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in the Girls' Model School in North Belfast is a sensational show. I'm not going to re hash any of the glowing reviews the show has got over the past 4 years, or the fact that it has played around the world , from the opening of the Scottish Parliament to President Barack Obama, or the fact that it has won 22 awards.

The actors give it their all, for 1 hr and 50 mins (no interval). We spoke to one of them afterwards and he said they also do an hour and half's warm up before. "We've lost a lot of weight!" he laughed. Then he talked about the reaction to the play, how nervous the company had been about bringing a show about the British Army to Belfast. ÌýThere have been standing ovations every night.

The DCAL minister has been blogging about the show. He didn't like the bad language. There's no denying the high use of swear words, but we're talking about people who are on the front line of war!ÌýI have been told that soldiers who have seen the show say there isn't enough swearing in it. As a piece of live theatre, the music, the choreography, the direction and the acting, there is a lot more to this play than bad language.Ìý

There are only two shows left. Tonight is sold out, but there's a matinee at 3 tomorrow. IÌýwould urge you to go see it, as it is, without doubt, one of the most important plays about war, and contemporary war, to be staged anywhere.

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