Crying for help: Mark O’Rowe’s new drama asks disturbing questions about loneliness.
Dublin
31 January 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
25 November 2017
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Review: The Restoration of Hope at the New Theatre, Dublin
21 November - 16 December 2017
By Chris McCormack
Christmas is the time for revenge: Chris McCormack reviews Philip St. John’s new supernatural drama.
22 November 2017
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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.
14 November 2017
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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.
9 November 2017
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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.
17 October 2017
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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.