“I am also encouraged to see that our artists and musicians continue to use the Decade of Centenaries as a source of inspiration for rich and exciting new work... I also look forward to seeing Fishamble Theatre Company’s production of “The Treaty” by Colin Murphy which delves into the lives of those involved in the Treaty negotiations.”
- Catherine Martin TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

Fishamble: The New Play Company Presents
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The Treaty

By Colin Murphy
 One hundred years ago, a small group of untested politicians left Dublin for London, to negotiate for Irish independence with one of the most formidable delegations ever put together. The Irish were seeking to take back control; the British believed they were stronger together. The Unionists believed in a hard border on the island of Ireland; the Republicans wanted the border in the Irish Sea. The Irish wanted a hard exit from the British Empire; the British tried to tempt them with the Canada option. And overseeing it all was a prime minister nobody trusted, notorious for his wizardry. The Treaty is a history play for this moment.
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 The Treaty will be staged in the Kevin Barry Room of the National Concert Hall, where the Dáil debates on the treaty actually took place in 1921.
 
This production is part a programme of events published by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to mark the centenary of various aspects of the Anglo-Irish Treaty which was signed on the 6th December 1921.

Praise for Fishamble’s previous plays by Colin Murphy:
'Wonderful production' President Michael D Higgins on Inside the GPO, 2016
‘a must-see….[Fishamble] has injected a new and vital ingredient into the Irish theatre landscape…director Conall Morrison cleverly marshals a classy cast’ Irish Independent on Bailed Out!, 2015
‘Colin Murphy does a terrific job in using documentary material to maximum dramatic effect’ Irish Times on Bailed Out!, 2015
'sharply written docudrama, which combines history and humour to superb effect' ​★★★★ Sunday Times on Haughey|Gregory, 2019

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Creative Team

Written by Colin Murphy
Directed by Conall Morrison
Set and Lighting Design by Paul Keogan
Costume Design by Catherine Fay
Production Manager Eoin Kilkenny
Producer Eva Scanlan
Line Producer Cally Shine

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Upcoming Performances

​18 - 27 November

​NATIONAL CONCERT HALL, ​Dublin

On sale soon

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Meet the Team

Colin Murphy
​​Writer

Colin Murphy has written for stage, television, film and radio, and has been nominated for an Irish Theatre Award, an Irish Film and Television Academy award and a Celtic Media Award; his radio documentaries have received a Prix Marulic silver award and a New York Festivals bronze award. Two of his plays are published by Bloomsbury. With Fishamble Theatre Company, he has written a series of political documentary dramas, two of which, Guaranteed! and Haughey/Gregory, are published by Bloomsbury. Guaranteed! was acclaimed as “a national event” by the Irish Times; it and its sequel, Bailed Out!, “injected a new and vital ingredient into the Irish theatre landscape”, wrote the Irish Independent. His Easter Rising play, Inside the GPO, was described as “deeply moving and utterly memorable… deserves to be remembered as pivotal” by the Sunday Independent. He writes a weekly column for the Sunday Business Post.