A huge neon dove of peace has been created by a local artist in response to the controversial new play about Rev Ian Paisley.
Release, a three-metre square bird by Deepa Mann-Kler, will be suspended
at the Grand Opera House from the play's opening on October 30.
Paisley & Me is produced by Martin Lynch and written by Belfast-born Ron Hutchinson.
Deepa, from Killyleagh, was appointed artist-in-residence last year with
theatre company Green Shoots. This is her fourth piece of work in that
role.
She said: “After reading the script, I was challenged as an artist about
how I should respond to Paisley. To his 30 years of controversial
politics — or to the unprecedented step he took towards peace? I have
chosen to focus on what I feel will be his legacy, hence the use of the
dove,” she added.
Deepa worked with Adrian McNevison of AM Light in Belfast which has been using neon since 1958.
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