Sandi Buckley

We are a group of artistic people who have come together work on the wonderful script of Allegiance at the Irish Club of WA. 

Allegiance written by Mary Kenny depicts a private meeting between Winston Churchill and Michael Collins in 1921.

In 1921 his friend and leader de Valera ordered Collins under sufferance, to travel to London, with the Irish delegation, to negotiate the Treaty that followed the Truce and the War of Independence. Churchill was Colonial Secretary in charge of Ireland, and the two men were prepared to detest one another. Yet, at a point when the Treaty talks seemed to be in stasis, Churchill and Collins spent a night drinking together, talking, arguing, even singing and reciting poetry. They emerged from this session fascinated by each other. After this, Churchill softened towards Ireland, and gave Collins and the Irish Free State every support he could.

The funds will be used for marketing materials, to pay the artists for their time and for production costs.

We have drafted up a budget based on the ticket cost and our fixed and variable costs. To break even and pay the cast and crew a portion of what they deserve we will need to sell 70% of the seats.  Yet... we still want to do the play. We have estimated that $1500 would ease the pressure of the high sales target so that we can concentrate on creating an amazing piece of theatre.