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Owen McCafferty’s new play focuses on the negotiations leading up to the Good Friday Agreement

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

The Lyric is taking on the mantle of a Northern Irish national theatre as it seeks to explain the troubled place to itself with this superb dramatic reflection of the Good Friday Agreement. Playwright Owen McCafferty has distilled gallons of jaw-jaw into a 105-minute, fast-paced show, creating flesh and blood characters out of the political dramatis personae: Mo Mowlam (Andrea Irvine), Tony Blair (Rufus Wright) and Bertie Ahern (Ronan Leahy) represent the British and Irish governments; American ...

Owen McCafferty's new play, Agreement, gives a superb account, 25 years on, of how the Good Friday Agreement came to be.

Theatre: Owen McCafferty’s searing new dramatisation of the Belfast Agreement negotiations is a political thriller with echoes of Greek drama

Peaky Blinders actor Packy Lee is set to play former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams in a major new play telling the story of the Good Friday Agreement.

Some frustrated social media users reported seeing Easter eggs on shelves as early as December 28.

Some frustrated social media users reported seeing Easter eggs on shelves as early as December 28.

Some frustrated social media users reported seeing Easter eggs on shelves as early as December 28.

Some frustrated social media users reported seeing Easter eggs on shelves as early as December 28.