Mother’s Day: Screening of BBC Drama on the Warrington Bomb
2:00pm - 3:30pm /
Sunday 6th October 2024
/ Venue: Eleanor Rathbone Building
- Jennifer Connor
- Admission: Free
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This year the Liverpool Literary Festival is proud to host an exclusive screening of Mothers’ Day, the acclaimed BBC Two drama based on the true events of the 1993 Warrington Bomb.
On the day before Mother's Day, Colin and Wendy Parry's lives are torn apart when their youngest son, 12-year-old Tim, is killed in a terrorist attack by the IRA in Warrington's town centre, together with three-year-old Johnathan Ball. The attack shocks ordinary people on both sides of the Irish Sea.
Sue McHugh (Vicky McClure), an unassuming and normally shy Dublin housewife, is deeply affected by the tragedy. Spurred into action by the events in Warrington and the hope that she can make a difference, Sue urges people across Ireland to demonstrate that the killings on all sides must stop.
As the grieving Parrys (Daniel Mays and Anna Maxwell Martin) search desperately for answers to their son's senseless killing, they form an alliance with Sue, her husband Arthur, and her Peace '93 movement, travelling to Dublin in a bid to bring about peace and ensure Tim's enduring legacy is one of hope and tolerance.
Described as a “bold piece of film-making that does a remarkable job of telling the story of the humans caught up in Irish politics,” Mother’s Day is a thought-provoking must-watch drama.
You can also buy a separate ticket to a discussion of the drama with Colin Parry, actor Daniel Mays and writer Nick Leather which follows the screening. Click here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mothers-day-tragedy-grief-and-the-making-of-the-warrington-bomb-film-tickets-949052089347
If you have purchased a ticket to the panel event, you don't need to sign up to this separately.
Click here to book a festival pass:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool-literary-festival-2024-vip-passes-tickets-945652952437
All passes will include reserved seating in the lecture theatre, plus a host of other exclusive VIP benefits. Please note, all types of festival passes do not include the launch event on Friday 4th October.
There are a number of FREE University of Liverpool student tickets at all festival events. Students who sign up to receive their free ticket will need to show their student ID when they arrive at the venue.
On the day before Mother's Day, Colin and Wendy Parry's lives are torn apart when their youngest son, 12-year-old Tim, is killed in a terrorist attack by the IRA in Warrington's town centre, together with three-year-old Johnathan Ball. The attack shocks ordinary people on both sides of the Irish Sea.
Sue McHugh (Vicky McClure), an unassuming and normally shy Dublin housewife, is deeply affected by the tragedy. Spurred into action by the events in Warrington and the hope that she can make a difference, Sue urges people across Ireland to demonstrate that the killings on all sides must stop.
As the grieving Parrys (Daniel Mays and Anna Maxwell Martin) search desperately for answers to their son's senseless killing, they form an alliance with Sue, her husband Arthur, and her Peace '93 movement, travelling to Dublin in a bid to bring about peace and ensure Tim's enduring legacy is one of hope and tolerance.
Described as a “bold piece of film-making that does a remarkable job of telling the story of the humans caught up in Irish politics,” Mother’s Day is a thought-provoking must-watch drama.
You can also buy a separate ticket to a discussion of the drama with Colin Parry, actor Daniel Mays and writer Nick Leather which follows the screening. Click here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mothers-day-tragedy-grief-and-the-making-of-the-warrington-bomb-film-tickets-949052089347
If you have purchased a ticket to the panel event, you don't need to sign up to this separately.
Click here to book a festival pass:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool-literary-festival-2024-vip-passes-tickets-945652952437
All passes will include reserved seating in the lecture theatre, plus a host of other exclusive VIP benefits. Please note, all types of festival passes do not include the launch event on Friday 4th October.
There are a number of FREE University of Liverpool student tickets at all festival events. Students who sign up to receive their free ticket will need to show their student ID when they arrive at the venue.