Teetering on cliché: Margaret Perry’s debut play loses steam in Cathal Cleary’s production.
Chris McCormack
Articles by Chris McCormack
17 February 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: We Don’t Know What’s Buried Here at the Civic Theatre, Dublin
15 - 17 February 2018
By Chris McCormack
Magdalene Ghosts: Chris McCormack reviews a new play about unearthing the truth
13 February 2018
Reviews • Belfast • National • Reviews
Review: The Man Who Fell To Pieces at The MAC, Belfast
By Chris McCormack
Falling apart: Patrick J. O’Reilly’s physical play is an absurd exploration of mental health.
13 February 2018
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
Review: Haughey|Gregory at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin
February 8 - February 10
By Chris McCormack
Inner city pressure: Colin Murphy’s documentary play slides sideways into farce.
9 February 2018
Reviews
Review: Look Back in Anger at the Gate Theatre, Dublin
By Chris McCormack
Playing with fire: Osborne’s classic play takes on new meaning in light of #MeToo.
8 February 2018
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
Review: The Approach at Project Arts Centre, Dublin
February 6 - February 24
By Chris McCormack
Crying for help: Mark O’Rowe’s new drama asks disturbing questions about loneliness.
31 January 2018
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
Review: Sive at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
January 30 - March 3
By Chris McCormack
This feels like progress: John B. Keane’s tragedy is injected with new meaning by Garry Hynes.
21 January 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You at Project Arts Centre, Dublin
18 January – 3 February 2018
By Chris McCormack
Chris McCormack reviews John O’Donovan’s play that brings “the heartbroken gay men of rural Ireland to the stage”.
10 January 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: The Friday Night Effect at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
8 - 13 January 2018
By Chris McCormack
A propelling thriller with a clear villain: Chris McCormack reviews an interactive play where the audience get to decide what’s right.
4 January 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Lunatic, There I Go at the Civic Theatre, Dublin
2 - 6 January 2018
By Chris McCormack
You need a rest: Chris McCormack reviews a new play about Hanna Greally, a woman wrongly held in a psychiatric institution for 18 years.
12 December 2017
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
Review: Bang Bang at Bewley’s Café Theatre, Dublin
December 6 - December 23
By Chris McCormack
The Wild Wild West: Dermot Bolger’s one-man play explores the life of a beloved Dublin eccentric.
8 December 2017
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
Review: The Red Shoes at the Gate Theatre, Dublin
December 6 - January 27
By Chris McCormack
Dancing feet: Nancy Harris’ Hans Christian Andersen adaptation brims with “barely suppressed sorrow and heartbreak”.
7 December 2017
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
Review: Two of Clubs at Theatre Upstairs, Dublin
December 1 - December 16
By Chris McCormack
Sweet and sour: Jessica Leen’s new play sounds great, but regresses into petty drama.
6 December 2017
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
Review: Mr Burns at Project Arts Centre, Dublin
November 30 - October 9
By Chris McCormack
D’Oh! The Simpsons is all that’s survived in Anne Washburn’s bold “post-electric” play.
4 December 2017
Reviews • Dublin
Review: They Called Her Vivaldi at the Abbey Theatre
1 - 23 December 2017
By Chris McCormack
Cheerfully imaginative: Chris McCormack reviews the Abbey Theatre’s family show about a musical prodigy.