"Wireless Mystery Theatre is Northern Ireland's only audio theatre and live radio play theatre company," he told BBC News NI."MacNeice, who had only really joined the BBC at that point, used his skills to look at the buildings that had been affected by the Blitz in Belfast.
"The programmes were a mix between documentary and drama and they were there to celebrate the buildings that weathered the attacks by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War."The original broadcast made in 1941 has not survived so the members of the Wireless Mystery Theatre have been working from a copy of the script from the BBC archive.
"The BBC in 1941 probably got the BBC orchestra to play on this one but we have a very discreet ensemble of four players and singers who are also actors.That includes the task of recreating the sound of looms in a linen mill, which MacNeice had recorded for the original broadcast.
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