●●●●○ Cuckoo which played in the project arts centre on the 14th and 15th of September as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival was an informative piece of theatre that was also aesthetically pleasing. The set itself, at first glance … Continue reading Dublin Fringe Festival: Cuckoo// Review An informative piece of theatre
Everything I Do is a show written and performed by Zoe Ní Riordáin with direction by Maud Lee as part of One Two, One Two performance company. The performance will be on the 26th-27th of July in the Project Arts … Continue reading Everything I Do// Interview with Zoe Ní Riordáin and Maud Lee
●●●●● “MERLIN” is an original 60-minute interpretive dance piece which was created and performed by the Iseli-Chiodi Dance Company in the Project Arts Centre from 28th … Continue reading MERLIN // REVIEW
●●●○○ The Wickedness of Oz – an original piece written and performed by Kate Gilmore, and directed by Clare Maguire – was staged in the Project Arts Centre from 25th February to 5th March. Gilmore won Best Supporting Actress at … Continue reading The Wickedness of Oz // review Debbie’s rich, melodious interior life is brilliantly juxtaposed by the banal existence she must act out every day.
“Maser’s work is not unusual for Project; rather it exemplifies Project’s artistic programming through its 52 year history…. We believe all art is political, even work that reflects the status quo and is therefore misconstrued as being ‘neutral’. We … Continue reading Painting Over the Issues “If my art has nothing to do with people’s pain and sorrow, what is ‘art’ for?“ (Ai Weiwei)
Murder of Crows employs familiar devices – delinquent pupils, a mysterious grandmother, and a trip to an eerie forest – to draw the audience into a world that is at once both recognisable and enigmatic. There is nothing inherently unique … Continue reading Murder of Crows @ The Project Art Centre explores bonds of womanhood Deputy Theatre Editor Lauren Boland reviews Murder of Crows at The Project Art Centre.
If We Got Some More Cocaine, I Could Show You How I Love You has a deceptively simple premise: two young men robbing a house in County Clare must hide together on the roof to wait out the Gardaí. The … Continue reading If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You @ Project Arts Centre Lauren Boland hopes that this LGBT+ production will “set a precedence for theatre to come” in Ireland.
After the hullabaloo of theatre festival season between August and October, the winter months can often see pantomimes and nineteenth century literary adaptations take refuge in Dublin theatres. This year’s cream of the crop include the Abbey’s Let The Right … Continue reading Project Pop Up – A theatre restaurant with a tasting menu of performances Theatre Editor Amyrose Forder previews an alternative to the Christmas pantomime.
●●●○○ To say that director Bisi Adigun loves JM Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World would be an understatement. Ten years after premiering his version of The Playboy of the Western World in the Abbey Theatre, he has released … Continue reading Adigun Offers “An Other Playboy…???” To say that director Bisi Adigun loves JM Synge’s “The Playboy of the Western World” would be an understatement.
Rating: ●●●●○ This Beach is a play with a clear message that pervades strong performances and over the top, eccentric stage effects. These effects, and the convincing dramatics, show us how we deal with ideas of territory, and how we are … Continue reading This Beach at The Project Arts Centre Unsettling, bizarre, but brilliant.
●●○○○ The title of Louise White’s production at the Project Arts Centre connotes a grim narrative that may deter a lot of people from paying to see it. However, This is the Funeral of Your Life begins on an uplifting, … Continue reading “This Is The Funeral Of Your Life” – review Death is a jumbled mess that few of us truly understand, much like this play.
●●●●● Sitting somewhere between a concert, a theatre piece and an installation, Endings at Project Arts Centre is a powerful work that explores experiences of loss through the moment of death, as well as examining the spaces within memory in … Continue reading Endings @ Dublin Theatre Festival captures the in-betweens of grief Staff Writer Saoirse Anton attends this theatre concert, with no tissues necessary.