The week’s best theatre: Two new plays going by their gut
These Stupid Things at Smock Alley Theatre and Cleft at O’Donoghue Theatre are his week’s highlights
The Big Fellow review: A lesson in what happens when you stop teaching history
Based on Frank O’Connor’s life of Michael Collins, Declan Gorman’s play misses its mark
Double Cross review: Thomas Kilroy’s chillingly resonant take on nationalism
Ian Toner plays both William Joyce and Brendan Bracken under Jimmy Fay’s direction
Look Back In Anger review: Deconstructing a nasty piece of work
New production of Osborne’s drama pulls down curtain on angry young man
The best theatre shows this week
Osborne’s ‘Look back in Anger’ returns to the Gate, and a new work from Mark O’Rowe
Riviera review: Cheap thrills in a glamorous world
It’s a quality show that could also pass as a satire on the budgets of prestige television
Redwater: Overheated, overcooked, and why are they over here?
The knotty TV drama shot in Dunmore East is nearing its conclusion
Dublin Fringe reviews: from teenage sex to undertaker humour
The playground is a battleground in Animalia, while Looking Deadly pits a pair of small-town rival undertakers against each other
Wild Sky review: a rebellion of ideas
Deirdre Kinahan’s new play fits a love triangle over the forces of the Rising. But can it be contained?
Theatre review: Romeo and Juliet
Romeo’s love is a little more ice than fire in a production whose heart lies in its decadent set pieces
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