Possibly the best play at the Dublin Theatre Festival, this year, was the National Theatre UK / Live Theatre Newcastle...
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Review: Tales of Ballycumber
Review: Tales of Ballycumber
The Abbey Theatre contribution to the Dublin Theatre Festival is Tales Of Ballycumber by Sebastian Barry. As its title suggests,...
Review: A Mid Summer Night’s Dream
Review: A Mid Summer Night’s Dream
There were lots of happy and contented faces leaving the Red Kettle Theatre production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s...
Review: Of Mice And Men
Review: Of Mice And Men
The American Keegan Theatre returned to the Watergate, Kilkenny, with an impressive classic, Of Mice And Men, by John Steinbeck....
Review: Days Of Wine And Roses
Review: Days Of Wine And Roses
Gallowglass Theatre Company, despite being axed by the Robespierre of the Arts Council, David Purcell, have combined with Civic...
Roll up, Roll up Roll up – the greatest show in town
Roll up, Roll up Roll up – the greatest show in town
Defying the current economic gloom, Red Kettle Theatre Company is set to open its biggest – and most magical –...
Comment: Theatrical Woes
Comment: Theatrical Woes
Commentators would have you believe that the Arts are in some arcane way recession-proof. What a daft notion, you just have...
Review: Playing Burton
Review: Playing Burton
Bloody brilliant it was boyo, to be in the theatrical presence of the incarnation of the larger than life, more dramatic than in...
Review: The Playboy of the ‘Sunny’ South East
Review: The Playboy of the ‘Sunny’ South East
Waterford Youth Arts, last week in Garter Lane, presented an up-dated version of the famous Western World Playboy with a script...
Review: From The Shoulders Down
Review: From The Shoulders Down
Richard Lynch brought his own one-man show, From The Shoulders Down, to Garter Lane and entertained a receptive audience with...
Preview: Pantomime Society Auditions
Preview: Pantomime Society Auditions
Theatre organisations now see audition programmes as an added promotional boost to attract, not just a better choice of...
