Improbable Frequency at the Gaiety
Improbable Frequency is one of the few to occupy the niche of the Irish musical; it is probably the only musical to occupy the niche labelled ‘mad as a bag of spiders’. For…
Spotlight on… Gavin Kostick and the Tiny Plays for Ireland
If, at times, theatre can be somewhat didactic then Tiny Plays has the opposite intention. They want us to discuss, debate and come to our own conclusions.
Love Matters at The Project Arts, Dublin
No matter where your loyalties or linguistic abilities lay, language was but a (albeit, lovely) vessel and not the main event.
Dublin Theatre Festival launch playwriting initiative
This new initiative aims to be a catalyst for the next generation of playwrights in Ireland, setting out to find playwrights with a distinctive voice, vision and style.
Bookworms at The Abbey: The audience reaction
The Abbey Theatre audiences give their reaction to Bernard Farrell’s Bookworms, a story of an all female book club who invite their husbands to partake in a meeting.
Macbeth at the Helix
Before entering the Helix for Second Age‘s Macbeth, two schoolgirls stare longingly at the DCU student bar as if it is a particular slice of exoticism in which they will never partake. They…
Plaza Suite at the Gaiety Theatre
It may not change your life or blow your mind, but it will definitely make you laugh. And sometimes, that’s exactly what the doctor ordered.
Sweet Dreams Mr. Heroin at the New Theatre
Light entertainment it is not, but then such ‘difficult’ pieces as these hold the promise of something more lasting than a giggle from your theatrical experience.
Spotlight on… Jim Culleton, Artistic Director of Fishamble
I climb the eight flights of stairs to Fishamble’s offices to stagger into Jim Culleton’s handshake and warm smile. Director of Fishamble: the New Play Company, as well as a myriad of award-winning…
An Inspector Calls at The Gaiety Theatre
An Inspector Calls comes to the Gaiety Theatre this week highly acclaimed by critics all over the world.
