AGREEMENT transferred to the Irish Arts Center in New York on 11April and runs until 12 May 2024

Nominated for Best New Play - UK Theatre Awards 2023

UK Theatre Awards 2023 - UK Theatre

“What takes courage is to compete in the arena of democracy”

The clock is ticking. It’s April 1998 and the main political parties in Northern Ireland, the British Government and the Irish Government, all under the watchful eye of Senator George Mitchell, try to hammer out a deal that could pave the way for peace in Northern Ireland. Every word, every movement, every stare means something. This is the last chance saloon and no one is leaving until Agreement is reached one way or another.

This major new play, commissioned by Michael Grandage Company was first performed at the Lyric Theatre Belfast on 23 March 2023

Directed by CHARLOTTE WESTENRA

ORIGINAL Cast

 Richard Croxford - Senator George Mitchell

Dan Gordon - John Hume

Andrea Irvine - Mo Mowlam

Ronan Leahy - Bertie Ahern

Packy Lee - Gerry Adams

Patrick O’Kane - David Trimble

Rufus Wright - Tony Blair

Conleth Hill - Voice of President Bill Clinton

Cast changes in the Irish Arts Centre New York

Ruairi Conaghan - David Trimble

Chris Corrigan - Gerry Adams

Martin Hutson - Tony Blair


Set & Costume - Conor Murphy

Sound Designer & Composer - Kate Marlais

Movement Director - Dylan Quinn

Casting Director - Clare GaultRennie

Hair & Makeup - Nuala Campbell

Lighting Design - Mary Tumelty

Video Design- Eoin Robinson

Dialect Coach - Brendan Gunn

Percussist - Ruairi Glasheen

Lyric Theatre, Belfast  - 23 March - 22 April

 

““Agreement,” with its universal title, is a meditation for this moment:

because peace-making is a human emergency, very much ongoing.”

New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/theater/agreement-philadelphia-here-i-come-irish.html

“The wonder of Agreement is how it turns the eye-glazing

details of a protracted political wrangle into the stuff of urgent drama.”

Lighting and Sound America

http://www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/news/story.asp?ID=6QT08G

"a compelling political thriller with echoes of Greek drama"

"ingeniously conceived, fictional drama"

***** The Irish Times

“a vivid, outstanding well-performed depiction of a key point in recent history, and a tribute to the power of compromise”

**** The Times

“McCafferty’s dramatisation of the last days of negotiations leading to the Good Friday Agreement remains accessible while expertly conveying tortuous political tussles”

**** The Guardian

“McCafferty’s skilful, sensitive and sharply argued interrogation of this most potent moment in time”

British Theatre Guide

“Phenomenal. On every level Agreement at the Lyric Theatre is something special”

The Irish News

“McCafferty has taken a subject which could have been incredibly grey andlittered it with humour which would delight both political anoraks and those who avoid the topic alike”

Belfast Live