Bán, at Dublin Theatre Festival, is a brave, brilliantly acted ensemble piece
Dublin Theatre Festival 2025: The gifted Carys D Coburn reworks The House of Bernarda Alba in grim 1980s Ireland
Claire O’Reilly
Playwright Carys D Coburn on Bán: ‘Can we be real to one another and be family? Often the answer is no’
Dublin Theatre Festival 2025: Coburn’s prowess is in addressing the space between what we say and what we know
Emma review: Agreeably quirky take on Austen shakes the story’s structure a little too vigorously
Theatre: Toni O’Rourke plays Emma with gusto, and Hannah Mamalis is hilarious as Harriet. Despite some narrative overreaching, you’ll probably leave happy
The Abbey has fun with Jane Austen’s Emma: ‘Our production is curious about her libido’
Kate Hamill’s adaptation, starring Toni O’Rourke, explores the psychology of what drives the much-loved protagonist, says director Claire O’Reilly
Amelia: A touching vision of where we – and theatre – will end up in the climate crisis
Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Dee Roycroft’s ingenious play could be considered dystopian, but the pessimism doesn’t get everyone down
This Solution review: Choreography and carnality collide spectacularly
Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: It lacks subtlety, but Shaun Dunne’s multimedia exploration of online pornography and real-life consequences is exhilarating
An Irish man signs up to make gay porn, then wants to change his mind. This Solution is about his experience
Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: Shaun Dunne hopes his play will resonate with people who have been in situations ‘that they haven’t been able to escape from’
Hothouse review: Deadly serious and wildly funny
Dublin Fringe Festival 2023: Sharp, nuanced script rips along under Claire O’Reilly’s assured, quirky direction
Malaprop’s hot topic: ‘We like people to leave wanting to generate a conversation’
Dublin Fringe Festival 2023: Hothouse, the theatre company’s new show, intertwines family drama with climate change – and throws in a few musical numbers for good measure
‘It had to be live, because liveness is the thing we have been starved of’
Dublin Fringe Festival asked them to create a new work and Malaprop Theatre jumped at the chance
Jericho review: A show that wrestles with all of human history
Dealing with nothing smaller than human history, Malaprop’s stimulating new show might have taken on more than any one metaphor can properly smack down. Unless wrestling is the answer . . .
Beyond Brexit: Uncertainty hangs in air of Border towns
Having suffered through the Troubles, business owners worry as they await clarity
‘This might be awful’: the Theatre Machine test
Each evening, audiences pay €14 to see four short works in progress. You might see a disaster or an embryonic hit
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