Saturday, April 26, 2014

Abbey Theatre, 'Quietly': When the Smoke Clears

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McCafferty's play exposes the influences of violence in 1970s Belfast. But will reconciliation be that simple?  Abbey Theatre A...
Saturday, April 19, 2014

The New Theatre, 'The Assassination of Brian Boru': Who's Good Enough for Clontarf?

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While the historicity of accounts describing the Battle of Clontarf has been in dispute for 75 years, it is widely accepted that Dani...
Sunday, April 13, 2014

Junk Ensemble, 'The Falling Song': These Brittle Men

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The male psyche is in steep descent in Junk Ensemble's   dance production, and falling flat on your face seems inevitable. Photo: E...
Saturday, April 12, 2014

CoisCéim, 'Swimming With My Mother': Like a Duck to Water

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David Bolger revises his swimming moves in this sweet duet between the choreographer and his mother.  Project Arts Centre Apr 8-12 ...
Friday, April 4, 2014

Catherine Young Dance, 'Woman Stood Regardless': Welcome To the Bell Jar

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Women's bodies are beaten down in Catherine Young's visceral dance. How will they be able to stand back up? Project Arts Centre...
Thursday, April 3, 2014

I Walked Into the GPO With a Typewriter and a Revolver

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ANU Productions commemorates the formation of Cumann na mBan 100 years ago.  On April 2 1914 a group of women met in Wynn's Hote...
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Dublin Dance Festival Puts Beckett Through His Paces

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Dublin Dance Festival heralds the return of Emma Martin, whose new production  Tundra opens the festival. "Dance first. Think l...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Octopus Soup Theatre, 'A Talent for Lying'

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Two scribes meet in a cafe in Liam McCarthy's new play at Chancery Lane. Chancery Lane Mar 25-29 I caught A Talent for Ly...

Sickle Moon Productions, 'Slippers': Mommie Dearest

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New play  Slippers  softly squeaks by but how can it raise the stakes?  Theatre Upstairs Mar 25-Apr 5 I mostly enjoyed Slippers ...
Friday, March 28, 2014

Jessica Carri, 'Adventures in Failure'

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Concept crushes content in Jessica Carri's physical theatre production. Smock Alley Theatre Mar 24-29 I don't have mu...