“There are a lot of laughs in this deadpan show, thanks to snappy quips and deadpan delivery. Tony Devlin’s lively direction keeps the pace high…many of Bridie’s frank observations have stuck with me, and there’s something grand about finding so … Continue reading →

The two plays take place before and after the Good Friday Agreement…it’s just the kind of creative theatricality you’d hope to see from a new play company, and it’s made me eager to see more of their work…the pairing of … Continue reading →

Sincerity oozes from every pore in this one-woman double-header…As both Karen and Noreen, Paula Nance skillfully differentiates the two women. Karen is weighty, tired, and defeated, aware that her prime is fast slipping away. Noreen is lighter, brighter, wistful, yet … Continue reading →

‘The playwright mixes the compassion of Conor McPherson with the grittiness of Irvine Welsh…several memorable moments, some gentle, some dark…(the actors) have chemistry and it comes through in their characters…damaged souls who you’ve come to care about’ Read more  

The title of Noah and the Tower Flower conjures something heady, beautiful and delicate encased in the form of a hard-edged edifice, the deepest reaches of which (that would be the top) may be nearly impenetrable. And so it is with the … Continue reading →

I went in not knowing what to expect and found myself thoroughly delighted. Maleczech is riveting as the elderly Lucia, deftly weaving in and out of lucidity, from coherence to stream-of-consciousness, from bitter old woman to fetching young ingenue. It … Continue reading →

“Bad news: I’m dead.” With these words the ferocious stage presence that is Ruth Maleczech ushers us into the world of Lucia Joyce, daughter of novelist James Joyce, who while still in her prime was institutionalized despite no convincing diagnosis of … Continue reading →

Fogarty’s play is admirably constructed, a monument to a lost life, but a lesser actor might make it a snoozer. Maleczech turns her old age into a weapon, daring us to dismiss her (and Lucia) as a relic. A dragon … Continue reading →

Deirdre  Kinahan’s play Bogboy, appearing as part of the 1st Irish Festival ) at the Irish Arts Center , presses so heavily on the heart that it’s released only in tears. But there’s a good bit of laughter, thanks to strong act-ing from Sorcha Fox (who was … Continue reading →

If you had the good fortune to see the Mint’s production of Wife to James Whelan last year, directed, like this one, by Mint Artistic Director Jonathan Bank, you will expect surprise, insight and subtlety in the script, and color, … Continue reading →