#PAGESOFTHESEA
Sunday 11 November 2018
Murlough Beach, County Down
8.30 - 10.30am
Portstewart Strand, County Derry~Londonderry
12.00 - 3.30pm
Downhill Beach & Mussenden Temple, County Derry~Londonderry
2.00 - 4.00pm
Port Bán, Dunree. County Donegal
2.00 - 4.00pm
Murlough Beach in County Down, Portstewart Strand and Downhill Beach in County Derry~Londonderry and Port Ban Beach, Dunree, County Donegal will join over 30 beaches across the UK and Ireland on Sunday 11 November for Pages of the Sea, Danny Boyle’s commission for 14-18 NOW to mark the centenary of Armistice Day.
The event is an informal, nationwide gesture of remembrance for the millions of men and women who left their home shores during the First World War, many never to return.
It will be delivered in Northern Ireland and County Donegal by the Nerve Centre and National Trust, in partnership with Big Telly Theatre Company, Stendhal Festival, UV Arts, Artlink and Live Music Now.
On Murlough Beach, Downhill Beach and Port Bán, Dunree the portrait of an individual from the First World War will emerge from the sand. And then, as the tide rises, be washed away as we take a moment to say a collective goodbye.
On Portstewart Strand Big Telly Theatre Company is inviting people to help them create an artwork in the sand using stencils of portraits.
Poet Carol Ann Duffy has written a poem, especially for the event, to be read by individuals, families and communities on the day at each of the beaches.
Further details can be found at PAGESOFTHESEA.ORG.UK.