Theatre

The Wolf and Peter, the critically acclaimed show by Cois Céim contemporary dance theatre, is a stunning re-imagining of Provokiev’s classic children’s tale. The Dublin based dance theatre has scooped out the best pieces of an old story,…

Daniel Kitson is nothing if not a perfectionist. His latest dramatic monologue cum stand up set performance, Mouse, stars a man who has been working on the same short story for over a decade. He is explaining the story to a mysterious…

Aphra Behn’s origins are mysterious, almost certainly because she wanted it that way. She was born around 1640, probably to parents of the professional class. Her father could have been a man named Cooper. Or he could have been a barber…

We started a debate, and we voted. Things are different now. We have made history. That’s what the Irish political class would have us believe. It’s a nice story, right? Everything tied up nicely in the end, like a well heeled shoe. Gays…

Established in 2012, Collapsing Horse produce lo-fi, surreal, visceral theatre to engage audiences young and old. Their work is imaginative, it is fantasy and adventure. In just 4 years, the prolific ensemble has produced 4 acclaimed shows,…

Gays against the Free State, written by spoken word poet, theatre maker and producer Oisín McKenna, and directed by Colm Summers, is a new show about revolution and reform. It spans the decades, from Countess Markievicz’s era to Marriage…

After great reviews at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, Dreamgun have brought their original comedy Mimes in Time home to Dublin as part of the Fringe Festival. I was feeling sceptical about Mimes in Time since it prominently features two of…

‘I just wanted to let her know it was alright to have a belly button.' The Belly Button Girl, which went on at the New Theatre in Dublin last week, is writer and actor Tom Moran’s first feature length play. We follow a year in the…

April 23rd 2016 is the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. Although his plays and poems have lived on and are enjoyed across the globe, relatively little is known for certain about the man himself. This is particularly so for…

The Feast of the Epiphany has arrived. Sisters, Kate and Julie Morkan are throwing their annual Christmas Party. ‘The Dead’, a short story written by James Joyce in Dubliners over 100 years ago, will be retold this year at the Project Arts…