The Movement

Things are Rocking in Balbriggan!

Ali Lyons July 19, 2021

After a busy Week 1 and a weekend of rest we were ready to jump straight back into Week 2. As we were more familiar with our facilities and the

What About That Week!

Ali Lyons July 12, 2021

As week two of the workshops for the new protest musical What About Us commence, I felt it was time for a quick recap on our amazing first week. We moved

The Beauty Of Music Against The Backdrop Of War

Stephen Byrne June 9, 2021

Terror, fear, violence, hatred, mental torture, horrific physical injury, and death. A small number of words to describe the extreme misery the people of Israel and Palestine are suffering. That’s

Who We Are?

Miriam Mulcahy February 9, 2021

Shoshi Israeli Choreographer, dancer, and all round fixer, Shoshi Israeli, knows all about breaking down borders. A passionate member of the What About Us team, Shoshi brings all her contacts

A magical Night, very touching

Stephen Byrne January 27, 2021

“A magical night, very touching”, the words of Shoshi Israeli one of the What About Us Founders and a driving force behind the creative team. Shoshi was the organizer of

Plenty of hope, optimism, and progress from the What About Us Team

Stephen Byrne January 25, 2021

The New Year always bring hope and optimism, that the coming year will be better than the last. Yet as I put pen to paper the COVID-19 challenges of 2020

The Jerusalem Youth Chorus –A New Generation of Voices Being Heard

Mika November 26, 2020

‘This is the year, this is the fight, this is where were going to find the light, this is the time this is the way, this is when we’ll stop

Rapping for a better future

Ronan Quinn October 23, 2020

A new face for the music industry It is not often that the music industry can chart the progress of a young prodigy from the stages of his singing outside

#whataboutustm We all need to do more

Stephen Byrne September 14, 2020

What About Us is a live stage musical currently being developed by international musicians from countries who may have been affected by war and terror such as Israel, Palestine and

Musicians lead the way, raising money for fellow artists while promoting peace

Stephen Byrne August 18, 2020

Musicians from Israel, Palestine, Ireland, Spain, Australia, Turkey, India, England & Egypt broadcasted a grand musical concert live on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram.

Israeli & Palestinian fundraiser for what about us musicians affected by the coronavirus

Stephen Byrne July 27, 2020

The fundraising concert will be recorded by the musicians and then broadcast as a live concert on Facebook and other social media channels on Saturday 15th August at 20.00 UK/Ireland,

Israeli superstar David Broza supports What About Us

Stephen Byrne June 26, 2020

David Broza, the internationally acclaimed Israeli singer & songwriter, peace activist, and founder of the One Million Guitars not-for-profit musical education initiative is the first major artist to support the

Over 80 artists from 11 countries have created over 200 pieces of music in just over a month

Stephen Byrne June 10, 2020

“Music has no religion. Music has no politics. Make music not war. We already have over 200 pieces of music written, and a number of those would be a

The musicians and singers have turned up, revealing an awesome talent

Stephen Byrne May 3, 2020

Despite the corona crisis the Israeli, Palestinian and Irish singers are now working together online in the creation of the What About Us musical, and all displaying amazing talent.

“What About Us – there are huge challenges ahead and potential failure at every turn”

Stephen Byrne February 18, 2020

We have been working on bringing the business and creative time together for a couple of months now. To take on a challenge this big we need a whole lot

“What About Us – The protest musical supporting peace – we’ve kicked off”

Stephen Byrne January 20, 2020

Wow, this is going to be tough. And it’s becoming a full-time job. We are now on DRAFT 5 of the musical story, part of which is exploring both the

Making peace through music in Jerusalem – why not?

Stephen Byrne September 30, 2019

This was our second trip to Jerusalem, our first was a holiday 2 years back. This time we were on a fact-finding mission, scoping out the potential for young Israelis

Music has the power to Unify People, Spark Change, Inspire Peace, End Wars

It’s the Music, the Artists that Can Inspire a Movement, lead from the front

Change will only happen if we all shout out for it

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