My Truth and Yours is the fifth in The Suicide Chronicle series, a project led by artist Mark Storor which aims to develop a collective, creative language to share the infinitely complex experience of suicide. ❤️🔱

 “Acknowledging the truth
I meet my core.
Whose truth?
Mine”.

This film was made with 23 residents of Tallaght, Dublin, many of whom connected through NINA For Life, a suicide awareness support group.

Mothers, sisters, friends, fathers, uncles, neighbours, daughters and sons, impacted by suicide offer us a vivid view into their truths and give space for the truths of others. These may not always sit comfortably alongside one another, but they are undeniable in their honesty. 

A poetic visual journey without a clear beginning, middle, or end, it captures the personal experiences of a community, departing from over-simplified explanations to instead show tender, intimate, and sometimes deeply private moments.

We are invited to keep vigil with those on the screen, and to share in the experience with one another as an audience. Together we witness a series of actions that give voice to feelings and experiences often unseen or unheard. The film offers us a portal into another place, giving us a different sense of time and space for contemplation and reflection.

Mark Storor

Mark Storor is an award-winning artist with an international reputation and extensive experience of working collaboratively with a wide range of organisations and communities, including work in hospitals, prisons, schools and housing estates. Working in the unique space between live art and theatre, he has been described in the British press as: ‘a genuinely visionary theatre maker’, ‘an alchemist’ and ‘one of the most distinctive voices in British theatre’.

Access

• My Truth and Yours references suicide, experiences of bereavement by suicide, and miscarriage. Includes swearing and nudity
• This sharing will begin with an in-person, spoken introduction and we will hold space for conversation after the screening with those who have been a part of making it
• Ground floor, step free access
• Accessible toilets and baby changing facilities available on the ground floor
• Disabled parking spaces close by on Wood Street and Bold Street and to the rear of the building
• Nearest railway stations are Liverpool Central (a three-minute walk away) and Liverpool Lime Street (a 12-minute walk away).

If you have any access requirements, questions about My Truth and Yours or the screenings please do be in touch: [email protected]

Full credits

The Suicide Chronicles: Chronicle Five, My Truth and Yours (2023): Amanda Ellis, Annie, Carol, Daniel, Danny Haas, Fergal Feeney, Glynis, Jean Haas, Jenna, Jenny, Joan, Kelly, Linda Bridgeman, Lorraine Morris, Martin, Michele Donohoe, Noeleen Fulham, Pat, Patricia Cooke, Sami Corcoran, Sharon Doyle and Tracey with Mark Storor.

• • Cinematography by Chris Keenan
  • Music composed and performed by Jules Maxwell
  • Mise en scène by Tadashi Kato
  • Lighting by Ian Brown
  • Photography by Stephen King
  • Narration by Veronica Dyas
  • Poem written and voiced by Daniel
  • Foreground and background shadow by Christian.

Gratitude

Co-commissioned by Tallaght Community Arts and Heart of Glass. Supported by Creative Ireland and Arts Council England. Produced by Heart of Glass. With special thanks to NINA For Life, Kingswood Community Centre and Kingswood Community College. Filmed at Mill Studios.

Liverpool Irish Festival is proud to partner with Heart of Glass to present The Suicide Chronicles, Chronicle Five: My Truth and Yours.

The event will also to be run at 6pm, Mon 21 Oct at FACT, Free (spaces limited), book online.