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 […]

Northern Lights – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Frank L. Northern Lights written by Stephen Jones Lloyd (Stephen Jones) is a karaoke enthusiast who has a small apartment overlooking the Liffey. He […]

Iphigenia In Splott – Smock Alley – Review Reality: Check. Productions 3 – 15 Dec | 8pm | Boys’ School Effie (Iphigenia) is a young woman from Cork and she knows exactly […]

Dinner in Mulberry Street – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review by Frank L. Adapted by James Ford from the short story by Fitz-James O’Brien From December 03 – 22, 2018 Photos by […]

The Signalman – New Theatre – Review The Signalman by Charles Dickens, adapted by Jane McCarthy presented by The New Theatre & WitchWork Theatre Company Until Dec 15th 2018 A signalman hears […]

Alice – Lyric Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown Until January 5th It has been a busy year for the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, as they have celebrated their 50th anniversary. They end […]

Tuesdays With Morrie – Smock Alley Theatre – Review by Paddy McGovern Until 1st December 2018 An ageing academic, struggling with the onset of Motor Neurone Disease (ALS) and a favourite student […]

Say Nothin’ To No One – Project Arts Centre – Review by Frank L. Until 1st December 2018 #SayNothingToNoOne by TKB aka Thomas Kane Byrne Kian Harris (Thomas Kane Byrne) is a […]

Bah, Humbug! – Lyric Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown By Grimes and McKee Produced by the Lyric Theatre 17 Nov 2018 – 05 Jan 2019 Bah, Humbug!, the Lyric Theatre Belfast’s […]

We Can’t Have Monkeys in the House – New Theatre – Review by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth (Artist-in-Residence 2018) presented by The New Theatre & Artist in Residence Nov 12th – Nov 24th […]