Reviews

Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme by Frank McGuinness

Reviewed by Breda Shannon on 04 November 2009 28 October - 21 November, 2009 in Roscommon Arts Centre (on tour)

NOMAD and Livin’ Dred, fresh from their successful run of The Dead School at The Dublin Theatre Festival, present their interpretation of Frank McGuinness’s iconic play Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme throughout their midland home base. It is a glorious fluorescent production...

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Jane's Hero by Peadar de Burca

Reviewed by Breda Shannon on 02 November 2009 in Town Hall Theatre (Studio)

Peadar de Burca is well known in his native Galway as an actor, director and writer ofplays such as What Men Want and Why Men Marry. His latest offering with MorWax productions is Jane’s Hero, a one man show about an Irish army officer and his time with the UN peace keeping forces. De Burca’s...

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One is Not a Number by Billy Roche

Reviewed by Rachel Andrews on 31 October 2009 21 October - 20 November, 2009 in Granary Theatre

Last year, Meridian Theatre Company staged an adaptation of Kevin Barry’s award-winning short story collection There are Little Kingdoms. The result, although on many levels engaging, was more akin to a staged reading of the stories than successful drama, lacking focus, narrative arc and dramatic...

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An Seanfhear Beag by Marc MacLochlainn, based on a story by Barbro Lindgren

Reviewed by Derek West on 29 October 2009 On tour. in Draíocht (on tour)

Theatre for children and young people occupies a spectrum that ranges from the didactic (more frequently the domain of the adolescent productions) to the magical, aimed at a younger age-group. An Seanfhear Beagis unequivocally on the side of the magical and it ticks almost all the boxes for children’s...

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Permutations and Palpitations by Raymond Scannell

Reviewed by Derek West on 28 October 2009 On tour from October 2009. in Draíocht (on tour)

Playwright Ray Scannell and director Emelie Fitzgibbon have come together once more, this timeon a piece that articulates and amplifies the experience of young adults in a world of impromptu actions and decisions. It takes the haphazard lives of the young, anxious for highs, in revolt against the cosseting...

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Jack by Mike Kenny

Reviewed by Derek West on 28 October 2009 12 October – 20 November, 2009 in Draíocht (on tour)

Mike Kenny’s version of 'Jack and the Beanstalk' moves the familiar storyline to some thoughtful questioning of the roles of mothers and wives. The target audience (4-7 year-olds) was absent at the TYA ‘Gathering’ event, but one can be fairly well assured that they would have enjoyed...

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Cracked Eggs by Scarlet Exchange

Reviewed by Fintan Walsh on 28 October 2009 27 - 31 October, 2009 in The New Theatre, Dublin

Scarlet Exchange is a newly established collective of playwrights who graduated from the Fishamble playwriting course last year. Cracked Eggs is a showcase of six short plays that emerged in the intervening period. Under Tracy Ryan’s direction, the 15 minute long pieces are simply staged in rapid,...

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The Musician by Conor Mitchell

Reviewed by Pádraic Whyte on 27 October 2009 15-31 October 2009 (on tour) in Tower Street Theatre, Belfast Metropolitan College

Was the Pied Piper evil from birth or did his villainy and bitterness result from traumatic childhood experiences? In a vibrant and engaging production, The Musician attempts to explore this question through a whirlwind of music and melodrama. Written and composed by Conor Mitchell, Cahoots NI’s...

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This is What We Sang by Gavin Kostick

Reviewed by Pádraic Whyte on 26 October 2009 22, 25-29 October 2009 in Belfast Synagogue

Set on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, this new production from Kabosh is a thought-provoking piece of theatre that uncovers a much neglected history of the Jewish Community in Belfast. Performed in the Belfast Synagogue, the play follows the story of several Jewish characters, all from the...

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Black Milk by Vassily Sigarev, translated by Sasha Dugdale

Reviewed by Tom Maguire on 26 October 2009 21 - 31 October, 2009 in Brian Friel Theatre, University Square, Belfast

When Frankie McCafferty's narrator opens Black Milk with a rich description of the non-place in which the action is to be set, his arms outstretched at shoulder height, basking in the reflected twirling lights of a glitter ball, there was the promise that this production would glory in its own theatricality....

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