theatresThere’s an important play in the Dublin Theatre Festival, Gina Moxley’s The Crumb Trail, by Pan Pan Theatre Company. I hope you get to see it. I’m such a fan of the company that I was asked to write the programme note, which was a pleasure. While writing it, I had to reflect on the [...]
In trying to find an older gay person for my little documentary, I realised how difficult it was to find older gay people to tell their stories. Luckily for me, however, I found Tony, who is a gem in the film. But he only agreed to take part six days before the shoot!
Along the [...]
A couple of things have caught my eye recently that have one thing in common – they are ridiculously cheap or free, brimful of creativity and enthusiasm, and staged by volunteers.
This weekend you can put the finishing touches to your piece of art, ready to submit on Monday to the collective show of peacock philanthropy [...]
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I haven’t seen a show by Pan Pan Theatre Company before. I am, I realise now, much the poorer for it. My recent doubts about the state of Irish theatre, its lack of edge and intelligence, are completely dispelled after seeing Oedipus Loves You at the Project.
There is one week left to see them in [...]
A lively evening of debate on gay marriage this evening. Lovely to catch up with the good folk of MarriagEquality and LGBT Noise. But Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise Gilligan stole the show. As they should.
Darkroom by Gentle Giant Theatre Company is a strange beast. Brought to see it by a friend, I only knew what I read in the Fringe Festival programme:
DC and Marvel superheroes and supervillains face extinction. The Anarchic Invincibility Deficiency Syndrome unmasks masked idols and Supermen fade to grey. When the world falls darker than Joker’s [...]
Love 2.0 produced by thisispopbaby at the Project is a little gem. Two slices of modern life, a showcase for the writing skills of two promising young writers. Both short plays emerged on the encouragement of the Abbey Theatre in March, and it is great to see them get a production so soon like this. [...]
When Mozart was 12 he wrote an operetta called Bastien & Bastienne. Opera Theatre Company offered a free performance as part of the Fringe Festival in the shadow of St Patrick’s Cathedral, and despite the rain and a dodgy radio mike, an enjoyable time was had by all.
Just a quick note to say that Hatch Theatre Company’s production of Further Than The Furthest Thing by Zinnie Morris at the Project is well worth seeing before it closes 6th September. An intriguing story, well told, efficiently directed. The acting all around is first-class: understated and authentic.
In particular, I want to pay tribute [...]
Neil Bartlett first grabbed my attention in the Project Theatre nearly twenty years ago in his production of Sarrasine, a scintillating reworking of a Balzac story, a dangerous, haunting and inspirational piece of musical theatre. I saw it twice and the poster adorned the walls of several of my flats for years afterwards. Bartlett’s perspective [...]
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