Chris McCormack reviews Stephen Sondheim’s musical about nine people who attempted to assassinate US presidents
Chris McCormack
Articles by Chris McCormack
18 April 2018
Reviews • Opera • Reviews
Review: The Marriage of Figaro at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
April 17 - April 21
By Chris McCormack
Losing steam: Irish National Opera’s first production runs out of ideas and invention.
14 April 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Here All Night at the Abbey Theatre
11 - 14 April 2018
By Chris McCormack
A meditation on the writer: Chris McCormack reviews an experimental piece of theatre inspired by Samuel Beckett
26 March 2018
Reviews • Dance • Reviews
Review: State of Exception at Project Arts Centre, Dublin
March 23 - March 24
By Chris McCormack
Voicing the fears of refugees: Catherine Young’s new work explores the life of asylum seekers in Ireland.
24 March 2018
Reviews
Review: Grief is the Thing with Feathers at Black Box Theatre, Galway
16 - 24 March in Galway; 28 March - 7 April in Dublin
By Chris McCormack
Abstracted grief: Cillian Murphy stars in a story of loss, adapted by Enda Walsh.
8 March 2018
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
Review: Not a Funny Word at The Complex, Dublin
March 6 - March 10
By Chris McCormack
Mission Abort: Tara Flynn’s one-woman play with songs is a surprising satire on Ireland’s treatment of women.
22 February 2018
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
Review: Porcelain at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin
February 20 - March 10
By Chris McCormack
Teetering on cliché: Margaret Perry’s debut play loses steam in Cathal Cleary’s production.
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.