It Started With Jason Donovan – Review by Andrew Darley Walking into Edinburgh’s New Town Theatre stage on my last night of the city’s Fringe Festival, I was cheerily greeted by the […]
It Started With Jason Donovan – Edinburgh Fringe – Review
Scotch & Soda – Spiegeltent – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Scotch and Soda created by Company 2, Brisbane The Spiegeltent’s warm charm with small gilded wooden chairs in circular rows around the stage provide the spot-on mood for this eclectic performance of […]
Marky Mac Sherry Tells It Like It Is – New Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Marky Mac Sherry Tells It Like It Is – Martin Sharry Martin Sharry is an unusual character. He is a tall ungainly man, with scruffy hair, jeans and odd socks. He’s from […]
Breda’s Way – New Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Breda’s Way – Written and Performed by Breda Larkin Review by Frank L. In the summer of 1985, the small village of Ballinspittle, County Cork made waves internationally when the statue of […]
Behind the Dark – Phoenix Park – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival – Review
Behind the Dark – Phoenix Park – Review by Frances Winston Meeting point: Phoenix Park, Parkgate Street Entrance Tickets €16/€14 – Runs until September 19th So many pieces in Fringe are described […]
Mother You – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Mother You created by Louise White Block B in Smithfield is available to let, or so the signs in the window say. It is a large open plan building measuring some 11,000 […]
The Matador – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
The Matador – Show in a Bag Shane O’Reilly – Review by P McGovern Matador – at Bewley’s Café Theatre @ Powersourt Centre until September 14 The publicity for this show might […]
Templemore – New Theatre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Templemore – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Running: Sep 9-12, 2015 at The New Theatre, East Essex Street, Dublin 2 Templemore opens with young Garda recruit Éadaoin (writer Áine Ryan) combing her friend […]
Remember to Breathe – Smock Alley – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Remember to Breathe at Boys School – Smock Alley Theatre – Review by P McGovern Orla Murphy’s new play which opened last night touches on themes of emigration and consequent sense of […]
Our Island – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
MIRARI Productions presents Our Island – By Barry McStay Directed by Maisie Lee 6th-12th September at the Project Cube Review by Audrey Devereux The Fringe Festival is now upon us when all […]
Grounded – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Grounded by George Brant Siren Productions – Review by Frank L. In 2012, Grounded won the Smith Prize (US$5,000.00) for a work about American politics. It was a prescient choice. The unnamed […]
The Windstealers – Smock Alley – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
The Windstealers – Review by C.K. MacNamara Written by: Jane Madden Directed by: Anushka Senanayake Starring: Colin Campbell, Lloyd Cooney, Rory Corcoran, Katie Honan, Alan Mahon, Christiane O’Mahony, Roseanna Purcell. There is […]
Jellyfish – Project Arts Centre – Review – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival
Jellyfish – by Alice Malseed and Sarah Baxter Review by Frank L. Alice Malseed is of the generation who graduated just in time to get the full frontal blast of the international […]
It Folds – Peacock Theatre – Review
It Folds – Brokentalkers and Junk Ensemble Dates Sep 07 — 12 @ 19:00. The piece opens with a ghost emerging from the darkness of the stage. He is a traditional ghost, […]
Fly me to the Moon – Gaiety Theatre – Review
Fly me to the Moon – Gaiety Theatre – Review 2 September 2015 – 12 September 2015 Featuring Tara Lynne O Neil and Katie Tumelty Written and Directed by Marie Jones Francis […]
Missing Football – Viking Theatre – Review
Missing Football – Viking Theatre – Review Written by Peter McKenna, Performed by Stephen Kelly Aug 31 – Sept 12 The set consists of a single, comfortable-enough-looking bed in a non-descript space […]
Moonlight & Music – Waiting – Dolmen Theatre – Review
Moonlight and Music and Waiting – Dolmen Theatre – Review by Frank L. Two short plays by Jennifer Johnston Moonlight and Music – Waiting There are certain similarities between these two short […]
Salt Mountain – Project Arts Centre – Review
Salt Mountain – Project Arts Centre – Review by Audrey Devereux Written By Carmel Winters Directed by Jo Mangan An Abbey Theatre Commission for NAYD At Project Arts Centre, Dublin 24-29 August […]
Waiting For Godot – Smock Alley – Review
Waiting For Godot – Smock Alley Theatre 1662 – Review by Frank L. Runs from 24th-29th August in The Main Space Written By: Samuel Beckett Directed By: Patrick Sutton This production has […]
By The Bog of Cats – Abbey Theatre – Review
By the Bog of Cats – Showing on the Abbey Stage – Review Until Saturday, 12 September 2015 The Bog of Cats is a place not quite of this earth. A barren […]
The Quiet Land – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
The Quiet Land at Bewley’s Café Theatre – Review by P. McGovern August 17 – September 05, 2015 Time: 1pm (doors at 12.50pm) Starring Des Keogh and Derry Power A tall milk […]
Focus – Players Theatre – Review
FOCUS – a new play by Sheena Lambert Nellie has invited a collection of friends and family to her house with a purpose. She had a problem at work, her last focus […]
Fried Eggs – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Fried Eggs – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Frank L. Written by Lindsay Jane Sedgwick The set is just the back wall draped in a plain fabric and two metal chairs placed […]
The School for Wives – New Theatre – Review
The School for Wives by Molière – AC Productions Aug 3rd – Aug 15th @ 7.30pm Arnolphe has an unusual view of women and the institution of marriage. He thinks that the […]
The Importance of Being Earnest – Smock Alley – Review
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde – Review by Frank L Smock Alley Theatre 1662 – August 3rd-22nd in The Main Space In her director’s note, which is more insightful […]
Bob & Judy – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Bob & Judy – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Audrey Devereux Fast Intent, company in residence 2015 at Theatre Upstairs, present their new play, ‘Bob & Judy’, written by Gerard Adlum and […]
Spring Awakening – Smock Alley – Review
Spring Awakening – Smock Alley – 28th July-1st August at 7.30pm in The Main Space Spring Awakening is the story of a group of teenage school children set in late 19th century […]
The Happy Prince – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
The Happy Prince – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre @ Powerscourt – Review by Frank L. Written by Oscar Wilde Performed by Michael James Ford For adults and children (7+) alike Michael James Ford […]
Three Days Of Rain – New Theatre – Review
Three Days of Rain by Richard Greenberg – Company D Theatre – runs at the New Theatre until July 25th. Walker went missing after the death of his father. His sister Nan […]
No More Workhorse 