Super Paua, 'Aunty Ben': Across the Starboard Bow

Ireland's first LGBT play for children is at the political helm of the gay theatre festival. Photo: Krystin Healy

The Teacher's Club, International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival

5, 10 & 17 May

My review of Auntie Ben by Sian Ní Mhuirí coming up just as soon as I leave my Christmas decorations up all year round ...

Áine Flanagan Productions, 'Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho': Skirts of Yesteryear

The Iron Lady certainly is for turning in this crackling drag comedy. 

The New Theatre, International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival

May 12-17

My review of Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho by Matt Tedford and Jon Brittain coming up just as soon as I desperately search in need of a private members club ... 

Acting Out, 'Tits Up!': Sweet Suburbia

Ignorance isn't bliss in Sean Denyer's delightful comedy of manners. 

The Outhouse, International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival

May 5-8

My review of Tits Up! by Sean Denyer coming up just as soon as I know the score to Les Misérables (including the harmonies) ...

International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, 'Man Enough'

An 18-year-old embraces his out-and-proud lifestyle. Just don't fall for the coke-addicted rent boy. 

Teacher's Club

May 9-10

My review of Man Enough by Dan Peter Reeves coming up just as soon I serve salmon for breakfast ...

International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, 'At the Flash'

A one-man show about American LGBT history reveals its rigour. Has much changed in the last 5 decades?

The Outhouse

May 5-10

My review of At the Flash by Sean Chandler and David Leeper coming just as soon as I thank you for cancelling underwear night ...

International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, 'Eirebrushed'

Why was Elizabeth O'Farrell airbrushed out of the 1916 surrender photograph (only her feet remain, see bottom right)? The International Gay Theatre Festival opens with Brian Merriman's play about the gay heroes of that revolutionary year.

The New Theatre,

May 5-10

My review of Eirebrushed by Brian Merriman coming up just as soon as I'm the first confirmed sex tourist ...

Abbey Theatre, 'Twelfth Night': By the Roses of the Spring

A modern telling of Shakespeare's comedy might just break new ground. Photo: Ros Kavanagh.

Abbey Theatre

Apr 30-May 24

My review of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare coming up just as soon as I cross-garter in a fashion you protest ...

Bigger Picture Projects, 'Small Plastic Wars': For What Died the Sons of Róisín

An unemployed man throws himself into a hobby of plastic model-making in Pat McGrath's physical play. But when tension is placed will he snap?

The New Theatre

Apr 28-May 3

My review of Small Plastic Wars by Pat McGrath coming up just as soon as I get home in time for The Wire on TV ...

Abbey Theatre, 'Quietly': When the Smoke Clears

McCafferty's play exposes the influences of violence in 1970s Belfast. But will reconciliation be that simple? 

Abbey Theatre

Apr 22-May 3

My review of Quietly by Owen McCafferty coming up after the jump ...

The New Theatre, 'The Assassination of Brian Boru': Who's Good Enough for Clontarf?

While the historicity of accounts describing the Battle of Clontarf has been in dispute for 75 years, it is widely accepted that Danish brothers Ospak and Brodir were involved in events leading to Boru's death. Photo: Al Craig.

The New Theatre

Apr 15-19

My review of The Assassination of Brian Boru by Lauren Shannon-Jones coming up just as soon I never tire of my brother's stories ...