Social comedy with a swagger sees the zeitgeist captured in some style

In an explosively funny comedy, Lisa Tierney-Keogh ploughs deep into the (still inexplicably controversial) minefield of contemporary feminism and no one comes out the better for it

The cast of This Beautiful Village at the Abbey Theatre Pic: Pat Redmond

This Beautiful Village

By Lisa Tierney-Keogh

Abbey Theatre, Dublin

Runs until September 14

Rating:****

Welcome to the suburbs! To “a mediocre estate with notions” in Stillorgan, to be exact, where a group of enlightened residents have come together to discuss what to do about some offensive graffiti that has appeared on a wall. Some say paint over it, others say educate the local youth about respect, and some apparently think women “really are ...