CONTACT – A Travelling Theatre Performance Presented by Corcadorca and Cork Midsummer Festival Date: 11-14 June, 18-21 June 2020 – Various locations around Cork City If you’re lucky enough to be in […]
Contact – A Travelling Theatre Performance
Carlow Arts Festival Presents ‘Slices’
Carlow Arts Festival Presents ‘Slices’ Find out more about the Carlow Arts Festival here. I can only imagine the amount of work that goes into planning an arts festival! Carlow Arts Festival […]
Dublin Dance Festival Digital Capsule
Dublin Dance Festival Digital Capsule 29 May – 7 June – Full Lineup While the Dublin Dance Festival was just one of the many casualties of our current crisis, they have managed […]
New Speak Re-Imagined – Lyric Theatre – Review
New Speak Re-Imagined – Lyric Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown Episode 1 – 24th April Episode 2 – 1st May Episode 3 – 8th May Episode 4 – 15th May Renowned […]
Stage on Screen – 01-05-20
Stage on Screen – 01/05/20 The big event in theatre in Ireland this week is surely the Dear Ireland project at the abbey! As you would expect, with new work made under […]
Stage on Screen – 22-04-20
Stage on Screen – 22/04/20 This week’s trip into the world of Theatre on Screen gives us the wonderful Embers by Pan Pan. There’s also a hugely impressive piece called ‘Betroffenheit’ which […]
Stage on Screen – 15-04-20
Stage on Screen – 15/04/20 The days may continue to blend into one, but there are still some great things to watch on line! If you’re not watching some of these, you […]
Stage on Screen – Fight Back Festival – 07/04/20
Stage on Screen – Fight Back Festival – 07/04/20 The New Theatre have come up with a lovely idea with a new “online theatre festival for Irish audiences to discover short plays […]
Stage on Screen – 03/04/20
Stage on Screen – 03/04/20 A special edition of our Stage on Screen posts, with the news that Abomination: A DUP opera will be screened tonight for one night only! The opera […]
Theatre Online – 31/03/20
Stage on Screen – 31/03/20 With very little happening on stage, we’ll have a look at some of the theatre productions being released on the small screen, to be watched in the […]
Dance on Screen – Liz Roche – Bastard Amber
Dance on Screen – Liz Roche – Bastard Amber Another present has arrived online, in the form of a dance production by the Liz Roche Company. It’s available for the next two […]
Stage on Screen
Stage on Screen The World of theatre has reacted to the Pandemic. There has been a movement in recent weeks for theatre makers to release video recordings of some of their stage […]
Interview with Two Pints Creators – Olympia Theatre
Interview with Two Pints Creators – Olympia Theatre Two Pints – Olympia Theatre – Written by Roddy Doyle 18th –29 August 2020 by Frank L. No More Workhorse got to sit down […]
Interview with Sian Ní Mhuirí – The Lonsdale Project
Interview with Sian Ní Mhuirí – The Lonsdale Project Theatremaker Sian Ní Mhuirí of theatre company Super Paua talks to No More Workhorse about her latest play THE LONSDALE PROJECT, mostly aimed […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 10-03-20
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 10-03-20 CONVID-19 – Some/ Most Theatres Are Closed – Please Check With Theatre As part of the Patrick’s Day Festival, we have Where We Live (which […]
Masterpieces – Smock Alley Theatre – Review
Masterpieces – Smock Alley Theatre – Review Dates: 2 – 7 Mar 2020 Review by Frank L Sarah Daniels wrote the original play in 1983 which was premiered at the Royal Exchange […]
Our New Girl – Gate Theatre – Review
Our New Girl – Gate Theatre – Review by Frank L. 4th – 21st March 2020 Our New Girl written by Nancy Harris Originally premièred in London in 2012 and revived off-Broadway […]
Killing Grandad – New Theatre – Review
Killing Grandad – New Theatre – Review by Fran Winston Killing Grandad by Jack Harte 3rd March – 14th March Unless you are a huge fan of Irish mythology you may not have heard of Balor […]
The Afters – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
The Afters – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review by Frank L March 02 – 21, 2020 Weddings can often be stressful and even more so the so-called ‘afters’. This one is no […]
Seeing is not believing: Keith Barry’s Insanity Tour
Seeing is not believing: Keith Barry’s Insanity Tour by Pat Levy I am a sceptic. I’d go so far as to say my adult life has been built on a rejection of […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 03-03-20
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 03-03-20 This week we’ve the opening of Our New Girl at the Gate. We’ve also The Afters at Bewley’s Cafe Theatre, The Spider’s House at the […]
The Fall of the Second Republic – Abbey Theatre – Review
The Fall of the Second Republic – Abbey Theatre – Review 24 February – 14 March 2020 By Michael West in collaboration with Annie Ryan A Corn Exchange and Abbey Theatre co-production […]
Walls Talk – Project Arts Centre – Review
Walls Talk – Project Arts Centre – Review Review by Frank L. Dates: 25 Feb – 29 Feb Eriu Dance Company presents Walls Talk Breándan de Gallaí has a curriculum vitae that […]
Dragon – New Theatre – Review
Dragon – New Theatre – Review by Diana Pérez García 25th February – 29th February “Would you be interested in coming to see Medea at The Gate?” asks my companion above the […]
Mamafesta Memorialising – Project Arts Centre – Review
Mamafesta Memorialising – Project Arts Centre – Review Company Philip Connaughton – Mamafesta Memorialising Dates: 19 Feb – 22 Feb At the start of this new work by Philip Connaughton, we see a […]
Dream, Sleep, Connect – Lyric Theatre – Review
Dream, Sleep, Connect – Lyric Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown Written by Rosemary Jenkinson 18 – 22 Feb Rosemary Jenkinson and c21 Theatre Company have been working together for quite some […]
Blood Brothers – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review
Blood Brothers – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review by P. Viale 18 Feb 2020 – 29 Feb 2020 Conceived originally as a one-act school play, Willy Russell’s 1983 hit musical, “Blood […]
Interview with Katie McCann – Bookworm – Scene + Heard Festival
Interview with Katie McCann – Bookworm – Scene + Heard Festival Sat 22 + Sun 23 Feb | 2pm | Main Space We had a chance to talk to playwright and actor […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 18-02-20
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 18-02-20 Scene + Heard Festival continues at Smock Alley until the 29th of Feb, so lots of time to check it out! As regards new productions […]
No More Workhorse 