Mary Massacre By Johnny McKnight – Review by Audrey Devereux The Viking Theatre is one of those intimate spaces that should be applauded for their very existence. No doubt operating on a […]
Mary Massacre – Viking Theatre – Review
Walworth Farce – Olympia Theatre – Review
Find out more about the Walworth Farce here. The Walworth Farce was written by Enda Walsh in 2006. It is a play revolving around a council flat in London, where the three […]
Men Like Us – Smock Alley – Review
It’s rare to see a collection of short Beckett plays on stage. There are at least a couple of new productions of Waiting for Godot each year, and Endgame, Krapp’s last tape […]
The Puffin’s Nest – New Theatre – Review
The Puffin’s Nest – Theatre Review by Frances Winston The New Theatre, 43 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. Monday 12th – Saturday 24th January @ 7.30pm nightly. Tickets €15/12. Groups […]
My Name Is Saorise – Smock Alley – Review
Saoirse lives in a house with her father and brother. She never knew her mum, as she died when she was born. Her father won’t speak of it, the one time her […]
Weighing In – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
Weighing In by Ger Gallagher – Review by Frank L. We are constantly being told that obesity is a killer disease and we all need to eat less, to eat more wisely […]
Fringe Theatre Highlights of 2014
I’ve seen over a 100 theatre productions this year, so I thought I’d share some of the ones that caught my imagination over the course of the year. A number of them […]
She Stoops to Conquer – Abbey Theatre – Review
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer is heading towards its 240th anniversary since its first production in 1777 but in this revival she is as flighty as […]
War of Attrition – Project Arts Centre – Review
War Of Attrition returns to Irish stages with a short run at the Project Arts Centre. It was first performed as part of Dublin Fringe Festival 2013 and follows on from Fused […]
Dublin Oldschool – Project Arts Centre – Review
Dublin Oldschool – Project Arts Centre A near empty stage greets you on arrival to the space upstairs in the Project. It is filled with two microphones, placed central on the stage. […]
Hamlet – Smock Alley – Review
Hamlet at Smock Alley. Review by Helen O’Leary. This production of Hamlet currently running marks the 450th birthday of Shakespeare and is directed by Aisling Smith. This is a fairly modern interpretation […]
Petals – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Petals at Theatre Upstairs. Kate Gilmore, in this one woman play, takes the role of a young girl in her mid to late teens who recounts her sexual experience, needs and awareness. […]
Fused – Project Arts Centre – Review
Dan Bergin – FUSED – Project Arts Centre Do you remember point and click computer games? If you are of a certain age you probably will. They were an adventure game before […]
Harry’s Christmas – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
HARRY’S CHRISTMAS by Steven Berkoff Even if this play is less than one hour in duration and has but a single actor, it is a play which engages the enormity of Christmas […]
The Motherfucker with the Hat – New Theatre – Review
Jackie returns home to his girlfriend Veronica in ebullient form. He has just found a job and life is looking up. He has flowers and tickets to the cinema that night and […]
Chaos Theory – Smock Alley – Review
Chaos Theory runs at Smock Alley until Dec 6th. Smock Alley provided its usual warm welcome last night, and a cold one it was too. The theatre’s Christmas tree was already a-twinkling […]
High Heels in Low Places – Project Arts Centre – Review
High Heels in Low Places – Project Arts Centre – 01-06 December 2014 8.00pm What was your political moment of the year? For some it would be the protests against the water […]
Beautiful Dreamers – Limerick – Review
Beautiful Dreamers – Thursday, November 27, 2014 – 12:00 to Sunday, December 7, 2014 – 20:00 Beautiful Dreamers is a new work that combines the talents of two of the best site […]
Rhubarb Crumble – Civic Theatre – Review
Rhubarb Crumble – Civic Theatre Richard and his girlfriend Jo fell in love in college. They had a dream of creating beautiful theatre together, something that the critics would love but would […]
Looking for Work – Project Arts Centre – Review
Looking for Work written and directed by Martin Sharry The stage of the Cube is compact. It is made to feel a great deal larger when there is no set and props […]
Tic Tac – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Tic Tac written by Thomas Beatty On a bare stage there are two rectangular stools, on one sits a man staring at the audience with a bandage on his head. His name […]
Little Gem – Civic Theatre – Review
Little Gem at the Civic Theatre, Tallaght Little Gem returns to the Civic theatre and to say it is a crowd favourite is something of an understatement. Little Gem was originally performed […]
Defender of the Faith – Project Art Centre – Review
Defender of the Faith written by Stuart Carolan – at the Project Arts Centre. First performed in 2004 at the Peacock, Decadent Theatre Company has brought a revival on a tour of […]
The Turn of the Screw – Smock Alley – Review
The Turn of the Screw – Smock Alley – Review by Helen O’Leary The Turn of the Screw is a novella written by Henry James and has been adapted many times for […]
Love and War: A Western Front Anthology – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
Love and War: A Western Front Anthology – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre Compiled by Michael James Ford Susannah de Wrixon, Elliott Moriarty and Michael James Ford, in front of a painted backdrop of […]
The Last Post – The Mart Gallery – Review
The Last Post created by JTL Theatre, developed at Fringe Lab with the support of Tiger Dublin Fringe. The Last Post was part of Tiger Dublin Fringe 2014 and deservedly returns to […]
No Smoke without Fire – Civic Theatre – Review
No Smoke without Fire by Paddy Murray For an hour Mary Murray delivers an acting tour de force as she conjures out of her malleable body and dextrous mouth six Dublin “wans” […]
Jesus Christ! It’s Jesus – New Theatre – Review
Jesus Christ, It’s Jesus runs at the New Theatre – Nov 10th – 15th @ 7.30pm – Tickets: €15 (€12 conc.) The town of Ballytrevor is like any other in Longford. When […]
Padraig Potts Guide to Walking – Civic Theatre – Review
Padraig Potts Guide to Walking by Seamus O’Rourke – Civic Theatre, Tallaght Last night was a wet, blustery night more suited to a cuppa beside the fire than venturing out, but after […]
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