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You’ll laugh, you’ll cry

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry

Why is it so hard to get rid of all those lionised critical clichés?

Fri May 24 2013 - 01:00
Class dismissed

Class dismissed

Education is a waste in Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist parable. What else can it teach us?

Thu May 16 2013 - 19:00

Stage Struck: watching from afar

New words, a sex change and a Communist twist – what else happens when an Irish play goes abroad?

Fri May 03 2013 - 01:00
Last orders

Last orders

The life and wild times of Oliver Reed: 22 Brandy Alexanders, 126 pints and no hangovers

Thu Apr 25 2013 - 17:47
This other ‘other Eden’

This other ‘other Eden’

Can Shakespeare’s drama of a dethroned English King be turned into an Irish history lesson?

Wed Apr 24 2013 - 18:20
Knowing when to start Digging

Knowing when to start Digging

Rough Magic unearths a state-of-the-nation drama by Declan Hughes that could still dig deeper

Wed Apr 24 2013 - 18:20

Stage Struck

Why believing isn’t always seeing

Fri Apr 12 2013 - 01:00
The dark side of the moon landing

The dark side of the moon landing

Richard Dormer’s Irish-American gangster play orbits around a jukebox, violence and some brutal characters

Thu Apr 11 2013 - 18:00
A subversive comic drama and an earnest comment box

A subversive comic drama and an earnest comment box

Everyone has a double identity in Bernard Shaw’s play. So does the Gate’s new production

Thu Apr 11 2013 - 06:00
Small Box Psychosis/The Last Crusader

Small Box Psychosis/The Last Crusader

Barry McKinley’s claustrophobic comedies get caught in a tight spot

Fri Apr 05 2013 - 15:30
Waiting For Elvis

Waiting For Elvis

Two strange friends wait for the return of the King until kingdom come

Fri Apr 05 2013 - 15:30
Review: Mangan’s Last Gasp

Review: Mangan’s Last Gasp

Gerard Lee’s new play looks for rhyme and reason in the eccentric life and death of James Clarence Mangan

Tue Apr 02 2013 - 20:00

Stage Struck: Man down

Fri Mar 22 2013 - 10:00
Stage Struck: Man down

Stage Struck: Man down

When a two-person play becomes a one-man show, what are the benefits of theatrical downsizing?

Sat Mar 16 2013 - 00:00
Review: Tiny Plays for Ireland 2

Review: Tiny Plays for Ireland 2

If you don’t like it, another play will be along in two minutes

Wed Mar 13 2013 - 17:07
Show and tell

Show and tell

An exotic dancer bares all in the new play Broken Promise Land

Wed Mar 13 2013 - 06:00
Your move

Your move

Blue Raincoat Theatre Company finds room to manoeuvre in Samuel Beckett’s ‘Endgame’

Wed Mar 13 2013 - 06:00

Love in a Glass Jar, Ribbons

Peacock, Abbey Theatre, Dublin ***

Thu Mar 07 2013 - 00:00
A Skull in Connemara

A Skull in Connemara

Pavilion Theatre, Co Dublin ****

Thu Mar 07 2013 - 00:00
Director with real bite and a bracing approach to the classics

Director with real bite and a bracing approach to the classics

Selina Cartmell wanted the audience to feel ‘King Lear’ viscerally rather than as an intellectual exercise

Mon Mar 04 2013 - 00:00
Noteworthy

Noteworthy

TheatreUpstairs@Lanigan’s Bar, Dublin Ends Mar 2

Fri Mar 01 2013 - 00:00
Noteworthy

Noteworthy

TheatreUpstairs, Dublin ***

Thu Feb 28 2013 - 00:00
Once

Once

Gaiety Theatre, Dublin ****

Thu Feb 28 2013 - 00:00
Pinter x 4

Pinter x 4

Pearse Centre, Dublin **

Thu Feb 28 2013 - 00:00
Once

Once

Gaiety, Dublin Previews Feb 22-25 Opens Feb 26-Mar 9 7.30pm €49.50/€29.50 (Sat mat 2pm €39.50/€21.50) gaietytheatre

