PRIEST

Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret life as a homosexual and his gay lover, frowned upon by the Church.

Upon hearing the confession of a young girl and her incestuous father, Greg enters into an intensely emotional spiritual struggle deciding between choosing morals over religion and one life over another.

Local award winning Writer and Producer Jimmy McGovern, returns for a screening of his powerful drama Priest which stars Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle, Cathy Tyson, Lesley Sharp, Robert Pugh, Christine Tremarco and James Ellis. There is a Q and A session with Jimmy following the screening.

The Liverpool born writer/producer started his career on channel 4's soap Brookside. He then went on to create the hugely popular drama series Cracker starring Robbie Coltrane in 1993 which aired on ITV and over in America. In 2006 he created the BAFTA winning BBC drama The Street, which ran for three series and more recently Moving On for BBC daytime TV and won the Best Single Drama for Hillsborough and two Writers Guild of Britain awards for Hillsborough and Cracker.

Priest is presented by Clapperboard UK Ltd, a non profit making organisation and has worked successfully with more than one thousand young people between the ages of 13-19 across the North West bringing creativity into their lives.

Clapperboard Presents... is a new initiative by Maureen Sinclair, Clapperboard's creator and director to raise funds for the Clapperboard Youth Project. It'ss also an excellent opportunity for new and established media and creative players to network ideas and show support which benefits all.

"I'm a great admirer of Maureen Sinclair and what she has achieved through her dedication and commitment to the Clapperboard Youth Project, with very little funding," says Jimmy. "It's a wonderful creative way of empowering young people and giving them an opportunity that most of us never had."

Priest, plus Q & A with the writer is on Mon 1 March at Picturehouse at FACT, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ 7pm. Adm: £10, conc £7 (plus a complimentary after show drink sponsored by Alma de Cuba). Info: 08717 042063 / www.picturehouses.co.uk