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Do You Come from Gomorrah? review – Frank McGuinness’s blistering portrait of abuse and prejudice

Abbey, DublinAn unnamed narrator recollects a 1970s childhood of institutional brutality and sectarianism in this allusive memory playLanguage is twisted and slippery in Frank McGu...

A peace process thriller, the DUP opera and countless cuppas: Belfast’s Lyric theatre at 75

What began as a tiny space above the founder’s stables became the beating heart of the city’s performing arts. Its leader Jimmy Fay reflects on recent hits and reveals what audienc...

Do You Come From Gomorrah? – