How does epic love settle into lethargy? Chris McCormack reviews a radical retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth.
Dublin
30 March 2017
Reviews • Dublin
Review: The Effect at Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Project Arts Centre ⋄ 23 March - 1 April 2017
By Chris McCormack
Is it all just dopamine? Chris McCormack reviews a revival of Lucy Prebble’s play about love and drugs.
25 March 2017
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Review: Afterplay at the Gate Theatre, Dublin
The Gate ⋄ 21 - 26 March 2017
By Chris McCormack
Things haven’t changed greatly for Chekhov’s characters since last we saw them: Chris McCormack reviews Afterplay as part of the Beckett Friel Pinter festival.
24 March 2017
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Review: One for the Road at the Gate Theatre, Dublin
Gate Theatre Dublin ⋄ 22 - 26 March 2017
By Chris McCormack
A study of authoritarianism: Chris McCormack reviews the final play in the Gate Theatre’s Beckett Friel Pinter festival.
23 March 2017
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Review: Dublin by Lamplight at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin
Abbey Theatre ⋄ 21 March - 1 April 2017
By Chris McCormack
The National Theatre of Ireland goes self-reflexive: Chris McCormack reviews the homecoming of The Corn Exchange’s play about the founding of the Abbey Theatre.
17 March 2017
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Review: Collected Stories at the Viking Theatre, Dublin
Viking Theatre ⋄ 13 - 25 March 2017
By Chris McCormack
Criticism and debate: Chris McCormack reviews Donald Margulies’s play about a writer and her pupil.
1 March 2017
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Review: Jericho at Bewley’s Cafe Theatre @ Powerscourt, Dublin.
Bewley's Cafe Theatre ⋄ 22 February - 4 March 2017
By Chris McCormack
Realist and meta-realist: Chris McCormack reviews Malaprop Theatre’s new work about truth in the modern age.
17 February 2017
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Review: Cora, Leah and I at the New Theatre, Dublin
The New Theatre ⋄ 13 - 25 February 2017
By Chris McCormack
Mining private grief for public spectacle: Chris McCormack reviews Ellen Flynn’s new drama about trauma and surveillance.
10 February 2017
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Review: Autumn Royal at Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Project Arts Centre ⋄ 7 - 11 February 2017
By Chris McCormack
Stuck in a cycle: Chris McCormack reviews the debut play by novelist Kevin Barry.
8 February 2017
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Review: The Successful T.D. at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
Gaiety Theatre ⋄ 6 - 18 February 2017
By Chris McCormack
“Every man has the Dáil in his head”: Chris McCormack reviews a stage adaptation of John B. Keane’s novellas
4 February 2017
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Review: King Lear at the O’Reilly Theatre, Dublin
O'Reilly Theatre ⋄ 2 - 4 February 2017
By Chris McCormack
In rehearsal: Chris McCormack reviews a stripped-down King Lear aimed at younger audiences.
20 January 2017
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Review: Hero at Theatre Upstairs, Dublin
Theatre Upstairs ⋄ 13 - 28 January 2017
By Chris McCormack
Masculinity and desire writ large: Chris McCormack reviews a one man play winding its way through Greek myths, love affairs and football.
19 January 2017
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Review: Danse, Morob at Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Project Arts Centre ⋄ 12 - 28 January 2017
By Chris McCormack
Like parent, like child: Chris McCormack reviews a bold new work about the search for the body of a political prisoner.
12 January 2017
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Review: Half Light at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
Smock Alley Theatre ⋄ 10 - 14 January 2017
By Chris McCormack
On a mission to rescue Dad: Chris McCormack reviews Bombinate Theatre’s children’s show about mental illness, as part of the First Fortnight Festival.
16 December 2016
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Review: A Christmas Carol at The Ark, Dublin
The Ark ⋄ 10th December 2016 - 6th January 2017
By Chris McCormack
A snow-crisp adaptation: Chris McCormack reviews the Christmas offering at the children’s theatre in Dublin.