DUBLIN 2026: Interview: Fíonna Hewitt-Twamley On Bringing MYRA'S STORY Home
Star Fíonna Hewitt-Twamley reflects on eight years of performing Brian Foster's acclaimed solo play, humanizing street life, and taking the stage at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre.
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DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL 2026: Review: LET ME IN, Smock Alley Theatre
A smartly written, tense, and painfully relevant examination of belonging, identity, and the quiet frictions beneath Irish welcome.
DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL 2026: Review: A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN, Gaiety Theatre
Eileen Walsh and Marty Rea deliver towering performances in Druid's striking production of Eugene O’Neill's final play at the Dublin Theatre Festival.
DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL 2026: Review: LOURDES! THE MUSICAL, Civic Theatre
An overstuffed narrative and unrefined musical score leave Xnthony's world-premiere pilgrimage musical struggling to deliver emotional resonance or consistent comedy.
DUBLIN THEATRE FESITVAL 2026: Review: REFUGE, Pavilion Theatre
Fishamble's dual-timeline migration drama is handsome and full of noble intent, but a static staging keeps its emotional urgency at arm's length.
DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL 2026: Review: MEREDITH, Gate Theatre
Erica Murray’s witty, grounded world premiere at the Gate Theatre balances laugh-out-loud humor with deeply recognizable domestic tension.
DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL 2026: Review: CYCLONE, 1 Railway Court
ANU Productions delivers extraordinary acting and thrilling, close-quarters boxing choreography in Cyclone, though its fragmented narrative structure makes the complete story hard to grasp.
DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL 2026: Review: HEROES OF TOMORROW, Project Arts Centre
Brokentalkers and Andy Smith present a live, immersive gallery installation that resists standard theatrical classification at Dublin Theatre Festival.
DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL 2026: Review: RADIO BETTE at Gaiety Theatre
The Goat Exchange turns Joseph L.
DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL 2026: Review: HYSTERICALLY SHOPPING! TO SOME SORT OF END…, Samuel Beckett Theatre
A delightfully absurd, dystopian pop opera that turns supermarket convenience into a tragic, hilarious love triangle between a shopaholic, a cashier, and a self-checkout machine.
DUBLIN Theatre Festival 2026: Review: DIGNITY, Project Arts Centre
An ISL-led performance art piece filled with warmth and ensemble precision, though missing a clear story anchor.
Review: CARMEN, Grand Opera House
What did our critic think of CARMEN at Grand Opera House, Belfast?
DUBLIN FRINGE 2026: Review: MERCURIAL, Smock Alley Theatre
Rosaleen Cox and Desmond Eastwood star in an intimate, darkly comic two-hander that turns audience assumptions inside out.
DUBLIN FRINGE 2026: Review: DIVERSITY TRAINING, The Lir Academy
Neil Green’s spoof diversity seminar brings sharp laughs and timely social observation to Dublin Fringe, but functions more as three stand-up sets than a unified corporate satire.
DUBLIN FRINGE 2026: Review: GLEEK OF THE WEEK, Glass Mask Theatre
Conor Burke turns 2012 Glee obsession and teenage delusion into a warm, hilarious, and deeply personal coming-of-age musical at Dublin Fringe.
DUBLIN FRINGE 2026: Review: THE POLITICS OF DISGUST, Bewley's Café Theatre
Play Not Funny’s corporate HR satire at Bewley's Café Theatre offers a sharp thesis on exclusion, but gets lost in noise.
Review: JUDY – END OF THE RAINBOW, The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
Anna-Jane Casey captures the brilliance, humor, and tragic vulnerability of Judy Garland in Conor Hanratty's compelling revival at The Gaiety Theatre.
DUBLIN FRINGE 2026: Review: CRISIS ACTOR, Project Arts Centre
Eoghan Carrick and Lauren Jones turn Shakespeare's mirror inside out in a gripping investigation of crisis, staging, and modern paranoia.
DUBLIN FRINGE 2026:NOT MY REAL ACCENT, Smock Alley Theatre
Sadhbh McLoughlin brings polish and sharp impressions to Smock Alley Theatre, but misses the mark on exploring its central themes of multicultural identity.
DUBLIN FRINGE 2026: Review: SOAK: THE PERFECT MAN, Project Arts Centre
Samuel Yakura and band +353 bring a heartfelt, musically rich examination of grief, first-born duty, and Nigerian fatherhood to Project Arts Centre.
DUBLIN FRINGE 2026: Review: KAFKA'S DOLL at Peacock Stage
Theatre Lovett and the Abbey Theatre present a stunningly inventive, circus-infused adaptation of Kafka’s final anecdote at Dublin Fringe.
DUBLIN FRINGE 2026: Review: A RECURRENCE at The Civic
A moving, sharply observed Dublin drama that connects women’s choices across three generations with compelling performances and real emotional weight.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: MUSE: THE SHAKESPEARE MAYHEM MUSICAL, Underbelly Cowbarn
With strong music and a charming core concept, Muse: The Shakespeare Mayhem Musical shows potential, but needs to forge its own identity beyond SIX.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: TOMATOES TRIED TO KILL ME BUT BANJOS SAVED MY LIFE, Summerhall
What did our critic think of TOMATOES TRIED TO KILL ME BUT BANJOS SAVED MY LIFE at Summerhall?
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: I WAS NEVER HERE (THERE IS NO SPY SHOW), theSpace @ Niddry Street
An engaging, cleverly run Fringe diversion, Leo Lion's interactive spy caper lands closer to a fun escape room than a fully integrated theatrical work.
