Child’s disappearance is subject of play 50 years on

A CRITICALLY-acclaimed play about one of Scotland’s greatest unsolved mysteries – the disappearance of Moira Anderson, 11, during a snow storm in the 1950s – will hit Cork later this month.

The remarkable one act play, One of Our Ain, explores issues of child sexual abuse, child protection and gender inequality and features in the Stay Safe programme in Scottish secondary schools. The HSE and local authorities are funding its performance at the Cork Arts Theatre (CAT) Club.

Written and performed by Sandra Brown, who was awarded an OBE for her work in child protection, it tells the story of how Moira Anderson vanished from her hometown of Coatbridge on February 23, 1957 – and how her disappearance became one of Scotland’s longest running cold cases.