Review: NORMA at Irish National Opera
Irish National Opera’s new production of Bellini’s Norma at the Gaiety Theatre showcases exceptional vocal performances and a fiercely modern heroine who controls her own destiny.
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Review: AN IDEAL HUSBAND at Gate Theatre
Political blackmail, institutional corruption, and the frantic urge to incinerate compromising files.
Review: THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS at Abbey Theatre
As an expat in Dublin, it is easy to inhabit a 'Future Ready' version of the city.
Review: EUREKA DAY at Gate Theatre
What happens to a 'progressive' community when its members' points of view become irreconcilable? In this sharp and sobering production of Eureka Day at the Gate Theatre, Jonathan Spector’s script serves as a prophetic mirror to our post-pandemic reality.
Review: ROMÉO ET JULIETTE at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
Charles Gounod took Shakespeare’s tale of the star-crossed lovers and adapted it to create the 1867 opera, Roméo et Juliette, with an overture and Shakespeare’s explanatory prologue, delivered by the chorus, followed by a five-act opera, with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré.
Film Review: SIX THE MUSICAL LIVE!
SIX the Musical Live! is the filmed version of the hit musical about the six wives of Henry VIII that has taken the world by storm.
Student Blog: University and How to Make the Most Out of It
This blog post takes a look at the skills that can be developed outside of the classroom through-extracurricular activities and why it should be encouraged for students to participate.
Student Blog: Back to School: The Highs and Lows
An insight into the current academic year so far reflecting on my classes and what student have to look forward to as well as that, discusses the highs and lows of returning to class after the Summer Break.
BWW Review: ONCE UPON A BRIDGE
Sonya Kelly’s touching and kinetic Once Upon a Bridge imagines the lives of three protagonists in the leadup and aftermath of a near-tragedy on London’s Putney Bridge in 2017.
BWW Review: VANA at CD Release
Ross Ainslie is one of Scotland's most beloved musicians.
BWW Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, Amazon Prime Video
Ita??s unsurprising why Amazon has decided now is the time to release a recorded performance of Heidi Schrecka??s electric political play, What the Constitution Means to Me, on its Prime Video streaming platform.
BWW Review: DRUIDGREGORY at Coole Park
The most famous lines associated with the play Cathleen ní Houlihan (1902) aren’t actually in the script.
BWW Review: ZANDRA, QUEEN OF JAZZ at Smock Alley Theatre
Born Josephine Alexandra Mitchell in 1903, 'Zandra' Mitchell hailed from a distinguished musical family in Phibsborough, Dublin.
BWW Review: SYMPHONY OF WORMS at Smock Alley Theatre
Much like our Parisian friend Amelie, an only child who paints her world with her vivid imagination, pint-sized Hannah Mamalis, an only child from rural Connemara, sweeps and soars with her imagination.
BWW Review: THE ROARING BANSHEES at Smock Alley Theatre
Writers Peter McGann & John Morton have let loose The Roaring Banshees, part two of their Ripping Yarn Trilogy.
BWW Review: CITYSONG: Dublin's Urban Hymn
Through the lens of three generations of a Dublin family, Dylan Coburn Gray's ambitious Citysong unfolds on a single day – but ricochets between past and present – to track the momentous and the minute changes in the lives of its characters who are, ultimately, just “a pinch in the hourglass�
BWW Review: THESE STUPID THINGS - A Sensitive Study of Love & Medicine at Smock Theatre Alley
One of the highlights of Dublin's bustling summer calendar is the Festival of Curiosity, an annual international festival celebrating 4 days of science, art, design, and technology.
BWW Review: Falling Faintly on the EPIPHANY
As a dinner party haunted by absences draws to a close, Morkan, the evening's irrepressible host, stumbles to a confession.
BWW Review: TWO PINTS - Reflection and Mirth at The Abbey Theatre
Much like stepping into a pair of comfortable slippers, two amiable aul Irish gents meet regularly at their local watering hole.
BWW Review: THE UNMANAGEABLE SISTERS at The Abbey Theatre
Who would have thunk a sociable gathering of inquisitive neighbours would turn into such a rollicking free-for-all? One million Green Shield stamps.
BWW Review: CITYSONG, AN ENCHANTING SYMPHONY at The Abbey Theatre
Writer Dylan Coburn Gray, a keen and compassionate observer of human nature has created in Citysong a compelling narrative of a multigenerational family featuring pivotal moments in their lives.
BWW Review: AVENUE Q at The Gaiety Theatre
Deliciously inappropriate, scandalously funny and mischievously provocative, 16 years after its inception, Avenue Q continues to astound and delight.
BWW Review: THE GLASS MENAGERIE at The Gate Theatre
Tennessee Williams in his essay 'The Catastrophe of Success' paints a poignant picture of his life following the startling success of his play The Glass Menagerie.
BWW Review: IT WAS EASY (IN THE END) at The Abbey Theatre
In this THEATREclub & Abbey co-production, 13 disgruntled millennials are intent on single-handedly annihilating capitalism.
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Dracula Gaiety Theatre (11/03-11/07) |
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Steve Steinman''s Bat! Bat Out of Hell 50th Anniversary Tour 3Olympia Theatre (10/20-10/20) |
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Mná na hÉireann Ambassador Theatre (10/14-10/16) |
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Cú Chulainn By Éadaoin O’Donoghue and John O’Brien The Everyman (8/13-8/13) |
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Disney Princess: the Concert 3Olympia Theatre (4/21-4/22) |
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Steve Steinman''s Fuel Injected Magic: 50th Anniversary Concert 3Olympia Theatre (10/20-10/20) |
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Cats Bord Gais Energy Theatre (3/16-3/20) |
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United We Stand Live - Andy Cole & Andy Mitten Ambassador Theatre (8/11-8/11) |
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The Other Side Of Murder Gaiety Theatre (10/13-10/17) |
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United We Stand Live - Andy Cole & Andy Mitten Cyprus Avenue (8/10-8/10) |