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 Madman and the Nun – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
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 […]
Small Plastic Wars – New Theatre – Review
Joe has recently been made redundant. He’s been kicking around the house too much and is starting to get under his wife’s feet. He needs a hobby, something to keep him occupied […]
The Lesson – Pearse Theatre – Review
The Lesson – Review by Dan O’Neill. The recent production of Eugene Ionesco’s ‘The Lesson’ by the comparatively recently formed AGNI Acting Studio had a number of marks to hit. How to […]
Kiss Of The Chicken King – Project Arts Centre – Review
Kiss of the Chicken King runs at the Project Arts Centre from the 26th of April 2014 until the 3rd of May 2014 @ 8.00pm Kiss of the Chicken King is a […]
All A Dream – Chancery Lane – Review
All a Dream – runs at Chancery Lane until April 26th @ 6.30. Matinee on April 26th. As you enter the small space in Chancery Lane, a lonely piano plays in the […]
Leper + Chip – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Leper + Chip continues at Theatre Upstairs until May 3rd. Leper is so called as he burnt his leg in a fire, and Chip because of a chipped front tooth in her […]
Cornerstones – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
Cornerstones Review by Joseph Kearney Dublin is my favourite city in all the world. I love her leafy Kavanagh canals, her European Boulevard Main Street, her Irishness, the spike, the rhyming slang […]
Assassination of Brian Boru – New Theatre – Review
All history of this vintage must be taken with a pinch of salt, but as legend would have it, Brian Boru was killed by a number of fleeing Norsemen who stumbled upon […]
Potted Potter – Gaiety Theatre – Review
Potter Potter – Review by Emily Elphinstone In an era of short attention spans, it seems fitting that a show condensing all the (increasingly chunky) Harry Potter books into 70 minutes has […]
No More Workhorse 