“It exposes the pressures felt on women’s bodies”: Chris McCormack reviews Dublin Dance Festival’s collection of works by female choreographers.
Dublin
24 March 2016
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Review: The Magic Bookshop at Pavilion Theatre
Pavilion Theatre ⋄ 20th March 2016
By Chris McCormack
Chris McCormack reviews “a production that is part play, part travelling book repository.”
12 March 2016
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Review: After Miss Julie at Project Arts Centre
Project Arts Centre ⋄ 9th - 19th March 2016
By Chris McCormack
Chris McCormack reviews a new adaptation of August Strindberg’s original work.
11 March 2016
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Review: Granuaile: Pirate Queen at Axis Ballymun
Axis Ballymun ⋄ 8th - 16th March 2016
By Chris McCormack
A spirited production that relishes in busting assumptions of female weakness.
29 February 2016
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Review: WHACK!! at Project Arts Centre
Project Arts Centre ⋄ 25th - 27th February 2016
By Chris McCormack
Physicality is pushed to the verge of injury in Philip Connaughton and Ashley Chen’s collaboration.
26 February 2016
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Review: Wild Sky at Bewley’s Cafe Theatre
Bewley's Cafe Theatre ⋄ 23rd February - 19th March 2016
By Chris McCormack
Young love and companionship in the shadow of the Easter Rising.
22 February 2016
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Review: Taboo at The New Theatre, Dublin
The New Theatre ⋄ 17th - 27th February 2016
By Chris McCormack
Shepherd’s pie and politeness give way to duct tape and dead bodies in John Morton’s new work.
1 February 2016
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Review: Creditors at The New Theatre, Dublin
The New Theatre ⋄ 26th January - 6th February 2016
By Chris McCormack
A “shattering effect” is achieved in August Strindberg’s work that “confounds classical conventions”.
27 January 2016
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Review: The Poor Little Boy With No Arms at Project Arts Centre
By Chris McCormack
Chris McCormack reviews a comedic show that considers “how easily do we nod agreeably to stories, and how often do we challenge them?”
12 January 2016
Reviews • Dublin
East of Berlin
Project Arts Centre ⋄ 8th- 16th January 2016
By Chris McCormack
Complicated legacies.
15 December 2015
Reviews • Dublin
The Dead
Project Arts Centre ⋄
By Chris McCormack
Joycean over-kill.
19 November 2015
Reviews • Dublin
Through a Glass Darkly
Project Arts Centre ⋄ 12th November - 5th December 2015
By Chris McCormack
But then shall I know.
30 October 2015
Reviews • Dublin
FOXY
Project Arts Centre ⋄ 27th October - 7th November 2015
By Chris McCormack
Seeing red.
9 October 2015
Reviews • Dublin
Newcastlewest
Smock Alley Theatre ⋄ 27th September - 4th October 2015
By Chris McCormack
Momentous minutiae.
30 September 2015
Reviews • Dublin
Chekhov’s First Play
Samuel Beckett Theatre ⋄ 24th September - 4th October 2015
By Chris McCormack
That gun, again.