Theatre

In Smock Alley, Dublin Theatre’s New Lease on Life

Will Dunleavy looks at Scene + Heard, Smock Alley's new festival that allows artists to stage unseen or experimental productions.
By Will Dunleavy

Mental Health Week’s “Me Too Monologues” to Perform Untold Student Stories

The show, starting tonight, is about identity and is written and performed entirely by Trinity students.
By Gillian Murtagh

A Minimalist Legacy

Will Dunleavy reviews Beowulf: The Blockbuster, the one man production that documents the intimate relationship between a dying father and his son.
By Will Dunleavy

Speaking With: Lauren O’Leary

Will Dunleavy sits down with Lauren O'Leary and tells us what we can expect from Philip Ridley's Mercury Fur.
By Will Dunleavy

The Gigli Concert is Saved by its Intellectual Merit Alone

Will Dunleavy reviews Grindley's naturalistic presentation of The Gigli Concert.
By Will Dunleavy

Waking the Feminists in Theatre

Nadine Flynn discusses the striking the gender imbalance of the Abbey Theatre’s 2016 programme, Waking the Nation.
By Nadine Flynn

Corn Exchange’s Through A Glass Darkly Is Sadly A Wasted Opportunity

Will Dunleavy Reviews Corn Exchange's adaptation of the Ingmar Bergman classic, which fails to capitalise on the potential of it's script and source material.
By Will Dunleavy

Speaking with Lee Samuel Wilson: “Ireland is a little country, full of amazing artistic talent”

Nadine Flynn sits down with Lir student and director Lee Samuel Wilson to discuss his adjustment to Irish theatre.
By Nadine Flynn

Chekhov’s First Play Deconstructs Theatre and Plays With the Pieces

Tim Leech-Cleary reviews Dead Centre's latest experimental production.
By Tim Leech-Cleary

Clôture de L’Amour’s Lyrical Beauty Seems to Be Lost in Translation

Paraic McLean reviews Pascal Rambert’s Clôture de l’Amour, a play about separation translated from French.
By Paraic McLean