Joyriders
© By Christina Reid
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Joyriders is the story of a group of teenagers on a Youth Training Programme in Belfast in the 1980s. It explores their relationships and hopes during a volatile period in Belfast.
the songs in the play were written by residents of Divis Flats in Belfast. The sequel Clowns returns to the characters eight years later.
Further Infomation
FIRST PRODUCED
Paines Plough, Tricycle Theatre, London
Tour of UK and Northern Ireland
YEAR SET
1986FIRST PERFORMED
1986NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Revived by Yew Tree Theatre Company in 1986
Revived by Crucible Theatre, Sheffield in 1991
Revived by Lyric Theatre, Belfast in 1995
Also produced in Germany, Switzerland and the USA