The Carved Soul runs at Smock Alley until Wednesday the 17th. Ollie is quite a difficult old man. He still has a lot of life left in him though, he has a […]
The Carved Soul – Smock Alley – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Pilgrim – Smock Alley Theatre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Pilgrim – Smock Alley Theatre – Review by Helen O’Leary Pilgrim is a one-man show but you don’t tire of the one man Rex Ryan because he presents himself in many guises. […]
Down and Out in Paris and London – Bewley’s Cafe – Review
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell – Review With only a table, two chairs, and a small glass of wine, the scene looks very much the same onstage, […]
Songs From A Car Park (Drury Street) – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Songs from a Car Park (Drury Street) – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review You are met at the entrance to the Car Park by a Fringe representative in an orange t-shirt who directs […]
Bastard: A Family History – Project Arts Centre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Bastard: A Family History – Review by Frank L. The stage contains a substantial vacant suspended picture frame with an open suitcase on the floor, a toaster of indeterminate age on a […]
Singlehood – Olympia Theatre – Review
Singlehood – Review by Frances Winston The Olympia theatre, Dame Street, Dublin 2 Runs September 11th -13th at 8pm nightly (doors 7.15pm). Tickets: €25/28 Given that this was one of the huge […]
Lurky! Lurky! – Beckett Theatre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Lurky! Lurky! – Review by Frances Winston The Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin 2. Runs from September 11th – 14th @ 6.30pm nightly. Matinee Saturday 13th @ 1pm Tickets €15/13. Suitable […]
Fizzles – Beckett in the City – 14 Henrietta Street – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Samuel Beckett’s Fizzles – Beckett in the City – Tiger Dublin Fringe This production takes place in 14 Henrietta street, which is one of the more impressive venues for the Fringe Festival. […]
Centre of the Universe – Bewleys Cafe Theatre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
The Centre of the Universe – Review by Emily Elphinstone John Doran wants to be your Best Friend, whether you really like your best friend, or are secretly jealous of them. He […]
Tardigrade – Beckett Theatre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Tardigrade – Beckett Theatre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review As you enter the space, you are greeted with a large projection on the back wall of a small grub like creature scurrying. This […]
At Sea – New Theatre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
At Sea – New Theatre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review – Review by Helen O’Leary This play performed to a full house last night so it seems word has already spread that […]
Lords of Strut – Chaos – Peacock – Tiger Dubln Fringe Review
Lords of Strut present Chaos – Review by Frances Winston The Peacock Stage @ The Abbey Theatre, 26-27 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1 Runs 9-13 September nightly at 7pm. Saturday 13 September […]
The Rest is Action – Project Arts Centre – Review V2.0
The Rest is Action runs at the Tiger Dublin Fringe – Review by Frances Winston The Rest is Action – Upstairs @ Project Arts Centre, 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin […]
Bernarda’s House – Project Arts Centre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Bernarda’s House – Review by Frances Winston The Cube @ Project Arts Centre, 39 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. 5-13 September @ 6.15pm nightly. Tickets €15/13. This retelling of Federico […]
Hitting the Mark – Smock Alley – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Hitting the Mark – Tiger Dublin Fringe – Smock Alley – Review The premise is simple, if a little flaky. An Emmy award-winning TV producer descends on Ireland to reboot one of […]
How to Keep an Alien – Project Arts Centre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
How to Keep an Alien runs at the Tiger Dublin Fringe until Saturday 13th of September – Review by Frances Winston If the title of this leads you to expect a sci-fi […]
Advocacy – Project Arts Centre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Advocacy runs at the Project Arts Centre until Saturday 13th of September. Advocacy is not a traditional play, it is a piece that aims to give a voice to people who are […]
The Rest is Action – Project Arts Centre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
The Rest is Action runs at the Tiger Dublin Fringe until Saturday 13th of September. Review by Emily Elphinstone From the opening moments of The Rest is Action, as the cast gently […]
Wrapped – Smock Alley – Tiger Dublin Fringe Review
Wrapped runs at the Tiger Dublin Fringe until Saturday 13th of September. Ali and Lisa are two very different people. Ali has had a rough few years, spending the majority of her […]
Twelfth Night – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
Twelfth Night or What You Will – Review by Helen O’Leary Smock Alley Theatre After a spluttering start this play erupts with a beach party scene leaving the audience in no doubt […]
Steven Berkoff – The Actor’s Lament – Gaiety Theatre – Review
Steven Berkoff – The Actor’s Lament – Gaiety Theatre – September 1st – 6th. Two actors drift onto a barren stage, with a single throne like chair placed dead centre. They are […]
Collected Stories – Teachers Club – Review
Lisa Morrison is an aspiring writer at the start of her career, a college student with real talent. Ruth Steiner is a well established writer who teaches in Lisa’s college. We meet […]
Tracer – New Theatre – Review
Richard has just started a new job, coding in a market research company. He has no long term ambition there, it’s not something he sees himself doing in five years time. He […]
Out of Print – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Out of Print written and devised by Gumption Theatre Company Gumption Theatre Company is a collaboration between a group of young actors. Colin is a young man returning to his home following […]
The Importance of Being Honest – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
The Importance of Being Honest – until September 06, 2014 @ 1pm (doors at 12.50pm) As you may have guessed, this is a sequel of sorts to one of Oscar Wilde’s most […]
Things to do in Dublin (25-08-14 – 31-08-14)
This is the festival everyone has been waiting for, with Electric Picnic kicking off this week. It’s long since sold out, so if you’re without a ticket, you’ll have to make do! […]
Heartbreak House – Abbey Theatre – Review
Ellie Dunn has chosen an unusual day to visit the house of Mrs. Hesione Hushabye. The house seems chaotic at the best of times, but this is the day that Captain Shotover’s […]
Pride and Prejudice – Gate Theatre – Review
With Pride and Prejudice starting at the Gate Theatre tonight, here’s what we thought of it way back in October of last year. Review fist published here. It’s Christmas so it must […]
Tales from Briar Hall – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Tales from Briar Hall written by Katie McCann Edward (Ste Murray) has found solace from an early age in the depths of the woods, far away from the bullying of his seven […]
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