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Tales that Ripple in Time
(The Irish Times, 2007-12-08)
Ferociously-Paced Magical Surrealism
(The Irish Times, 2000-03-04)
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare, Rattlebag Theatre Company, Civic Theatre Tallaght and Henry IV – Part One by William Shakespeare, Peacock Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2003)
Almost every European country that gained independence after the First World War had one thing in common: with only one exception, they all tried to stimulate the growth of a national literature by commissioning translations ...
Tilsonburg by Malachy McKenna, Focus Theatre/Irish Touring Company, Town Hall Theatre and Shiver by Declan Hughes, Rough Magic, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2003)
Critics have been declaring Irish playwrighting to be in a state of crisis for most of the last 100 years but, even so, it’s hard not to feel glum about the present state of our writing for the stage. The latest plays from ...
All we say is 'Life is crazy': - Central and Eastern Europe and the Irish Stage
(Dublin: Carysfort Press, 2009)
[No abstract available]
Half-hearted: Irish Theatre, 2003
(Center for Irish Studies, University of St. Thomas, 2004)
Irish theater experienced an unusuaily quiet period in 2003. Although the year was free of the controversies that have overshadowed recent years, it was also too frequently free of excitement, creativity, and originality. ...
"The Given Note": traditional music and modern Irish poetry
(Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008)
"The oldest records indicate that the performance of poetry in Gaelic Ireland was normally accompanied by music, providing a point of continuity with past tradition while bolstering a sense of community in the present. ...
Stained Glass at Samhain: Town Hall, Galway
(The Irish Times, 2002-11-02)
[No abstract available]
The Blind Fiddler by Marie Jones, Lyric Theatre, Belfast
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2003-06-12)
Perhaps unfairly, Marie Jones remains more noted for commercial rather than critical success. The Blind Fiddler – an exciting fusion of melodrama, traditional music, and great storytelling – looks likely to be as successful ...
Defining the heathen Irish and the pagan African: two similar discourses a century apart
(2008)
This article looks at two different missionary projects separated by space and time: British Protestant missions to Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century; and Irish Roman Catholic missions to Africa in the 1920 and 1930s. ...