Comical male crises lack killer punch

Stage: Maladjusted. By Derek O’Connor, Bewley’s Cafe Theatre, Dublin. Until October 6

Performed on a bare stage by a single actor, Derek O’Connor’s play Maladjusted is low-budget theatre in its sparest form.

A monologue dramaticule (it is only 25 minutes long), it uses the resources of storytelling as the basis of its theatrical conceit and its theatrical conception. An unnamed protagonist is performing for us, the audience; will we believe or discount his ...