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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

The Crucible – review by Helen Meany

Lyric, BelfastAnyone looking for contemporary parallels in Arthur Miller's play based on the 1692 Salem witch trials will invariably find them. The fundamentalism, repression and prejudice t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:26PM
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

The East Pier – review by Helen Meany

Abbey, DublinMemories of young love trouble two characters in middle age in Paul Mercier's new play – his second opening at the Abbey this month, along with The Passing, with which it will…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:58PM
Monday, March 21, 2011

The Passing – review by Helen Meany

Abbey, DublinMemories of childhood make it difficult for three middle-aged siblings to sell their family home in this new play written and directed by Paul Mercier. On the eve of the auction…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:27PM
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

As You Are Now So Once Were We – review by Helen Meany

Peacock, DublinTowers of cardboard boxes, a bare stage and four actors in search of a script: this show has the abstraction of a dance piece or an art installation, as bodies and boxes move …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:35PM
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Arrah-na-Pogue – review by Helen Meany

Abbey, DublinDion Boucicault's stage-Irishry and mastery of spectacle brought him fame in the 19th century, but can be a tricky proposition today. With its noble Irish rebels and gormless pe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PM
Tuesday, July 6, 2010

The Parting Glass | Theatre review by Helen Meany

Mermaid, WicklowFootball has been a gift to Irish playwrights in recent decades, with the snakes-and-ladders fortunes of the Irish soccer team providing ready-made melodrama. Metaphors of th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:45PM