REVIEWS!

So, we've had a change of pace! Rather than posting each review individually, we're going to keep them all together here - just look for the title of the show you want to know about and click on through!


Happy reading.

A Feast of Bones

★ ★ ★ ★    “Sinister yet superbly silly” (Entertainment.ie) 

★ ★ ★ ★ “A fantastically realised show” (The Irish Times) 

Beastie

★ ★ ★  “[Transformed] from storytelling exercise into something more special...[Children] got lost in the action” (The Irish Times) 

The Critic

★ ★ ★ ★  “A celebratory salutation to the history of performance in Dublin” (Irish TheatreMagazine) 

“Played with zeal” (No More Workhorse) 

★ ★ ★ (The Irish Times)

 

Desire Under the Elms

★ ★ ★ ★ “Artful, austerely beautiful and appropriately severe” (The Irish Times)

★★★★★ “Fresh and new” (Irish TheatreMagazine) 

 

A “most powerful Corn Exchange production” (The Independent)  

“Filled with impressive performances” (No More Workhorse) 

 

Dusk Ahead

★ ★ ★ ★ “The simplicity of setting is matched by purity of concept” (The Irish Times) 

★ ★ ★ ★  “an ever imaginative company” (Irish Theatre Magazine) 

“Perfection” (The Independent) 

The Events

★ ★ ★ ★ “An attempt to embody the effects wreaked upon an entire community rather than individuals” (The Irish Times) 

★ ★ ★ ★  “The struggle to comprehend the things that are utterly incomprehensible” (IrishTheatre Magazine) 

★ ★ ★ ★  “Almost unfathomably good” (Entertainment.ie) 

Germinal

★ ★ ★ ★   “A smart, witty and stylish production” (Irish Theatre Magazine)

“One of the highlights of the Dublin Theatre Festival” (No More Workhorse) 

 

Ground and Floor

★ ★ ★ ★ “Thought provoking, unsettling and determinedly enigmatic” (The Irish Times) 

“Intriguing” (The Independent) 

The Hanging Gardens

★ ★ ★ (The Irish Times) 
 

★ ★ ★ ★   “Powerfully written”  (Entertainment.ie)

I’ve to Mind Her

★ ★ ★ ★ “An emotionally affecting portrait of the self-sacrifice of a teenage carer” (The Irish Times) 

Margarete

★ ★ ★ ★   “An empathic experiment in narrative and artifice” (The Irish Times)

Maeve’s House

★ ★ ★ The Irish Times 

The Rape of Lucrece

★ ★ ★ ★   “Cracked with sorrow, bristling with quiet rage” (The Guardian) 
 

★ ★ ★ ★    “Camille O’Sullivan’s solo performance is a triumph” (The Times) 

★ ★ ★ ★  "Hypnotic" (The Irish Times)

riverrun

★★★★★ “Alien, but Irish; serious, but profoundly funny; innocent, yet seductive” (Entertainment.ie)

Taramandal

★ ★ ★  “A sentimental depiction of the big dreams of a small fry” (The Irish Times)

Three Fingers Below the Knee

★ ★ ★ The Irish Times 

The Threepenny Opera

★ ★ ★ ★ “Subtly and profoundly human” (The Irish Times) 

“A loud, brash and fun performance” (No MoreWorkhorse) 


This Is Not My Voice Speaking

★ ★ ★ “Clever, slickly choreographed and well executed” (The Irish Times)

Winners and Losers
“A dose of wry humour and a raw perspective (NoMore Workhorse) 

Some further news and general festival reviews can be found at the links below: 

Irish Theatre Magazine on riverrun

The Guardian: Michael Billington's festival round-up  

Totally Dublin: An interview with Richard Maxwell on Neutral Hero

Totally Dublin: An interview with Megan Kennedy on Dusk Ahead

Totally Dublin: An interview with Yaron Lifschitz on Wunderkammer

The Irish Times: on The Hanging Gardens by Frank McGuinness at the Abbey Theatre

The Irish Times: "Culture Shock": Fintan O'Toole's mid-festival round-up