JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK March 9, 2016 GATE THEATRE WHEN IT comes to tenement life in 1920s Dublin, Thomas Hobbes nailed it: poor, nasty, brutish and short. That’s the dominant... Read more »
BIG MAGGIE – GAIETY THEATRE February 11, 2016 BIG MAGGIE is back, and cynics have plenty of reason to raise an eyebrow. The timing of this revival by Druid – a... Read more »
EAST OF BERLIN – PROJECT ARTS CENTRE January 14, 2016 FROM Sophocles to McDonagh, Western drama is rife with troublesome parent-child relationships. It’s no surprise for the misdeeds of one generation to be... Read more »
YOU NEVER CAN TELL – ABBEY THEATRE December 17, 2015 WHEN IT comes to drinking, one obstreperous character in this George Bernard Shaw play stands out, with his preference for whiskey and... Read more »
ARE YOU THERE, GARTH …? GAIETY THEATRE November 6, 2015 EVERY SO often, life can really let you down. Irish fans of Garth Brooks know this. They experienced it in the summer of... Read more »