Review from theartsreview.com IDGTF: Bleach May 3, 2017 by Chris O’Rourke **** Sins of a Smalltown Boy In his excellent comedy show, “Smart Casual,” comedian David Mills tops his list of things that have gone out of fashion, but haven’t quite realised it yet, with gay. For Mills, as for many others, gay is so …
Review from TheOutmost.com here. Check out TheOutmost.com for more reviews throughout the Festival. The Paradise by Acting out ***** I suspected we were in for a great time at this show when the doormen of the Paradise, Bernard and Maggie (played hilariously by Sean Denyer and Justine Reilly) were already interacting with the queue, …
Review from TheOutmost.com here. Check out TheOutmost.com for more reviews throughout the Festival. Montparnasse by Theatre Outré **** This is the third visit to the festival by Canadian company Theatre Outré and this time they present Montparnasse, created by Erin Shields, Andrea Donald and Maev Beaty and set in Paris of the roaring 20s. The …
Review from TheOutmost.com here. Check out TheOutmost.com for more reviews throughout the Festival. Fronting/The Tearing Up of Fergal and Tim ***** This very fine double bill serves up an appetiser featuring a gay couple’s attempt to have a civilised break-up, and for the main course there’s a new play from Scotland about living with HIV. The Tearing …
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Review from TheOutmost.com here. Check out TheOutmost.com for more reviews throughout the Festival. An Unexpected Party *** Dysfunctional families often make great subjects for drama, and the meeting up of the twin-sister and ex-partner of the recently deceased Niall provides the fulcrum for this new play by Irish writer Simon Murphy. There are touches of …
Review from TheOutmost.com here. Check out TheOutmost.com for more reviews throughout the Festival. Both Sides Now/Wasting Paper *** In this is a double bill of new Irish writing by Nicole O’Connor and Leah Moore, the spotlight is put on growing up as a gay or bisexual woman in contemporary Ireland. In Both Sides Now, the …
Review from TheOutmost.com here. Check out TheOutmost.com for more reviews throughout the Festival. Naked Soldier **** Adapted from the novel by Der Nackte Soldat by Bellman O, this one-man show from Germany follows the journey of Alwin in 1960’s and 70’s Austria, as he discovers his sexuality and is compelled to live a double life, compartmentalising his …
FESTIVAL REVIEW: Bleach Outhouse 105 Capel Street 9pm nightly and Saturday matinee 2.30pm. Dan Ireland-Reeves is a talented young writer and actor and his current piece about a rent boy is a further step up in a promising career. Tyler Everett is the exotic name of a rent boy from a council estate so it’s …
FESTIVAL REVIEW: Three short plays by Momentum Acting studio, Players TCD 7.30pm Saturday matinee 2.30pm. Pioneering gay playwright Neil La Bute’s two shorts combine seemlessly with Neil CK’s piece in a well choreographed and blended 70 minutes evening of theatre directed by Liza Michael and Robbie Byrne. “The Possible” is an eerie piece which borderlines …
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