Sunday, August 23, 2020

The First Pegeen review: Sad forbidden romance in the Celtic Twilight

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In this biographical drama about the Abbey Theatre star, Molly Allgood attends the funeral of her lover John Millington Synge from a distanc...
Monday, August 17, 2020

Solar Bones review: Experimental novel adapted into absurdly random ghost story

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  Mike McCormack's novel sees the ghost of a man return to his home on All Soul's Day. Photo: Ste Murray  
Sunday, August 9, 2020

The Happy Prince review: Alluring production of Oscar Wilde’s story without the decadent comedown

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The statue of a prince peers into the lives of a city's misfortunate inhabitants, in Oscar Wilde's story for ch ildren. 
Thursday, July 9, 2020

Seraglio review: An opera from the lost season reimagined as a daringly modern miniseries

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In Irish National Opera's hands, Mozart's orientalist singspiel loses the arabesques and makes the move to lockdown Dublin.
Friday, July 3, 2020

Binge review: A gleeful performance installation on Zoom where treasured television shows hold life’s answers

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This interactive performance, presented by Cork Midsummer Festival, makes reassuring parallels between the audience's stories and the...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Ulysses review: RTÉ’s staggering 29½-hour radio play of James Joyce’s wild gibberish novel

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In Joyce's story, Leopold Bloom navigates an unhappy marriage and Stephen Dedalus searches to elevate everyday heartache into epic po...
Thursday, June 11, 2020

Exotic v. Baskin review: An operatic riff on a trashy pleasure struggles to tame its subjects

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Carlow Arts Festival's  Tiger King -inspired opera sees a showdown between zookeeper Joe Exotic and animal conservationist Carole Bas...
Thursday, June 4, 2020

Black Lives Matter protests: Irish theatre has blindfolded itself to race

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Boy Child , Felispeak's swooning spoken word drama about a man's coming of age in Nigeria, is one play that has felt like a drop ...
Thursday, May 28, 2020

Howie the Rookie review: A vivid poignant broadcast from Mark O’Rowe’s Dublin underworld

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Glass Mask's streamed theatre production, in conjunction with the Lock Inn, rediscovers the darkness and violence of Mark O'Rowe...
Thursday, May 14, 2020

Coronavirus arts measures: The Culture Ministry is a carriage waiting to turn into a pumpkin

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Bewley's Café Theatre is the first venue to be seriously impacted by the pandemic. Photo: Bewley's