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. Photo: Patrick Redmond
Sunday, January 31, 2021
Thursday, December 17, 2020
The Snow Queen review: A compassionate fairy tale heating up the cold-hearted
BrokenCrow's audio play adaptation delivers Hans Christian Andersen's bright-coloured characters while staying devoted to a sweet but shaken childhood friendship. Photo of Deirdre Dwyer by Enrique Carnicero
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Musings in Intermissions at 10: Where is the master playwright?
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 summerhouse in Gurzuf, Yalta
Thursday, December 3, 2020
2020: the best theatre of the year
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
Based on Shakespeare's tragic poem The Rape of Lucrece, each performance of Wexford Festival Opera's eccentric opera features a different ending. Photo: Padraig Grant
Monday, October 12, 2020
Embargo review: A play dressed like a War of Independence thriller
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
Taking place against the 1949 celebrations of Ireland becoming a Republic, ANU and Dublin Theatre Festival's streamed play is about unfulfilled promises and lives falling apart. Photo: ANU
Friday, October 2, 2020
To Be a Machine (Version 1.0) review: The first major streamed play is here
An adaptation of writer Mark O'Connell's book about encountering members of the transhumanism movement brings classic illusion to streamed theatre. Photo: Ben Kidd / Dead Centre
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
DruidGregory review: An uneven blend of razor-sharp comedy and muffled song
Druid's cycle of plays by Lady Gregory is set in an early-century version of Galway, where communities are splintered by divisions and persuasive songs are in the air. Photo: Matthew Thompson
Friday, September 11, 2020
Transmission review: Crucial moments captured beautifully in the passing light
Caitríona Ní Mhurchú tries to live in the present in her new play, but her family's history holds fascinating surprises. Photo: Jason Byrne
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