Reasons to be Pretty – Smock Alley – Review by P McGovern Written by Neil LaBute There is an irony in director Jessica Aquila Cymerman’s foreword to her production of Reasons to […]

Big The Musical –  Bord Gáis Energy Theatre – Review 8 Dec 2016 – 7 Jan 2017 Twelve year old Josh is down on his luck. The girl of his dreams has […]

The Gingerbread Mix-Up – Lyric Theatre – Review by Audrey Devereux Lyric Theatre, Belfast. December 7th 2016-January 7th 2017 When is a panto not a panto? When it’s the Gingerbread Mix up […]

Three Days of Rain – Mill Theatre – Review by Paddy McGovern Disappear Here’s production of Three Days of Rain at Mill Theatre Dundrum Richard Greenberg’s play Three Days of Rain opens […]

Murder of Crows – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Fran Winston Theatre Upstairs, Eden Quay, Dublin 1 until December 17th Monday – Saturday @ 7pm, Wednesday and Saturday matinee @1pm – Tickets […]

The Snow Queen at Smock Alley Theatre: an environmentalist take on Andersen’s classic – by Pia Maltri 5 – 23 Dec @ 7:30pm | Main Space Matinees @ 2:30pm on Saturdays plus […]

Tape – Smock Alley – Review – 6 + 7 Dec | 8pm | Boys School Visit Fregoli Theatre website here. Directed by Rob McFeely We meet Vince in his motel room. […]

Dubliners Women – New Theatre – Review by Frank L Adapted from James Joyce’s “Dubliners” – Nov 28th – Dec 17th @ 7.30pm Katie O’Kelly has chosen “The Boarding House”, “Clay” and […]

Robin Hood and his Merry Men – Gaiety Theatre – Review 27 November 2016 – 22 January 2017 The Sheriff of Snottingham is a bad, bad man. He seems to enjoy nothing […]

La Bohème – Bord Gáis Energy Theatre – Review by Paddy McGovern The Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow’s La Bohème From 30 November – 4 December 2016 There is much to admire […]

‘Twas the Night before Murder – Smock Alley – Review  Dinner Theatre – 28, 29, 30 Nov, 1 + 4 Dec You have probably heard the rags to riches story of Sir […]

Gulp – The International Bar – Review by Charlotte Reid Following various characters and situations, Gulp is a sporadic look at young people’s complicated relationship with alcohol. Using monologues, short sketches and […]

A Fit Wife for a Revolutionary – Smock Alley – Review by Frank L. Written and Performed by Sharon Sexton Original score by Ivan McKenna. 22 Nov – 3 Dec | Boys […]

Left Hand Lost – Smock Alley – Review by Frank L Written by Cillian O’Donnachadha 22 Nov – 3 Dec – Boys School- Smock Alley As part of a Double Bill with […]

The Importance of Nothing – Project Arts Centre – Review by Shane Larkin Until the 19-11-16 as part of the One Time Season Pan Pan theatre are in somewhat familiar territory here. […]

The Leaves of Heaven – The Complex – Review Until Sunday 27th November at the Complex, Little Mary Street. The Butcher Boy was Pat McCabe’s most successful novel. it was published in […]

Test Dummy – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Frank L. In an insightful programme note, Daly tells how a teacher once told her “that visual art is the closest medium to playwriting […]

Of Mornington – Mill Theatre – Review by Paddy McG Scalder Theatre Company in Billy Roche Premiere at Mill Theatre Dundrum 16th – 18th Nov 2016 With his newest play, “Of Mornington”, […]

Shadows of the Táin– Smock Alley – Review by Frank L. Produced by Candlelit Tales 15 – 18 Nov | 7.30pm | Main Space – Smock Alley Candlelit Tales was formed by […]

Honest – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review by Frank L. Written by DC Moore Until Nov 26th, 2016 Honest was first performed in Northampton in 2010. The sole character is one Dave […]

God has no Country – Smock Alley – Review by Frank L. Written and performed by Donal Courtney Hugh O’Flaherty was born in County Cork in 1898. He was brought up, from […]

The Kings of the Kilburn High Road – Gaiety Theatre – Review Written by Jimmy Murphy | Directed by Padraic McIntyre Kings of the Kilburn High Road is a play by Jimmy […]

Wonderland Theatre Presents – Sherlock Holmes & the Hound of the Baskervilles – Kildare Street Hotel The Hound of the Baskervilles was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and features his most […]

All Washed Up – The New Theatre – Review Oct 24th – Nov 5th @ 7.30pm Alice has found herself living in unusual circumstances. She is sharing a one bed apartment with […]

Venom so Sweet – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Frank L. Written by Roger Gregg The stage of Theatre Upstairs is compact. The set comprises an empty wooden doorway which projects to […]