Carl Kennedy

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 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(...)

Peacock Theatre, Dublin *** Somebody must have been spreading #fakenews about Josephine K, for without having done anything wrong, she was arrested(...)

★★★★ 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 Home, Manchester ★★★★ “Are our stories big enough?” asks a young man who has been flung across his room by the bomb blast(...)

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 (...)

Vernon God Little, Everyman, Cork *** Satirical in intention, the insouciance of this Decadent Theatre Company’s presentation reflects something of (...)

Grounded Project Arts Centre ****   “Grounded: The pilot’s nightmare.” So says Clare Dunne’s unnamed fighter, fuelled by adr(...)

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(...)

A few years ago, the director Andrew Flynn got into his car and hit the road. His Galway-based company had been staging productions at the Town Hal(...)

What were your cultural highlights of 2014? In a year of some huge achievements and high-profile premieres, such as the gathering force of Dru(...)