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22/06/2015
Chaos theory: Belvoir’s Mother Courage and Her Children
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Two particular things happened at the beginning of this year: I sat down with director Eamon Flack for a discussion about his work, proces...
21/06/2015
Clever Girl: Squabbalogic’s Triassic Parq
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In an expertly-timed coincidence , Squabbalogic ’s second show for 2015 is the Australian premiere of the 2010 Off-Broadway musical-comedy ...
Pet sounds: Belvoir’s The Dog / The Cat
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The old adage goes that you should never work with animals, children, or firearms. But in Belvoir ’s latest production – a double bill of o...
16/06/2015
Get Hitched: MTC's North by Northwest
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Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest is one of those films which dwells in the collective cultural consciousness as a series of memorable...
Fame drain: MTC's Birdland
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Simon Stephens ’ work is characterised by a sharp ear for dialogue, for his crisp lines – succinct and almost entirely without padding – ...
15/06/2015
Magill’s last tape: Siren Theatre Co’s Misterman
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First staged in 1999, Enda Walsh ’s Misterman is a tour-de-force monologue which twists and turns, before punching us in the gut. Directed...
12/06/2015
Waterloo now: STC’s Battle of Waterloo
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A new play is always an exciting occasion, a debut play even more so. Kylie Coolwell’s Battle of Waterloo is a contemporary study of life ...
02/06/2015
All that glitters is not gold: Sport for Jove’s The Merchant of Venice
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The Merchant of Venice is a famously thorny play. Usually called a comedy, it has a dark side to it which cannot be ignored. While it does...
28/05/2015
Barking mad: Living Room Theatre’s She Only Barks at Night
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This review appeared in an edited form on artsHub . The old adage goes that you should never work with children, animals, or firearms....
26/05/2015
The corroboration: Griffin Theatre Company’s The House on the Lake
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Originally commissioned by Black Swan State Theatre Company and first produced in 2014, Aidan Fennessy ’s The House on the Lake is a cris...
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