The Arts Review​

A Recurrence by Sophie O’Toole and Trudy Nolan. Image ucredited ***** In A Recurrence, D'Girlos Theatre Company returns to the Dublin Fringe Festival with a gripping new three-hander following three working-class Dublin women across a 1930s tenement, a 1990s flat, and a modern council house. Co-written by D’Girlos co-founders Trudy Nolan and Sophie O'Toole, this rich and tender play traces their lives through the sudden realisation and struggle of unplanned pregnancy to an ul

Gaja Masciale in Mirandolina by Marina Carr. Image: Serena Serrani. ** Like The Gate's seasonal Christmas Show, an annual Marina Carr production at The Abbey, directed by The Abbey's artistic director Caitríona McLaughlin, has become something of an unquestioned fixture over the past decade. Carr's work occasionally great, McLaughlin having her good days too. But it bears repeating that no playwright should enjoy that degree of favouritism no matter how good their work, espec

Vincent Patrick, Adam Redmond, and Lacy Moore in The Pitchfork Disney. Image James Donnelly **** Art manifestos. Or Mission Statements as they're currently called, in keeping with a business-like approach to theatre. Declarations of intent outlining a company's artistic vision. Like Judder Theatre Company and their vision for Techno Theatre. Described as combining elements of DIY with electronic music culture, atmospheric sets, no-holds-barred source material and visceral st