Knole Park, Kent, home of Vita Sackville-WestVast, islanded in a great park of antique provenance, grazed by speckled deer who roam or doze under the heavy ancient trees, …Sat Aug 12 2000 - 01:00
BeowulfMore story-telling than theatre, the Beowulf of Felix Nobis at the Triskel abandons a formal framework in favour of a confiding…Sat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's Diary"The Statue" is to Cork city what "the Pillar" used to be to Dublin: a place more than a monumentMon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
A half-pay soldier of the Church - minus the half-pay`A very singular person, of whom the world tells a thousand and one tales, you know, but of whom I shall speak as I find him, …Sat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
BlueWorking her way up through student drama, playwright Ursula Rani Sarma has moved confidently into full-length productionSat Jun 24 2000 - 01:00
Dr FaustusIt is some measure of the achievement of director Geoff Gould and designer Patrick Murray that the vast scholastic context of…Mon May 22 2000 - 01:00
By Name and by NatureEdward Coughlan's By Name and by Nature has an easy-going charm which does not detract from the occasionally sharp writing and…Fri Apr 28 2000 - 01:00
AeonAll possible interpretations of the word seem to be contained in Aeon, Wayne McGregor's new work for Random Dance Company at …Wed Mar 29 2000 - 01:00
Visually brilliantAlastair McGuckian's fast-moving musical The Ha'penny Bridge belongs to, and is influenced by, that genre of social issue productions…Mon Mar 13 2000 - 00:00
ColmcilleAdrienne Brown's ballet Colmcille presents an epic theme given a heroic interpretationSat Feb 26 2000 - 00:00
The Beauty Queen of LeenaneThe intriguing thing about Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane is how its utter predictability survives this intelligent…Fri Feb 18 2000 - 00:00
Battered brotherhood taken to extremesTrish Edelstein's new play Lipstick and Muscles at the Granary takes as its theme the contrasting, but oddly accommodating, fates…Thu Jan 27 2000 - 00:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryA study day to be held next Saturday on the treasures of Cork University's Honan Chapel will forge a link with a time of extraordinary…Tue Jan 25 2000 - 00:00
Beauty and the BeastThere are several moments of real charm in the CADA production of Beauty and the Beast at the Everyman PalaceThu Dec 30 1999 - 00:00
Magic momentsAs with any other pantomime, the Opera House Aladdin has its predictable elements: the unbroken susurration of crisp and sweet…Fri Dec 24 1999 - 00:00
Brooklyn BridgeA vibrant vocal expertise and a pleasing theatrical assurance allow Grace Kinirons to overcome the difficulties of a confused…Tue Nov 30 1999 - 00:00
Perm State BalletTravelling with the simplest of sets and working to taped scores, the Perm State Ballet of Russia still manages to create effects…Sat Nov 27 1999 - 00:00
Hatch 22There is no space - perhaps even on earth - that Corcadorca Theatre Company cannot transformMon Nov 22 1999 - 00:00
R and JA skilful juxtaposition of scenes is a feature of the Kabosh production of R and J at the Granary Fringe FestivalWed Oct 27 1999 - 01:00
Talking BirdsThe second production in Cork's Fringe Theatre Festival at the Granary is not one for those who suffer from fear of flyingSat Oct 23 1999 - 01:00
When I Was GodCork's Fringe Theatre Festival - an event staged without anything to be a fringe for in a gesture typical of Ali Robertson's …Thu Oct 21 1999 - 01:00
TouchedThe conviction with which a simple narrative plot is presented by the three players engaged in Touched at the Granary lifts Ursula…Fri Oct 08 1999 - 01:00
The right way to experience ballet?The entirely charming Soiree in St Petersburg is the last item in the Ballet Ireland Spectacular programme at the Cork Opera …Mon Oct 04 1999 - 01:00
OleannaThe subdued style adopted by director Ali Robertson for the Nunkie Theatre Company's production of Oleanna at the Granary has…Sat Sept 25 1999 - 01:00
