Reviews

Lipstick and Spitting Love by Rachel Yoder (Lipstick) and Jennifer Rogers (Spitting Love)

Reviewed by Rachel Andrews on 03 June 2009 02 - 06 June, 2009 and 09 - 13 June, 2009 in Granary Theatre, Cork

Two plays focusing on the problematic nature of love within male/female relationships make up the first outing from new Cork-based theatre company Roundhouse. The company’s premise is that artistic directors Jennifer Rogers and Rachel Yoder will operate together as writers, and the playwriting...

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The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris

Reviewed by Seona MacRéamoinn on 08 December 2008 03 – 20 Dec 2008; 1 - 22 Dec 2009 in Bewleys Café Theatre

Reviewed during its original run, 8th December 2008. A 33-year old aspiring actor looking for his break in New York ends up spending the festive season working as a Santa elf in a New York Department store. A fate worse than death one might have imagined or, as it turns out, rich territory to mine for...

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The Seafarer by Conor McPherson

Reviewed by Brian Singleton on 14 May 2008 03 May - 07 June 2008; 9 Dec 2009 - 30 Jan 2010 in Abbey Stage

Reviewed during the original run, 14th May 2008. Following on from a hugely successful National Theatre London premiere production that recently garnered four Tony nominations for its Broadway transfer, the Abbey production had a serious benchmark to match. A last-minute cast change had forced the opening...

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Terminus by Mark O'Rowe

Reviewed by Brian Singleton on 04 July 2007 9 June - 7 July, 2007; 10 Nov - 5 Dec 2009 in Peacock Stage

Reviewed during the original run, 4th July 2007. Mark O’Rowe’s re-adoption of the monologue was not without risks, given his previous mixed fortunes with the form. His first monologue play Howie the Rookie, featuring back-to-back monologues by two surburban Dublin thugs, has enjoyed enormous...

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