The Seagull and Other Birds – Dublin Theatre Festival – Sept 29th until Oct 5th Americanitis opens tonight at the Dublin theatre festival, but it already feels familiar. The many hours of […]
The Dublin Theatre Festival is probably the main event in Dublin this weather, with events all around the city The Stanley Kubrick Season is at the Lighthouse, and I’ve been looking forward […]
A young woman walks to the centre of the stage in darkness. As the lights slowly rise, you realise she is wearing only pyjama bottoms and a t-shirt. She stands on the […]
Read our Interview with Brendan and Brian Gleeson here. Read our review of the Walworth Farce here. Just marking your cards for early next year, as Landmark productions have managed to snare […]
My name is Alice Devine by Shay Linehan Alice had a home, a husband, two sons and all seemed fine. But financial problems hit as the economy crashes and her family world […]
The Tiger has gone into hibernation with the end of the Tiger Dublin Fringe so we have a few weeks of calm and reflection, right? Nope, it’s going to be bedlam out […]
One final roar for the Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival with the awards ceremony taking place tonight. I for one am delighted to see ‘How to Keep an Alien’ take the ‘Best Produciton’ […]
Borstal Boy runs at the Gaiety Theatre until Oct 11th. A young Brendan Behan travels to Liverpool with the makings of a bomb in his case, complete with dynamite. He is working […]
Eating Seals and Seagulls Eggs – Project Arts Centre – until 20th Sept If you ask people of a certain age about their memories of secondary school, an often repeated topic is […]
B(r)itches – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival – Review by Emily Elphinstone Following the success of last year’s hit ‘Boys and Girls’, Dylan Coburn Gray returns to the Fringe with a completely different […]
Rhubarb Crumble runs at the Tiger Dublin Fringe until Saturday the 20th of Sept @ 8.30., Bewley’s Café Theatre. Rhubarb Crumble charts the rise and fall and rise and fall again of […]
Ajax and Little Iliad – Review by Emily Elphinstone One of the best things about the Fringe festival is the opportunity to go to more immersive shows, where you don’t just get […]
Rian Unplugged takes to the roads of Ireland, making it from Meath, Laois, Clare, Donegal, Mayo, Longford, Sligo and Leitrim! The people of Dublin can’t complain as they had their chance, as […]
How to Build your First Robot – Tiger Dublin Fringe Festival – until 20th Sept. It is the 1960’s and man has one dream, to step foot on the moon. An American […]
Behan there, done that! – Interview by Frances Winston Borstal Boy runs in the Gaeity theatre until October 11th. Tickets from €24.50 including booking fee. Show starts 7:30pm nightly with a 3pm […]
Charolais – Review by Emily Elphinstone Telling the tale of a person and their nemesis, the protagonist and antagonist, has great precedent in theatrical history; but not often is that antagonist a […]
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 […]
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. […]
It’s the last week of the Tiger Dublin Fringe! If you haven’t gone to anything, you’ve been missing out! Culture Night is also this Friday the 19th of Sept. There’s events all […]
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 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 – 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 […]
“Sick is about what happens at the end of love. It’s a play about isolation and care-giving. It’s a play about family and reversing roles. When fantasy is the only release and […]
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! – 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 […]
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. […]
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 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 – Review by Helen O’Leary This play performed to a full house last night so it seems word has already spread that […]
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