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How they must hate us: A review of Masterpieces
How they must hate us. (Rowena)
It is fitting to review Blacklight's production of Sarah Daniels Masterpieces which ran at Smock Alley from the 2nd to the 7th of March. The play is without doubt one of the most disturbing and thought…
Why do the Irish love Lorca? A review of Nostalgia
A‘I want to sleep just a moment,
A moment, a minute, a century.
But let it be known that I have not died…’
Federico Garcia Lorca
I spent last year chasing the Spanish writer Garcia Lorca across the world;…
Time for a Break: A Review of Sweet About Me
Sweet About Me by Jacinta Sheerin is the second instalment in the four part series that makes up the Solo SIRENS Festival which is being held at the The Civic Theatre in Tallaght by the Solo SIRENS Collective. tHe Festival was created and…
Hollow and Dead Eyed Beasts: A Review
Pea Dinneen’s ‘Hollow and Dead Eyed Beasts’ opened at Smock Alley to a full house. It’s always worth noting that Smock Alley is such an amazing space for any production and I always love every opportunity to visit and this was no exception.…
A Review of Emily Gilmor Murphy’s The Horror Writer
“It’s a better story. And life is about having a good story. Isn’t it?”
I made my first visit to The Ireland Institute on Pearse Street to watch The Horror Writer a new play written by Emily Gilmor Murphy. it is easy to forget how…
My Fringe Show | One-On-One Performance Art at Dublin Fringe
Sarah Devereux’s debut Fringe Festival show, My Fringe Show, is an intimate, irreverent, and deeply personal exploration of modern-day female identity.
Upon arriving at Le Fringe Hairdressers on Crow Street, one is welcomed into a darkly…
Tales from the Camino: A review of Miriam Needham’s Compostela
‘I changed the world, just so you know.’
Compostela at The New Theatre is a one woman show, written and performed by Miriam Needham and directed by Donal O’Kelly. Sitting down we were greeted by a bare stage which was largely…
Compostela: An interview with Miriam Needham
No don’t thank me you should have already had this. It is joyful but then there is all this other stuff. Of course, it was a victory but it should never have even come to a vote.
Compostela a play written Mirriam Needham will be one of the…
The Long Game: A review of The Roaring Banshees
So, I went to Smock Alley last night to take a look at the opening night of The Roaring Banshees which was co-written by Peter McGahon and John Morton. This was the second installment in the 'Ripping Yarn Trilogy'. it follows on from the…
Between Memory and Experience: A review of These Stupid Things
Hugh Travers plays have been long-listed for the Bruntwood Prize, the Verity Bargate Award and the Papatango New Writing Prize. His new play These Stupid Things which is running at Smock Alley Theatre is a truly excellent production…