Is He Family is a collaborative body of work created with Neil, Ciaran’s former drama teacher. The project takes its title from the coded language once used within queer communities, where phrases such as “a friend of Dorothy” or “are they family?” offered recognition, safety, and solidarity at a time when being openly gay could mean risk. That coded intimacy sits at the heart of this work: a conversation across generations about queerness, kinship, and what it means to belong.

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