Saturday, October 13, 2018

Bluebeard's Castle review: A magnificent art-horror opera exposing a male monster

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A woman throws open the doors of Bluebeard's Castle, bringing her closer to his crimes, in Béla Bartók's terrific opera.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

The Fever review: Compassionate interactive theatre, recognising cries for help

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In 600 HIGHWAYMEN's fascinating production, the audience play guests and neighbours at a house party. Photo: Waleed Shah
Saturday, October 6, 2018

Company review: Samuel Beckett's life-retrospective is a big ask for the stage

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Samuel Beckett's late novella about mortality receives a sombre adaptation by Sarah Jane Scaife. Photo: Futoshi Sakauchi

ELIZA'S Adventures in the Uncanny Valley review: Some eccentricities in this absurd drama don't seem well scripted

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A group of androids struggle with feelings of irrelevance in Eugene O'Brien and Gavin Quinn's new play. Photo: Ros Kavanagh  ...
Saturday, September 29, 2018

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man review: James Joyce's coming of age refuses the move to stage

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Arthur Riordan's kaleidoscopic new adaptation of Joyce's novel takes the novelist at his word. Photo: Ste Murray
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Shame review: Garage rock theatre, dissenting and triumphing

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Pom Boyd and Seán Miller's new music-theatre production gives paralysing self-doubt the longed-for pathos of a rock song.  Abbe...
Saturday, September 15, 2018

The PeopleSway review: Artists addressing the housing crisis how they know best

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Grainne O Carroll's promenade production drags otherworldly displays down to ground. MLV Studios, Dublin Fringe Festival  Sep...

Everything Can Be Dismantled review: Freewheeling contemporary theatre in search of a rulebook

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Discotheque Collective's interactive play involves an audience conversation about the housing crisis.  The Lir Academy (Studio 2)...
Friday, September 14, 2018

Astronaut review: A caustic stream of consciousness thrums towards Apollo House

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Joe Wright's impassioned solo work tells the story of a homeless man. Photo: Gary James Doyle.  The New Theatre, Dublin Fringe ...

Stop / Over review: A light-flickering escape to New York unsure of what it's fleeing from

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In Gary Duggan's promenade play, two reunited friends try to recreate the abandon of their student days over 48 hours. Photo: Futoshi...