Nyree Yergainharsian

In February 2017 Nyree Yergainharsian worked for a week to develop her new piece about her sister, Sona. In 2012 Sona was diagnosed with stage 2A Nodular Sclerosing Hodgkins Lymphoma, a rare cancer of the blood that took active residence in her for almost two years and quietly has her body for the rest of her life. Inspired by Sona’s blog during that time, Nyree has been developing the piece with a range of invited artists over the last two years. Currently she is writing it in collaboration with writer and maker Shaun Dunne. The pair spent a week in Mermaid with actors with the aim of creating a final draft. It is hoped to get the piece to the stage where we can apply for funding to go into production later in 2018.

Artists:

Nyree Yergainharsian, Shaun Dunne, Dee Roycroft, Stephen Blunt, Lauren Larkin and John Cronin