Private LivesAny production of a Coward play which wins delighted applause can't be a failure, and so this Feedback Theatre production will…Fri Sept 24 1999 - 01:00
Mistress of SilenceThe staccato menaces of John Browne's score emphasise the post-cataclysmic imagery of The Mistress of Silence at the Everyman…Mon Sept 06 1999 - 01:00
SiveSpirited performances from Gary Murphy as the scheming match-maker, Thomasheen Sean Rua and from Paul Creighton and Conor Tallon…Fri Aug 06 1999 - 01:00
Playboy Of The Western WorldSynge worried about "morbidity of mind" among a people who have lost the gift of laughterFri Jul 16 1999 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's Diary"In estimating the present rank which Cork is entitled to hold from other causes than its commercial celebrity, the names of …Mon Jun 28 1999 - 01:00
Big ToysRAMBO Productions is the latest of the small new theatrical companies currently setting up in Cork and makes its debut at the…Fri Jun 25 1999 - 01:00
The Double BassA set of strings stretched like a fingerboard with elongated shelving extending beyond the sight-lines suggests a metaphorical…Wed May 26 1999 - 01:00
Treasures of Waterford are unveiled to the publicIf, in the words of the City Manager, Eddie Breen, Waterford is "a bit of a hidden gem", its heirlooms have been reset in splendour…Wed May 26 1999 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryJim Aston admits to a quiet satisfaction that the Right Rev Paul Colton, new Bishop of Cork Cloyne and Ross, chose for his recent…Mon May 03 1999 - 01:00
MistermanCorcadorca as a theatre company is always clued in to topical issues, but not even writer Enda Walsh or Director Pat Kiernan …Wed Apr 28 1999 - 01:00
The Lament for Arthur ClearyA small cast gives a director an advantage in selection which is used to the full by director Tim Murphy in the Brown Penny production…Thu Apr 08 1999 - 01:00
SpectatorsIn her exciting Boomerang Theatre productions, Trish Edelstein's ability to fuse a European convention of theatrical anarchy …Fri Mar 26 1999 - 00:00
Made To MeasureRui Horta, the Portuguese choreographer of Dance Theatre of Ireland's double-bill, sets up a problem for the company by setting…Thu Feb 25 1999 - 00:00
Magical Journey to ViennaThe necessarily episodic nature of Ballet Ireland's Magical Journey to Vienna shows this small company to have some very talented…Sat Feb 20 1999 - 00:00
Little Red Riding HoodThe moral fable underlying Perrault's interpretation of the legend of Little Red Riding Hood comes alive in the Opera House production…Mon Dec 28 1998 - 00:00
Rule that subtlety is wasted on the young appliesChildren don't just enter into the spirit of thingsThu Dec 17 1998 - 00:00
The Dance of NothingA circular evolution of dance as both element and symbol of life is the sustaining metaphor in The Dance of Nothing by the Israeli…Mon Dec 07 1998 - 00:00
An Island's LamentFour people, fatally disconnected in a metaphor for insularity, confess their reasons for participating in the flight from the…Wed Nov 25 1998 - 00:00
Il TrovatoreVerdi's superb music and the professionalism of the cast triumph over absurdities of staging in the Opera South production of…Fri Nov 20 1998 - 00:00
That Place, Those PeoplePerforming and giving workshops as part of the Cork Arts Festival, John Scott's Irish Modern Dance Theatre at the Firkin Crane…Fri Nov 20 1998 - 00:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryThe town of Kinsale has long been accepted - especially by itself - as the very model of modern tourism enterpriseMon Nov 16 1998 - 00:00
ChimeraThe language of modern dance seems more ephemeral than that of the classical tradition, yet Daghda, in their production of Chimera…Sat Oct 31 1998 - 00:00
Leaps and bounds of anarchic humourThe double bill to inaugurate the 1998 season of New Works Series for Firkin Crane consists of two pieces by Michael Keegan Dolan…Thu Sept 24 1998 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's Diary"St Petersburg is a city of the past," says my son when I admit to feeling the charm of that seductive placeMon Sept 21 1998 - 01:00