Never cross a picket line: Peter Kirwan reviews the triumphant regional premiere of Beth Steel’s play about Welbeck Colliery
National
13 February 2018
Reviews • Belfast • National • Reviews
Review: The Man Who Fell To Pieces at The MAC, Belfast
By Chris McCormack
Falling apart: Patrick J. O’Reilly’s physical play is an absurd exploration of mental health.
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.
9 February 2018
Reviews • National • Nottingham • Reviews
Review: Finding Nana at Nottingham Playhouse
February 7 - February 10
By Peter Kirwan
Memories of memories: Jane Upton’s one-woman play is touching and thoughtful.
8 February 2018
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
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.
7 February 2018
Reviews • Bristol • National • Reviews
Review: Reclaimed at Chew Stoke Church School
February 2
By Lilith Wozniak
Washed away: Wassail Theatre Company’s devised response to the 2013/14 floods plays with space and audience interaction.
5 February 2018
Reviews • Glasgow • National • Reviews
Review: Bold Girls at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
January 24 - February 10
By David Pollock
27 years later: Rona Munro’s play’s focus has shifted since its premiere in 1991.
5 February 2018
Reviews • National • Reviews • Salford
Review: Hamlet at The Lowry, Salford
January 26 - February 3
By Aniqah Choudhri
A very different Denmark: Paapa Essiedu’s Dane is emotive and intelligent.
5 February 2018
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Passage to India at Bristol Old Vic
By Lilith Wozniak
Simple8’s adaptation of Forster’s novel is a formulaic take on an intriguing text.
3 February 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh
Review: The Lover at Lyceum, Edinburgh
By David Pollock
Dream-like ambiguities: a female-led team adapt Marguerite Duras’s 1984 novel of adolescent sexuality.
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.
29 January 2018
Reviews • Glasgow
Review: Achilles at Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
By Christine Irvine
“Company of Wolves’ micro-exploration of grief and pain seems achingly timely.”
26 January 2018
Reviews • Exeter
Review: Split Second at the Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter
23 January 2018
By Emily Holyoake
That live experience heartache: Emily Holyoake reviews Documental Theatre’s radio play about a couple in crisis.
22 January 2018
Reviews • National
Review: The Wedding by Gecko
Touring until 9 March 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Community, up to a point: Rosemary Waugh reviews Gecko’s new work on being ‘wedded to society’.
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”.