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Monday, July 31, 2017

Profile: Sam Shepard by John O'Mahony

A college drop-out, Sam Shepard became involved in fringe theatre and won plaudits for his high-octane plays. Rock 'n' roll, drugs and the explosive tensions of life on the American edge are…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PM

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Profile: Bill T Jones by John O'Mahony

Bill T Jones excelled as a high school athlete before discovering dance and meeting his future partner at college. His choreography has been a controversial vehicle for his views on sexual a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AM

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Edinburgh’s most controversial show: Exhibit B, a human zoo by John O'Mahony

South Africa’s fearless theatre-maker Brett Bailey has made a career out of tackling the most difficult aspects of race. His new show features black people in cages, in reference to real 1…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:52PM

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Playwright Tom Murphy: 'There is a rage within me' by John O'Mahony

In his basement study in Dublin's gentrified southside, Tom Murphy is struggling to find a word, an idea, anything, to sum up the creative impulse behind his dark, inscrutable work. One corn…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:39AM

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Camera Lucida: a truly spine-tingling experience by John O'Mahony

With Victorian theatrics, disembodied voices and an low-frequency generating infrasound device, Dickie Beaus multimedia seance will be felt as much as heard Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM

Monday, August 11, 2014

Edinburghs most controversial show: Exhibit B, a human zoo by John O'Mahony

South Africas fearless theatre-maker Brett Bailey has made a career out of tackling the most difficult aspects of race. His new show features black people in cages, in reference to real 19th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PM

Monday, May 5, 2014

Dmitry Krymov on creating Opus No 7: 'Chaos is a magnet' by John O'Mahony

What do you get when a set designer is given free rein to take over a show? Colliding pianos, magic prams and Sputnik on ice. We meet a Russian stage visionary in MoscowThe most astonishing …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:59AM

Monday, June 27, 2011

Duckie's Lullaby: a snoozefest | John O'Mahony by John O'Mahony

Dreams have long been an inspiration in theatre, but this show actively induces sleep. Does it matter if you can't remember a thing?It was perhaps inevitable – in a show specifically desig…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PM

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Romeo Castellucci: Christ … what is that smell? by John O'Mahony

Mark Antony with cancer, a man severing his own tongue and, now, an excrement-spewing Jesus – stage provocateur Romeo Castellucci says his quest to shock has real purposeIn the backstage p…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:59PM

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Spirit of the underground: dance by John O'Mahony

Of all the countercultural acitivities we tried to document, dance was the hardest to track down. Word-of-mouth promotion and invite-only guest lists are the order of the dayIt began in a va…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30PM

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