Moonlight and Music and Waiting – Dolmen Theatre – Review by Frank L. Two short plays by Jennifer Johnston Moonlight and Music – Waiting There are certain similarities between these two short […]
Moonlight & Music – Waiting – Dolmen Theatre – Review
Salt Mountain – Project Arts Centre – Review
Salt Mountain – Project Arts Centre – Review by Audrey Devereux Written By Carmel Winters Directed by Jo Mangan An Abbey Theatre Commission for NAYD At Project Arts Centre, Dublin 24-29 August […]
Waiting For Godot – Smock Alley – Review
Waiting For Godot – Smock Alley Theatre 1662 – Review by Frank L. Runs from 24th-29th August in The Main Space Written By: Samuel Beckett Directed By: Patrick Sutton This production has […]
By The Bog of Cats – Abbey Theatre – Review
By the Bog of Cats – Showing on the Abbey Stage – Review Until Saturday, 12 September 2015 The Bog of Cats is a place not quite of this earth. A barren […]
The Quiet Land – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
The Quiet Land at Bewley’s Café Theatre – Review by P. McGovern August 17 – September 05, 2015 Time: 1pm (doors at 12.50pm) Starring Des Keogh and Derry Power A tall milk […]
Focus – Players Theatre – Review
FOCUS – a new play by Sheena Lambert Nellie has invited a collection of friends and family to her house with a purpose. She had a problem at work, her last focus […]
Fried Eggs – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Fried Eggs – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Frank L. Written by Lindsay Jane Sedgwick The set is just the back wall draped in a plain fabric and two metal chairs placed […]
The School for Wives – New Theatre – Review
The School for Wives by Molière – AC Productions Aug 3rd – Aug 15th @ 7.30pm Arnolphe has an unusual view of women and the institution of marriage. He thinks that the […]
The Importance of Being Earnest – Smock Alley – Review
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde – Review by Frank L Smock Alley Theatre 1662 – August 3rd-22nd in The Main Space In her director’s note, which is more insightful […]
Bob & Judy – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Bob & Judy – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Audrey Devereux Fast Intent, company in residence 2015 at Theatre Upstairs, present their new play, ‘Bob & Judy’, written by Gerard Adlum and […]
Spring Awakening – Smock Alley – Review
Spring Awakening – Smock Alley – 28th July-1st August at 7.30pm in The Main Space Spring Awakening is the story of a group of teenage school children set in late 19th century […]
The Happy Prince – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
The Happy Prince – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre @ Powerscourt – Review by Frank L. Written by Oscar Wilde Performed by Michael James Ford For adults and children (7+) alike Michael James Ford […]
Three Days Of Rain – New Theatre – Review
Three Days of Rain by Richard Greenberg – Company D Theatre – runs at the New Theatre until July 25th. Walker went missing after the death of his father. His sister Nan […]
Panned – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Panned runs until July 25th at Theatre Upstairs. Sean is going through a rough patch. He’s 26 and still working in a call centre despite his various qualifications. All his friends seem […]
Once – Olympia Theatre – Review
Once – Olympia Theatre – Review by Emily Elphinstone After its incredible success on Broadway and the West End, it seems right that Once has come to Dublin; where the play, and […]
Risk Everything – New Theatre – Review
Risk Everything by George F. Walker – The New Theatre, until Saturday 18th July 7.30pm nightly. We join Carol and her daughter Denise as they are stumbling into a Motel room. Carol […]
In Arabia We’d All Be Kings – Players’ Theatre – Review
In Arabia We’d All Be Kings – Players’ Theatre – Until July 11th. This is a New York story. Set in 1999, this is the story of a collection of characters on […]
Trainspotting – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
Out Of Time Theatre present Trainspotting Adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel ‘Trainspotting’ by Harry Gibson 29th June – 4th July in The Boys’ School in Smock Alley This play is taken from […]
The Importance of Being Honest – Bewleys Café Theatre – Review
The Importance of Being Honest – Review by Frances Winston Bewleys Café theatre @ Powerscourt townhouse centre June 22nd – July 25th @ 1pm daily (Doors open 12.50pm) Tickets €8-€12 Oscar Wilde […]
Des Keogh – My Fair Ladies – Civic Theatre – Review
Des Keogh as George Bernard Shaw – My Fair Ladies at Civic Theatre, Tallaght Phrases such as “consummate professional” are often used to describe Des Keogh, not just by theatregoers but by […]
The Full Moon Hotel – Smock Alley – Review
The Full Moon Hotel by Philip Doherty Smock Alley Theatre – Until Saturday 27th June at 7.30pm in The Main Space This is a story with many strands all linked around a […]
Nellie – Viking Theatre – Review
Nellie – Viking Theatre – Review by Frank L. Nellie (the extraordinary story of a home birth midwife) – Written by Aileen Wymes. Although the programme notes states that the play is […]
The Laramie Project – Teacher’s Club – Review
The Laramie Project – Teacher’s Club on Parnell Square East – June 22-26th at 7.30pm In 1998 a young gay student by the name of Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten, tied to […]
The Shadow Of A Gunman – Abbey Theatre – Review
The Shadow Of A Gunman – Abbey Theatre – Review Donal Davoren (Mark O’Halloran) is a man of words, a poet who is staying with Seamus Shields (David Ganly) in a Dublin […]
A Lesson In When To Quit – Theatre Upstairs – Review
A Lesson In When To Quit – Theatre Upstairs – Until June 27th Ruby was a child star. She went for an audition with Mr. Headski and despite her obvious lack of […]
Saints & Sinners – New Theatre – Review
Saints & Sinners – New Theatre – Review Jun 8th – Jun 20th @ 7.30pm Saints & Sinners is a collection of three short plays by W. B. Yeats. The first of […]
Goodbye to Marie – Civic Theatre – Review
Goodbye to Marie – Review by Frank L. Written by Joe O’Neill Civic Theatre – Wed, 3rd – Sat, 6th June 2015 // 8:15pm Their Mother is dying after a long illness […]
A Boy Called Nedd – Theatre Upstairs – Review
A Boy Called Nedd – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Frank L. Written by Emily Gillmor Murphy Dates / Times: 02 June 2015 – 13 June 2015 – 7.00PM / Tuesday – […]
One Night in Istanbul – Gaiety Theatre – Review
One Night in Istanbul – Gaiety Theatre – Review 2 June 2015 – 6 June 2015 Where were you on the 25th of May 2005? For a certain group of people that […]
No More Workhorse 