Survivor testimonies on the Abbey stage: 'I felt adopted people were finally being listened to'
When the authorities fail to act, says Susan Lohan, “often it’s left to the arts community to highlight egregious human rights abuses”. The Abbey Theatre’s latest project is a case in point, the co-founder of the Adoption Rights Alliance believes. This St Patrick’s Day it will stream a new production entitled Home: Part One. Devised as a response to January’s long-awaited report on mother and baby institutions, it features 46 women — Lohan among them — including survivors, public figures and performers reading survivor testimonies and excerpts from reports on the homes system...
Source: independent.ie