Carl Kennedy
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The Cripple of Inishmaan review: Outlandish tales and dark distortions
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- January 30, 2019, 14:00
THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN Gaiety Theatre, Dublin ★★★☆☆ Stories are a volatile currency in Martin McDonagh’s jagged comedy from 1996. On the impossibly(...)

The Mai review: Passionate performances in an unfocused production
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- September 28, 2018, 09:25
THE MAI Civic Theatre, Tallaght ★ ★ ★ Marina Carr’s first full-length play is perhaps her most conventional. Carr’s work frequently blurs the boundar(...)

They Called Her Vivaldi review: A rich and charming symphony
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- December 4, 2017, 14:00
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Welcome to the town of Triste, a happier place than it sounds. The streets are full of water, being an Italian canal city, where businesses(...)

Josephine K and the Algorithms: Kafka gets a modern update
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- October 14, 2017, 07:00
Peacock Theatre, Dublin *** Somebody must have been spreading #fakenews about Josephine K, for without having done anything wrong, she was arrested(...)

Autumn Royal review: Kevin Barry shows there is no escape from home
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- January 31, 2017, 14:22
★★★★ Everyman, Cork A Babel tower of washing machines confronts the audience at Autumn Royal, Kevin Barry’s deliberately confined new play. The s(...)

On Corporation Street review: Anu explores what it takes to rebuild shattered city
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- June 20, 2016, 12:48
On Corporation Street Home, Manchester ★★★★ “Are our stories big enough?” asks a young man who has been flung across his room by the bomb blast(...)

Sunder review: In the eye of the Moore Street storm
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- April 21, 2016, 14:31
Sunder Moore Street, Dublin (starts at Ilac Centre Library) **** Here we are again, in the centre of Dublin, looking for trouble. One of the most (...)

Review | Vernon God Little: Decadent’s production gets the caustic humour but trips a little into farce
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- September 24, 2015, 17:23
Vernon God Little, Everyman, Cork *** Satirical in intention, the insouciance of this Decadent Theatre Company’s presentation reflects something of (...)

Grounded review: A morality play about drone warfare | Tiger Dublin Fringe
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- September 10, 2015, 14:11
Grounded Project Arts Centre **** “Grounded: The pilot’s nightmare.” So says Clare Dunne’s unnamed fighter, fuelled by adr(...)

Luck Just Kissed You Hello goes beyond gender politics | GIAF review
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- July 14, 2015, 16:34
Luck Just Kissed You Hello Mick Lally Theatre, Galway **** The best way to describe Amy Conroy’s new play for Hot for Theatre, co-produ(...)