You’ll laugh, you’ll cryWhy is it so hard to get rid of all those lionised critical clichés?Fri May 24 2013 - 01:00
Class dismissedEducation is a waste in Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist parable. What else can it teach us?Thu May 16 2013 - 19:00
Stage Struck: watching from afarNew words, a sex change and a Communist twist – what else happens when an Irish play goes abroad?Fri May 03 2013 - 01:00
Last ordersThe life and wild times of Oliver Reed: 22 Brandy Alexanders, 126 pints and no hangoversThu Apr 25 2013 - 17:47
This other ‘other Eden’Can Shakespeare’s drama of a dethroned English King be turned into an Irish history lesson?Wed Apr 24 2013 - 18:20
Knowing when to start DiggingRough Magic unearths a state-of-the-nation drama by Declan Hughes that could still dig deeperWed Apr 24 2013 - 18:20
The dark side of the moon landingRichard Dormer’s Irish-American gangster play orbits around a jukebox, violence and some brutal charactersThu Apr 11 2013 - 18:00
A subversive comic drama and an earnest comment boxEveryone has a double identity in Bernard Shaw’s play. So does the Gate’s new productionThu Apr 11 2013 - 06:00
Waiting For ElvisTwo strange friends wait for the return of the King until kingdom comeFri Apr 05 2013 - 15:30
Small Box Psychosis/The Last CrusaderBarry McKinley’s claustrophobic comedies get caught in a tight spotFri Apr 05 2013 - 15:30
Review: Mangan’s Last GaspGerard Lee’s new play looks for rhyme and reason in the eccentric life and death of James Clarence ManganTue Apr 02 2013 - 20:00
Stage Struck: Man downWhen a two-person play becomes a one-man show, what are the benefits of theatrical downsizing?Sat Mar 16 2013 - 00:00
Review: Tiny Plays for Ireland 2If you don’t like it, another play will be along in two minutesWed Mar 13 2013 - 17:07
Your moveBlue Raincoat Theatre Company finds room to manoeuvre in Samuel Beckett’s ‘Endgame’Wed Mar 13 2013 - 06:00
Director with real bite and a bracing approach to the classicsSelina Cartmell wanted the audience to feel ‘King Lear’ viscerally rather than as an intellectual exerciseMon Mar 04 2013 - 00:00
OnceGaiety, Dublin Previews Feb 22-25 Opens Feb 26-Mar 9 7.30pm €49.50/€29.50 (Sat mat 2pm €39.50/€21.50) gaietytheatreFri Feb 22 2013 - 00:00
King LearAbbey Theatre, Dublin Until Mar 23 7.30pm (Sat mat 2pm) €13-€25 abbeytheatre.ieFri Feb 15 2013 - 00:00
Death Of The TradesmanThe Lir, Dublin Feb 12-16 7.30pm (Fri mat 1pm) €15/€10 thelir.ieFri Feb 08 2013 - 00:00
Romeo and JulietThe Helix, DCU Until Feb 8 1pm 8pm (no evening show Fri, no shows Sat Sun) €25/€22 thehelix.ieFri Feb 01 2013 - 00:00
A Skull In ConnemaraTown Hall Theatre, Galway Previews Jan 31-Feb 2 8pm €12 Opens Feb 4-9 8pm €18/€16 tht.ieFri Jan 25 2013 - 00:00
FollowProject Arts Centre, Dublin Previews Jan 22 Opens Jan 23-26 8.15pm (Sat mat 3.15pm) €9-€15 projectarts centre.ieFri Jan 18 2013 - 00:00
The revolution will not be theatricalisedIreland's young theatremakers need to ask themselves one question: what are you rebelling against?Fri Jan 18 2013 - 00:00
Penguins in pole positionThere are a few popular misconceptions about penguinsThu Jan 03 2013 - 00:00
The DeadAbbey Theatre, Dublin Until Jan 19 7.30pm (Sat mat 2pm) €13-€40 abbeytheatre.ieFri Dec 21 2012 - 00:00
JezebelProject Arts Centre, Dublin Until Dec 22 8.15pm €12- €16 projectartscentre.ieFri Dec 14 2012 - 00:00
Boxing clever with theatre podcasts that punch above their weightA series of podcasts by actor Aonghus Óg McAnally has proved more popular than those of ‘The Archers’Wed Dec 12 2012 - 00:00
Sex, lies and mathematical equationsMark Cantan uses his mathematical skills to find the perfect formula for writing stage comediesMon Dec 10 2012 - 00:00
QuietlyPeacock Theatre, Dublin Previews until Nov 19 Opens Nov 20-Dec 15 8pm €18-€25 01-8787222 abbeytheatre.ieFri Nov 16 2012 - 00:00
Ailliliãú FionnualaTheatreUpstairs@Lanigan’s Bar, Dublin Until Nov 17 1pm €10/€8 085-7727375 theatreupstairs@gmail.comFri Nov 09 2012 - 00:00