The Bridge Below the Town, written by Patrick McCabe and directed by Padraic McIntyre, is an affecting exploration of the subconscious of rural small-town Ireland in the 1950s. Past and present, memory and hallucination become confused in the reminiscences of … Continue reading Review: The Bridge Below the Town
WORDS Maud Sampson Sex, politics and religion usually make for an explosive mix. The New Theatre’s adaptation of James Joyce’s semi-autobiographical A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man makes no exception. Director Jimmy Fay captures the inherent contradictions that … Continue reading Review: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man // Pavilion Theatre
WORDS Maud Sampson In 21st century theatre it appears anything goes. From Dublin theatre group Pan Pan’s setting of J.M. Synge’s quintessentially Irish play A Playboy of the Western World in modern day China, to a production of Chekhov’s The Seagull … Continue reading Great moments in theatre: The Behzti controversy, 2004
WORDS Maud Sampson It was never Hollie McNish’s intention to share her poems out loud. “I always just wrote poems for myself, to sort things out in my head,” she claims. Yet in 2009 she became the UK Slam Poetry … Continue reading Vers(e)atile
WORDS: MAUD SAMPSON With its roots in the 1875 opera of the same name, Ballet Ireland’s production tells the story of a young soldier José who becomes infatuated with the free-spirited gypsy Carmen. As José falls deeper in love with her, … Continue reading Review: Carmen – The Civic Theatre
WORDS Maud Sampson After seven years as CEO of Burberry, Angela Ahrentdts’ departure from the luxury fashion house to take up a role as senior vice president of retail and online stores for technology giant Apple was announced last week. … Continue reading Fashion in Focus: Burberry