Sunday, January 31, 2021

Happy Days review: A magnificent brutal revival of Samuel Beckett’s wasteland marriage play

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Samuel Beckett's absurdist classic buries a woman up to her waist in earth but rarely does its come across as a bitter marriage war. Pho...
Thursday, December 17, 2020

The Snow Queen review: A compassionate fairy tale heating up the cold-hearted

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BrokenCrow's audio play adaptation delivers Hans Christian Andersen's bright-coloured characters while staying devoted to a sweet bu...
Thursday, December 10, 2020

Musings in Intermissions at 10: Where is the master playwright?

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The past 10 years have been a struggle against an anxiety over who the next number one playwright is going to be. Photo: Anton Chekhov's...
Thursday, December 3, 2020

2020: the best theatre of the year

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My favourite theatre moments of the year: Hansel and Gretel , Our New Girl , The Lieutenant of Inishmore and Will I See You There.
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...