Musings In Intermissions

Production image of  I ♥ Alice ♥ I  by Amy Conroy (photo: Ruby Washington).  As the nation approaches a referendum on same-sex marriage...

Two out of three kings have been cast as women: one of several innovative decisions made in Druid's presentation of Shakespeare's...

ANU Productions present PALS , an installation based on events surrounding the Irish who fought at Gallipoli in WWI.  Some plays for y...

Enda Walsh's play  Ballyturk preached the idea of pushing life, and theatre, to the very edge  As per the year end ramble of mak...

The stifling realism of Synge's play prompted riots at its 1907 premiere. What happens when Blue Raincoat take The  Playboy of the We...

The 1984 premiere of Bailegangaire has been passed on like a folktale by those who saw it. Alongside the new prequel Brigit , will Garry ...

30 years ago Tom Murphy conveyed the mythic timelessness of Irish storytelling in Bailegangaire . The new prequel Brigit   sees the playw...

Playwright Brian Martin's professional debut is an ambitious approach to a heavily stigmatised subject.  Mick Lally Theatre, Galw...

Ballyturk is looking quite the vacation spot this Summer.  Whether you're hiking the McGillycuddys, sailing off the Causeway or...

Druid's revival of the Boucicault classic reminds us what is needed to pull out all the stops for the pronounced theatrical form: the...

Some plays for your diary ...

Production image of Blue Raincoat's upcoming production of First Cosmonaut by Jocelyn Clarke. The best Irish theatre of 2013 may st...

Details yet to surface on the new Tom Murphy play Brigit . Exciting news from  Druid Theatre Company after announcing their next line...

Cillian Murphy in Misterman  fighting against the trend of 'fundraiser plays' One of the oldest rules in the book to guarantee...

In keeping with tradition I decided to do another write-up on the year that was, theatre-wise. Last year I wrote about how I felt about...

The Gaiety, Dublin Nov 21-26 My review of Big Maggie by John B. Keane coming up just as soon as I find Molly Gibbons’s grave ......

A fluttering of tweets this evening has announced the programming of a show called Mimic at the Project Arts Centre from Feb 22-26. Afte...

With many of the country’s greatest theatre acts taking off these days to tackle America with Culture Ireland’s ‘Imagine Ireland’ scheme,...

It’s been over a week since the Irish Times Theatre Awards nominations were announced, and I was too busy working on a show at the time...

Druid Lane Theatre, Galway Jul 8-24   “A group of men with a common ideology, a collective direction! That’s what you’re suggest...