Tuesday, 3rd May - Saturday, 7th May (by Pierre Marivaux, Director: Caroline Staunton) The Focus Theatre at 8pm. Tickets 12/10 euro (2 plays)

Following a sell-out run at the ESB Dublin Fringe Festival, Spellbound return with a lively production of Marivaux's tale of magic, persecution, tyranny and - above all - love! We look at the duplicitous nature of love; the purity of the emotion, but the lies, deceit and charades that surround life's most delicious experience.

Show Reviews

"Pierre Marivaux's eighteenth century play got a modern interpretation in a somewhat surprise festival package by Spellbound Productions. This was well programmed, as it was a welcome antidote to the frenetic chaos of "Decadence" and this ideal partnership allowed an audience to recover somewhat before they re-emerged from the theatre into reality. As with historical pieces, the plot is somewhat thin and naïve for today’s more cynical world. It needs a "magic touch" to sustain itself and this is precisely what director Caroline Staunton achieved. It moved, connected and was made relevant by her inventive approach to the script and her use of physical choreography in the blending of technicals, dialogue and movement. Noted performances came from Sharon McCoy as an anything, but coy shepherdess (Sylvia) and a wonderfully sensuous Dane, Mira Lagoni Nortenius as the only Fairy (so far!) in the Festival. A charmingly "gormless" Killian McCrea and Chris Lynch were effective in their tight clad roles, but less successful was David Anthony George who sounded more like David Lloyd George in a jarring delivery and awkward movement in a production which was otherwise well choreographed by Deborah Staunton. It was very disappointing that some people left the theatre prior to this play. Maybe they were emotionally exhausted, but they missed out on a real treat from a director who has a lot more to offer. Their loss, happily not mine!" - Gordon Farrell, Scene City - June 2005