Reviews

“I Remain A Rebel, Unconverted And Unconvertible”: Revolting Women At International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival Running every night at 9pm until Saturday, 11 May as part of the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, Revolting Women is an honest look at Ireland’s rebel heroines. In the wake of what have been massive strides taken for Irish women, […]

‘True Integrity In The Exploration Of Love And Loss’: Borderline A**hole At International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival Julie Gieseke has brought her solo show Borderline A**hole to the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival from the “lesbian capital of the world”. After years of chasing unavailable women, Julie found her ideal girlfriend. She’s really into Julie. Miracle:

Love Trumps Everything *** How We Glow ***** (Review published in theoutmost.com.  Check out more Festival reviews at theoutmost.com here) The appearance of Trump in the title Love Trumps Everything, has nothing to do with the orange man in the Whitehouse. Instead, it’s the thread that loosely binds three short plays where love overcomes life’s unavoidable obstacles.

Review – Spool The Teachers’ Club 9pm until Sat May 13 (matinee: Sat 13 @ 4pm) Written and Directed by Otto Farrant & Finn Cooke Spool is an introspective analysis about what it’s like to be a young man.  Honest, candid and raw, it shows the inner-monologue that haunts every young man and the extreme

Review – Lines in the Sand By Jim Dalglish Directed by Jim Dalglish & Ian Ryan  The Pearse Centre 7:30pm until Sat May 13; €10 matinee @ 4pm Sat May 13 Without wanting to give anything away, Lines in the Sand achieves something unique.  The audience is left to wonder where the hell we are

Review reproduced from theoutmost.com.  See here for the original review, published 9 May 2017 Gypsy Queen ***** Now, I don’t know much about boxing but I do remember former Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury got into hot water last year over his comments on gay people, causing a flurry of news headlines on whether he was

Review reproduced from theoutmost.com.  See here for the original review, published 9 May 2017 The Elephant Girls Review Here’s a show that packs a punch with a diamond-clad fist! Masterfully written and performed by Margo MacDonald, The Elephant Girls recounts the escapades of a real-life, all-women gang, who roamed the London streets in the 1920s. We enter

FESTIVAL REVIEW: The Elephant Girls runs at Outhouse until Saturday at 9pm Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. Canadian Margo Mac Donald dons a mafia style pin strip suit to tells us the fascinating story of the East End of London’s notorious lesbian gang, which terrorised, lusted, controlled and rampaged through London for almost a century. Maggie Hale

FESTIVAL REVIEW: Lines In The Sand The Pearse Centre Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street 7.30pm Saturday matinee 4pm. Lines In The Sand by Jim Dalglish is a real thriller on so many levels. It is a dramatic thriller as this older man rescues a 15 year old boy from a violent altercation in the woods.

FESTIVAL REVIEW: An Unexpected Party runs until Saturday 6th at the Teachers Club. My Saturday matinee was spent at festival newcomers An Unexpected Party. This new Irish play and its author Simon Murphy says something important about suicide. It unpacks the aftermath and the blame in a manner necessary to bring a national conversation forward.

Review from TheOutmost.com here.  Check out TheOutmost.com for more reviews throughout the Festival.   The Paradise by Acting out ***** I suspected we were in for a great time at this show  when the doormen of the Paradise, Bernard and Maggie (played hilariously by Sean Denyer and Justine Reilly) were already interacting with the queue,

Review from TheOutmost.com here.  Check out TheOutmost.com for more reviews throughout the Festival. Montparnasse by Theatre Outré **** This is the third visit to the festival by Canadian company Theatre Outré  and this time they present Montparnasse, created by Erin Shields, Andrea Donald and Maev Beaty and set in Paris of the roaring 20s. The

Review from TheOutmost.com here.  Check out TheOutmost.com for more reviews throughout the Festival. Fronting/The Tearing Up of Fergal and Tim ***** This very fine double bill serves up an appetiser featuring a gay couple’s attempt to have a civilised break-up, and for the main course there’s a new play from Scotland about living with HIV. The Tearing

Review from TheOutmost.com here.  Check out TheOutmost.com for more reviews throughout the Festival. An Unexpected Party *** Dysfunctional families often make great subjects for drama, and the meeting up of the twin-sister and ex-partner of the recently deceased Niall provides the fulcrum for this new play by Irish writer Simon Murphy. There are touches of

Review from TheOutmost.com here.  Check out TheOutmost.com for more reviews throughout the Festival. Naked Soldier **** Adapted from the novel by Der Nackte Soldat by Bellman O, this one-man show from Germany follows the journey of Alwin in 1960’s and 70’s Austria, as he discovers his sexuality and is compelled to live a double life, compartmentalising his

FESTIVAL REVIEW: Bleach Outhouse 105 Capel Street 9pm nightly and Saturday matinee 2.30pm. Dan Ireland-Reeves is a talented young writer and actor and his current piece about a rent boy is a further step up in a promising career. Tyler Everett is the exotic name of a rent boy from a council estate so it’s