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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Review: Mary Mary Mary, Smock Alley Theatre by Chris McCormack

What is the difference between generations? It’s a stretch to suggest that Fregoli Theatre Company, a troupe based on the west coast of Ireland, has had the longevity to see one generation…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:57AM
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Feature: The uneasy crown in DruidShakespeare by Chris McCormack

In a promotional image for DruidShakespeare – Druid Theatre Company’s upcoming presentation of Shakespeare’s ‘History Plays’ – we see the white-painted face of the actor …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:26PM
Saturday, February 28, 2015

Review: The Pillowman, Town Hall Theatre by Chris McCormack

Artists’ rights and principles are complicated issues. It’s tempting to take Katurian, the writer imprisoned by a totalitarian regime in The Pillowman, as a stand-in for the playwright M…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:21PM
Monday, February 23, 2015

Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Abbey Theatre by Chris McCormack

The course of Shakespeare’s comedy at the Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s national theatre, never did run smooth. “A Midsummer’s Abbey Nightmare” ran the headline of one review of the com…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:34PM
Monday, February 16, 2015

Review: Pals – The Irish at Gallipoli, Collins Barracks by Chris McCormack

Too long have the Irish who fought in the British army during WWI been lost to obscurity. Whitewashed in the national memory by the nationalism that followed the 1916 Easter Rising, stories …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:00PM