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God of Carnage

God of Carnage by Yazmina Reza, in a translation by Christopher Hampton

Reviewed by Fintan Walsh on 08 February 2011 8 February – 26 March, 2011 in The Gate Theatre

An early joke about the difference between Palmerstown Park and Bushy Park lets us know that Yazmina Reza’s 2006 play, originally written in French, has been adapted to Dublin. Orwell Road is where Michael (Roe) and Veronica Fallon (Dent) purchase their tulips, and the living room in which the...

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Batsh*t

Batsh*t by the cast

Reviewed by Fintan Walsh on 03 February 2011 2-5 February, 2011 in Project Arts Centre

Numerous red t-shirts hang on the sidewalls of the Project Cube theatre, with the word ‘Him’ printed across the front. Performers slump on chairs underneath. A young man (Lehane) scales a ladder on the back wall, his face covered with a wolf mask, and one of the t-shirts that surround. Intervening...

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Mary Motorhead

Mary Motorhead by Mark O’Halloran

Reviewed by Harvey O'Brien on 02 February 2011 2 - 19 February, 2011 in Bewley's Café Theatre

Mary ‘Motorhead’ is in prison. She lies on her bed reading, while scenes of the outdoor world as seen from the window of a car are projected onto the wall behind her. She is doing six years for stabbing her husband, Red, in the head with a knife. History is invention, she tells us, a story...

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Lady Windermere's Fan

Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde

Reviewed by Nicole Depuis on 29 January 2011 19 - 29 January, 2011 in Everyman Palace Theatre

In its profile, The Everyman Theatre Company states that it was founded in 1963 “to bring the best of world theatre to Cork audiences”. It is a pity, then, that the company feels it has to look back as far as 1892 for the best of world theatre, as there is a lot of both young and old talent...

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I Am My Own Wife

I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright

Reviewed by Caomhan Keane on 27 January 2011 25 January - 6 February, 2011 in The Pearse Centre

Having survived both the Nazi and Stasi regimes while living her life openly as a transvestite, it is no wonder that one character refers to Lothar Berfelde aka Charlotte von Mahlsdorf as "the most singular, eccentric individual the Cold War ever birthed." Her home in East Berlin acted as a...

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As You Are Now So Once Were We

As You Are Now So Once Were We by The Company

Reviewed by Fintan Walsh on 26 January 2011 26 January - 5 February, 2011 in Peacock Theatre, Dublin

Like its Joycean inspiration, As You Are Now So Once Were We attempts to find the epic in the everyday. In this devised piece, which was first staged at last year’s Dublin Fringe Festival, four performers relay the same day in Dublin from different perspectives. While each speaks in turn (Yergainharsian,...

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The Cambria

The Cambria by Donal O'Kelly

Reviewed by Christina Hunt Mahony on 25 January 2011 25 January - 5 February, 2011 in Project Arts Centre

The Cambria is another of Donal O’Kelly’s singularly imaginative plays which takes place on the high seas. His award-winning Catalpa (1995) retold the story of the 1875 voyage from New Bedford to Freemantle to rescue Fenians, and recently The Adventures of a Wet Señor took as its central...

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The Field

The Field by John B. Keane

Reviewed by Patrick Lonergan on 17 January 2011 17 Jan - 17 Feb, 2011 (on tour) in the Olympia Theatre

Irish attitudes towards John B. Keane have changed a lot during the last ten years – due largely to Garry Hynes’ production of four of his plays during that period. Keane has always been popular, but he was also seen by many as populist: as someone who chose sentimentality over pathos, the...

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Shattering Glass

Shattering Glass by Mary Moynihan, Paul Kennedy, Gillian Hackett

Reviewed by Derek West on 14 January 2011 11-14 January, 2011 in Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny

When William Golding wrote in his 1965 essay Fable of “the history that is dead and will not lie down”, he could have been prefiguring the legacy of the ‘Troubles’ that is explored in Shattering Glass, a trilogy of short pieces performed by Smashing Times. Watching the plays in...

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Celebrity

Celebrity by Jody O'Neill

Reviewed by Fintan Walsh on 12 January 2011 12-29 January, 2011 in Project Arts Centre

I wouldn’t be surprised if some newsagents had inquires about Celebrity magazine this week. The striking poster for Jody O’Neill’s new play is designed like the cover of a leading glossy for women, bursting at the seams with gossip and advice. Online, you can even leaf through the magazine...

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