The Watchman written by Sean Lawlor – Review by Frank L. First performed at the Peacock Theatre in 1988, Dublin Theatre Company, at the direction of Anthony Fox revives this small slice […]
The Watchman – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
Girls of Dublin Town – Sugar Club – Review
The Girls of Dublin Town is a night of music and theatre that continues tonight at the Sugar Club in Dublin. It is based on the play ‘Ladies Night’ which was staged […]
The Locked Room – Project Arts Centre – Review
The Locked Room – Project Arts Centre – Review by Conor O’Carroll Set in a white room two strangers wake up and try to make sense of their environment through mime, dance […]
The Crystal Cage – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
The Crystal Cage– Smock Alley Theatre- Review by Julie Melia Ofegus Theatre Company are back with another show for children. ‘The Crystal Cage’ runs until November 2nd in Smock Alley Theatre. As […]
Spectres – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Spectres at Theatre Upstairs – Written by Finbarr Doyle and Jeda de Bri An inn, somewhere near the coast, the proprietor Mrs. Rance (Jennifer Laverty) checks her ledger to see who is […]
Defenders of the Faith – Civic Theatre – Review
Defenders of the Faith at the Civic Theatre runs until November 1st. Set in a farm in Armagh in 1986, Defenders of the Faith is a story of a dysfunctional family heavily […]
Joe Prop – Smock Alley – Review
Joe Prop – Review by Frances Winston Smock Alley Theatre, Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, Dublin 8 – Runs 27th October – 1st November – Tickets €15/12/10 Having started as a short […]
Halloween 2014 – National Leprechaun Museum – Review
Halloween 2014 at the National Leprechaun Museum. Entering the National Leprechaun Museum, I really had no idea what to expect. We were ushered into a small waiting room filled with paraphernalia about […]
Othello – Mill Theatre – Review
Shakespeare’s Othello is currently being staged at the Mill Theatre, Dundrum, in an in-house production directed by Geoffrey O’Keeffe. Shakepeare’s Othello is a proud man, renowned in the field of battle. The […]
According To His Need – New Theatre – Review
According To His Need – New Theatre – until Nov 1st. Nick is a young man that has struggled to get the attention of the opposite sex. After a few attempts to […]
No Smoke without Fire – Viking Theatre – Review
No Smoke without Fire – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Running: October 5th -26th Starring: Mary Murray The smoking ban was put in place in Ireland in 2004. Smokers who once puffed away […]
Mavericks – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Mavericks by Rebecca Grimes & David Farrell The backdrop contains advertising posters including one for the Alley Theatre’s production of A Waiting for Godot and another for Burger Queen. The only prop […]
Mary Massacre – New Theatre – Review
Mary Massacre by Johnny McKnight – Review by Frank L. New Theatre – Oct 13th – Oct 18th @ 7.30pm – Tickets: €12 (€10 conc.) Johnny McKnight is a Scottish playwright, director […]
Patrick Kavanagh: A Life – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
Patrick Kavanagh: A Life created and performed by PJ Brady Patrick Kavanagh (1904 – 1967) made Monaghan, its stony grey soil and inhabitants, familiar to many who never glimpsed it or had […]
Our Few and Evil Days – Abbey Theatre – Review
Our Few and Evil Days | Abbey Theatre | Sept 26 – Oct 11 A young man arrives at a house and is met by an older couple. It becomes clear that […]
Book Burning – Dublin Theatre Festival Review
Book Burning | Project Arts Centre (Space Upstairs) | Oct 8 – 11 At the centre of the stage stands a trunk. It is a large imposing object in the middle of […]
Jack Charles V The Crown – Dublin Theatre Festival Review
Jack Charles V The Crown | Samuel Beckett Theatre | Oct 8 – 12 – Review by Emily Elphinstone One of the most exciting things about the Dublin Theatre Festival is the […]
Paul Bright’s Confessions of a Justified Sinner – Dublin Theatre Festival Review
Paul Bright’s Confessions of a Justified Sinner | Abbey Theatre, on the Peacock Stage | Oct 7 – 11 In the 1980s, Paul Bright was something of an enfant terrible in Scottish […]
Perhaps all the Dragons – Dublin Theatre Festival Review
Perhaps all the dragons | Smock Alley Theatre | Oct 7 – 11 As you enter the banquet hall in Smock Alley, the strange contraption is revealed. It is a series of […]
The Way Back Home: Review
The Way Back Home – Branar and Teater Refleksion Dublin Theatre Festival Family Season at The Ark Irish theatre company Branar team up with Danish Teater Refleksion to bring this adaptation of […]
Bailegangaire – Olympia Theatre – Dublin Theatre Festival Review
Bailegangaire runs until Oct 5th. Review by Helen O’Leary Bailegangaire opens with Mommo centre stage, sitting on her throne which is also her wrought iron bed. The same old farmhouse kitchen that […]
The Mariner – Gate Theatre – Review
The Mariner – Review by Emily Elphinstone Set in rural Cork, The Mariner tells the story of Royal Navy sailor Peter Shanley (Sam O’Mahony), as he returns home following the WWI Battle […]
Brigit – Olympia Theatre – Dublin Theatre Festival Review
Brigit – Dublin Theatre Festival – Until Oct 5th Seamus has had a turbulent relationship with the Catholic Church, in the past he feels he was swindled out of payment for his […]
Friendly Fire – New Theatre – Review
Friendly Fire – Review by Frances Winston 43 East Essex St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 Runs Septemer 29th – Octoer 11th @ 7.30pm nightly Tickets: €10-15 Acclaimed Irish poet Francis Ledwidge gets […]
Vardo – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review
Vardo runs at the Dublin Theatre Festival until October 12th. The final piece of the puzzle, this is the last part of the Monto cycle. The series of four immersive plays were […]
A Girl is A Half-formed Thing – Dublin Theatre Festival Review
A young woman walks to the centre of the stage in darkness. As the lights slowly rise, you realise she is wearing only pyjama bottoms and a t-shirt. She stands on the […]
My name is Alice Devine – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
My name is Alice Devine by Shay Linehan Alice had a home, a husband, two sons and all seemed fine. But financial problems hit as the economy crashes and her family world […]
Borstal Boy – Gaiety Theatre – Review
Borstal Boy runs at the Gaiety Theatre until Oct 11th. A young Brendan Behan travels to Liverpool with the makings of a bomb in his case, complete with dynamite. He is working […]
Eeating Seals and Seagulls Eggs – Project Arts Centre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Eating Seals and Seagulls Eggs – Project Arts Centre – until 20th Sept If you ask people of a certain age about their memories of secondary school, an often repeated topic is […]
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