Love à la Mode – Smock Alley – Review 4 – 16 June | 7:30pm | Main Space. 2:30pm matinees on Sat/Sun The night begins with the normal announcements of fire exits […]
Love à la Mode – Smock Alley – Review
The Last Ship – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review
The Last Ship – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review 4 Jun 2018 – 9 Jun 2018 Gideon left his family and his girlfriend Meg behind. He had the choice of working […]
The Kite Runner – Gaiety Theatre – Review
The Kite Runner – Gaiety Theatre – Review by Frank L Until June 9th 2018 Khaled Hosseini’s best selling 2003 novel charts the story of two boys born in Kabul, Afghanistan in […]
The Rose of Jericho – Theatre Upstairs – Review
The Rose of Jericho – Theatre Upstairs – Review IRISH PREMIERE – 29 MAY – 9 JUNE 2018 This is the Irish premiere of the Rose of Jericho as it has already appeared at the Edinburgh […]
The Wasp – The Teachers’ Club – Review
The Wasp – The Teachers’ Club – Review May 29th – June 2nd, 8pm Matinée Sat. June 2nd, 2pm Heather and Carla haven’t seen each other in a long time. They knew […]
An Officer and a Gentleman – The Musical – Bord Gais Theatre – Review
An Officer and a Gentleman – The Musical – Bord Gais Theatre – Review by Fran Winston Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2. Until June 2nd 7.30pm nightly. Matinee […]
My Son My Son – Project Arts Centre – Review
My Son My Son – Project Arts Centre – Review Dates: 23 May – 26 May This is a new play written by Veronica Dyas which is loosely based on ‘The Mother’ […]
Son of a Preacher Man – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review
Son of a Preacher Man – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review by Fran Winston Bord Gais Energy Theratre, Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2. Until 26th May at 7.30pm nightly with matinees […]
Hard To Be Soft – A Belfast Prayer – Abbey Theatre – Dublin Dance Festival – Review
Hard To Be Soft – A Belfast Prayer – Abbey Theatre – Dublin Dance Festival – Review “What if Jesus came back? What if he was bricking your car on the Saintfeld […]
Lovers: Winners & Losers – Lyric Theatre – Review
Lovers: Winners & Losers – Lyric Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown Until June 10th 2018 Lovers: Winners & Losers by Brian Friel gets a timely revival at the Lyric Theatre Belfast, […]
I See You – Theatre Upstairs – Review
I See You – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Frank L. Until May 26th 2018 De Bhrún uses the life of Lady Mary Heath as her base story to exemplify how some women […]
Down And Out In Paris And London – New Theatre – Review
Down And Out In Paris And London – New Theatre – Review by George Orwell, Adapted by Phelim Drew Until May 26th Down and Out in Paris and London is the first […]
The Streets are Ours – Smock Alley – Review
The Streets are Ours – Smock Alley – Review by Frank L The Streets are Ours – Written by Robert Higgins Fregoli brings another new play to fruition with its production of […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 15-05-18
Photo credit: Óscar Romero – Cathedral – Abbey Theatre in Dublin this Week – 15-05-18 This week there’s some new work such as Down and Out in Paris and London in the […]
Michelle & Arlene: Love in Las Vegas – Accidental Theatre – Review
Michelle & Arlene: Love in Las Vegas – Accidental Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown Until May 12th 2018 Nature abhors a vacuum they say and there is no bigger vacuum at […]
Trainspotting – Olympia Theatre – Review
Trainspotting – Olympia Theatre – Review by Keith Thompson ‘Choose life,’ Renton says. ‘Choose a job. Choose a career.’ And all the things that go with it. All the cares, worries and […]
Giselle – Bord Gais Theatre – Review
Giselle – Bord Gais Theatre – Review by Frank L. 2nd to 6th May 2018 English National Ballet commissioned Akram Khan to recreate the ballet “Giselle” whose first incarnation was by Adolphe […]
On Raftery’s Hill – Abbey Theatre – Review
On Raftery’s Hill – Abbey Theatre – Review 27 April – 12 May 2018 Photos by Ros Kavanagh The Rafterys are not a normal family. Their mother is long since dead and […]
My Fair Ladies – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
My Fair Ladies – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review by Paddy McGovern Des Keogh as George Bernard Shaw Until May 26th Des Keogh’s My Fair Ladies brings back to the Dublin stage […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 1-05-18
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 1-05-18 The big event this week is the opening of the Dublin Dance Festival with Giselle in the Bord Gais Theatre, but there’s much more besides […]
#RelationshipGoalz – Smock Alley – Review
#RelationshipGoalz – Smock Alley – Review Mon 23 – Sat 28 Apr | 8pm | Boys’ School Ciara and Ciaran are a young couple and seem happy together. They have known each […]
The Plough and the Stars – Gaiety Theatre – Review
The Plough and the Stars – Gaiety Theatre – Review by Paddy McGovern Until 5th May Photos by Tristram Kenton Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and The Stars, set in the months between […]
Electric – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Electric – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Frank L. Until May 5th When you arrive at Theatre Upstairs a yellow wristband with the word “Electric” will be attached to your wrist. To […]
The Dumb Waiter – Viking Theatre – Review
The Dumb Waiter – Viking Theatre – Review by Frank L. April 16 – 28 The Dumb Waiter was first performed in 1960 and is a two hander which lasts just […]
Assassins – Gate Theatre – Review
Assassins – Gate Theatre – Review by Simon Jewell 12th April – 9th June, 2018 Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by John Weidman Runs: 12th April – 9th June 2018 […]
Mozart’s The Marriage Of Figaro – Gaiety Theatre – Review
Mozart’s The Marriage Of Figaro – Gaiety Theatre – Review by Patrick Viale 17 April 2018 – 21 April 2018 In its publicity for their production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, […]
Debris – Smock Alley – Review
Debris – Smock Alley – Review 11 – 21 Apr | 8pm in The Boys’ School. 2:30pm matinees on Saturdays Debris is a one act play written by English writer Dennis Kelly, […]
The Colleen Bawn – Lyric Theatre – Review
The Colleen Bawn – Lyric Theatre – Review Until 28 April, 2018 Dion Boucicault’s 1860 play The Colleen Bawn turned stage-Irishness into a popular contemporary art-form, much to the displeasure of the […]
Here All Night – Abbey Theatre – Review
Here All Night – Abbey Theatre – Review 11 – 14 April 2018 Irish Theatre company Gare St Lazare are well known for their productions of Beckett’s work, having recently staged Waiting […]
No More Workhorse 