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 […]
The Motherfucker with the Hat – New Theatre – Review
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 […]
Stella Full of Storms – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Stella full of Storms written by Kate Gilmore – Review by Frank L. A set consisting of a back wall painted in a greyish blue upon which have been placed three clusters […]
The Waste Ground Party – Peacock Stage – Review
The Waste Ground Party – Peacock Stage at the Abbey Theatre Someone has been dumping bin bags in one of the local gardens. You can hardly blame them, with the price of […]
The Watchman – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
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 […]
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 […]
No More Workhorse 