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“A Powerful Tribute To Queer Women’s Courage”: Obligatory Scene At International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival Carolyn Gage’s Obligatory Scene takes a hard look at the possibilities for women’s sexuality in today’s rape culture, and the result is not to be missed. Obligatory Scene opens with the construction of a bedroom – that is to say

FESTIVAL REVIEW: Little Pink Book of Masculinity/Measure of A Man, Ireland Institute A picnic of masculinity stories from the UK and Australia are a perfect matching treat in this double bill of story-telling. John Best kicks off the night with a high camp insight into being oneself. It’s warm, funny, gentle and liberating.The smooth narrative

FESTIVAL REVIEW: Bingo Bingo performed and written by Alan Flanagan introduces us to a character called Cormac who gets his test results one day to discover he has indeed got a ‘full house’. Its an emotional tale of sexual flashbacks, family fun and tragedy, a myriad of casual friendships that big cities produce, and an

FESTIVAL REVIEW: “Like Orpheus”, Teachers Club This Canadian visual treat from the pen of Brett Dahl, under the direction of Jay Whitehead is an all embracing multi-genre theatrical conversation witnessed by the audience. The highly visual presentation is quite a triumph for fringe theatre as the senses are teased, lulled and shocked by light, sound

FESTIVAL REVIEW: “Gertrude Stein and Companion”, Teachers Club Win Wells has the wit and artistry of two strong iconic women to harvest in her play. Gottaluvit productions from South Africa with their well cast and directed production ensure a bountiful harvest. Set in Paris and remarkably not dealing with how these two Jewish lesbian artists

IDGTF Review: ‘Monastic’ and ‘Like Orpheus’ at the Teachers’ Club I found myself at the Teachers’ Club again last night. This time to watch some theatre from the week two programme of the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival. For my viewing pleasure I saw ‘Monastic’ from Ireland in my old stomping ground of the basement

FESTIVAL REVIEW: All I See Is You, Players Theatre, Trinity College It is a darker time. 1967. Britain is struggling with the issue of decriminalizing homosexuality but is dragging its feet. In the meantime, police harassment and gay cures thrive. The law is brutal, the Courts are brutal, the workplace and families follow suit. In

‘Velvet Reinterprets The #MeToo Movement Through A Fragmented Black Mirror-esque Lens’: Velvet At Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival Set against the backdrop of the 2017 #MeToo movement, VELVET explores the complex realities of harassment within the industry and how far a person is willing to go to achieve their dreams. Velvet is a one-man play

FESTIVAL REVIEW: SCHLONG SONG Players Theatre Trinity College Woody Schticks is a sex comedian. His high energyaction packed show packs a punch form the start. Woody has trained as a ballet dancer, is a stripper and knows how to tell a story from a yarn to a political point. This is not an inhibited show

There’s an old saying that goes: “The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.” It fails to specify, however, what the road OUT of Hell might be made of. Ty Autry might have a few ideas about that. As we see in “A Southern Fairy Tale,” Ty has been to Hell and back at

The Number (runs with A Southern Fairytale) Teachers Club until Saturday 11th. It’s nine p.m. in the Teachers Club studio theatre. A man walks out onto the stage, a man in casual pants and a flannel shirt, an ordinary man, someone you’d see walking down the street or waiting for a bus or trying to