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Across the barricades – You can build peace and reconciliation through the arts

'You Can' (Youth Culture Arts Network) is a joint venture project formed in 1999 between Boomerang Theatre Co, Cork, and The Playhouse, Derry. It is a cross-border, cross-community network promoting partnerships between the arts and youth organisations.

19 Oct 2005

Ali Taulbut

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You Can (Youth Culture Arts Network) is a joint venture project formed in 1999 between Boomerang Theatre Co, Cork, and The Playhouse, Derry. It is a cross-border, cross-community network promoting partnerships between the arts and youth organisations.

Funded in part by the European Union under the Peace II programme and also financed by UK and Ireland governments, they focus on UK, Ireland and Europe exploring the effects of conflict and community polarisation.

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Ali Taulbut

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Alison is a British-born freelance writer and is now living in Perth, Western Australia. She began her career as a teacher of Drama and English in London and has worked extensively with teenagers as a theatre director. She spent 10 years working in London's West End with writers of theatre, film and television as a Literary Agent.