O’Rowe doesn’t disappoint with deceptive drama of mind games

The Approach ultimately feels like a jigsaw with several pieces missing, but it is still a brilliantly subtle and utterly engrossing tragedy, guaranteed to provoke plenty of post-show discussion

Cathy Belton and Derbhle Crotty in The Approach by Mark O’RowePatrick Redmond

The Approach

By Mark O’Rowe

Project Arts Centre, Dublin

Rating: ****

Runs until February 24, then transfers to the Everyman, Cork, February 27 to March 3

‘You do your best to be nice, or to connect with someone,” says Cora, one of three lonely women in Mark O’Rowe’s intriguing new play The Approach. “But after a while you just have to kind of admit to yourself . . . you’re wasting your time.” ...