Musings In Intermissions
A blog about theatre.
Friday, March 22, 2019
In a freak occurrence, a new play has sold out the Gate Theatre. For once it might have been the reviews
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Seán McGinley and Marie Mullen in The Children , the first recently-written play to fill the Gate in years. Photo: Ros Kavanagh
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Theatre Upstairs shuts doors at Lanigan’s: A look back on the past nine years
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Theatre Upstairs announced their closure on Thursday night.
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Saturday, March 16, 2019
Peat review: A superb childhood adventure about coping and moving on
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Two friends bury a dead cat in Kate Heffernan's comedy for young audiences, and unearth serious questions about the world they've...
Thursday, March 7, 2019
The Children review: Intimate drama presented as environmental disaster in Lucy Kirkwood’s magnificent play
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Two retired nuclear scientists are visited by an old colleague in this excellent drama. Photo: Ros Kavanagh
Friday, March 1, 2019
The Country Girls review: Edna O'Brien's groundbreaking novel receives a strange otherworldly production
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O'Brien adapts her novel for the Abbey Theatre, following two young women expelled from school and starting their next stages of life...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
22 years at the Irish Times Theatre Awards: An inconsistent ceremony shows signs of growth
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In 2016 DruidShakespeare was the first production to take the major awards of Best Production, Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Director...
Monday, February 25, 2019
Irish Times Theatre Awards: A complete list of every nomination ever
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In other countries awards are presented by theatre organisations. Here the ceremony is organised by a national newspaper, and sometimes i...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019
New plays on big stages: Could this be a game-changing year for Irish theatre?
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Promotional art for The Children . The Gate Theatre hasn't opened a new production in five months, but the wait was necessary to shor...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Covering the Abbey complaints: Journalists need to get a grip when reporting on theatre
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Newstalk's The Hard Shoulder showed poor research in its coverage but it did allow host Ivan Yates to interview a theatre worker as i...
Thursday, February 7, 2019
The Cripple of Inishmaan review: Like watching Pulp Fiction without the brain-splattering gunshot
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Martin McDonagh's dark comedy about an intolerant island community receives a tame production. Photo: Pat Redmond
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