The Seagull Collection: The Poetry of Kenneth Finnerty

Film Premier of The Seagull Collection (2026) & Postage (2025)

The Seagull Collection is a short poetic film built around eight works by writer Kenneth Finnerty, whose voice and words create the emotional heart of the piece. Written during his ongoing struggle with depression, Finnerty’s poems trace the difficult terrain of mental illness, moving through silence, loss, numbness, and despair.

Across the film, each poem becomes a chapter in an inward journey, reflecting the darkness that isolates and the tenderness that survives beneath it. Through raw honesty and unfiltered self-examination, the work builds toward something fragile but unmistakably present: recovery. Rather than offering a quick resolution, the film honours the complexities and nuance of healing. Its pauses, its relapses, and its quiet moments of hope.

The Seagull Collection captures the relationship between art and survival, revealing how self-expression can become a lifeline. It is both a portrait of one person’s experience and a universal meditation on pain, resilience, and the slow rediscovery of connection.

Show Info

In-Person

Venue: 12-13 Shaftesbury Square, Belfast, BT2 7DB

Access: Directly from Shaftesbury Square

Performance(s): Saturday 24th January 2026

Doors: 10.30am GMT

Starts: 11:00am GMT (Book Bar* will not be open, BYOB welcome)

Age Guidance: 12+ (Contains poetry & some minor violence)

Run Time: 2 hours

Disabled Access: Theatre (ground floor) is fully accessible. Toilets & Book Bar (1st floor) are accessible via a wheelchair platform lift. Carer tickets available: Call 028 9032 5881 to book.

Online

*This show is not available online.

*The Book Bar is our charity bar, run to help support Accidental & the new building.

Ticket Info

Please book a ticket per person watching to avoid viewing issues.

£8 - WATCH IN-PERSON TICKET - a standard ticket that gives you in-person access to watch the show in the theatre.

£10 - DONATION TICKET - a special ticket that gives a little extra to the exceptional and hardworking artists creating the show.