Clockwise, from top left, Pauline McLynn, Lorcan Cranitch, Sophie Jo Wasson and Daryl McCormack 

Tonight.

On the Peacock stage of the Abbey Theatre.

Starring Pauline McLynn, Lorcan Cranitch, Daryl McCormack and Sophie Jo Wasson.

It’s the final night to catch the current run of A Whisper Anywhere Else by playwright Jimmy Murphy, as part of the Abbey Theatre’s What’s Happening Now series – a series of plays that aim to provide “an urgent response to an urgent issue”.

Based on public sources, statements, inquiry reports, media reports and Dáil records, A Whisper Anywhere Else meticulously traces the troubled history of An Garda Síochána, the controversies it has survived, disturbing allegations made by unnamed male and female gardaí and the organisation’s treatment of these whistleblowers.

Those name-checked include Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan, her husband Chief Superintendent Jim McGowan, former Garda commissioner Martin Callinan, Independents 4 Change TDs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly, MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan, Sgt Maurice McCabe and former Garda John Wilson.

A Q&A with Mr Murphy will take place after the performance.

Couldn’t be more timely, in fairness.

Tickets are €8 and can be bought here.

A Whisper Anywhere Else (Abbey Theatre)

Yesterday: The Garda Whistleblower Play

Tonight.

And tomorrow night.

In the Peacock stage of the Abbey Theatre, at 8pm.

As part of the theatre’s What’s Happening Now series.

A play about Garda whistleblowers, called A Whisper Anywhere Else, by Jimmy Murphy. To wit:

Ireland is about to embark on another tribunal. The Disclosures Tribunal. Once again we are investigating Garda corruption and malpractice. It is our third tribunal in 40 years. But this one is different. Because this time, it’s members of the Gardaí who have made the complaints.

Through public sources and testimonies Jimmy Murphy examines the treatment of Garda whistleblowers and the dark underbelly of Irish society. From 4-6 May 2017, cast includes Lorcan Cranitch, Pauline McLynn and Sophie Jo Wasson.

Each performance will be followed by a discussion giving the opportunity for the audience to participate, ask questions and shape the development of the show.

UPDATE:

Conor, who saw the play last night, writes:

Some staggering revelations in it. I presume everything that happened in it is true, for instance, Gardai keeping smuggled suitcases of cocaine for themselves and then having dealers sell it for them!

Listen to a 12-minute interview with Jimmy Murphy on RTE Arena here

Previously: The Thin Blue Timeline [Updated]