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Digging around in the past for a glimpse of the future
(The Irish Times, 2013-04-22)[No abstract available] -
Home is where the heart is - and the drama too
(The Irish Times, 2015-01-03)[No abstract available] -
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. -
Bolger abandons tradition to chronicle tower life in all its darkness and beauty: BOOK OF THE DAY
(The Irish Times, 2010-05-28)[No abstract available] -
A portrait of the citizen as artist: Community arts, devising and contemporary Irish theatre practice
(Carysfort Press, 2015)[No abstract available] -
Dancing on a one-way street: Irish reactions to Dancing at Lughnasa in New York
(Syracuse University Press, 2009)[No abstract available] -
Re-imagining Ireland, occupying Iraq: Colin Teevan's How Many Miles to Basra
(Debrecen University Press, 2011)[No abstract available] -
“Anything But Stand Still”: Billy Roche’s On Such as We
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Speaking Out: The Tricyle Theatre's Bloody Sunday: Scenes from the Saville Inquiry
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2005)[No abstract available] -
“Old Fools are Babes Again”: Shakespeare at the Abbey Theatre: programme note for King Lear directed by Selina Cartmell at the Abbey Theatre
(Abbey Theatre, 2013)[No abstract available] -
The Last Summer by Declan Hughes: programme note for Gate Theatre, Dublin
(Gate Theatre, 2012)[No abstract available] -
Re-imagining Shakespeare: A tender thing directed by Selina Cartmell: programme note for Siren Productions
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The Match Box by Frank McGuinness: programme note for Galway International Arts Festival
(Galway International Arts Festival, 2015)[No abstract available] -
The New Electric Ballroom by Enda Walsh, Druid Theatre, Galway
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2008)[No abstract available] -
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 ... -
Only an Apple by Tom MacIntyre, Peacock Theatre
(Irish Theatre Magazine, 2009)You have to wonder why Irish dramatists keep writing plays about politicians. In 1969, Brian Friel’s The Mundy Scheme brilliantly satirised the political life of that period, while anticipating much that would follow. Yet ... -
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 ... -
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 ...