The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown – Review by Frank L. Written in 2001, first performed in Chicago and then off-Broadway, New York in March 2002, The Last Five Years […]
The Last Five Years – Project Arts Centre – Review
Aristocrats – Abbey Theatre – Review
The town of Ballybeg has had the O’Donnell family at its forefront for generations. The family had a legal dynasty and their house was the centre of the community. This generation has […]
Dirty Laundry – Smock Alley – Review
Dirty Laundry written and directed by Chris Edmund – Review by Frank L. Last autumn Chris Edmund brought a production of ‘The Swell Party‘ from Western Australia which was performed by his […]
Mountain – Project Arts Centre – Review
‘You are restricted by bones, serving portions of hooker’s sex’ sings Derrick while playing the bass guitar. The two other members of the cast chant out words behind him, while dancing with […]
Losing the Plot – Teacher’s Club – Review
Losing the Plot – Review by Frances Winston Theatre@36, The Teacher’s Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1 June 16th – 21st – at 8pm The Celtic Tiger claimed […]
Tactics – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Tactics- Theatre Upstairs – Review by Frank L. Written by Finbarr Doyle & Jeda de Brí Set somewhere in the Midlands in Ireland, Medbh (Nessa Matthews) is the daughter of a deceased […]
A Winter’s Tale – Teachers’ Club – Review
A Winters Tale – Review by Frances Winston Theatre@36, The Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 2 10th – 14th June. Tickets: €12/10 As one of Shakespeare’s least performed and least consistent […]
Téip Dheireanach Krapp – New Theatre – Review
Téip Dheireanach Krapp. An Amharclann Nua. Samuel Beckett- Traschruthaithe ag Gabriel Rosenstock Review by Helen O’Leary Gearrdhráma de chuid Samuel Beckett é seo faoi sheanduine, scríbhneoir. Tá an fear seo tar éis […]
The Madman and the Nun – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
A young man is asleep in an asylum cell, heavily dosed with Morphine. He is visited by a Nun, who takes pity on him and spends time by his bed side. When […]
The Seperation – Project Arts Centre – Review
Stephen has just arrived home with his work colleague Molly. She is a number of years his junior, and there has been some friction between them in the past. They had a […]
Zelda – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Zelda by Eddie Naughton – Review by Frank L. The name “Zelda” conjures up automatically the name of her husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald, with whom she is welded. You cannot have one […]
Veronica – Chancery Lane – Review
Brian and Gemma are on their second date, when they meet an older couple in a restaurant in Dublin. The older couple are amazed that Gemma is so much like Veronica in […]
After Sarah Miles – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
After Sarah Miles – Review by Frances Winston Smock Alley Theatre, Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, Dublin 8. Nightly (except Sunday) at 8pm until June 7th Tickets: €15/12 This play has had […]
Quad – Project Arts Centre – Review
Quad – Review by Frances Winston The Project Arts Centre, East Essex Street, Dublin 2 as part of the Dublin Dance Festival. This seemed an odd addition to this years Dublin Dance […]
Moll – Gaiety Theatre – Review
Moll – Gaiety Theatre – Review by Frances Winston This latest production of the classic John B. Keane 1971 comedy proved so popular before it even opened that the run was extended. […]
Amú/ Cótaí Dearga – Civic Theatre – Dublin Dance Festival – Review
Amú/Cótaí Dearga are two short dance pieces, each about half an hour in length that were presented as part of the Dublin Dance Festival, in the Civic Theatre on May 28th for […]
Creepy Jimmy – Chancery Lane Theatre – Review
Creepy Jimmy – Review by Emily Elphinstone Creepy Jimmy, the title character of ‘Tiny Little Gods’ new show; is special in every sense of the word, and rather too innocent for life […]
Swing – Peacock Stage – Theatre Review
Swing – The Peacock @ The Abbey Theatre – Review by Frances Winston Mon 26 – Sat 31 May @ 8pm nightly – €22, €18 conc / €17 Early Bird Post Show […]
Theatre? I harldy KNOW her – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
This play was theatre with a difference, a game of sorts, carried out by the eight member ensemble cast. As the audience entered the theatre the cast members slowly drifted onto the […]
Tundra – Dublin Dance Festival – Review
Tundra – Review by Sarah Gilmartin The Tundra explored by Emma Martin Dance is a dark and foreboding landscape, a world that blurs the lines between nightmare and reality, offering a disorienting […]
Variance – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Variance by Stewart Roche – Review by Frank L. Irish/American actor, Ranae von Meding, is the sole performer in this one woman show. The action starts in Jennifer’s home in the suburbs […]
Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London – New Theatre – Review
Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London – Review by Emily Elphinstone Though the title proudly declares ‘Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London’; the current production in the New Theatre provides much more than this […]
Weighing In – Civic Theatre – Review
Pam arrives in a new town and joins the local Easi Slim class. From the outside Pam seems to have everything, a successful husband and two ideal children along with the perfect […]
The Other Side of the Coin – Outhouse – Theatre Review
The Other Side of the Coin – Review by Frances Winston. Gay Beatings have been in the news a lot recently and here co-writers Derek Masterson and Brian Murray tackle the subject […]
Boys and Girls – Project Arts Centre – Review
Four stories from four young people from Dublin. They are all very different, their views on life are not compatible, but they’re all from the same section of society. This is the […]
Grace and Maggie – Cobalt Cafe Theatre – Review
Grace and Maggie are a young couple living in a small flat in Dublin, finding their feet in the big city and facing into every day life. Grace is from small town […]
On City Water Hill – Theatre Upstairs – Review
On City Water Hill by Philip St John For his third play, St. John opts for a two hander using two men who arrange to meet at a remote, mountainous location in […]
Twelfth Night – Abbey Theatre – Review
Twelfth Night was written by Shakespeare in 1601-1602 and tells the tale of twins, Viola and Sebastian, who are ship wrecked and believe the other to be dead. They both arrive in […]
Breaking Dad – Gaiety Theatre – Review
Breaking Dad – Review by Emily Elphinstone There is no doubt that Rory Nolan was born to play Ross O’Carroll-Kelly; and though I didn’t know it beforehand, he was also destined to […]
No More Workhorse 