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The Field by John B. Keane, Olympia Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2011)
Irish attitudes towards John B. Keane have changed a lot during the last ten years – due largely to Garry Hynes’
production of four of his plays during that period. Keane has always been popular, but he was also seen by ...
Queer notions: new plays and performances from Ireland by Fintan Walsh
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2011-01-30)
Fintan Walsh’s new anthology begins with a line that seems in danger of subverting the rest of the book. “There is strength
in numbers, so they say,” writes Frank McGuinness in his foreword – before adding “I’ve never ...
The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh, Young Vic Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2010)
When Martin McDonagh’s Leenane plays first appeared in Ireland, they seemed exciting for many reasons: their
delinquent humour, their rootedness in (but distance from) the Irish dramatic tradition, their wilfully ...
Once: the musical by Enda Walsh, Gaiety Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2013)
As we enter the Gaiety, we discover that Once has already begun: the cast are gathered in what looks like an ordinary pub
where a session is underway. They play music for about twenty minutes while members of the audience ...
Faith Healer by Brian Friel, Gate Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2010)
During the last decade, Owen Roe has emerged as one of Ireland’s very best actors – yet, until now, he’s rarely filled a
major leading role. His performance as the Irishman in Ben Barnes’s 2001 Gigli Concert was astonishing ...
An enemy of the people, Ibsen adapted by Arthur Miller, Gate Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2013)
Ibsen’s 1882 An Enemy of the People is sometimes described as a problem play, in that it dramatises a compelling debate
between two brothers about the nature of morality and individual responsibility. But that term might ...
Better by design: the art of theatre: Irish theatrescapes: new Irish plays, adapted European plays and Irish classics
(The Irish Times, 2016-01-23)
This work, as well as being beautifully illustrated, succeeds as a memoir, an anthology and as an outstanding act of theatre criticism, writes Patrick Lonergan.
The theatre of Marie Jones: telling stories from the ground up
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-11-11)
It’s sometimes asserted that Irish women writers are doubly marginalised: first by their nationality and then by their gender. If that statement is true, we might add to it that Marie Jones has been marginalised a third ...
Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett, Gate Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2010)
It took Samuel Beckett about three weeks to write Krapp’s Last Tape. During that time, the play went through seven
distinct stages which, according to the scholarship, involved a gradual stripping away of sentimentality: ...
All that Fall by Samuel Beckett, Pan Pan Theatre Company
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2011)
The first thing to say about Pan Pan’s performance of Beckett’s 1956 radio play is this: if you’re planning on going to it, please don’t
read this review – it would be a shame to spoil the surprise that awaits you.
And ...