WORDS KATHERINE MURPHY You can feel it in the air. The Directors Debut Festival in Trinity’s own Drama Department has a particular kind of nervous energy attached to it. Student directors, student actors and a student team mount six fully professional pieces of work across three weeks. If you think it sounds nerve-racking, you’re right. It’s an introduction to the life and work of working theatre in Dublin, but according to the directors it’s a baptism of fire. This year the TCD Drama Department introduces Aaron Devine with The Lesson, Oonagh O’Donovan with pool (no water), Doireann Coady with Phaedra’s Love, … Continue reading Debutants

WORDS Katherine Murphy The Boys of Foley Street Experiential theatre is always the hardest to review. You are placed in a scenario, often so vivid, that all sense of criticism is rendered futile. You’re so fully engaged in having the experience that affixing a ‘good/bad’ label upon it seems to devalue and demystify what has just happened to you, and you alone. The Boys of Foley Street is one such production. It is ANU Production’s third installment in the four-part Monto Cycle, physically and literally exploring one of the seedier areas of Dublin’s North side. It is based upon a … Continue reading Review: Dublin Theatre Festival