Cuckoo-Land

1996.

Northern Ireland’s on the brink.

Politics is a boys’ club, and we’re done pretending otherwise.

This high‑voltage piece of gig theatre smashes open the true story of the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition.

Set against the chaos of a world pre‑Good‑Friday‑Agreement, Cuckoo Land captures the reality these women faced: heckling, misogyny, mockery, threats, and the relentless pressure to leave the “real politics” to the men.

But they didn’t.

They built a party from the ground up in six weeks, recruited a hundred candidates, and walked into negotiations with a manifesto grounded in equality, human rights, and cooperation.

This is the story of what happens when women crash the party, refuse to behave, and drag a country toward a different future, one cigarette and late‑night strategy session at a time.

Cuckoo Land is finally gives these women the spotlight — loud, bright, and long overdue.