Musings In Intermissions

A satire of the industry and its treatment of women takes the form of improvisational theatre. The problem is that its clearly pre-script...

Christ admits his violent fantasies in this biblical retelling. What meaning then is given to his temptations? The Stables, Dublin Frin...

There is something off about The Stra - the fictional town in Ross Dungan's new play. In a town without order, the structure feels fo...

The begrudged Peig Sayer would probably appreciate Ní Mhurchú's spiny and unsentimental tribute. Project Arts Centre, Dublin Frin...

In asking us to join his cult, John Doran deconstructs the influence of exploitative institutions. What's unsettling is that he's...

Can Rex Ryan pull off playing a violent, drinking, pregnant woman-beating misogynist who the audience can laugh at? Sept 11-14 and ...

Scientist/performer Niamh Shaw wants to go to space. Becoming increasingly smaller in an expanding universe, what does it take to realise...

Beckett's short prose are adapted for performance within a crumbling townhouse. From Sarah Jane Scaife's scrupulous installation,...

An old man's youthful imagination runs riot as he sinks further into dementia. The New Theatre Sept 9-13 My review of At S...

The intelligently wry Sonya Kelly plays a blinder in this memoir about love and separation. Photo: Anthony Woods.  Project Arts Centr...

Telling their stories from a distance, can Talking Shop Ensemble bring us closer to the reality of disability services in Ireland?  Pr...

Clown is a remove from reality. Where then does Veronica Coburn's red nose retelling of Lorca's tragedy bring us? Project Ar...

Reclaiming the Harp of Daghda becomes a spectacular celebration in Ulysses' opera.  Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin Fringe Festival...

Getting inside the Oresteia is hard work. For The Company, the challenge is getting out. Project Arts Centre  Sept 6-13 My re...

This all-nighter polemic seeks to open our eyes to the collapse of Capitalist culture. Keeping our eyes open is another story. D-Light ...

How do you find the right way to tell a story that has gone untold for 75 years? With sensitivity and discretion. Unitarian Church, Co...

Promotional art for The Rest Is Action . How do you present the world without denying that it is completely manufactured? The Company tal...

Dublin Fringe opens with Ulysses Opera Company's HARP | A River Cantata - an outdoor performance about the Harp of Dagda. Paint...