The Merry WidowViennese waltzes from a string quartet, a courtesy punchbowl in the foyer, the recovered plush and gilt proscenium, with the …Sat Sept 09 2000 - 01:00
Marco Polo's Toilet BrushAlthough best described as a romp, with all the lack of coherence and discipline that implies, this Janus Theatre Company production…Sat Aug 26 2000 - 01:00
When I Was GodStaged in the theatre bar at lunch-time, this play pretends to be no more than a theatrical commentary on ordinary lifeFri Aug 25 2000 - 01:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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