The Arts Review​

Hannah Brady and Chloe O’Reilly in Sorry You Felt That Way. Photo, Michael Lowther *** Winner of the Fishamble New Writing Award 2024, Harry Butler's Sorry You Felt That Way is a polemic of genius undone by naive gender bias. A play doing the exact opposite of what it thinks it’s doing. Butler's study of Dubliner Adam, and his slightly younger Cork girlfriend Emma, more likely to confirm gender prejudice than challenge it. Emma, a student with dead Daddy issues, loves caring

Laura Brady and Jessica Dunne Perkins in Adelphi '63. Image, Jilly McGrath ***** When it comes to generational tales, one person's nostalgia is another person’s history. History marinated in lashings of nostalgia flavouring Laura Brady's heartfelt Adelphi ’63. A tale of two cousins and the only ever Irish gig the Beatles played at the Adelphi Cinema in Abbey Street in 1963. Adelphi ’63 serving up a love letter to friendship and the Fab Four, as well as to a Dublin of a rare,

Ian Toner, Megan McDonnell, David Rawle, Ronan Leahy and Una Kavanagh in The Delirium Archive. Image, Ros Kavanagh ** No one is infallible. Not even the excellent Rough Magic Theatre Company. Whose latest offering by award winning playwright Shane Mac an Bhaird proves even the best can go awry. The Delirium Project a dystopian tale revolving around environmental breakdown, prolonged lockdown and tech companies harvesting memories making for extremely hard going. So hard my di