Musings In Intermissions

A blog about theatre.

Friday, January 24, 2014

Painted Filly and Sugarglass, 'The Brothers Karamazov': Of Vice And Men

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An intimate adaptation by actor/director Nicholas Johnson locates the heartbeat of Dostoevsky's epic novel.  Samuel Beckett The...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Druid, 'The Colleen Bawn': Spake It, Don't Spray It

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Druid's revival of the Boucicault classic reminds us what is needed to pull out all the stops for the pronounced theatrical form: the...
Friday, January 17, 2014

Bewley's Cafe Theatre, 'Happiness': Studies of Grief in Days of Milk and Honey

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Irish writer Mary Lavin (1912-1996), compared to Virginia Woolf and Anton Chekov over her literary life, is adapted for the stage by Deir...
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Monday, January 6, 2014

ThereIsBear!, 'Terminus': Devil May Care

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Smock Alley Theatre Jan 6-9 I've written a lot here in the last week so it's left me with a lot of things to catch up on....
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Saturday, January 4, 2014

Irish Theatre to See in 2014

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Some plays for your diary ...
Friday, January 3, 2014

More Irish Theatre Highlights of 2013

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Wayne Jordan's kinetic production of The Threepenny Opera brought movement that is rarely seen on the Gate stage. I already made...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Irish Theatre Top 10 of 2013

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Lloyd Cooney tearing it up in No. 14 Henrietta Street during ANU Productions' marking of the 1913 Lockout centenary. As per the y...
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Monday, December 23, 2013

THEATREclub, 'HISTORY': The Republic That Never Was

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As the finale of THEATREclub's trilogy of history plays, will this look backwards move us forward?  Below is my review of THEA...
Friday, December 13, 2013

Abbey Theatre, 'The Risen People': Was it For This the Wild Geese Spread?

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As a year of marking the centenary of the 1913 Lockout comes to a close, what can The Risen People tell us about this distressing chapter...
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Rough Magic, 'Assassins': Sing to Kill

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How does Stephen Sondheim's musical make sense of the US Presidential assassination attempts, successful or otherwise, throughout the...
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