Writer: Marek Horn Director: Alisha Finnerty ‘A kaleidoscopic exploration of cultural progress’. In Wild Swimming we are brought along on a journey through time, as Oscar and Nell traverse from some time in the 1700s to the 1960s , showing us vignettes of them being together on a beach at different times in their lives. In the beginning, Oscar waxes lyrical about the magic of sea swimming, much to the annoyance of Nell who would much prefer to lie in the sand reading Jane Eyre. As the timelines progress closer to the present, Nell becomes the passionate swimmer and Oscar becomes…
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The Ireland team is currently under the editorship of Laura Marriott. The Reviews Hub was set up in 2007. Our mission is to provide the most in-depth, nationwide arts coverage online.
Writer: Emilie Hetland Director: Katie O Halloran In a city where the walls have ears and every noise is a potential paramilitary knock on the door, the stage becomes a pressure cooker. Hotel Eden is set within Rosa Luxembourg’s apartment after her death, a place still filled with her items and her cat Mimmy. This production is a deep dive into the psyche of those left behind. Tilly (Emilie Hetland) and Leo (Ruairi Lenaghan) find themselves pulled into the vacuum left behind by Rosa’s death. Their meeting is not a meeting of mourners in any traditional way, but rather a…
Adapted for the Stage by: Audrey Devereux Director: Anthony Fox Behind Connolly Books in Temple Bar is a stunning little theatre called The New Theatre. When you arrive, you’re welcomed into the bookshop and shown to the theatre in the back by their friendly and welcoming staff. Adapted from Melissa Holbrook Pierson’s memoir, The Perfect Vehicle is a play that is mostly in monologue. With just two people on stage, the memoir is brought to life depicting her love of motorcycles from her first ride to her dream trip. From the moment she appears on stage, we are locked into…
Book: Rupert Holmes Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Original Books & Concept: Peter Stone Director: Damien Hurley The Glencullen Dundrum Musical & Dramatic Society has brought a dose of 1959 Boston charm to The Mill Theatre with their vibrant production of Curtains. This comedic whodunnit musical centres on the chaotic backstage world of a struggling show within a show. When the talentless leading lady mysteriously drops dead during her opening night bows, the theatre is locked down, and it’s up to the musical theatre obsessed Lieutenant Cioffi to solve the crime while simultaneously trying to help fix the show’s…
Writer & Director: Clare Dunne Going into the Project Arts Centre to see Sure Look It, Fuck It, one suspects from the title that the audience is going to see something a little bit wild and loose, something full of swearing and energy, that feeling of getting to the end of the week and finally going ‘ah sure look it, fuck it’. And that is exactly what we get. Missy is back from New York and preparing for a job interview. Like many before her, she went to America to be discovered, have adventures, make money, leave behind the suburbs.…
Writer: Ella Hickson Director: Úna Ní Nualláin Hot Mess from TeoChroí Productions and Muirenn Lyons is incredibly difficult to succinctly describe. An uncomfortable sensory nightmare, the show is difficult to follow and hard to understand. After a year apart, twins Polo (Fiachra Corkery) and Twitch (Molly Mew) have come back together in their hometown to celebrate their 25th birthday. With Twitch’s new beau Billy (Ross Fitzpatrick) and friend Jacks (Laura McAleenan) they head out for a night in the local club. As the audience enters techno music is blaring from DJ Ruairí Nicholl, who looked to be having the time…
Writer & Director: Jesse Jones & Naomi Moonveld Nkosi The Ark in Temple Bar is a unique and special place. As an arts centre specifically designed for children, they create a warm and welcoming environment for children to explore art in its many forms. Their latest show, The Last Moth, is a beautiful story of one little caterpillar’s brave journey to save the moon. It was devised by artists Jesse Jones and Naomi Moonveld Nkosi and inspired by the cycles of nature. Caterpillar may be small, but she is brave and can overcome the challenges ahead of her to grow…
Writer: Sean O’Casey Director: Tom Creed This production of Sean O’Casey’s most famous work marks the centenary of its first performance on the Abbey Stage in 1926. Once a play that caused riots, The Plough and the Stars is now a part of the cultural fabric of Ireland. A classic play about tenement life and the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, its overall themes are as relevant today as they were when it was written. This production, like many others before it, tries to be a little different. Unfortunately, many of its attempts fall a little flat and leave one…