GPO 1818

By Colin Murphy


To coincide with the launch of a new stamp by An Post to celebrate the event, Fishamble staged GPO 1818, a short site-specific play by Colin Murphy, directed by Jeda de Brí, in the GPO to mark the 200th anniversary of the building.

​In 2018, Dublin and Ireland’s General Post Office reached the 200th Anniversary of its opening, The GPO continues to be the oldest, still functioning postal headquarters in the world. ​Birthplace of a revolution, palace of commerce and communications, beating heart of a city, post office. An Post celebrated 200 years of this great building with a series of events which mark its place in history and its continued future at the centre of Irish life and business.  This production was a continuation of the partnership between Fishamble and An Post which began in 2016 with the production Inside the GPO, staged in the main hall at Easter.

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Created By

Cast

Written by Colin Murphy
Direction by Jeda de Brí
Dramaturgy by Gavin Kostick
Stage Managed by Steph Ryan
Costume Designed by Saileóg O'Halloran​
Hair and Makeup by Val Sherlock
Produced by Eva Scanlan 
Assistant Produced by Ronan Carey

Liz Fitzgibbon
Mary Murray
Rory Nolan
​Camille Ross

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Performance Dates

The GPO, Dublin
​Thurs 11 January 2018:
10am, 11am, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm

Sat 13 January 2018:
11am, 12pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm

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Meet the Team

Colin  Murphy
Writer

​Colin Murphy writes plays about politics, and journalism. He is the author of a series of plays on Irish political history: Inside the GPO, on the Easter Rising, Guaranteed!, on the bank guarantee of 2008, and Bailed Out!, on the subsequent crisis and Troika “bailout” of 2010, all produced by Fishamble. He adapted the latter two for screen, as The Guarantee and The Bailout (forthcoming on TV3 in 2018, both produced by John Kelleher Media). His verbatim dramas, Jack Duggan’s War and Judging Shaw (based on Fintan O’Toole’s book of the same name) have been staged by ANU Productions. His short film Leave to Remain is currently available on the RTÉ Player as part of the Storyland strand. He writes a weekly column for the Sunday Business Post. 

Jeda de Brí
Director

Jeda de Brí is a director, writer and Artistic Director of Sickle Moon Productions.
Credits include: The Egg is a Lonely Hunter (Nominated: Little Gem Award, First Fortnight Award & Fishamble New Writing Award, Dublin Fringe 2017), All honey (Winner: Fishamble New Writing Award, Dublin Fringe 2017), TRYST (Nominated: Fishamble New Writing Award, Fringe 2016.) Mimes in Time (Edinburgh Fringe 2016, Dublin Fringe 2016 - Nominated: Little Gem Award), Cirque Des Reves (Smock Alley & Bewleys Café Theatre).
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Her short film, Procession will shoot in March 2018 as part of The Irish Film Boards Short Stories Scheme. In April, TRYST will return for a full run at Project Arts Centre.

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