Chekhov’s First Play – Dead Centre – 24 Sept – 4 Oct, Samuel Beckett Theatre – Review by M. Tynan There was a time when Chekhov wasn’t Checkhov, in a sense. As […]
Chekhov’s First Play – Samuel Beckett Theatre – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review
I’m Your Man – Project Arts Centre – Dublin Theatre Festival
I’m your Man – Project Arts Centre – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald I’m your Man is a raw and bristling portrait of heartache and psychological trauma; a physical and emotional rollercoaster through […]
Small Plastic Wars – Civic Theatre – Review
Small Plastic Wars at Civic Theatre Tallaght – Review by P. McGovern This is a lot more than a one-man show about a plastic-model nerd pursuing his fixation with WW ll models […]
Star of the Sea- Draíocht – Review – Dublin Theatre Festival
Star of the Sea – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Star of the Sea (Moonfish Theatre Company and an Taibhdhearc): Sept 24 – 26 – Draíocht, Blanchardstown Star of the Sea tells the […]
Just Here – Bewley’s Café Theatre – Review
Just Here – Bewley’s Café Theatre at Powerscourt – Review by Frank L. Written by Eugene O’Brien Directed by Charlie Bonner Performed by Dan Reardon John lives in a small apartment near […]
Vernon God Little – Decadent Theatre – Review
Vernon God Little – Decadent Theatre company – Review by Audrey Devereux Vernon God Little, a novel, by DBC Pierre won the Man Booker prize in 2003, a chillingly, darkly satirical tale […]
Your Own Man/ Mad Notions – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Your Own Man/ Mad Notions – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Dates Sep 16 — 19 @ 20:00. Tickets €13 / €11 conc. Duration 55 mins. Venue: Bewley’s Cafe Theatre @ Powerscourt Luke […]
Oh! What A Lovely Rose!- Smock Alley – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Oh What a Lovely Rose – Smock Alley – Review by Frances Winston The Black Box, Smock Alley Theatre, 6/7 Exchange Street Lower, Dublin 8 Runs until September 19th at 6.15pm nightly. […]
David O’Doherty – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
We Are All in the Gutter, But Some of Us Are Looking at David O’Doherty – Project Arts Centre – Review We almost didn’t get to see David O’Doherty in the Project […]
You’re Not Alone – Peacock Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
You’re Not Alone – Kim Noble – Peacock Theatre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival Have you ever tried Internet dating? One of the dangers is that people tend to lie. Some people […]
Overshadowed – New Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Overshadowed – New Theatre – Review by Frank L. Written by Eva O’Connor Following her success in Saoirse, her award winning play for a single actor, Eva O’Connor returns with a more […]
Folds of the Crane/ Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane – Project Arts Centre – Review – TDFF
Folds of the Crane/ Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane – Project Arts Centre – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald The entire theatre goes black except for a sliver of light just off-centre […]
The Lonesome West – Civic Theatre – Review
Lonesome West – Civic Theatre – Review We meet Coleman after he returns home following the death of his father, a death he may have had a hand in! It was an […]
LOVE+ – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
LOVE+ – Claire O’Reilly Review by Emily Elphinstone Dates Sep 15 – 17 @ 19:15. Tickets €15 / €13 conc. Duration 50 mins. Venue: Project Arts Centre Cube How perfect do you […]
Agrippina – O’Reilly Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Irish Youth Opera presents Agrippina by Handel – In a co-production with Northern Ireland Opera in association with the Irish Chamber Orchestra & The Lime Tree Theatre. Oscar Wilde’s subtitle for The […]
Beckett in the City: The Women Speak – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Beckett in the City: The Women Speak. Footfalls, Rockaby, Not I and Come and Go by Samuel Beckett This is a series of short plays by Beckett all featuring women as the […]
It Started With Jason Donovan – Edinburgh Fringe – Review
It Started With Jason Donovan – Review by Andrew Darley Walking into Edinburgh’s New Town Theatre stage on my last night of the city’s Fringe Festival, I was cheerily greeted by the […]
Scotch & Soda – Spiegeltent – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Scotch and Soda created by Company 2, Brisbane The Spiegeltent’s warm charm with small gilded wooden chairs in circular rows around the stage provide the spot-on mood for this eclectic performance of […]
Marky Mac Sherry Tells It Like It Is – New Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Marky Mac Sherry Tells It Like It Is – Martin Sharry Martin Sharry is an unusual character. He is a tall ungainly man, with scruffy hair, jeans and odd socks. He’s from […]
Breda’s Way – New Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Breda’s Way – Written and Performed by Breda Larkin Review by Frank L. In the summer of 1985, the small village of Ballinspittle, County Cork made waves internationally when the statue of […]
Behind the Dark – Phoenix Park – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Behind the Dark – Phoenix Park – Review by Frances Winston Meeting point: Phoenix Park, Parkgate Street Entrance Tickets €16/€14 – Runs until September 19th So many pieces in Fringe are described […]
Mother You – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Mother You created by Louise White Block B in Smithfield is available to let, or so the signs in the window say. It is a large open plan building measuring some 11,000 […]
The Matador – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
The Matador – Show in a Bag Shane O’Reilly – Review by P McGovern Matador – at Bewley’s Café Theatre @ Powersourt Centre until September 14 The publicity for this show might […]
Templemore – New Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Templemore – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Running: Sep 9-12, 2015 at The New Theatre, East Essex Street, Dublin 2 Templemore opens with young Garda recruit Éadaoin (writer Áine Ryan) combing her friend […]
Remember to Breathe – Smock Alley – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Remember to Breathe at Boys School – Smock Alley Theatre – Review by P McGovern Orla Murphy’s new play which opened last night touches on themes of emigration and consequent sense of […]
Our Island – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
MIRARI Productions presents Our Island – By Barry McStay Directed by Maisie Lee 6th-12th September at the Project Cube Review by Audrey Devereux The Fringe Festival is now upon us when all […]
Grounded – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Grounded by George Brant Siren Productions – Review by Frank L. In 2012, Grounded won the Smith Prize (US$5,000.00) for a work about American politics. It was a prescient choice. The unnamed […]
The Windstealers – Smock Alley – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
The Windstealers – Review by C.K. MacNamara Written by: Jane Madden Directed by: Anushka Senanayake Starring: Colin Campbell, Lloyd Cooney, Rory Corcoran, Katie Honan, Alan Mahon, Christiane O’Mahony, Roseanna Purcell. There is […]
Jellyfish – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Jellyfish – by Alice Malseed and Sarah Baxter Review by Frank L. Alice Malseed is of the generation who graduated just in time to get the full frontal blast of the international […]
No More Workhorse 