Musings In Intermissions

Opinions collide in Dick Walsh's new play about talkshows. It's easy to laugh from a distance. Photo: Jaesin Yu.  Project Art...

A newly politicised, dreamy and gauzy imagining of Shakespeare's comedy at the Abbey Theatre. Photo: Ros Kavanagh.  Abbey Theatre...

School was out this summer and some of the first graduates of The Lir lent serious verve to Selina Cartmell's kinetic staging of Punk...

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 artist in Chekov's  The Seagull desperately searches for new art forms. Pan Pan's strategy for success is a fray of colliding...

According to Beckett,  Quad can't work onstage. Regardless, Pan Pan and Irish Modern Dance Company do the math on this mysterious s...

Dublin Dance Festival heralds the return of Emma Martin, whose new production  Tundra opens the festival. "Dance first. Think l...

Wayne Jordan's kinetic production of The Threepenny Opera brought movement that is rarely seen on the Gate stage. I already made...

LIPPY by DEAD CENTRE is perhaps the most polarising and extraordinary production to premiere at the Dublin Fringe Festival, and (at the l...

Photo: Ros Kavanagh Samuel Beckett Theatre Aug 8-17 My review of Embers by Samuel Beckett coming up just as soon as I carry a...

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...

I’m sure it’s clear to many of you at this stage that I am a huge fan of Pan Pan. I am excited about their upcoming production o...

Black Box Theatre, Galway Nov 30-Dec 1 I had forgotten how jam-packed The Rehearsal, Playing the Dane is before I went to see it ...

Project Arts Centre, Dublin Aug 23-Sept 2 My review of Pan Pan’s All That Fall by Samuel Beckett coming up just as soon as you sh...

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...

Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin Oct 1-10 Again, if you look through my archive you will find a post on The Rehearsal, Playing the...

Town Hall Theatre, Galway Nov 15-16 A few thoughts on Oedipus Loves You coming up just as soon as I fuck up the marinade …

I have been away from the blogosphere for a while now, mostly because I’ve been busy working on shows. My Oedipus Loves You review will ...

 The Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival has arrived, and now one must choose from what’s on offer. On one hand you may be lured ...