The 3 Kings – Review by Frances Winston Single fathers have been in the news a lot in recent years as they fight for the same rights as women in their situation […]
3 Kings – Theatre Upstairs – Review
The Art of Wedlock – Chancery Lane – Review
This was my first trip to Chancery Lane, and there’s always a sense of excitement about a new space in Dublin. It’s a small space at the side of a coffee shop […]
Counter Culture – New Theatre – Review
Counter Culture – New Theatre – Review by Emily Elphinstone After a successful run in Bewley’s Cafe Theatre last year as one of Dublin Fringe Festival’s ‘Show in a Bag’ productions, Counter […]
Things to do in Dublin (10-02-14 – 16-02-14)
Love is in the air…. everywhere I look around… do do do, do do do. Yes, it’s another one of those holidays created by greeting card companies, if you want to be […]
Breathless – Smock Alley – Review
Breathless By Joseph Kearney February 3rd to 15th 8pm Review by Joseph Kearney John McKenna has created a four woman piece. A man has stepped inside the minds of four women and […]
Jezebel – Rough Magic – Civic Theatre – Review
Jezebel – Review by Emily Elphinstone 4th – 6th Feb: Civic Theatre, Tallaght http://www.civictheatre.ie Traditionally, Jezebel is associated with promiscuity and manipulation; but that couldn’t be further from the truth in Mark […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (3-2-14 – 9-2-14)
Yes, we have survived the cold of January and are now entering Spring, by most people’s reckoning. February is starting out pretty wild, but we’ll give it time to settle. This week, […]
Fionnuala – New Theatre – Review
Review by Dan O’Neill The Corrib Gas Line has been one of those subjects in Irish life that has been either ignored or forgotten about by most of the domestic media. The […]
The Dig – Theatre Upstairs – Review
The Dig – Review by Emily Elphinstone Theatre Upstairs is kicking of their 2014 season in style, with the World Premiere of ‘The Dig’, from Yes Productions. ‘The Dig’ tells the story […]
A Tender Thing – Project Arts Centre – Review
A Tender Thing asks the question what if Romeo and Juliet had lived full lives, and what would happen when they eventually had to be parted through death. This play was written […]
A Skull in Connemara – Gaiety Theatre – Review
A Skull in Connemara – Review by Helen O’Leary The first peals of audience laughter come a bit reluctantly. After all it seems a bit inappropriate to be chuckling at a husband […]
Sparks – The Teachers’ Club – Review
Sparks by Pat Hynes Scéal Eile are an interesting new theatre company based in a bookshop in Ennis, Co.Clare. Their current offering at the Teacher’s Club on Parnell Square, is ‘Sparks’ written […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (27-1-14 – 2-2-14)
Bill Callahan is in Dublin, yes, that Bill Callahan, of Smog fame, and even (Smog) fame, if you want to get precious about it. It’s hard to compete with that for your […]
Jezebel – Rough Magic – Interview with Margaret McAuliffe
Jezebel – Interview with Margaret McAuliffe by Emily Elphinstone According to Jezebel, Rough Magic’s new production; 15% of the population have had a threesome. Who knew the Irish were such a kinky […]
Druid – Colleen Bawn – Gaiety Theatre – Review
A once wealthy family faces financial ruin as their debts continue to mount and payment is due. The only thing that can save them from losing their estate is the marriage of […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (20-1-14 – 26-1-14)
Well, here wer are, back at this weeks ‘Things to do’ post, it’s like nothing ever happen, nothing happens at all, the needle returns to the start of the song and we […]
Macbeth – Smock Alley – Review
The story of Macbeth and his act of treachery on his King is one of Shakespeare’s finest, which is saying something! There will be few going to see this production that will […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (13-1-14 – 19-1-14)
We bid fond farewell to the first festival of the year, First Fortnight Festival will be back next year, with some luck. So what of this week? What’s in store for us […]
The Year of Magical Wanking – First Fortnight – Project Arts Centre – Review
The Year of Magical Wanking tells the story of a year in a troubled man’s life. As you would expect, it is not a year without incident. He discovers he is HIV […]
Care – Project Arts Centre – Preview
The wonder Willfred theatre company brought us Farm and Follow over the last few years, have just announced that their new creation is going to appear in the Project Arts Centre in […]
Dolls – First Fortnight Festival – Project Arts Centre – Review
Dolls returns to the Project Arts Centre as part of the First Fortnight Festival and will run from Jan 9th – 11th. Here is our review from its run during the Fringe […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (6-1-14 – 12-1-14)
So, things are settling down a little bit, right? Life is returning to normal after a brief spell of madness over the holidays. All the emigrants have returned to their adopted homes, […]
Confusion Boats – First Fortnight Festival – New Theatre – Review
Confusion Boats is a piece of theatre that explores what it means to be a man! It deals with manly pursuits such as fighting and boxing, but don’t worry, it’s not all […]
New Year’s Theatre Releases
First day back at work? Ugh, I know the feeling. Still, there’s more than a few things on the horizon to cheer you up! The world of theatre kicks into high gear, […]
Trouble in the Kingdom of Enchantasia – Mill Theatre – Review
Ofegus Theatre Company are back with another children’s show set in the fantasy land of Enchantasia. This time the Crown Princess Aliana (Niamh Hogan) is missing and her throne has been taken […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (30-12-14 – 5-1-14)
‘What’s another year’ a wise man once said, and here at the workhorse we share Johnny’s emotion as it’s out with the old and in with the new! 2013 was always an […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (23-12-13 – 29-12-13)
Well, honest to God, most things are closed this week. Again, blame Santa! It’s all the jolly guys fault. There still are some good gigs around the city and a few other […]
Orson Welles’ A Christmas Carol – Powerscourt Theatre – Review
Paul Meade’s production of Orson Welles’ A Christmas Carol for AboutFACE Ireland begins with the audience being cheerfully immersed in Welles’ world. Powerscourt Theatre was resplendent in the pre-war Christmas glow of […]
History – Project Arts Centre – Review
“I thought that if you had an acoustic guitar Then it meant that you were a Protest Singer” – Shakespeare’s Sister – The Smiths This is an unusual piece of work by […]
No More Workhorse 