Showing posts with label Niall Henry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Niall Henry. Show all posts

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Blue Raincoat, 'The Playboy of the Western World': Going to the Dogs

The stifling realism of Synge's play prompted riots at its 1907 premiere. What happens when Blue Raincoat take The Playboy of the Western World out of the peasant cottage?  


The Factory Performance Space, Sligo 
Oct 22-Nov 1


My review of The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge coming up just as soon as I set the guardian angels winking in the clouds above ...

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Blue Raincoat, 'On Baile's Strand': Lending Names Upon the Harp

An outdoor performance of Yeats' 1904 play about Cuchulain's madness feels like an old treasure washed ashore. 

Cummeen Strand, Sligo
July 12


My review of On Baile's Strand by WB Yeats coming up after the jump ...