The Fetch Wilson: an Irish offering at the Edinburgh Fringe
A darkened stage, bare except for randomly placed mobiles---playing cards both little and large hang delicately from wiry frames. The...
Ulysses
With a stage that had been adapted especially for the show and the option to sit on the stage and amongst the action if you were feeling...
Playboyz at Dublin Theatre Festival
Playboyz, written by Martin Sharry and premiering in this year’s Dublin Theatre festival makes fascinating parallels between the...
A storm's a brewin'
With Hurricane Irma brewing in the background and Waking the Feminists (WTF) still lingering on in many people’s consciousness, a new...
Sass, humour and hidden depths in 'The Water Orchard'
Have you ever kept secrets? Do you ever talk to yourself? What did you think this show was going to be about? Do you ever worry about...
Some Brilliant things about Every Brilliant Thing
“The funniest show about depression you’ve ever seen” reads a rather paradoxical description for the play Every Brilliant Thing being...
My name is Rachel Corrie
One young woman and several palettes of a blotchy red colour make up the stage for a recent production which pays homage to the short...
Waiting for Godot in the Abbey theatre
It’s probably one of the most well-known plays in the Irish canon but the least understood. Is there even anything to understand or is it...
Have I No Mouth
Theatrical authenticity or the essence of ‘realness’: an often sought after yet highly elusive quality so easily missed in productions....
Raincoats in the Arctic
Blue Raincoat Theatre Company, hailing from Sligo and known for their large repertoire of, mainly Irish, pieces of theatre, have once...