`Cheerefull birds do chaunt theyr laies, And carroll of loves praise!'(Not any more they don't)The nymphs of Mulla tending "the silver scaly trouts" and greedy pikes are long gone from KilcolmanSat Apr 14 2001 - 01:00
Up the RebelsA litany of names, dates and score-lines makes up most of the material used in Up the Rebels at the Everyman PalaceSat Apr 07 2001 - 01:00
Intricate secrets, interwoven memoriesThe complexity of Peter Cunningham's narrative style has a purpose, although, to the dismay of the reader, what that purpose …Sat Mar 24 2001 - 00:00
An Irishman's DiaryThe dancer Michael Flatley, who is currently in the United States busily preparing for the launch of his new show, Feet of Flames…Sat Mar 24 2001 - 00:00
Moorish monument of a fervent architectThe great house of Ballyfin, near Portlaoise, is not a memorial to James Cavanah Murphy and his famous book, Arabian Antiquities…Sat Mar 24 2001 - 00:00
King LearThe Gothic scale of Bruno Schwengl's set establishes the essentials of the Second Age Theatre Company production of King Lear…Wed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Tomb of a lamented heroIt is a small tomb, table-topped and railed, the inscription now faintSat Jan 20 2001 - 00:00
CinderellaAn overworked Fairy Godmother and a pair of dazzling Ugly Sisters do their best to ensure that the Opera House presentation of…Thu Dec 21 2000 - 00:00
Pantomime is brimming with energy and vitalityRobinson Crusoe and his Maa Everyman PalaceMon Dec 18 2000 - 00:00
Perm State Ballet - Cork Opera HouseThe vocabulary of ballet is limited enough and nothing but a passion for adjectives can do justice to the production by the Perm…Sat Nov 25 2000 - 00:00
Ladies' DayAristophanes, the film director Joseph Strick and the bawdy possibilities of Greek comedy suggest an irresistible combination…Fri Nov 17 2000 - 00:00
An innocent in Cork`When the Commissioners of National Education send me a peremptory order to construct at once lavatories in my mountain schools…Sat Nov 04 2000 - 00:00
The RiverVideo, synthesisers and an expertly managed sound and lighting control system buttress the new Meridian production at the Everyman…Sat Sept 23 2000 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's Diary"When the boy left home, accompanied by the angel, the dog followed Tobiah out of the house and went with them."Tue Sept 19 2000 - 01:00
The Merry WidowViennese waltzes from a string quartet, a courtesy punchbowl in the foyer, the recovered plush and gilt proscenium, with the …Sat Sept 09 2000 - 01:00
The Banshee MakersWritten by Ger Bourke, The Banshee Makers is the winner of the second Corcadorca Playwright AwardSat Sept 09 2000 - 01:00
Marco Polo's Toilet BrushAlthough best described as a romp, with all the lack of coherence and discipline that implies, this Janus Theatre Company production…Sat Aug 26 2000 - 01:00
When I Was GodStaged in the theatre bar at lunch-time, this play pretends to be no more than a theatrical commentary on ordinary lifeFri Aug 25 2000 - 01:00
Knole Park, Kent, home of Vita Sackville-WestVast, islanded in a great park of antique provenance, grazed by speckled deer who roam or doze under the heavy ancient trees, …Sat Aug 12 2000 - 01:00
BeowulfMore story-telling than theatre, the Beowulf of Felix Nobis at the Triskel abandons a formal framework in favour of a confiding…Sat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's Diary"The Statue" is to Cork city what "the Pillar" used to be to Dublin: a place more than a monumentMon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
A half-pay soldier of the Church - minus the half-pay`A very singular person, of whom the world tells a thousand and one tales, you know, but of whom I shall speak as I find him, …Sat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
BlueWorking her way up through student drama, playwright Ursula Rani Sarma has moved confidently into full-length productionSat Jun 24 2000 - 01:00
Dr FaustusIt is some measure of the achievement of director Geoff Gould and designer Patrick Murray that the vast scholastic context of…Mon May 22 2000 - 01:00
By Name and by NatureEdward Coughlan's By Name and by Nature has an easy-going charm which does not detract from the occasionally sharp writing and…Fri Apr 28 2000 - 01:00
AeonAll possible interpretations of the word seem to be contained in Aeon, Wayne McGregor's new work for Random Dance Company at …Wed Mar 29 2000 - 01:00
Visually brilliantAlastair McGuckian's fast-moving musical The Ha'penny Bridge belongs to, and is influenced by, that genre of social issue productions…Mon Mar 13 2000 - 00:00
ColmcilleAdrienne Brown's ballet Colmcille presents an epic theme given a heroic interpretationSat Feb 26 2000 - 00:00
The Beauty Queen of LeenaneThe intriguing thing about Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane is how its utter predictability survives this intelligent…Fri Feb 18 2000 - 00:00
Battered brotherhood taken to extremesTrish Edelstein's new play Lipstick and Muscles at the Granary takes as its theme the contrasting, but oddly accommodating, fates…Thu Jan 27 2000 - 00:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryA study day to be held next Saturday on the treasures of Cork University's Honan Chapel will forge a link with a time of extraordinary…Tue Jan 25 2000 - 00:00
Beauty and the BeastThere are several moments of real charm in the CADA production of Beauty and the Beast at the Everyman PalaceThu Dec 30 1999 - 00:00
Magic momentsAs with any other pantomime, the Opera House Aladdin has its predictable elements: the unbroken susurration of crisp and sweet…Fri Dec 24 1999 - 00:00
Brooklyn BridgeA vibrant vocal expertise and a pleasing theatrical assurance allow Grace Kinirons to overcome the difficulties of a confused…Tue Nov 30 1999 - 00:00
Perm State BalletTravelling with the simplest of sets and working to taped scores, the Perm State Ballet of Russia still manages to create effects…Sat Nov 27 1999 - 00:00
Hatch 22There is no space - perhaps even on earth - that Corcadorca Theatre Company cannot transformMon Nov 22 1999 - 00:00
R and JA skilful juxtaposition of scenes is a feature of the Kabosh production of R and J at the Granary Fringe FestivalWed Oct 27 1999 - 01:00
Talking BirdsThe second production in Cork's Fringe Theatre Festival at the Granary is not one for those who suffer from fear of flyingSat Oct 23 1999 - 01:00
When I Was GodCork's Fringe Theatre Festival - an event staged without anything to be a fringe for in a gesture typical of Ali Robertson's …Thu Oct 21 1999 - 01:00
TouchedThe conviction with which a simple narrative plot is presented by the three players engaged in Touched at the Granary lifts Ursula…Fri Oct 08 1999 - 01:00
The right way to experience ballet?The entirely charming Soiree in St Petersburg is the last item in the Ballet Ireland Spectacular programme at the Cork Opera …Mon Oct 04 1999 - 01:00
OleannaThe subdued style adopted by director Ali Robertson for the Nunkie Theatre Company's production of Oleanna at the Granary has…Sat Sept 25 1999 - 01:00
Private LivesAny production of a Coward play which wins delighted applause can't be a failure, and so this Feedback Theatre production will…Fri Sept 24 1999 - 01:00
Mistress of SilenceThe staccato menaces of John Browne's score emphasise the post-cataclysmic imagery of The Mistress of Silence at the Everyman…Mon Sept 06 1999 - 01:00
SiveSpirited performances from Gary Murphy as the scheming match-maker, Thomasheen Sean Rua and from Paul Creighton and Conor Tallon…Fri Aug 06 1999 - 01:00
