Absolut Fringe 2012: Anna in Between @ Players Theatre
“Would you love me more if I left you…?” Once upon a time, in his phone book-sized opus Infinite Jest, the late great David Foster Wallace described clinical depression as “the Great White Shark of...
View ArticleDiceman @ Bewley’s Cafe Theatre
“become a still pool in the anarchic flow, the street’s unceasing carnival of haunted and redeemed.” -Paula Meehan, Dhamakaya for Thom McGinty Though certain to be somewhat overshadowed by the looming,...
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Dublin Theatre Festival 2012: DruidMurphy- A Whistle In The Dark @ The Gaiety...
“A Whistle in the Dark I wrote on Friday and Saturday nights with my feet up on in the kitchen- I used to notice that my jaw was frequently clenched- there was some sort of rage within me.” -Tom Murphy...
View ArticleDown by The River @ Bewley’s Cafe Theatre
In a one-man show, a bare stage can be tricky. Generally you need a few token hollowed-out props, colourful little eye-grabbers to hang your illusion upon. To aid his performance Michael Bates has...
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Telegraph from Belfast
As I have recently relocated to gorgeous red-brick and currently autumn-colored Belfast, I will now do my best to update on the happenings in the Arts and Culture scene up here. Believe me, this city...
View ArticleInterview: Cast and Director of Tender Napalm @ The Project Arts Centre
‘I could squeeze a bullet between those lips. Point first. Press it between those rosebud lips. Prise it between your pearly whites. Gently. I wouldn’t break a single tooth.’ Now that I have your...
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Quietly @ The Abbey (Peacock Stage)
Originally written for The Public Reviews “Maybe it’s just about talking- Yeah? -and listening…” Quietly- Northern Irish playwright Owen McCafferty’s powerful Abbey Theatre début wears its title...
View ArticleThe Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle @ Smock Alley Theatre
“We did it, we made it through the night together…” How can you piece together the fragmented mosaic of a life with only the most jagged pieces at your disposal? The shards so sharp they can still draw...
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In Defense of Marina Abramovic
I went to see Bob Wilson’s Life and Death of Marina Abramovic today, in the Lighthouse Cinema, as part of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. ––––––––– A person’s art is about that person:...
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Adam Rapp’s The Edge of Our Bodies @Smock Alley Theatre April 2013
Written by Adam Rapp Directed by Jimmy Fay Starring Lauren Farrell Featuring Charlie Hughes Co-Producers Lauren & Rebeccah Farrell *The Edge Of Our Bodies, previously preformed at Studio X,...
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