Reviews

Absolut Fringe 2012: A DANGERMAN by Side-show Productions

Reviewed by Caomhán Keane on 12 September 2012 11-15 Sept, 2012 in The New Theatre

The definition of a dangerman in the Collins' dictionary is someone who is likely to inflict damage on opponents. It can also be applied at parties for the person with whom a conversation can lead to a broadening of horizons… or a hostage situation. That’s kind of like this piece. A one-man-show...

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A Night in November by Marie Jones

Reviewed by Jane Coyle on 11 September 2012 11 - 15 September, 2012 (continues on tour) in Grand Opera House, Belfast

It may have been written almost 20 years ago and in a very specific political context; it may be laden with two-dimensional representations of the Catholic and Protestant communities of the North; its central Damascene conversion from smug, buttoned-up Ulsterman to rowdy, beer-swilling Irishman may...

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Absolut Fringe 2012: ADVENTURES OF A MUSIC NERD: 1 GUY, 2 CUPS by Ronan Leonard

Reviewed by Caomhán Keane on 11 September 2012 11-15 Sept 2012 in The New Theatre

Stand-up comedy meets aural autopsy in Ronan Leonard's too long but often funny dissection of the Irish obsession with World Cup songs. Slicing up eight of the 27 tracks penned in support of the boys in green, for contests in 1990 and 1994, it captures the mania and confusion it created in his then ten-year-old...

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Absoute Fringe 2012: THE CIRCUS OF PERSEVERENCE by The Gonzo Theatre Company

Reviewed by Meadhbh McHugh on 11 September 2012 11-15 Sept 2012 in The Back Loft

For anyone who feels they are living in a circus; sometimes playing the clown, walking a tightrope or even being fed to the lions, then the absurd world created in The Gonzo Theatre Company’s The Circus of Perseverance won’t seem completely surreal. Amidst bunting and popcorn, they have created...

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Absolut Fringe 2012: PAYBACK! by Marion O'Dwyer and Maria McDermottroe

Reviewed by Roisin Agnew on 11 September 2012 11-20 Sept 2012 in Bewley's Cafe Theatre

There is a great freedom that comes with being invisible. You can let appearances go, give up all pretence and relax knowing there is no longer any need to be self-conscious. According to Kitty and Mary, this is the great boon that middle-age affords you. Marion O’Dwyer and Maria McDemottroe’s...

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Absolut Fringe 2012: BYPASS by Painted Filly Theatre

Reviewed by Jennifer Lee on 11 September 2012 11-15 Sept 2012 in Block T

Imagine a world where all the honeybees and earthworms are dead. Now imagine the last five remaining people (or rather ‘Hibernonauts’), barefooted in white overalls, playing out a series of domestic “rituals”- the doctor, the dentist, the salesman - with deliberately forced facades,...

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Absolut Fringe 2012: ALL HELL LAY BENEATH by Sugarglass Theatre Company

Reviewed by Donald Mahoney on 11 September 2012 11-13 Sept 2012 in Cassidy's Bar

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Absolut Fringe 2012: WHITE RABBIT, RED RABBIT by Nassim Soleimanpour

Reviewed by Donald Mahoney on 11 September 2012 11-15 & 18-22 Sept 2012 in The New Theatre

The opportunity to see Stephen Rea ponder ending his own life via drinking a poisoned glass of water is not typical afternoon theatre faire in Dublin, and the fact that this situation is created by an Iranian playwright not allowed to leave his own country only contributed to the extraordinarily surreal...

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Absolut Fringe 2012: LAUREN WHITE GOES ON A DATE by Lauren White

Reviewed by Clara Kumagai on 11 September 2012 11-15 Sept 2012 in The New Theatre

The Facebook profile poster for Lauren White Goes On a Date did not bode well. Our increasingly cyber society has often been portrayed on stage, and rarely is it successful. White’s approach is rather different in that she brings the virtual – a shortlist of males from okcupid.com –...

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Absolut Fringe 2012: THE LIFE AND SORT OF DEATH OF ERIC ARGYLE by 15th Oak Productions

Reviewed by Clara Kumagai on 11 September 2012 11-15 Sept, 2012 in The Lir

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