Wednesday, December 11, 2019

2010s review: Writing about the art of terrible men

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#MeToo is transforming theatre, and it is transforming criticism. Illustration: Don Conroy
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Thursday, December 5, 2019

2019: The best theatre of the year

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My favourite theatre moments of 2019: The Children , Pretty Feelings , Beckett's Room , Tall Tail , and Endgame . 
Saturday, October 19, 2019

Faultline review: A heartfelt depiction of a movement gaining ground

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ANU and the Gate Theatre's new immersive play is set in 1982, when hundreds of LGBTQ+ people were under investigation. Photo: Pat Red...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

The Beacon review: An absorbing thriller about blood thirst

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A famous artist relocates to an island cottage - the spot where she's suspected of having murdered her husband - in Nancy Harris'...
Sunday, October 6, 2019

Last Orders at the Dockside review: An old-fashioned play, and not because it's set in the 1980s

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A community joins in paying tribute to a dead man in Dermot Bolger's new play. Photo: Ros Kavanagh  
Friday, October 4, 2019

Your Words in My Mouth - Brussels Take review: A play casting its audience and cementing their eyes to the script

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Inside a secretive meeting place, a small audience recreates a real conversation between Belgian residents. 
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Hecuba review: A touching war story encouraging us to look closer

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Queen Hecuba is exiled in this ancient tragedy, but Marina Carr's intimate reimagining gives all its characters multiple perspectives...
Sunday, September 29, 2019

Pasolini’s Salò Redubbed review: A notorious film becomes an overwhelming mirror up to Ireland’s past

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Dylan Tighe's bold adaptation transposes  Salò from Italy to the early decades of the Irish state, an era when alliances were hatched...
Saturday, September 28, 2019

Mám review: A dance through Ireland’s subconscious without any coherent point

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Michael Keegan-Dolan's new dance resembles scenes from a dramatic community gathering, but its nostalgia doesn't make it complete...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Beckett’s Room review: Samuel Beckett and Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil’s touching story of survival

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This miraculous play without performers takes us to Nazi-occupied Paris, and the source of Samuel Beckett's storytelling. Photo: Kyle...