Still from How It Is work-in-progress filmed by Grant Gee. How It Is – Everyman Theatre – Review by Frank L. How it is by Samuel Beckett (Part 1) produced by Gare […]

From Under the Bed – Viking Theatre – Review by Frank L. Written and  directed Seamus by Seamus O’Rourke Until Feb 10th The action takes place in Leitrim in 1979 in a […]

Sive – Gaiety Theatre – Review Runs until March 3rd Photos by Ros Kavanagh Sive was written by John B. Keane and first performed in 1959 when the playwright was 31 years […]

Looking Deadly – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review by P McGovern January 29 – February 17, 2018  – Time: 1pm (doors at 12.50pm) Written and performed by Niamh McGrath & Keith Singleton […]

Walkinstown – Smock Alley – Review by Frank L. Mon 22 – Sat 3 Feb | 8pm – Boys’ School Walkinstown written by Keith-James Walker Keith-James Walker co-wrote with Ian Toner the […]

Spamalot – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review Photos by Andy Carberry 23 Jan 2018 – 27 Jan 2018 The play starts in medieval England, and not Finland as some of the […]

If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You – Project Arts Centre – Review One Duck and Project Arts Centre Present – If We Got Some […]

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Bord Gais Theatre – Review by Pat Viale Masterly staging, inventive choreography along with a nostalgia-fest of some of the best songs of the 1960s and […]

Typhoid Mary – Viking Theatre – Review by Frank L Photos by Futoshi Sakauchi Performed by Charlotte Bradley Directed by Bairbre Ní Chaoimh Written by Eithne McGuinness In 1869, Mary Mallon was […]

Save + Quit – The New Theatre – Review by Cal Byrne The New Theatre – January 08 – 20, 2018 – Time: 7.30pm Written by Sophia Leuner, Directed by Billie de […]

All Honey – Bewley’s Café Theatre @ Powerscourt – Review by Paddy McGovern January 08 – 27, 2018 Time: 1pm (doors at 12.50pm) All Honey – Written by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Ciara […]

What the Ladybird Heard – Pavilion Theatre – Review by Pia Maltri If you are unsure whether a traditional panto may fit the bill of your children’s Christmas entertainment, then I highly […]

Michelle & Arlene – Holiday Special – Accidental Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown Michelle and Arlene Holiday Special: Planes Trains and Tractors Given the political situation in Northern Ireland at the […]

Project Pop Up – Project Arts Centre – Review This was billed as a taster menu for Irish Theatre. A flavour of what you can expect to see in the Project Arts […]

Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin – Smock Alley – Review 4 – 16 Dec | 7:30pm | Boys’ School This is a collection of two short plays by Reality: Check Productions. Both […]

BANG BANG – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review by Frank L. December 04 – 23, 2017 Thomas Dudley was born in Dublin 1906. His parents died when he was young and he […]

Two of Clubs – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Frank L. Until December 16th It is 1938, Polly (Jessica Leen) lives in Cork and feels trapped by the constraints of her little […]

The Red Shoes – Gate Theatre – Review by Frank L. Until 27th January, 2018 – Photo Credit: Ste Murray. We realise that this is not a conventional Christmas story right from […]

The Grimm Tale of Cinderella – Smock Alley Theatre – Review by Keith Thompson Main Space – 5-23rd Dec Ella (Danielle Galligan), is the caring daughter of Henrik (Finbarr Doyle), intent on […]

Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play – Project Arts Centre – Review by Keith Thompson Rough Magic Presents – Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play by Anne Washburn (Rough Magic SEEDS Showcase 2017) Project […]

They Called Her Vivaldi – Abbey Theatre (Peacock) – Review Dates: 30 November – 23 December On the Peacock Stage Photos by Ros Kavanagh Cecilia Maria (Genevieve Hulme-Beaman) has a magical hat. […]

Beauty & the Beast – Lyric Theatre – Review Until 6th January 2018 The timeless tale of Beauty and the Beast gets the rock-opera treatment in the Lyric Theatre’s fun and infectious […]

Who Will Carry the Word? – The Complex – Review Black Light Productions of Who Will Carry the Word? – Mon 27th Nov to Sat 2nd Dec 2017 As you enter the upstairs […]

Let The Right One In – Abbey Theatre – Review by Pia Maltri Dates: 18 Nov 2017 – 6 Jan 2018 On the Abbey Stage – Photos by Ros Kavanagh I was told […]

The Restoration of Hope – New Theatre – Review Until December 16th Hope (Jody O’Neill) finds herself shivering in a strange room. She has a memory of drowning but it must be […]

Sunset Boulevard – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review by Fran Winston Tickets €20-€60. Show 7.30pm nightly until November 25th.Matinee 2.30pm Saturday 25th November Billy Wilder’s seminal 1950 movie sunset Boulevard remains […]

You Could Be Us – Smock Alley Theatre – Review by Frank L Until Nov 21st at Smock Alley Theatre Fregoli have become regular visitors to Smock Alley in recent years but […]