Inn
In the run-up to Christmas 2024 a couple of people with learning disabilities try to get jobs in the hospitality industry. At first it seems that there is no place for them, anywhere. But in the course of this seasonal, heart-warming and very funny story, that becomes turned on its head...
Once again a STAGE BEYOND show - supported by National Lottery funding through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland - blends message and humour; the serious and the side-splitting. This time in a special Christmas story involving coldness and warmth; food and friendship; new-born nephews and nieces; and donkeys - plenty of donkeys...
ROOM AT THE INN: A Christmas Story, like the Company's June 2024 production AVAILABLE LIGHT, will be written and directed by poet and playwright DAMIAN GORMAN. Over the years Damian's work has garnered awards as diverse as a Golden Harp Award and an MBE; a Better Ireland Award and a BAFTA. Last year he wrote the Book and Lyrics for BEYOND BELIEF, a musical drama charting the lives and work of John and Pat Hume (Dir: Kieran Griffiths; Music by Brian O'Doherty). BEYOND BELIEF was named by the Observer and the Guardian as one of the five best shows of 2023.
From his time as founder of An CRANN to his work on the ground-breaking Middle East OLIVE TREE scholarship programme (with Rosemary Hollis), Damian has worked with all kinds of people in many diverse parts of the world, and of society.
He is a Fellow of the Oxford Initiative for Global Ethics and Human Rights.
