You need a rest: Chris McCormack reviews a new play about Hanna Greally, a woman wrongly held in a psychiatric institution for 18 years.
Chris McCormack
Articles by Chris McCormack
12 December 2017
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
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
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
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
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
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
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
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
Reviews • Dublin
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
Reviews • Dublin
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
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
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.
16 November 2017
Reviews • Belfast
Review: Tactics for Time Travel in a Toilet at The Barracks, Belfast
11- 18 November 2017
By Chris McCormack
‘Is this a safe space? Asking for a friend,’ Chris McCormack reviews TheatreofplucK’s performance as part of Outburst Queer Arts Festival 2017.
14 November 2017
Reviews • Dublin
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.
10 November 2017
Reviews
Review: Dubliners at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin
November 9 - November 11
By Chris McCormack
A Joyce to rejoice in: Andrew Synnott and Arthur Riordan’s operatic adaptation finds a rich resonance.
9 November 2017
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
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.
8 November 2017
Features
Listening to Women in Irish Theatre
By Chris McCormack
As Dublin’s Gate Theatre becomes the centre of allegations of sexual harassment, Chris McCormack explores the history of womens’ public testimony in Irish theatre.
17 October 2017
Reviews • Dublin
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.
15 October 2017
Reviews • Dublin
Review: King of the Castle at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
11 - 15 October 2017
By Chris McCormack
Jealousy, longing, loneliness and insecurity: Chris McCormack reviews a revival of Eugene McCabe’s rarely-performed play set in rural Ireland.