Christmas is the time for revenge: Chris McCormack reviews Philip St. John’s new supernatural drama.
Chris McCormack
Articles by Chris McCormack
22 November 2017
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
Review: You Could Be Us at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
November 20 - November 21
By Chris McCormack
Can an emoji transform back into real emotion? Jarlath Tivnan’s new play asks compelling questions of mental illness.
16 November 2017
Reviews • Belfast
Review: Tactics for Time Travel in a Toilet at The Barracks, Belfast
11- 18 November 2017
By Chris McCormack
‘Is this a safe space? Asking for a friend,’ Chris McCormack reviews TheatreofplucK’s performance as part of Outburst Queer Arts Festival 2017.
14 November 2017
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Fire Below (A War of Words) at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin
9 - 18 November 2017
By Chris McCormack
Resolution isn’t that simple: Chris McCormack reviews Owen McCafferty’s new play at the Abbey Theatre.
10 November 2017
Reviews
Review: Dubliners at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin
November 9 - November 11
By Chris McCormack
A Joyce to rejoice in: Andrew Synnott and Arthur Riordan’s operatic adaptation finds a rich resonance.
9 November 2017
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
Review: This is the Funeral of Your Life at Project Arts Centre, Dublin
November 3 - November 11
By Chris McCormack
Dead good: Louise White’s eclectic exploration of mortality is ebullient and profound.
8 November 2017
Features
Listening to Women in Irish Theatre
By Chris McCormack
As Dublin’s Gate Theatre becomes the centre of allegations of sexual harassment, Chris McCormack explores the history of womens’ public testimony in Irish theatre.
17 October 2017
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Josephine K and the Algorithms at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin
13 - 21 October 2017
By Chris McCormack
Cold as raw data: Chris McCormack reviews Stacey Gregg’s contemporary take on Kafka’s The Trial.
15 October 2017
Reviews • Dublin
Review: King of the Castle at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
11 - 15 October 2017
By Chris McCormack
Jealousy, longing, loneliness and insecurity: Chris McCormack reviews a revival of Eugene McCabe’s rarely-performed play set in rural Ireland.
11 October 2017
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
Review: Ulysses at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin
October 2 - October 28
By Chris McCormack
“It seems misguided to smooth over the edges in a novel like Ulysses”: Chris McCormack is disappointed by Graham McLaren’s Abbey Theatre staging of James Joyce’s modernist masterpiece.
9 October 2017
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Tribes at the Gate Theatre, Dublin
28 September - 11 November 2017
By Chris McCormack
A den of egoists: Chris McCormack reviews the Gate Theatre’s production of Nina Raine’s family drama.
4 October 2017
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Nora at Project Arts Centre, Dublin
27 Sep - 8 Oct
By Chris McCormack
An ambitious reimagining: Chris McCormack reviews a new play inspired by Ibsen’s A Doll’s House.
3 October 2017
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Hamnet at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin
26 September - 8 October 2017
By Chris McCormack
A meditation on loss: Chris McCormack reviews Dead Centre’s new production about Shakespeare’s son.
2 October 2017
Reviews • Dublin
Review: The Sin Eaters at Dublin Theatre Festival
27 September – 15 October 2017
By Chris McCormack
“A spectator, no less than a society, is complicit”: Chris McCormack reviews a site-specific production about the history of the Irish family.
22 September 2017
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Normal at the Dublin Fringe
19 - 23 September 2017
By Chris McCormack
Chris McCormack reviews an “excellent and beguiling new play” about living with autism in contemporary Ireland.