Patchwork - On the night of the Bataclan terrorist attacks a young French man tries to contact home. Hurtling through Dublin’s nightlife he wrestles with memories of his emerging sexuality, nationality and identity. Growing up overnight, he holds a mirror to Ireland and the Irish and how the land of a thousand welcomes can sometimes treat strangers with contempt. It’s a fast paced, dynamic story which brings us around an all-too-familiar cityscape, this time, however, we see it through an ‘outsiders’ eyes.
I am at my most honest when write. Somehow, seven year-old me takes the wheel and he is fearless. But until fairly recently wasn’t able to be as brave as my child-self in the real world.