Rapids – Project Arts Centre – Review Talking Shop Ensemble & Shaun Dunne Present Rapids – Dates: 07 Feb – 09 Feb – Show Time: 7.45pm The production opens with Shaun Dunne […]

Heather – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review Heather – Written by Thomas Eccleshare From February 04 – 23, 2019 Disconcertingly, the programme states that character “A” is played by Dermot Magennis and […]

Sweeney Todd – Lyric Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Lyric Theatre and NI Opera – Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book […]

Motown The Musical – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review 5 Feb 2019 – 23 Feb 2019 It is the night of the 25th anniversary of the Motown label and the owner […]

The Plot – New Theatre – Review by Letizia Delmastro The Plot by Paula Lonergan 5th February – 9th February 2019 In The Plot by Paula Lonergan, Lilith finally gets to have her story heard: as […]

I’m Not Here – Project Arts Centre – Review by Frank L. Written, Directed and Designed by Doireann Coady Run now finished – Feb 1st and 2nd 2019 The stage is bare […]

The Bear – Doyle’s Pub – Review by Frank L. The Bear by Anton Chekhov Until February 2nd In 2018, Judder Theatre Company, who are based in Doyle’s Pub, on College Street […]

So Where Do We Begin? – Smock Alley Theatre – Review 28 Jan – 2 Feb | 8pm | 3pm matinee Sat 2 Feb | Boys’ School David (Matthew Malone) is a […]

The Cripple of Inishmaan – Gaiety Theatre – Review 25th Jan. – 9th Mar. Set on the island of Inishmaan in 1934, Johnnypatteenmike (Phelim Drew) is the local gossip. He makes his […]

Fortune – Yamamori Tengu – Review Wednesday 23rd January – Friday 25th January – Tickets: €29 (incl. booking fee). This play shows the ins and outs of a family going through a […]

Halcyon Days – Viking Theatre – Review by Frank L. Halcyon Days – Written by Deirdre Kinahan. This is a new production of a play which only saw the light of day […]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – Smock Alley – Review 22 – 26 Jan | 8pm | plus 2:30pm on 26 Jan | Boys’ School This play is set in the […]

Calendar Girls – The Musical – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review by Fran Winston Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Grand Canal Square, Docklands, Dublin 2. The 2003 true life drama Calendar Girls […]

Disconnected – New Theatre – Review Disconnected – ILA Productions in association with The New Theatre 21st January – 2nd February @ 7:30pm Cassie has been reunited with Emma after a long time. The two are […]

Walk for Me  – Project Arts Centre – Review Written and performed by: Kate Stanley-Brennan with DJ Handsome Paddy (Paddy O’Halpin) on decks Mary-Jane is a young woman growing up in Dublin […]

The Ridleys – Peacock (Abbey) Theatre – Review by Frank L. Tonight with Donny Stixx and Dark Vanilla Jungle written by Philip Ridley Until January 26th, 2019 Photos by Ste Murray Both […]

Macbeth – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review by Frank L. Until Jan 19th 2019 This revival of the National Theatre’s production of Macbeth, according to the programme notes, is set “Now, […]

Womb – Beckett Theatre – Review From 14th January – 19th January at the Dance Studio at Samuel Beckett Centre The play is set in Dublin, but not as we know it! […]

Hue and Cry – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review by Frank L. until Feb 2nd Hue and Cry – Written by Deirdre Kinahan In a tidy, prim suburban drawing room leather jacketed […]

Raven & The Crone – New Theatre – Review The New Theatre in association with First Fortnight 9th January – 11th January We meet the Raven and the Crone coughing and spluttering, and slightly disoriented from […]

Infinity – Smock Alley – First Fortnight Festival – Review by Frank L. Part of the First Fortnight Festival The stage is sparse with Matthews moving barefoot, attired in black. In the […]

Stephen Mullan: Son of a Preacher Man – Smock Alley – Review First Fortnight Festival 2019 Run is now finished – ended January 5th, 2019 This is a stand up show where […]

Sally Denver Matthews – Smock Alley – First Fortnight Festival – Review First Fortnight Festival 2019 Run is now finished – ended January 5th – Main Space We meet Sally looking a […]

The Scourge – Civic Theatre – Review by Frank L. The Scourge – written and performed by Michelle Dooley Mahon From 3-5 January, 2019 Mahon has adapted her debut book “Scourged” to […]

Thirst (and other bits of Flann) – Abbey (Peacock) – Review Abbey Theatre presents Agro Grimace – Thirst (and other bits of Flann) 18 December – 5 January – On the Peacock […]

How to Catch a Star – The Ark – Review by Lesley-Ann Whelan, Dublin 5th December-30th December Branar Teatar do Phaisti return to the Ark with their adaptation of Irish author Oliver […]