●●●●○ In what many regard as a biographical look at his own life, You Can Never Tell is the fourth in the Abbey’s series of plays by Bernard Shaw – the first being Pygmalion in 2011. Directed by the award-winning … Continue reading You Never Can Tell – Review
●●●●○ The Peacock Café, which is located in the Abbey Theatre and shares an entrance with the Peacock stage, has very recently opened. In this sweet, little hideaway café, my friend and I ordered and paid at the desk before … Continue reading The Peacock Café – Review
Our Few and Evil Days tells a surreal family story in an admirably realist way, but just doesn’t shine so much as the playwright’s more hypnagogic work.
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●●●○○ Michael West’s Conservatory, showing at the Abbey Theatre’s neglected sister stage, the Peacock, is an intriguing piece of new Irish writing. It begins with an elderly couple, credited only as He and She, bickering about copulating cats and crossword … Continue reading Review: Conservatory // Abbey Theatre
WORDS Heather Keane The Abbey Theatre’s new season shall be under fierce scrutiny following reports that have shaken the country’s faith in the recipient of over half of all Ireland’s Arts Council funding. The national theatre has opened this Spring with … Continue reading Review: Sive // Abbey Theatre
WORDS Kayla Walsh & Katherine Murphy ILLUSTRATION Alice Wilson January was a controversial month for the arts in Ireland. It began with scandal over the policies of the board managing the Limerick City of Culture project, which saw the resignation … Continue reading Notes on a scandal
WORDS Maria Hogan Jimmy Fay’s engaging production The Risen People combines the literary work of James Plunkett with historical reality to bring the story of the 1913 Lockout to the Abbey stage in music. We follow the life of a community: … Continue reading Review: The Risen People // Abbey Theatre