Olympia – New Theatre – Review until Oct 24th @ 7.30pm Nathaniel is a brilliant, young medical student. He is always at the front of the lecture hall and the first to […]
Olympia – New Theatre – Review
Contractions – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
Contractions by Mike Bartlett October 13 – 31, 2015 Time: 1pm (doors at 12.50pm) Bewley’s Cafe Theatre is reconfigured by designer Aedin Cosgrove as the chairs for the audience line the perimeter […]
Going Spare – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Going Spare – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Frank L. Written by Siobhan Donnellan 13 October 2015 – 24 October 2015 – 7.00PM / Tuesday – Saturday – 1.00PM (matinee) / Wednesday + […]
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel – Smock Alley – Review – DTF
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel (Theatre Lovett): 4 – 11 Oct, Smock Alley Theatre As you descend into the depths of the Boys’ school in Smock Alley, you are already […]
The Game – Project Arts Centre – Review – DTF
The Game – Project Arts Centre – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Dates: Oct 7 – 11 Prostitution, we’re told in The Game, is the oldest profession in the world. And for as […]
The Oresteia – Trafalgar Studios – Review
The Oresteia – Trafalgar Studios – Review by Pat Levy London’s West End seems to be awash with light-hearted, life-enhancing musicals these days so it was with a certain trepidation that I […]
The Cherry Orchard – O’Reilly Hall – Review – DTF
The Cherry Orchard – Stan Theatre Group at O’Reilly Hall, Belvdere College – Review by P. McGovern Dates – Oct 7 – 10 Their programme note tells us that STAN theatre group […]
King Lear – Mill Theatre Dundrum – Review
William Shakespeare’s King Lear – Mill Theatre Dundrum – Review by LAW Directed by : Geoff O’Keeffe September 29th- October 23rd King Lear is a remarkably oft quoted play in our household: […]
Dancing At Lughnasa – Gaiety Theatre – Review – DTF
Dancing at Lughnasa – Oct 6 – 11, Gaiety Theatre – Review Dancing at Lughnasa is set in 1936 in the fictional town of Ballybeg in Donegal during the Lughnasa (or harvest) […]
Lockdown – New Theatre – Review
Lockdown – New Theatre – Review by Frances Winston Written by Gearoid Humphreys Directed by Anthony Fox The New Theatre, 43 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 – 7.30pm nightly until […]
The Night Alive – Gaiety Theatre – Review – DTF
The Night Alive – Gaiety Theatre – Review Written by Conor McPherson Starring – Adrian Dunbar, Frank Grimes, Laurence Kinlan, Ian Lloyd-Anderson and Kate Stanley Brennan The set comprises a squat-like flat, […]
Oedipus – Abbey Theatre – Review
Oedipus – Abbey Theatre – Review Until Saturday, 31 October 2015 – Showing on the Abbey Stage Running time: 1 hour 40 mins (no interval) The poster for this new production of […]
Duet for One – Viking Theatre – Review
Duet for One by Tom Kempinski at Viking Theatre, Clontarf – Review by P McGovern Tom Kempinski‘s Duet for One is based on the later life of Jacqueline du Pré, the strikingly […]
Chekhov’s First Play – Samuel Beckett Theatre – Dublin Theatre Festival – Review
Chekhov’s First Play – Dead Centre – 24 Sept – 4 Oct, Samuel Beckett Theatre – Review by M. Tynan There was a time when Chekhov wasn’t Checkhov, in a sense. As […]
I’m Your Man – Project Arts Centre – Dublin Theatre Festival
I’m your Man – Project Arts Centre – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald I’m your Man is a raw and bristling portrait of heartache and psychological trauma; a physical and emotional rollercoaster through […]
Small Plastic Wars – Civic Theatre – Review
Small Plastic Wars at Civic Theatre Tallaght – Review by P. McGovern This is a lot more than a one-man show about a plastic-model nerd pursuing his fixation with WW ll models […]
Star of the Sea- Draíocht – Review – Dublin Theatre Festival
Star of the Sea – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Star of the Sea (Moonfish Theatre Company and an Taibhdhearc): Sept 24 – 26 – Draíocht, Blanchardstown Star of the Sea tells the […]
Just Here – Bewley’s Café Theatre – Review
Just Here – Bewley’s Café Theatre at Powerscourt – Review by Frank L. Written by Eugene O’Brien Directed by Charlie Bonner Performed by Dan Reardon John lives in a small apartment near […]
Vernon God Little – Decadent Theatre – Review
Vernon God Little – Decadent Theatre company – Review by Audrey Devereux Vernon God Little, a novel, by DBC Pierre won the Man Booker prize in 2003, a chillingly, darkly satirical tale […]
Your Own Man/ Mad Notions – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Your Own Man/ Mad Notions – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Dates Sep 16 — 19 @ 20:00. Tickets €13 / €11 conc. Duration 55 mins. Venue: Bewley’s Cafe Theatre @ Powerscourt Luke […]
Oh! What A Lovely Rose!- Smock Alley – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Oh What a Lovely Rose – Smock Alley – Review by Frances Winston The Black Box, Smock Alley Theatre, 6/7 Exchange Street Lower, Dublin 8 Runs until September 19th at 6.15pm nightly. […]
David O’Doherty – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
We Are All in the Gutter, But Some of Us Are Looking at David O’Doherty – Project Arts Centre – Review We almost didn’t get to see David O’Doherty in the Project […]
You’re Not Alone – Peacock Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
You’re Not Alone – Kim Noble – Peacock Theatre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival Have you ever tried Internet dating? One of the dangers is that people tend to lie. Some people […]
Overshadowed – New Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Overshadowed – New Theatre – Review by Frank L. Written by Eva O’Connor Following her success in Saoirse, her award winning play for a single actor, Eva O’Connor returns with a more […]
Folds of the Crane/ Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane – Project Arts Centre – Review – TDFF
Folds of the Crane/ Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane – Project Arts Centre – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald The entire theatre goes black except for a sliver of light just off-centre […]
The Lonesome West – Civic Theatre – Review
Lonesome West – Civic Theatre – Review We meet Coleman after he returns home following the death of his father, a death he may have had a hand in! It was an […]
LOVE+ – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
LOVE+ – Claire O’Reilly Review by Emily Elphinstone Dates Sep 15 – 17 @ 19:15. Tickets €15 / €13 conc. Duration 50 mins. Venue: Project Arts Centre Cube How perfect do you […]
Agrippina – O’Reilly Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Irish Youth Opera presents Agrippina by Handel – In a co-production with Northern Ireland Opera in association with the Irish Chamber Orchestra & The Lime Tree Theatre. Oscar Wilde’s subtitle for The […]
Beckett in the City: The Women Speak – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Beckett in the City: The Women Speak. Footfalls, Rockaby, Not I and Come and Go by Samuel Beckett This is a series of short plays by Beckett all featuring women as the […]
No More Workhorse 