Ireland Theater Reviews
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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.
BWW Review: ULSTER AMERICAN at The Abbey Theatre
I was prepared for controversial and shocking, for colourful language and violence.
BWW Review: DUBLIN WILL SHOW YOU HOW at The Complex, Smithfield
The Complex warehouse in Smithfield, frigid, starkly lit and rigged with tenement flats at opposing ends with the audience seated on the long axes sandwiching the stage.
BWW Review: THE COUNTRY GIRLS at The Abbey Theatre
Formerly banned by the Irish censorship board in 1950's Ireland, The Country Girls tells the tale of love in all its incarnations: unconditional, dutiful, compassionate, possessive, devoted, illicit, unrequited, first love.
BWW Review: BIG SHOT at The Helix
The comforting cacophony of blaring sirens.
BWW Review: THE GLASGOW GIRLS at The Abbey Theatre
Never underestimate the power of our youth.
BWW Review: THE RIDLEYS at The Abbey Theatre
Have you ever pondered over a shocking news story and thought: what possibly could have possessed that individual to behave in that erratic manner? Philip Ridley tackles that question not once but twice in his 2 plays: Tonight with Donny Stixx and Dark Vanilla Jungle.
BWW Review: THIRST (AND OTHER BITS OF FLANN) at The Abbey Theatre
Imagine your absolute favorite story.
BWW Review: COME FROM AWAY at The Abbey Theatre
On September 11th 2001, whilst unimaginable horrors were unfolding on one island, on another island 1500 miles NE, an entire village rallied together opening their hearts and homes to help 7000 strangers.
BWW Review: DOUBLE CROSS at The Abbey Theatre
A volatile cocktail: World War 2.
BWW Review: DRUIDSHAKESPEARE: RICHARD III at THE ABBEY THEATRE
Theater heaven.
BWW Review: THE PATIENT GLORIA at The Abbey Theatre
Writer and actress Gina Moxley stumbled upon the 1965 film Three Approaches to Psychotherapy (aka The Gloria Films) whilst residing in New York City.
BWW Review: BRENDAN GALILEO FOR EUROPE at Bewley's Café Theatre
Strap yourself in for a high octane ride from the mini metropolis of Prospect, Galway to the bright lights of the Eurovision Song Contest and back again with Fionn Foley's uproarious one-man farce.
BWW Review: FRNKNSTN at The Abbey Theatre
Writer Michael West artfully distills the dark essence of Mary Shelley's classic into a fateful 70 minutes, gratifying literary scholars and beguiling newcomers.
