Joan O’Clery

The Dead review: Joyce’s perfect story finds wonderfully playful expression in this Christmas gem

Theatre: Louise Lowe’s returning production honours Joyce without embalming him, letting his world breathe again

Mon Nov 24 2025 - 10:28

The Dead brought to life: how James Joyce’s celebrated short story is being re-created as an immersive experience

Featuring Marty Rea, Maeve Fitzgerald and Marie Mullen, Louise Lowe’s re-creation is taking over Newman House, on St Stephen’s Green in Dublin

Sat Nov 09 2024 - 05:22

Iftas 2021: Normal People, Smother and Dating Amber top nominations

Sally Rooney adaption scoops 15 nominations. Nika McGuigan up for posthumous award

Tue Jun 15 2021 - 08:30

Madama Butterfly review: an airbrushed Pinkerton but a triumphant production

Why couldn’t a truthful response remain focused on what befalls a child of fifteen, recalling other fifteen-year-old girls?

Mon Mar 25 2019 - 10:13

Celine Byrne is Madama Butterfly: the best classical and opera shows this week

András Schiff brings enlightenment to NCH; Maxim Vengerov multitasks with RTÉ NSO

Sat Mar 23 2019 - 05:00

Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister

National theatre’s new policy sees pay ‘fall 25%’ and overall employment ‘dry up’

Mon Jan 07 2019 - 16:16

The statement of over 70 women supporting those who spoke out about Michael Colgan

Actors, writers, directors, producers, designers and stage managers sign statement supporting others who ended silence about abuse of power

Wed Jan 17 2018 - 06:00

Wexford Festival Opera: the opening weekend’s reviews

‘Medea’ misses the mark while ‘Risurrezione’ goes down a storm

Mon Oct 23 2017 - 12:00

Othello: The green-ey’d monster never quite lets loose

The staging of this Abbey production is adventurous, but the production as a whole errs on the side of the traditional

Fri May 27 2016 - 12:26

Northern Star review: Northern Star review: A riff on nationalism with profound resonances

Rough Magic’s production of Stewart Parker’s play about the 1798 rebellion enriches the self-consciousness of the dramatic style

Sat Apr 30 2016 - 14:15

Review – You Never Can Tell: Excuses are hard to make for Shaw’s problematic play

The troubling aspects of Bernard Shaw’s dusty play are here hammered at with forced jollity – the result is not weightless fun

Wed Dec 09 2015 - 14:51

Theatre review: She Stoops to Conquer

David Pearse steals the show amid a cast playing to the gallery with diverting, shameless slapstick

Thu Dec 11 2014 - 16:24

Long distance warning

Ibsen’s whistle blower brings us worrying news from Norway via Arthur Miller’s America

Thu May 30 2013 - 01:00