Musings In Intermissions

You sense an attempted subversion of a fairytale in Amy Conroy's  Princess and the Pea -inspired play for young audiences  The Ar...

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

This ensemble of artists with and without learning disabilities are empowered in a glowing production. Axis Theatre Feb 11-12 ...

A comedian makes a Faustian pact in Owen McCafferty's new play. Lyric Theatre, Belfast Feb 11-Mar 8 My review of Death of a C...

You'll have to go somewhere else to read my Pals and A Midsummer Night's Dream  reviews.  Last September, I sat at conference ...

Two sisters collide in the foreground of Northern Ireland's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. But obliteration isn't the goal....

THEATREclub's 2010 play finishes a national tour with a once-off performance in Liberty Hall, by special invitation of Dublin council...

A couple grieve their son’s death in this Noël Coward-inspired drama.  The New Theatre Feb 4-14 My review of One Is Not One...

A father and his sons perform a ramshackle play about their departure from Ireland in Enda Walsh's grotesque drama. Photo: Patrick Re...

Eleanor Tiernan's  National Therapy Project sets out to heal the Irish psyche by satirising past miseries.  It speaks volum...