Mark Dougherty
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Panto review: Jack and the Beanstalk
- Stage
- December 10, 2018, 11:27
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK ★★★★☆ Grand Opera House, Belfast Any attempt on a radical new version of the centuries-old tale of Jack the Giant-Killer is so(...)

Cinderella review: a subversive take on the fairytale favourite
- Stage
- December 8, 2016, 05:00
Grand Opera House, Belfast *** Roald Dahl hit the nail on the head when he began his own acerbic version of the Cinderella story with the observati(...)

Syrian conflict drives out most Irish residents
- Middle East
- January 5, 2015, 01:00
With the UN Security Council recently extending the mandate for its Golan Heights peacekeeping force by six months, Irish troops will be in the “area (...)

Plenty to shout about: the verdict on pantos and Christmas shows
- Culture
- December 19, 2013, 01:00
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Helix, Dublin * * * * Social-media references come thick and fast in Theatreworx’s production of The Sleeping Beau(...)

From grave to cradle
- Irish Times
- June 20, 2013, 01:00
Weddins, Weeins and WakesLyric Theatre, Belfast ***Mona and Molly are two salt-of-the-earth Belfast women, one the street body washer, the other the s(...)