
Rory Nolan, Karen McCartney, Ristea rd Cooper and Stephanie McKeon in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Pic by Pat Red (2)

Date: February 9, 2017 - ReviewsTheatre

Rory Nolan, Karen McCartney, Ristea rd Cooper and Stephanie McKeon in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Pic by Pat Red (2)
TEMPTING as it is, you can’t blame La La Land. The Hollywood awards favourite may bring American musicals back into the mainstream, but Irish theatre producers have been dubiously dabbling with the saccharine-infused artform for more than a decade. Punters here can barely take their seats without the risk of someone on stage bursting into… Read more »
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