Wednesday, October 14, 2020

What Happened to Lucrece review: A catastrophe of an opera experiment

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Based on Shakespeare's tragic poem The Rape of Lucrece , each performance of Wexford Festival Opera's eccentric opera features a dif...
Monday, October 12, 2020

Embargo review: A play dressed like a War of Independence thriller

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A train driver must decide between assisting the IRA or helping a vulnerable woman in Deirdre Kinahan's new play. Photo: Anthony Woods
Friday, October 9, 2020

The Party to End All Parties review: Plot and character disappear into a spectacularly beautiful cityscape

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Taking place against the  1949 celebrations of Ireland becoming a Republic, ANU and Dublin Theatre Festival's streamed play is about unf...
Friday, October 2, 2020

To Be a Machine (Version 1.0) review: The first major streamed play is here

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An adaptation of writer Mark O'Connell's book about encountering members of the transhumanism movement brings classic illusion to st...
Tuesday, September 22, 2020

DruidGregory review: An uneven blend of razor-sharp comedy and muffled song

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Druid's cycle of plays by Lady Gregory is set in an early-century version of Galway, where communities are splintered by divisions and p...
Friday, September 11, 2020

Transmission review: Crucial moments captured beautifully in the passing light

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Caitríona Ní Mhurchú tries to live in the present in her new play, but her family's history holds fascinating surprises.  Photo: Jason B...
Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Before You Say Anything review: Multiple stories forced into an elegant flawed play

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Three seemingly unrelated stories about people unsafe from the police merge in Malaprop's new play. Photo: Simon Lazewksi
Monday, September 7, 2020

Will I See You There review: Eavesdropping on a touching reunion in a city square

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  In this slick play-installation, the audience peers down from above and listens to a chance encounter between friends through headphones. 
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Sunday, September 6, 2020

Token Cis review: Some shakily constructed jokes but this comedy material is gold

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  Alive to empty symbols of effort, the main parody by this comedy troupe is to give stage time to guest cisgender comics as if they're ...
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...