The Gate Theatre has recently been exploring intriguing ways of providing a more vivid atmosphere and intense adventures which the audience might not have experienced in previous performances. The Great Gatsby invited the audience into the alluring world of Gatsby. … Continue reading ‘Assassins’ slays at the Gate “Shoot a Prez, Win a Prize!”
Oscar-nominated actress Ruth Negga returns to the Irish stage this autumn to tackle the title role in a gender-bending production of Hamlet for the Gate Theatre as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival. Negga has come a long way from … Continue reading The play’s the thing Trinity alumna Ruth Negga heads to the Gate Theatre in time for Michaelmas Term
●●●●● Late at the Gate Writer and Performer: Emmet Kirwan Directed by Oonagh Murphy Late at the Gate is a fascinating event which allows artists to express the innermost motifs of the performed plays by intertwining them with some current … Continue reading Emmet Kirwan Triumphs As An ‘Angry Young Man’ Theatre critic Larissa Brigatti attends The Gate’s seminal post-performance showcase.
This summer Sugarglass Theatre takes residence in TCD’s own Samuel Beckett Theatre, carrying their production of David Greig’s Outlying Islands across the pond from its 2016 run in New York. The play tells the story of two Cambridge-educated naturalists who … Continue reading “Outlying Islands” is an Outlier Beautiful, visceral and sensual, balancing severe sexual tension with themes such as isolation, youth and institutionalism.
Having studied The Great Gatsby for the Leaving Cert, I could write about the intricacies of its plot and language until my fingers turned blue with ink as the clock ticked down on the frenzied, nightmarish race that is English … Continue reading “The Great Gatsby” – review The Gate has removed its seats, lowered its chandeliers and transformed the entire building into the enigmatic Gatsby mansion where characters roam the dance floor, ready to whisper in your ear at one moment and dance wildly with you the next.
The couple sitting beside me left at the interval. I heard a woman behind me, making an apology: “I had no idea. I hadn’t seen any of his plays before.” Some people just can’t handle Pinter. (●●●●○) Continue reading The Caretaker – review
Set in 1916, Hugo Hamilton’s The Mariner, which is currently running at The Gate Theatre as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival, tells the story of Cork man, Peter Shanley – a disgraced and heavily bandaged seafarer who returns home from the Royal Navy after the Battle of Jutland in a play filled with is filled with heart-breaking laments and tragic elegy – ●●●●○ Continue reading DTF: The Mariner – review