Dan Gordon

More Than A Flag – East Belfast bandsmen poignantly look back at WW1 as the audience see potential #BelFest

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on October 23, 2014, 9:07 am | Readers 1305

Twelve young guys who couldn’t be much older than twenty. Most with no acting experience. Some haven’t been in a theatre never mind standing on a stage. Bandsmen. Proud of their community, proud of their culture and their flag. Often derided, stereotyped, and written off. Over the last couple of months, Dan Gordon has realised a long held dream and produced More Than A Flag, a powerful piece of community arts by Happenstance Theatre that will be premièred in the …

Where is the Protestant community today? Discussion in East Belfast on Thursday evening, along with preview of Paisley & Me

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on October 14, 2012, 4:58 pm | Readers 127

Paisley & Me is a new play by Ron Hutchinson that examines Ulster Protestants through the eyes of Ian Paisley and his family. Dan Gordon will be donning his heavy overcoat and dog collar [Ed – Never!?] to play the preacher and politician, joined on stage by actors Stella McCusker, Lalor Roddy and Des McAleer. The play opens in the Marketplace Theatre in Armagh on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 October, before transferring to The Grand Opera House for a …

The Boat Factory – launched in East Belfast last night

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on October 6, 2010, 11:00 am | Readers 96

The Boat Factory, play by Dan Gordon, produced by Happenstance Theatre Company

Dan Gordon’s new play The Boat Factory opened in the heart of East Belfast last night. Part drama, part documentary, it plots out the development of the shipyard in Belfast, as well as charting the social history of the shipyard workers. Produced by Happenstance Theatre Company and directed by Philip Crawford, it’s the story Davy Gordon – played by Dan Gordon and based on his father – growing up and following his brothers into Harland and Wolff as an apprentice. …