Raymond Keane
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Hansel and Gretel: Flamboyance, playfulness and imagination in INO’s take on Humperdinck
- Music
- February 10, 2020, 14:17
HANSEL AND GRETEL Abbey Theatre, Dublin ★★★☆☆ The Forest Edge Hotel replaces the Grimm fairy tale’s little house, and the children get lost in the Ha(...)

St Patrick’s Day: 21 events across Ireland for the bank holiday weekend
- People
- March 14, 2019, 06:00
The forecast may not be great for this year’s St Patrick’s Day, but there are lots of events and other attractions, many indoors, to keep you entertai(...)

Fingers crossed for a dry Paddy’s weekend
- Culture
- March 9, 2019, 05:00
A year ago, when the snow hit St Patrick’s weekend, among the cancellations was the Big Day Out, a St Patrick’s Festival perennial on Dublin’s Merrion(...)

Company review: Sublime theatre for an audience ready to imagine
- Stage
- October 5, 2018, 14:16
COMPANY Project Upstairs ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Imagine! A seductive invitation, a quiet command to an audience and we comply. We take a door into the dark, follo(...)

Ulysses review: Joyce’s masterpiece gets a pop-up book treatment
- Stage
- October 5, 2017, 11:00
Ulysses Abbey Theatre, Dublin ★★★ Tucked up in bed with an unsatisfying book, Molly Bloom has trouble(...)

How fringe are you? 12 shows pitch for your ticket-buying time
- Stage
- September 3, 2016, 05:00
Liz Roche Company Wrongheaded Project Arts Centre, September 11th-16th; iti.ms/2c6ZdZM Who are you? The choreographer Liz Roche, the spoken-word (...)

DTF Review | The True Story of Hansel and Gretel: Don’t expect a fairytale ending
- Stage
- October 7, 2015, 13:16
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel Smock Alley Theatre *** They have covered some distance in their time, the two children of one of the world’s mo(...)

Remember to Breathe review: A play of hidden depths | Tiger Dublin Fringe
- Stage
- September 11, 2015, 12:11
Remember to Breathe Smock Alley Theatre **** Maeve is on shifting ground. The aftershocks of the Christchurch earthquake c(...)

Amy Conroy: ‘I didn’t know how to be the girl I was supposed to be’
- Stage
- July 13, 2015, 01:00
‘Ah, my boy hair,” Amy Conroy says as she catches sight of herself in one of many mirrors in a Dublin hotel bar. “I forgot about the boy hair.” (...)

The drama and debacle of the Sallins train robbery
- Stage
- April 4, 2015, 01:00
Cormac Breatnach has the long, slender fingers of a flute player. He is a tall, mild mannered and soft spoken man; a thoughtful artist with a gentle d(...)