Reviews

Absolut Fringe 2012: SPARKPLUG by Little John Nee

Reviewed by Siobhán Kane on 11 September 2012 11-15 Sept 2012 in The Lir

In this piece, Little John Nee becomes Sparkplug O'Callaghan, a singer who is compelled to sing the blues, finding cause, as he wanders around the shifting sands of the northern Tullyglen, represented by the boxes on stage that unfurl narrative props with each visiting. At one point, the boxes begin...

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Absolut Fringe 2012: TONIGHT EVERYTHING'S GOING TO CHANGE by Back of the Hand

Reviewed by Meadhbh McHugh on 10 September 2012 11-20 Sept, 2012 in Filmbase

Tonight Everything’s Going to Change promises revenge when a group of newly unemployed young professionals gather together on their last night. Thankfully the play is more nuanced than that and what they are seeking by the end isn’t simple retribution but something more sinister. Adam...

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Absolut Fringe 2012: FLATPACK by Ulysses Opera Theatre

Reviewed by Michael Seaver on 10 September 2012 9-15 Sept, 2012 in The CHQ Building

With current uncertainly about the future direction of opera in Ireland, Ulysses Opera Company's IKEA-inspired FLÅTPÄCK proposes a cheap, easy-to-construct, yet stylish model. That metaphor, however convenient, is also unfortunately flatpack. Although this production ignores the weighty heirloom of tradition...

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Absolut Fringe 2012: MASS by The LSA

Reviewed by Christina Hunt Mahony on 10 September 2012 9, 16 & 23 Sept 2012 in Powerscourt Theatre

A search for a satisfactory 21st-century cultural replacement for the religious ritual. Duncan Molloy’s exploration of an alternate form of shared community experience in post-Christian Irish society. But it isn’t as grim as all that, especially the raw onion-eating tour de force by Amanda...

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Absolut Fringe 2012: FARM by Willfredd Theatre

Reviewed by Susan Conley on 10 September 2012 10-16 Sept 2012 in Meet at The Lir

When talking about farming, it’s knee jerk to wax lyrical about living on the land. Well, we all live on the land, be it ever so covered in concrete. The true issue is the yearning to live with the land, an idea that, ahem, is reaped to its fullest harvest in FARM. The audience bovinely shuffle...

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Absolut Fringe 2012: BLACK WEDNESDAY by Dee Burke

Reviewed by Clara Kumagai on 10 September 2012 Various dates Sept 10-21 (see Fringe programme) in Bewley's Cafe Theatre

“I wish I could tell a nice, simple story”, says Danni, Dee Burke’s persona in Black Wednesday. It’s true – this story is not a straightforward one. We’re warned at its outset: “this isn’t going to come out easy. It’s going to come out in fragments.”...

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Absolut Fringe 2012: RUMPUS by Macnas

Reviewed by Clara Kumagai on 09 September 2012 9/9/2012 in Civic Amphitheatre

For magic and delight, Macnas has no match. With their characteristically beautiful creations and boundless energy, the label ‘for all the family’ is truly deserved. Rumpus, we are told, is Macnas’ “boutique travelling show’ and the atmospheric setting of the Civic Amphitheatre...

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Absolut Fringe 2012: DEATH OF THE TRADESMEN by Talking Shop Ensemble and Shaun Dunne

Reviewed by Jennifer Lee on 09 September 2012 9-15 Sept 2012 in Project Arts Centre

“You’re terrific. You’re terrific. You’re fired.” Like so many, Willy waved goodbye to the school yard at twelve years old to hone his trade. With his two-tiered toolbox in his little soft hands and his blue van, off he went to fit his city’s carpets. He found a girl,...

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Absolut Fringe 2012: OH LOOK, HUMMINGBIRDS by Bluepatch Productions & Floating World Productions

Reviewed by Donald Mahoney on 09 September 2012 9-13 Sept 2012 in South Studios, New Row South

Way back in 1995, Bill Gates wrote: “someday we’ll be able to record everything we see and hear”. Today that prognostication is a fact of life that most of us take for granted. Bluepatch and Floating World’s production of Oh Look, Hummingbirds takes that once-radical notion to...

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Absolut Fringe 2012: ELEVATOR by THISISPOPBABY

Reviewed by Jennifer Lee on 08 September 2012 8-22 Sept 2012 in Project Arts Centre

At a party in the woods under a blanket of snow in an anonymous place almost anything and everything is possible. The six guests (and the maid), armed with an endless supply of cocaine and enough money for an army to snort it with, waste no time in getting high and staying there. Songs are sung, clothes...

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