Tag Archives: Irish Rep

Matthew Broderick leads a fine cast in David Ireland's play about Irish identity politics, feminism and theater power.

When two off-duty British soldiers meet two pretty Irish women in a pub, things go swimmingly until they don't in Leo McGann's 'The Honey Trap.'

In Conor McPherson's 'The Weir' locals in a remote pub in Ireland swap ghost stories and achieve empathy and community, in a nod to the past.

How director Conor Begley fashions and melds the two plays together just takes one's breath away. The acting ensemble is extraordinary. Bagley's economically staged direction enhances their creation of life and ineffable soulfulness, and he does his hero Brian Friel justice in these superlative renderings.

Irwin gets inside Beckett as an actor, and also explores his work from the perspective of clown theatrics.

Watching and hearing this "live radio play" adaptation, we process a confluence of the past (1940s) and present (2017). The two run simultaneously, a visual and aural parallel which adds to the fun. I felt strangely part of an absurdist time warp as observer and participant.

Is this land your land or is it the banker's land?

When the spiritual world and the material world come together, a shattering reformation leads toward heaven and hell.

It is the unexpected meetings that hold the most promise to take us out of the killing routine of our lives.

Twenty years from now, where will you be? This beautifully rendered production's concision and acutely threaded authenticity are a breath of fresh air.