Hands across the sectarian divide - and not everyone`s happy. The early 1970s, and Joe, a republican sympathiser, pals up with Sharon, a Protestant girl. His cards are marked... Joe`s friend Mick joins the Cause and after a spell in the Kesh goes on the run with Tom, another activist. Then - they get the word; a big operation is planned in Armagh city centre. It goes horribly wrong - by accident or design? Is it another betrayal, like the 1920 Partition act? Trainor`s play probes the motivation and the methods of the armed struggle. Trainor has been there, seen it and done it: his exciting and informed drama unpeels the Troubles from within. PUSHED TO THE EDGE tells us something of why people fight - and die - for their ideals. Malachy Trainor writes from the inside; as a former Republican political prisoner, he is a writer of strong opinions with a flair for drama.