EDINBURGH 2021: BWW Review: LOOKING FOR AMERICA, Assembly Showcatcher
by Natalie O'Donoghue
- Aug 23, 2021
In 2019, Fede and his mother, went on a quest to look for América. Shared memories and conflicting recollections led them through their past in a city that had taken them in more than 30 years before, when following his Father's arrest, Fede and his family were forced to flee the Salvadoran civil war. A story of two journeys. The journey of that night in Havana looking for an ex-Guerilla fighter and the journey of escaping the catastrophe in Fede's country decades before. Sometimes the idea of home has to be remade. And remade. And remade.
A HOLY SHOW Will Embark on Tour on Ireland
by Stephi Wild
- Dec 5, 2019
The hilarious hit comedy 'A Holy Show', presented by Verdant Productions, is going on tour across Ireland in January, February and March 2020, as well as performing two dates in the Irish Cultural Centre, Paris following on from the critical success of the Edinburgh Fringe and Dublin Fringe.
A HOLY SHOW Comes to Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by Stephi Wild
- Jul 29, 2019
A Holy Show is a new comedy based on the 1981 hijacking of an Aer Lingus plane by an ex-Trappist monk with a bottle of water as his weapon, the Pope as his nemesis, and a burning desire to know The Third Secret of Fatima.
U.S. Premiere Of Fishamble's THE HUMOURS OF BANDON Announced At Irish Arts Center
by A.A. Cristi
- Mar 21, 2019
Irish Arts Center, a multidisciplinary home for contemporary Irish arts and culture, teams with internationally-acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning Irish theatre company Fishamble to present Margaret McAuliffe's The Humours of Bandon. This wonderful one-woman show (The Stage) has garnered vast acclaim across its tours of Ireland and Wales and a stop at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where The Scotsman called it a witty and poignant story that invites you to climb inside and enjoy the ride, told by a performer who has lived and breathed the world she so expertly conveys. The Humours of Bandon centers around an ambitious teenage Irish dancer and the grueling preparations she's undertaken, in her young life, to achieve. (Writer/performer McAuliffe is herself a former championship Irish dancer, and devoted 18 years to the form).
Dublin Fringe Festival Announces its 2018 Edition
by Stephi Wild
- Jul 12, 2018
Dublin Fringe Festival 2018 returns for another two week city take-over offering 16 days of brand new shows from dreamers and doers, wordsmiths and radicals, crafters and grafters, pirates and bad bitches, this September:
BWW Review: ULYSSES Reincarnates at the Abbey Theatre
by Jini Rooney
- Jul 5, 2018
On Thursday, June 16th, 1904 a young man and his new belle spent their first day together wandering the streets of Dublin. The experience had such a profound impact on him that over the following 2 decades he commemorated the milestone by writing a fictional account about the lives of a group of Dubliners on that eventful day.
The young man was James Joyce, that day is now universally known as Bloomsday, and his immortal novel, is Ulysses.
The National Theatre's MACBETH Leads March's Top 10 New London Shows
by Marianka Swain
- Feb 28, 2018
London is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams to a new epic and a lush romance, here are some of this month's most eye-catching openings. Don't forget to check back for BroadwayWorld reviews, interviews and features!
Casting Announced for THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS at Lyric Hammersmith
by Julie Musbach
- Feb 9, 2018
Following a sell-out season at the Abbey Theatre as part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the 1916 Easter Rising, as well as a successful Irish and US tour, The Plough and the Stars comes to the Lyric Hammersmith as a co-production with the Abbey Theatre.
Abbey's Theatre Presents THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS, 10/20-10/23
by BWW
News Desk
- Oct 20, 2016
"Th' time is rotten ripe for revolution." Set amidst the tumult of the Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising, Sean O'Casey's searing The Plough and the Stars is the story of ordinary lives ripped apart by idealism and revolution. The play opens with the domestic hum of a Dublin tenement and its residents just before the uprising's violence sweeps through the streets and dramatically impacts their lives.
Abbey's Theatre Presents THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS, 10/20-10/23
by Molly Tracy
- Oct 7, 2016
"Th' time is rotten ripe for revolution." Set amidst the tumult of the Ireland's 1916 Easter Rising, Sean O'Casey's searing The Plough and the Stars is the story of ordinary lives ripped apart by idealism and revolution. The play opens with the domestic hum of a Dublin tenement and its residents just before the uprising's violence sweeps through the streets and dramatically impacts their lives.
The Abbey Theatre Brings THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS to Columbus
by Liz Cearns
- Sep 19, 2016
The Abbey Theatre, National Theatre of Ireland, Tours New Production of Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars to Columbus October 26-30
In 1916, Ireland raged against British rule, resulting in a six-day, armed rebellion that became known as the Easter Rising. The Plough and the Stars is the story of ordinary lives ripped apart by the idealism of the time, as the residents of a Dublin tenement seek shelter from the violence sweeping through the city's streets. Revolution has finally arrived, but what kind of Ireland awaits? When The Plough and the Stars was first performed at the Abbey Theatre in 1926, the audience rioted. Today regarded as a masterpiece, this provocative play is an indispensable window into the political culture of Ireland at one of its most pivotal moments in history.
BWW Review: Bursting the Dam of Loneliness in THE WEIR
by Brendan Daly
- Jun 25, 2016
Four local men gather in a forgotten pub in a remote part of Ireland and attempt to impress an outsider, a young woman newly-arrived to the area, with their ghost stories, but she delivers a haunting story of loss that devastates them.
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