Fri Feb 22 2013 - 00:00

King Lear

Abbey Theatre, Dublin Until Mar 23 7.30pm (Sat mat 2pm) €13-€25 abbeytheatre.ie

Fri Feb 15 2013 - 00:00

Clear the Air

Theatre Upstairs, Dublin ***

Thu Feb 14 2013 - 00:00

King Lear

Abbey Theatre, Dublin ***

Thu Feb 14 2013 - 00:00

Fred and Alice

Bewley’s Café Theatre, Dublin ****

Wed Feb 13 2013 - 00:00
Death Of The Tradesman

Death Of The Tradesman

The Lir, Dublin Feb 12-16 7.30pm (Fri mat 1pm) €15/€10 thelir.ie

Fri Feb 08 2013 - 00:00

Bedroom Farce

Gate Theatre, Dublin

Mon Feb 04 2013 - 00:00

Romeo and Juliet

The Helix, Dublin ***

Fri Feb 01 2013 - 00:00
Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

The Helix, DCU Until Feb 8 1pm 8pm (no evening show Fri, no shows Sat Sun) €25/€22 thehelix.ie

Fri Feb 01 2013 - 00:00

A Skull In Connemara

Town Hall Theatre, Galway Previews Jan 31-Feb 2 8pm €12 Opens Feb 4-9 8pm €18/€16 tht.ie

Fri Jan 25 2013 - 00:00

Follow

Project Arts Centre, Dublin Previews Jan 22 Opens Jan 23-26 8.15pm (Sat mat 3.15pm) €9-€15 projectarts centre.ie

Fri Jan 18 2013 - 00:00

The revolution will not be theatricalised

Ireland's young theatremakers need to ask themselves one question: what are you rebelling against?

Fri Jan 18 2013 - 00:00

Penguins in pole position

There are a few popular misconceptions about penguins

Thu Jan 03 2013 - 00:00

The Dead

Abbey Theatre, Dublin Until Jan 19 7.30pm (Sat mat 2pm) €13-€40 abbeytheatre.ie

Fri Dec 21 2012 - 00:00

Forest Fringe

The Lir, Dublin *****

Thu Dec 20 2012 - 00:00

Jezebel

Project Arts Centre, Dublin Until Dec 22 8.15pm €12- €16 projectartscentre.ie

Fri Dec 14 2012 - 00:00

The Dead

Abbey Theatre, Dublin ***

Fri Dec 14 2012 - 00:00

Blood Ties

The New Theatre, Dublin **

Thu Dec 13 2012 - 00:00

Cinderella

Gaiety Theatre, Dublin ****

Wed Dec 12 2012 - 00:00

Boxing clever with theatre podcasts that punch above their weight

A series of podcasts by actor Aonghus Óg McAnally has proved more popular than those of ‘The Archers’

Wed Dec 12 2012 - 00:00

Sex, lies and mathematical equations

Mark Cantan uses his mathematical skills to find the perfect formula for writing stage comedies

Mon Dec 10 2012 - 00:00

Quietly

Peacock Theatre, Dublin Previews until Nov 19 Opens Nov 20-Dec 15 8pm €18-€25 01-8787222 abbeytheatre.ie

Fri Nov 16 2012 - 00:00

Ailliliãú Fionnuala

TheatreUpstairs@Lanigan’s Bar, Dublin Until Nov 17 1pm €10/€8 085-7727375 theatreupstairs@gmail.com

Fri Nov 09 2012 - 00:00

Stoker

Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin **

Thu Nov 08 2012 - 00:00

Ailliliú Fionnuala

TheatreUpstairs@Lanigan’s Bar, Dublin ***

Thu Nov 08 2012 - 00:00

Enquirer

Lesley Buildings, Belfast

Mon Nov 05 2012 - 00:00
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