A play about the fatal shooting of a young girl by British soldiers - written and performed by her niece - will premier at a festival in west Belfast.
Fourteen-year-old Julie Livingstone was killed by a plastic baton round on 12 May 1981.
She was out with a friend when soldiers arrived to break up a peaceful hunger strike protest near her home.
The play, 'Julie', has been written and is performed by established actor Charlotte McCurry, who is Julie's niece.
It is told through the eyes of Julie's older sister Bernadette.
It will premier this evening at community arts festival Féile an Phobail, in west Belfast, where it will run for several nights ahead of further dates in Derry and Antrim.
It has been funded by, amongst others, the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Ms McCurry said she was not been born when her aunt was killed, but had been brought up with the story of what had happened.
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She said she thought it was important to bring it to a wider audience, but first needed her family's permission.
"I made sure I checked with them first to see that they were comfortable with this production being put on. I did give my mummy and my aunties a bit of a sneak preview a couple of weeks ago," she said.
"I read it to them in my mummy's living room just to make sure they were ok with everything."
Julie was the youngest of 13 children. It took three inquests before a coroner declared her an innocent victim.
The play is being produced by the Kabosh Theatre Company, much of whose work concentrates on the legacy of the Troubles.
Artistic director Paula McFetridge, said the west Belfast audience might think they know the story but much of it had remained private until now.
"What they don't know is what happened from the moment Julie was shot until she died, because she survived overnight.
"What they won't know is how her mother and father came to terms with the loss and the role that faith played in that and what a long process it was," she said.
"I think what we don't talk about so often is the long term impact on families."
The killing of Julie Livingstone was a tragic case, but the play will have elements of humour and reflect the life of a teenager in the 1980s.
The night will be in two parts, with the performance followed by a discussion where people will have the opportunity to recount their own experiences.
In time, it will be staged in loyalist areas with the help of local facilitators, so audiences can explore commons themes of loss and suffering.
It is something that has been done with earlier work in the opposite direction.
That, said Ms McFetridge, is one of the most important things they do, especially when people are being told to draw a line under the past by the UK government.
"We cannot move the conversation forward unless we bear witness to the number of stories that exist within the legacy of the conflict, no matter what community they come from.
"If we don't provide possibilities for people to have informed conversations that challenge their misconceptions, that facilitates communal discussion around things that caused pain and trauma, we're going to have a very thin reconciliation," she said.
She said you have to provide spaces where people can talk about the impact of it all "in order to have a deep reconciliation".
"That is how we ensure that the cycle of violence doesn't return. That's how we ensure we don't pass on trauma to the next generation," Ms McFetridge added.
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