Geraldine Hughes was brought up in poverty in Northern Ireland during the time of "The Troubles" and is now performing her one-woman show based on her experiences at The Culture Project in The Village.
Besides herself, the lively Ms. Hughes plays a dozen or so characters of all ages, each with its own physicality, manner of speech and attitude. The terrible impact of the senseless killing between Catholics and Protestants hits the audience in the gut, as well as the hope and final victory of this one spunky (and lucky) girl to leave all that behind and begin her climb up the show-business ladder. She's a fascinating performer, and with the enhancement of her stories by Jonathan Christman's scenic digital imagery which gives visual context to the verbal descriptions, we are there—in her environment. It's a gripping show.
