To Hell in a Handbag at Bewleys Café Theatre – Review by P McGovern Until July 22nd at 1pm Forget the Hell bit of the title; this show isn’t a gloomy, philosophical […]

Wonderland – Bord Gáis Theatre – Review 19 Jun 2017 – 24 Jun 2017 Alice has just had the worst day imaginable. She was fired from her job in a travel agency […]

Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach – Mill Theatre – Review by Edward Melvin Adapted by David Wood, Directed by Geoff O’Keeffe dlr Mill Theatre, Dundrum Town Centre, June 17th – […]

The Ladykillers – Lyric Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown Graham Linehan is the master of the one set sit-com, from Father Ted to Black Books, and his adaptation of William Rose’s […]

No’s Knife – Abbey Theatre – Review by P. McGovern Until Saturday, 17 June 2017 on the Abbey Stage No’s Knife is adapted by its performer/co-director Lisa Dwan from Samuel Beckett’s Texts […]

Evita – Bord Gais Theatre – Review by Pia Maltri Until 17 Jun 2017 Eva Perón’s story lends itself quite naturally to a musical of operatic quality such as those by Andrew […]

Cyclops – New Theatre – Review Cyclops by Peter Reid, adapted from Ulysses by James Joyce Until Jun 24th @ 7.30pm – Duration: 70 minutes The year is 1904 and the setting […]

Minding Frankie – Gaiety Theatre – Review by Fran Winston June 6th – June 17th 7.30pm nightly. Matinee Saturday June 10th 2.30pm – Tickets €25-€37 Adapted for the stage by Shay Linehan, […]

Dubliners Women (from Joyce’s Dubliners) – Bewley’s Café Theatre – Review by P. McGovern Until June 17th Bloomsday Festival – until June 17th There is a feeling about this production that all […]

Stones in his Pockets – Smock Alley Theatre – Review by P. McGovern Until – 10 Jun | 7:30pm Celebrating its 21st birthday this year, Marie Jones’s Stones in his Pockets has […]

Imagining Liam – The Teachers Club – Review May 29 – June 10 Monday to Saturday nights. The Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1. Photography by Roger Kenny. Imagining Liam […]

Charlie’s a Clepto – Axis Ballymun – Review by Bridget Deevy Irish Tour Details below. In this new one-woman play, written and performed by Claire Monnelly, directed by Aaron Monaghan, and produced […]

Young Skins – The Clancy Kid & Bait – The New Theatre – Review by P McGovern Young Skins – The Clancy Kid & Bait by Colin Barrett Reality:Check Productions Colin Barrett’s […]

The New Irish Playbook – Smock Alley – Review by Frank L. Until May 20th Smock Alley hosts the 2017 edition of The New Irish Playbook. There are six short plays in […]

Sinners – Lyric Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown Produced by the Lyric Theatre Written by Marie Jones Until 03 June When Moliere`s satirical masterpiece, Tartuffe, was premiered at the Palace of […]

Harder Faster More – Project Arts Centre – Review Red Bear Productions Presents Harder Faster More 11 May 2017-13 May 2017 7:30pm This is a selection of short interwoven plays linked by […]

Private Peaceful – Pavilion Theatre – Review Wed 10 – Sat 13 May, 8pm Verdant & Pemberley Productions present Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo We meet Private Thomas “Tommo” Peaceful when he […]

The Words Are There – Theatre Upstairs – Review by P. McGovern Mat 5th – 20th 2017 World Premiere by Ronan Dempsey The Nth Degree’s production of Ronan Dempsey’s new play, The […]

The Confirmation Suit – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre @ Powerscourt – Review by P. McGovern May 08 – June 03, 2017 Gary Cooke, well known to TV audiences from his Après-Match impressions of […]

The Chastitute – Gaiety Theatre – Review until 20 May 2017 John Bosco McLaine (Stephen Brennan) is a fifty three year old man who has never known the gentle embrace of a […]

Scorch – The Mac – Review by Cathy Brown Produced by Prime Cut Date: 2 May – 7 May 2017 Inspired in part by the real life case of Justine McNally, who […]

Bleach – Outhouse – Review by P McGovern British Exist Theatre at Outhouse Theatre Dublin Gay Theatre Festival – May 1st to 14th Dan Ireland-Reeves’s one-man show, Bleach, is an absorbing journey […]