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The Corps Ensemble’s Production of Close To The Sun by Philip Doherty
There are so many great shows to see at the Dublin Fringe Festival which runs from 9th – 24th September 2017. One particularly fun and energetic play is Philip Doherty’s...
Theatre Review of Once, the Musical by Sheena Lambert
Review of Once, the Musical for www.writing.ie by Sheena Lambert www.sheenalambertauthor.com This is writing.ie, and so even the theatre reviews generally focus on the writing side of things, but an...
Imagining Liam by David Scott and Company D Theatre Productions
Here at writing.ie we love new writing for theatre. Sure, it’s great to see a great grandfather play by a long-dead great writer that has stood the test of time...
The Possible, Strange Fruit & The Morning After: Dublin Gay Theatre Festival Review
There are few more entertaining ways to spend an evening than in the company of a cache of short plays. Offering a very different experience to a full length, two...
Film Review: The Gift
Directed by Damian O’Callaghan. Screenplay by Paul Fitzsimons. Starring Alan Devine, Una Kavanagh, Dawn Bradfield, Brendan Grace. Running Time 82 mins OC Productions Screening Omniplex, Cork. 12 April 2017. A...
Sheena Lambert on Conor McPherson’s The Weir
Sheena Lambert recently went to see Conor McPherson’s The Weir at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin – produced by Decadent Theatre Company and Verdant Productions. Here are her thoughts ....
Reasons to be Pretty by Neil LaBute, Boys’ School Theatre, Smock Alley
Review of REASONS TO BE PRETTY by Neil LaBute. An UNTOLD WANTS production at the Boys’ School Theatre, Smock Alley. Review by Sheena Lambert for www.writing.ie Most Irish people of...
The Girl On The Train: Fiction to Film
I was one of the lucky reviewers to read The Girl on the Train pre-publication and knew within three chapters that it was going to be a huge success. Paula...
SIGNATORIES: Olympia Theatre, 4th-14th October 2016
Review by: Sheena Lambert for writing.ie As part of their public engagement programme to commemorate the Decade of Centenaries, University College Dublin commissioned a theatre piece entitled Signatories, in which...
BUG by Tracy Letts; Presented by The Corps Ensemble
Directed by Jed Murray At The Viking Theatre, Clontarf, from the 6th – 24th September 2016 www.vikingtheatredublin.com Now, I’ve been known to complain about the diminishing scale of theatre in...
