Reviews

The Quare Land by John McManus

Reviewed by Patrick Lonergan on 19 July 2010 14 - 24 July, 2010 in Nun’s Island Theatre, Galway

This new production from Decadent Theatre is described in the programme as the company’s fourth “world-premiere”. That claim might seem extravagant for a group that isn’t well known beyond Galway, but it captures well the ambition – and, more importantly, the achievements...

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Oedipus the King by Sophocles

Reviewed by Sara Keating on 19 July 2010 19 - 31 July, 2010 in Project Arts Centre

Classic Stage Ireland have been quietly carving a niche for themselves in the Irish theatrical landscape over the last seven years. Devoting themselves exclusively to producing “the classics”, they have concentrated for the most part on Shakespeare and the Greeks, and their annual repertoire...

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Slattery's Sago Saga by Arthur Riordan, adapted from the unfinished novel by Flann O’Brien

Reviewed by Harvey O'Brien on 17 July 2010 17 - 25 July, 2010 in Rathfarnham Castle

The formidable Crawford MacPherson (Clare Barrett) arrives at Póg mo Thóin Hall by car, greeted by nervous Tim Hartigan (Malcolm Adams), taking instruction from MacPherson’s husband, absent estate-owner Ned Hoolihan (Louis Lovett), to accommodate her. MacPherson has a plan. She intends to rid Ireland...

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The Quare Fellow by Brendan Behan

Reviewed by Derek West on 15 July 2010 13 July - 7 August, 2010 in The New Theatre

In reviving Behan’s 1954 play, Ronan Wilmot asserts his sense of theatrical history (identifying warmly with the work of Caroline Swift and Alan Simpson in the Pike Theatre on the original production), and – in some of the best moments - a sensitivity for Behan’s capacity to write of...

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Tusk Tusk by Polly Stenham

Reviewed by Patrick Lonergan on 14 July 2010 12 - 24 July, 2010 in a city-centre apartment, Galway

Since her 2007 debut, Polly Stenham has become one of the most talked-about young dramatists in Britain. But, as so often happens with female writers, much of that attention has focussed on her life rather than her work – so we know much more about her looks, her sexuality, and her relationship...

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Citizenship by Mark Ravenhill

Reviewed by Breda Shannon on 14 July 2010 12 - 24 July, 2010 in Nun's Island Theatre

Towards the end of Mark Ravenhill’s Citizenship, a plastic doll hangs on the background wall of the stage. A childlike voiceover tells us that Mommy and Daddy slept together that night and that she is the result. She continues to tell us the end of the story we have just watched unfold. It is a...

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The Grippe Girls by Eileen Gibbons

Reviewed by Siobhán O'Gorman on 14 July 2010 12 – 24 July, 2010 in Bank of Ireland Theatre, NUI Galway

Co-founded by Gibbons and Gregg in 2001, Electric Bridget has, since its inception, aimed to entertain through darkly comic means. Penned by Gibbons, The Grippe Girls signifies precisely the company’s fundamental aspirations. This two-hander stitches together the bawdy and unsavoury stories of...

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Penelope by Enda Walsh

Reviewed by Matthew Harrison on 13 July 2010 13 - 24 July, 2010; on tour. in Druid Lane Theatre, Galway

Four grotesquely inept cocktail-quaffing men are trapped in an empty swimming pool on a Greek Island. They tempt fate trying to escape a grisly end in Penelope, Enda Walsh’s latest work to be premiered by Druid. This is Walsh’s stab at sitcom, but in its uncompromising ambition, breadth and...

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Be My Love in the Rain by Paul Kennedy

Reviewed by Patrick Brennan on 01 July 2010 29 June to 3 July, 2010 in Powerscourt Townhouse, Dublin 2

Be My Love in the Rain is a monologue very impressively presented by Linda Teehan, all the more so because she does so unaided by props, scenery, sound effects or the usual conventional stage settings. She’s not entirely on her own, of course. Writer of the play Paul Kennedy also directs and under...

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Bogboy by Deirdre Kinahan

Reviewed by Harvey O'Brien on 30 June 2010 June 30 - 10 July, 2010 in Project Arts Centre

There is a literate, thoughtful script at the core of Tall Tales and Solstice Arts Centre’s staged version of Bogboy, originally developed and produced for RTÉ Radio. Designed for voices communicating without eyelines or spatial blocking, delving into the sonic and emotional echoes of memory in...

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