Totems – National Gallery of Ireland – Review by Frank L. Choreographed by Liz Roche Photos by Luca Truffarelli Until July 9th Totems is a celebration of the recently renovated National Gallery. […]
Totems – National Gallery of Ireland – Review by Frank L. Choreographed by Liz Roche Photos by Luca Truffarelli Until July 9th Totems is a celebration of the recently renovated National Gallery. […]
100 More Like These: The Story of the San Patricios – Viking Theatre – Review by Frank L. Written by Larry O’Loughlin Adapted & Performed by Stephen Jones Until July 15th This […]
My Name is Rachel Corrie – New Theatre – Review Until July 8th Rachel Corrie was born in Washington in 1979. She was a free spirit, a girl who had no idea […]
Once The Musical – Olympia Theatre – Review by Fran Winston Olympia theatre, Dame Street, Dublin 2 Runs until August 26th Evening shows – doors 7pm, show 8pm Matinee shows – doors […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 04-07-17 The most exciting event is Totems in the National Gallery. You can read all about that here. Otherwise, there are a few new productions such […]
The David Fragments – Samuel Beckett Theatre – Review by Frank L. The David Fragments – After Bertolt Brecht The genesis of this theatrical performance is important to assimilate. The director and […]
True Pirates Never Die – Smock Alley – Review by P McGovern 26 Jun – 1 Jul | 7:30pm | Main Space The Gaiety School of Acting’s graduate show at Smock Alley […]
Eden – Smock Alley – Review by Frank L. Eden written by Eugene O’Brien – Production by Little Shadow Theatre Company + Unravel Productions Until July 1st In 2001, Eden was first […]
Futureproof – Project Arts Centre – Review by P McGovern Lynda Radley’s Futureproof – until 01 July 2017 @ 7.30pm A huge, forbidding-looking gate, topped with barbed wire, dominates the otherwise empty […]
Room – Abbey Theatre – Review by Patrick Viale Until July 22nd Following the hugely successful film version of Emma Donoghue’s 2010 novel, Room, which won an Oscar for best actress for […]
The Play That Goes Wrong – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review by Fran Winston Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Grand Canal Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2 June 26th to July 1sty […]
Interview with Michael O’Kelly – Eden – Smock Alley We had the chance to talk to Michael O’Kelly who plays Billy in the production of Eden currently running in Smock Alley. You […]
To Hell in a Handbag at Bewleys Café Theatre – Review by P McGovern Until July 22nd at 1pm Forget the Hell bit of the title; this show isn’t a gloomy, philosophical […]
Wonderland – Bord Gáis Theatre – Review 19 Jun 2017 – 24 Jun 2017 Alice has just had the worst day imaginable. She was fired from her job in a travel agency […]
Probably my favourite festival of the summer, Body&Soul has Lambchop, Bonobo and more. It sounds fairly fab! There’s also the Sea Sessions with Primal Scream, among others. The Hinterland Literature festival in […]
Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach – Mill Theatre – Review by Edward Melvin Adapted by David Wood, Directed by Geoff O’Keeffe dlr Mill Theatre, Dundrum Town Centre, June 17th – […]
The Ladykillers – Lyric Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown Graham Linehan is the master of the one set sit-com, from Father Ted to Black Books, and his adaptation of William Rose’s […]
Dublin Fringe Festival – 9–24 Sept 2017 The Fringe is ages away, I hear you say. Well, yeah, it is, but not ages, ages. It’ll be here before you know it and […]
No’s Knife – Abbey Theatre – Review by P. McGovern Until Saturday, 17 June 2017 on the Abbey Stage No’s Knife is adapted by its performer/co-director Lisa Dwan from Samuel Beckett’s Texts […]
Interview with Ross Gaynor – I Am A Bird Now – Theatre Upstairs We had the chance to talk to Ross Gaynor, the writer and star of ‘I Am A Bird Now’ […]
Interview with Helen Norton – To Hell In A Handbag We had the chance to talk to Helen Norton about her hugely successful Fringe Show ‘To Hell In A Handbag’ – The […]
Lots of festivals this week, which is always the way mid summer. There’s the Bloomsday Festival (11 June – 16 June) for those that have read the big book! If you haven’t […]
Evita – Bord Gais Theatre – Review by Pia Maltri Until 17 Jun 2017 Eva Perón’s story lends itself quite naturally to a musical of operatic quality such as those by Andrew […]
Cyclops – New Theatre – Review Cyclops by Peter Reid, adapted from Ulysses by James Joyce Until Jun 24th @ 7.30pm – Duration: 70 minutes The year is 1904 and the setting […]
Minding Frankie – Gaiety Theatre – Review by Fran Winston June 6th – June 17th 7.30pm nightly. Matinee Saturday June 10th 2.30pm – Tickets €25-€37 Adapted for the stage by Shay Linehan, […]
Dubliners Women (from Joyce’s Dubliners) – Bewley’s Café Theatre – Review by P. McGovern Until June 17th Bloomsday Festival – until June 17th There is a feeling about this production that all […]
Another summer week filled with festivals and other exciting odds and ends! Outside of Dublin, there’s the Carlow Arts Festival 2017 (7 – 13th June) which includes the Festival of Writing and […]
Stones in his Pockets – Smock Alley Theatre – Review by P. McGovern Until – 10 Jun | 7:30pm Celebrating its 21st birthday this year, Marie Jones’s Stones in his Pockets has […]
Imagining Liam – The Teachers Club – Review May 29 – June 10 Monday to Saturday nights. The Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1. Photography by Roger Kenny. Imagining Liam […]