A wistful trip back: Chris McCormack reviews the second part of Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown Trilogy.
Dublin
14 June 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Lovers: Winners and Losers at Pavilion Theatre, Dublin
12 - 16 June 2018
By Chris McCormack
Love and playwriting: Chris McCormack reviews Brian Friel’s two-part play.
29 May 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: My Son My Son at Project Arts Centre, Dublin
24 - 26 May 2018
By Chris McCormack
Boom and bust: Chris McCormack reviews Veronica Dyas’ new play inspired by Bertolt Brecht’s The Mother.
21 May 2018
Reviews • Dance • Dublin • National • Reviews
Review: Hard to be Soft – A Belfast Prayer at Dublin Dance Festival
May 18 - May 19
By Chris McCormack
An expression of thanks: choreographer Oona Doherty crafts a religious reflection on her home town.
4 May 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: On Raftery’s Hill at Abbey Theatre, Dublin
Until May 12
By Chris McCormack
Pain felt through generations: Marina Carr’s play explores psychological trauma and family.
20 April 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Assassins at the Gate Theatre
18 April - 9 June 2018
By Chris McCormack
Chris McCormack reviews Stephen Sondheim’s musical about nine people who attempted to assassinate US presidents
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
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 • 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.
8 February 2018
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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.