Stage Reviews

Le Maschere at Wexford Festival Opera 2024: Brave effort to animate Mascagni’s hugely problematic work doesn’t really come off

Italian operagoers were unimpressed when Le Maschere premiered in 1901. It remains textually and musically verbose with little grip of character or plot

By Michael Dervan

Murmur: The young audience gasp and laugh, mesmerised by this playful, inventive performance

Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Camiel Corneille weaves together sound and movement as he builds physical characters and imaginary worlds

By Rosie Stebbing

Content: Hate speech, revenge porn and an exploding dog – A gripping portrayal of the human cost of sanitising social media

Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Ross Dungan’s darkly comic play blends live illustration and multimedia with the theatrical to explore the disturbing world of content moderation

By Ella Sloane

Global Desires: Flashes of brilliance, but this performance art leaves a sense of disruption and discomfort

Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Outlandish Theatre’s nine performers explore what happens when desire rubs up against an unpleasant reality

By Kate Demolder

The Jesus Trilogy: Beautifully textured adaptation captures all the sadness and mystery of JM Coetzee’s novels

Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Annabelle Comyn’s evocative production, featuring Fergal McElherron and Elaine O’Dwyer, makes clever, convincing choices

By Ruby Eastwood

Find Your Eyes: ‘Oh Lord, will it be like this all the way through?’ we ask at first. But this tricky piece rewards surrender

Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: In this unclassifiable performance piece, Benji Reid creates a seductive amalgam of theatre, choreography and photography

By Donald Clarke

Freefalling: A wild, extraordinary story that you couldn’t make up

Stage Reviews

Le Maschere at Wexford Festival Opera 2024: Brave effort to animate Mascagni’s hugely problematic work doesn’t really come off

Murmur: The young audience gasp and laugh, mesmerised by this playful, inventive performance

Content: Hate speech, revenge porn and an exploding dog – A gripping portrayal of the human cost of sanitising social media

Global Desires: Flashes of brilliance, but this performance art leaves a sense of disruption and discomfort

The Jesus Trilogy: Beautifully textured adaptation captures all the sadness and mystery of JM Coetzee’s novels

Find Your Eyes: ‘Oh Lord, will it be like this all the way through?’ we ask at first. But this tricky piece rewards surrender

Freefalling: A wild, extraordinary story that you couldn’t make up

Safe House: Enda Walsh’s new work is an oppressively desolate song cycle

Exit, Pursued by a Bear: Pan Pan’s loose retelling of Shakespeare contains flashes of real artistry

Breaking: Two characters, four actors and a rotating series of scenes, emotions and meanings

Guest Host Stranger Ghost: A genuinely original high concept gets its first outing

Sandpaper on Sunburn: A humorous, compelling portrayal of what it means to be neurodivergent

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