The latest performance from Giffnock Theatre Players is now available to view in the main gallery. This is a poignant play based on the tragedy of the downing of PanAM flight 103 on 21st of December, 1988. I remember this quite vividly as I was 18 at the time. The news flash which came on the BBC which was such a shock; nothing like that had ever happened in Scotland before – let alone in a small village.
“The Women of Lockerbie”, written by Deborah Brevoort is a play about loss, sadness, despair and also hope. A mother from New Jersey roams the hills of Lockerbie Scotland, looking for her son’s remains, which were lost in the crash of Pan Am 103. She meets the women of Lockerbie, who are fighting the US Government to obtain the clothing of the victims found in the plane’s wreckage. Determined to convert an act of hatred into an act of love, the women want to wash the clothes of the dead and return them to the victim’s families. A poetic drama about the triumph of love over hate.
It’s beautifully performed by the actors drawing the audience into the story and it’s simple stage set lends itself to allowing the story to be told without being overshadowed. At times, I even struggled to take the shot due to camera shake as I became so engaged with the pain of the main characters.
The play is running now at Eastwood Park Theatre, East Renfrewshire until Saturday 26th October. Details and tickets are available here and I would encourage you to go and experience this for yourselves.