‘Hauntingly beautiful’: Chris McCormack reviews Gluck’s opera as part of this year’s festival in Galway.
Galway
19 July 2018
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Review: Furniture at Galway International Arts Festival
July 12 - July 28
By Chris McCormack
Substance over style: Sonya Kelly has penned three amusing and insightful short plays about home furnishings and their owners.
18 July 2018
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Review: Shelter at Galway International Arts Festival
July 13 - July 29
By Chris McCormack
Guided by unbelievable forces: CristÃn Kehoe’s new play interrogating Ireland lacks focus.
7 May 2018
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Review: The Little Prince at Galway Theatre Festival
May 5 - May 7
By Chris McCormack
“What is essential is invisible”: Morgan Creative’s adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s novella is handsome and imaginative.
7 May 2018
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Review: The Streets Are Ours at Galway Theatre Festival
May 4 - May 7
By Chris McCormack
A drama as deluded as its characters: Robert Higgins’ debut play goes on an unconvincing journey.
31 July 2017
Reviews • Galway
Review: The Second Violinist at Galway International Festival
By Chris McCormack
Strindbergian in intensity: Chris McCormack reviews Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh’s new opera.
20 July 2017
Reviews • Galway
Review: Crestfall at Galway International Arts Festival
18 - 29 July 2017
By Chris McCormack
A vivid plane of toxic femininity: Chris McCormack reviews Druid’s revival of Mark O’Rowe controversial play.
19 July 2017
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Review: Woyzeck in Winter at Galway International Arts Festival
July 13 - July 23
By Chris McCormack
“A blast of bitter wilderness”: Chris McCormack reviews Conall Morrison’s chilly musical adaptation of Georg Büchner’s unfinished classic.
22 April 2017
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Review: What Good Is Looking Well When You’re Rotten on the Inside? at Galway Theatre Festival
April 18 - April 21
By Chris McCormack
Virtuosity hidden in the most allusive places: Chris McCormack is at Galway Theatre Festival to review Emma O’Grady’s unique solo show.
20 April 2017
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Review: Blood on the Moon at Galway Theatre Festival
April 18 - April 19
By Chris McCormack
A body squirming in the gallows: Chris McCormack heads to Galway Theatre Festival to review Brick Wall Theatre’s production of Pierre Brault’s 1999 play.
22 September 2016
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Review: The Beauty Queen of Leenane at Town Hall Theatre, Galway
Town Hall Theatre ⋄ 15th - 24th September 2016
By Chris McCormack
Observe the rocking chair: Chris McCormack reviews the 20th anniversary production of Druid’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane.
15 September 2016
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Review: Helen and I at the Mick Lally Theatre
Mick Lally Theatre ⋄ 13th - 18th September 2016
By Chris McCormack
Saying the unsaid: Chris McCormack reviews Meadhbh McHugh’s new play about sibling rivalry.
22 July 2016
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Review: Death at Intervals at Galway International Arts Festival
An Taibhdhearc ⋄ 20th - 24th July 2016
By Chris McCormack
A menacing presence sweetly seeking to impress: Chris McCormack reviews Kellie Hughes’ play about femininity and death.
5 May 2016
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Review: My Poet Dark and Slender at Mick Lally Theatre
Mick Lally Theatre ⋄ 29th April-2nd May
By Chris McCormack
“Desire, depravity and immorality”: Chris McCormack reviews a stage adaptation of Pádraic Ó’Conaire as part of the Galway Theatre Festival.