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Theatre

Theatre

Powerful in its own right, McPherson’s Girl from the North Country confirms Dylan’s genius

Conor McPherson’s musical plumbs the emotional heartbeat and dramatic narrative of Bob Dylan’s songs, and will surely convince sceptics of the works’ literary power
  • Sara Keating
  • July 2, 2022
Theatre

School’s in for summer at the Bord Gáis Theatre

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of the 2003 Jack Black musical comedy School of Rock is rough, ready and riotous
  • Sara Keating
  • June 23, 2022
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Ulysses at 100: Drama of Joyce’s words brought to the stage for a Bloomsday celebration

Several theatrical productions mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses this week, among them a Barry McGovern reading and a re-enactment of the book’s trial for obscenity in the US
  • Sara Keating
  • June 16, 2022
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Sara Keating on theatre: Waitress is a playful tale powered by its musical energy

Sara Bareilles’s play, based on the 2007 film of the same name, has almost all the ingredients for a prize-winning pie, but it’s missing something
  • Sara Keating
  • June 10, 2022
Theatre

Sara Keating: Spectacular reimagining of Frankenstein is guided by voices

Battersea Arts Centre and BAC Beatbox Academy have updated Mary Shelley’s novel into an intense experience powered entirely by the human throat
  • Sara Keating
  • June 3, 2022
Theatre

Sara Keating: Humorous one-woman confessional draws us into secret life of a nurse in 1970s

Aoife Martyn’s funny, intimate show Nursey traces her vocation as a healthcare provider, with great help from deft direction and imaginative lighting
  • Sara Keating
  • May 28, 2022
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Sara Keating: Constellations’ multi-layered stories reflect the chance and chaos in all our lives

A series of romantic encounters leads to life or death choices in Nick Payne’s intriguing and unsettling play
  • Sara Keating
  • May 22, 2022
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Sara Keating: A once-derelict site in Dublin's North Strand is now home to a little world of family-friendly theatre

Written by actors Michele Forbes and Owen Roe, Our Little World is a meditation on the natural world dressed up as a thrilling alien invasion
  • Sara Keating
  • May 15, 2022

Sara Keating on theatre: Binchy’s old favourite runs out of steam in its second half

A new adaptation of Maeve Binchy’s 1990 bestseller Circle of Friends has plenty of nice touches, but flags well before the end
  • Sara Keating
  • May 8, 2022

Mark O’Brien and Caitríona McLaughlin interview: ‘Theatre is not a fixed thing. It is not set in stone. It is active, always moving’

The two new co-directors of the Abbey lay out their future vision for the national theatre, which they say they want to become ‘more interactive and less transactional’
  • Sara Keating
  • May 1, 2022

Sara Keating on theatre: Jacobs-Jenkins breathes new life into Boucicault’s period piece

A lengthy but lively adaptation of an 1859 Dion Boucicault play is an arresting confrontation with political prejudices both past and present
  • Sara Keating
  • April 28, 2022

Sara Keating on Theatre: Is Irish theatre missing an opportunity to make a sale?

The demand for vintage theatrical merchandise in this country is clearly there but, with a handful of exceptions, the main players in the field show a strange reluctance to capitalise on what’s in the vaults
  • Sara Keating
  • April 24, 2022

Patrick Martins interview: ‘I realised the shows that I was seeing at the Abbey and the Gate didn’t really represent me or people like me’

The actor, who appears in the Abbey Theatre’s adaptation of Dion Boucicault’s An Octoroon, is hopeful that things are finally beginning to change in the Irish arts world allowing more opportunities for people of colour
  • Sara Keating
  • April 21, 2022

Sara Keating on theatre: Recreating the revolutionary history of a Rathfarnham park

Smashing Times Theatre Company tells the stories of some of the famous historical figures, such as Padraig Pearse, associated with St Enda’s Park
  • Sara Keating
  • April 17, 2022

Dublin City Council considering opening new 500 seat venue in city centre

City arts officer also suggested that proposed cultural centre at Bridgefoot St could cost €16 million — €5 million higher than the cost suggested when the plan was first announced
  • Eva Short
  • April 14, 2022

Sara Keating on Theatre: The Examination – powerful and provocative theatre that forces viewers to face their prejudices

This is theatre at its best, challenging and encouraging the audience to think differently about crime, justice and the individuals caught in the system
  • Sara Keating
  • April 10, 2022

Actor Charlie Murphy on returning to Happy Valley, her new sci-fi show and the legacy of Love/Hate

The Wexford actor is anything but predictable, as her upcoming projects prove
  • Jennifer Gannon
  • April 8, 2022

Sara Keating on theatre: A millennials’ casual romp has plenty of hidden depths

Harry Butler’s Changing the Sheets is a lively and fascinating look at hook-up culture
  • Sara Keating
  • April 3, 2022

Sara Keating on theatre: Performed in exile, a Belarusian dystopian play is now all too real

Dogs of Europe, performed by Belarus Free Theatre, has become a call to action against Russian aggression
  • Sara Keating
  • March 27, 2022

Sara Keating on theatre: How Ireland’s National Theatre is embracing the idea of an all-island cultural identity

Over its 118 years, the Abbey Theatre has reflected Irish society through its art and it continues to do so today, with its newly appointed directors embracing an all-Ireland approach
  • Sara Keating
  • March 20, 2022

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