Friday, February 28, 2020

The Fall of the Second Republic review: Dark satire trying to bare a heart of gold

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The Corn Exchange and the Abbey's new comedy is set in a 1970s version of Ireland, where an opportunistic Taoiseach conspires to clin...
Sunday, February 23, 2020

Dream, Sleep, Connect review: Romantic comedy struggling to make big statements about the digital era

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A singleton working in big data searches for a date to his office party, in Rosemary Jenkinson's new comedy. 
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Thursday, February 20, 2020

Mamafesta Memorialising review: A superb dance against dementia both sad and uplifting

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Choreographer Philip Connaughton fears losing his memory in this marvellous new dance. Photo: Luca Truffarelli 
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Medea review: Serious performances in an adaptation that doesn’t show the same commitment

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Euripides's ancient tragedy is seen from a child's perspective, in Kate Mulvany and Anne-Louise Sarks’s version. Photo: Ros Kavan...
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Election 2020: When do you know you’re walking around a cultural ghost town?

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Irish writer Maeve Brennan wrote about the demolishment of culture in 1960s New York. Photo: Getty Images
Thursday, January 30, 2020

The Lieutenant of Inishmore review: Martin McDonagh’s spectacular gunfight takes risky new shots

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Martin McDonagh's dark comedy about a Republican terrorist is more ridiculing and subversive than ever. Photo: Patrick Redmond
Sunday, January 26, 2020

Irish Times Theatre Awards nominations: The most bizarre shortlist ever

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Epiphany , Brian Watkins's Joyce-inspired play for Druid, is one of the best production nominees not nominated for either best actres...
Friday, January 24, 2020

Flights review: The sad dispossession of our era in a play that isn’t quite there

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Three men gather on the anniversary of their friend's death in One Duck's funny and tragic new play. Photo: Ste Murray 
Saturday, January 18, 2020

Gone Full Havisham review: Enjoyably ridiculous old-school psychological horror

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In her enjoyable solo play, Irene Kelleher is pleasantly over the top as a bride whose breakdown has gone viral. 
Friday, January 10, 2020

Collapsing Horse has disbanded, THEATREclub's future is uncertain. Both embodied youthful resistance to the Recession

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Bears in Space , a puppet comedy by Collapsing Horse.   Photo: Idil Sukan