Are you there Garth? It’s me Margaret – Gaiety theatre from 13-25 October. – Interview by Frances Winston Tuesday – Sunday evenings: 7:30pm Saturday & Sunday matinee: 2:30pm We know what you […]
The Game – Project Arts Centre – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Dates: Oct 7 – 11 Prostitution, we’re told in The Game, is the oldest profession in the world. And for as […]
The Oresteia – Trafalgar Studios – Review by Pat Levy London’s West End seems to be awash with light-hearted, life-enhancing musicals these days so it was with a certain trepidation that I […]
The Cherry Orchard – Stan Theatre Group at O’Reilly Hall, Belvdere College – Review by P. McGovern Dates – Oct 7 – 10 Their programme note tells us that STAN theatre group […]
William Shakespeare’s King Lear – Mill Theatre Dundrum – Review by LAW Directed by : Geoff O’Keeffe September 29th- October 23rd King Lear is a remarkably oft quoted play in our household: […]
Dancing at Lughnasa – Oct 6 – 11, Gaiety Theatre – Review Dancing at Lughnasa is set in 1936 in the fictional town of Ballybeg in Donegal during the Lughnasa (or harvest) […]
Lockdown – New Theatre – Review by Frances Winston Written by Gearoid Humphreys Directed by Anthony Fox The New Theatre, 43 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 – 7.30pm nightly until […]
The Night Alive – Gaiety Theatre – Review Written by Conor McPherson Starring – Adrian Dunbar, Frank Grimes, Laurence Kinlan, Ian Lloyd-Anderson and Kate Stanley Brennan The set comprises a squat-like flat, […]
Oedipus – Abbey Theatre – Review Until Saturday, 31 October 2015 – Showing on the Abbey Stage Running time: 1 hour 40 mins (no interval) The poster for this new production of […]
I’m nearing physical exhaustion, or a new disease I’m calling play-itis, as the Dublin Theatre Festival enters its final week (until the 11th of October). The death of Brian Friel makes the […]
Duet for One by Tom Kempinski at Viking Theatre, Clontarf – Review by P McGovern Tom Kempinski‘s Duet for One is based on the later life of Jacqueline du Pré, the strikingly […]
Interview with Prima Ballerina Natalia Domracheva – Tchaikovsky Perm State Ballet – Bord Gais Energy Theatre Prima Ballerina Natalia Domracheva returns to the Bord Gais Energy Theatre this November where she will […]
The Dublin Theatre Festival runs until the 11th of October, so lots to explore in that one. There’s also the Dublin Festival of History 2015 until the 10th October and the best […]
Chekhov’s First Play – Dead Centre – 24 Sept – 4 Oct, Samuel Beckett Theatre – Review by M. Tynan There was a time when Chekhov wasn’t Checkhov, in a sense. As […]
I’m your Man – Project Arts Centre – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald I’m your Man is a raw and bristling portrait of heartache and psychological trauma; a physical and emotional rollercoaster through […]
Small Plastic Wars at Civic Theatre Tallaght – Review by P. McGovern This is a lot more than a one-man show about a plastic-model nerd pursuing his fixation with WW ll models […]
Star of the Sea – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Star of the Sea (Moonfish Theatre Company and an Taibhdhearc): Sept 24 – 26 – Draíocht, Blanchardstown Star of the Sea tells the […]
Just Here – Bewley’s Café Theatre at Powerscourt – Review by Frank L. Written by Eugene O’Brien Directed by Charlie Bonner Performed by Dan Reardon John lives in a small apartment near […]
On the eve of the Dublin Theatre Festival, we had the chance to talk to Don Wycherley about Hooked, which he directed and is touring during the Festival. It is a funny […]
We had the chance to talk to Mark Palmer and Phillip McMahon ahead of the opening of their new musical ‘I’m your Man’ at the Dublin Theatre Festival (24th to 3rd Oct). […]
Oh, so many memories. Was it the best Fringe in recent memory? What do you think of the award winners? Start the debate below. And without further ado, where are the winners […]
The Fringe is over, so finally time to relax and take it easy, right? right? The Dublin Theatre Festival kicks off this week and runs from the 24th to the 11th of […]
Holly Herndon – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival – Review by Andrew Darley Date Sep 17 @ 21:30. Venue: Spiegeltent in Wolfe Tone Square When the Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival line-up was announced, […]
Vernon God Little – Decadent Theatre company – Review by Audrey Devereux Vernon God Little, a novel, by DBC Pierre won the Man Booker prize in 2003, a chillingly, darkly satirical tale […]
Your Own Man/ Mad Notions – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Dates Sep 16 — 19 @ 20:00. Tickets €13 / €11 conc. Duration 55 mins. Venue: Bewley’s Cafe Theatre @ Powerscourt Luke […]
Oh What a Lovely Rose – Smock Alley – Review by Frances Winston The Black Box, Smock Alley Theatre, 6/7 Exchange Street Lower, Dublin 8 Runs until September 19th at 6.15pm nightly. […]
We Are All in the Gutter, But Some of Us Are Looking at David O’Doherty – Project Arts Centre – Review We almost didn’t get to see David O’Doherty in the Project […]
You’re Not Alone – Kim Noble – Peacock Theatre – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival Have you ever tried Internet dating? One of the dangers is that people tend to lie. Some people […]
Overshadowed – New Theatre – Review by Frank L. Written by Eva O’Connor Following her success in Saoirse, her award winning play for a single actor, Eva O’Connor returns with a more […]
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