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the living room by Bernie O'Reilly and Maud Hendricks

Reviewed by Harvey O'Brien on 15 August 2011 15 - 20 August, 2011 in The Pearse Centre

Intimacy is the defining feature of the experience of outlandishtheatre co.’s the living room. In a tiny space at the Pearse Centre (three rows of seats, one row of cushions down in front), the audience faces the dividing doors that open out into a ‘living room’ (read: place for living)...

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The Honey Spike by Bryan MacMahon

Reviewed by Matthew Harrison on 13 August 2011 9 - 13 August, 2011 in Town Hall Theatre

Mephisto Theatre Company’s first sortie onto the boards of the main stage at Galway’s Town Hall Theatre is an epic step in the company’s five year theatrical voyage. Aided by a production team of sixteen, a cast of thirteen performers sing, dance and fight on a set that stretches to...

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Bedbound by Enda Walsh

Reviewed by Jesse Weaver on 13 August 2011 10 Aug - 10 Sept, 2011 in The New Theatre

Enda Walsh just can’t stop talking, can he? Or, more appropriately, his characters can’t. A number of Walsh’s plays have characters that vomit forth language, as if the act of speaking were as crucial to moment-to-moment survival as the involuntary beating of the heart. This is particularly...

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Title and Deed by Will Eno

Reviewed by Peter Crawley on 12 August 2011 12 - 14 August, 2011 in Barnstorm Theatre

Can you have a performance about a solitary, disconnected figure, who has strayed far from home, without making a departure? “I’m not from here,” begins Conor Lovett’s nameless speaker, his eyes darting to the still-open door of the auditorium. “I never will be, I guess.”...

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The Big Deal by Úna McKevitt

Reviewed by Fintan Walsh on 11 August 2011 11 - 14 August, 2011 in Barnstorm theatre, Kilkenny

The Big Deal is a compelling portrayal of exceptional friends in exceptional circumstances. Although born male, Cathy and Deborah – formerly Patrick and Sean – grew up identifying as female, undergoing gender reassignment surgery as adults. Drawing on interviews, diaries and letters exchanged...

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Tabernacle by Fearghus Ó Conchúir

Reviewed by Seona Mac Réamoinn on 06 August 2011 27 & 28 May and 6-8 August, 2011 in Project Arts Centre (May) and The Watergate Theatre (Aug)

Reviewed 27 May 2011 at the Project Arts Centre. If you melded together all the gestures, postures and body contours which emerged in the choreography of this extraordinarily intense work, which premiered at the 2011 Dublin Dance Festival, it would probably resemble a film montage of religious iconography....

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Hay Fever by Noel Coward

Reviewed by Donald Mahoney on 02 August 2011 2 Aug - 24 Sept, 2011 in The Gate Theatre

Hay fever, or allergic rhinitis in its medical parlance, is a reaction brought on by the ingestion of dust or pollen, matter that is barely visible but everpresent in the world. Noël Coward's play of the same name features the Bliss family, also susceptible to wild fits in response to obscure elements...

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The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard

Reviewed by Matthew Harrison on 28 July 2011 in The Studio, Cúilin, Dingle

In his famous parody of the cut-throat West End theatre scene, the brief and brilliant The Real Inspector Hound, Tom Stoppard describes London’s theatre critics with little affection. Pompous, verbose, envious, long-winded, living vicariously and obsessed with their own self-importance and pride...

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The Devil’s Spine Band by Olwen Foueré, Trevor Knight and Alice Maher

Reviewed by Sara Keating on 23 July 2011 20 - 23 July, 2011 in Radisson Live Lounge

In an explanatory programme note, composer Trevor Knight discusses the impetus for The Devil’s Spine Band: that “music and sound would act as the backbone to the performance.” Knight’s boozy bluegrass score is certainly the most coherent element of this unusual cross-cultural...

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The End of the Road by Gavin Kostick

Reviewed by Fintan Walsh on 21 July 2011 19 -22 July, 2011 in Fishamble Street, Dublin 2 and its environs.

The title of Fishamble’s production refers both to the outermost point of Temple Bar - Fishamble Street - and to the looming death of its central protagonist, Bill. Produced in conjunction with the Temple Bar Cultural Trust, this site-specific piece aims to offer glimpses into Dublin’s social...

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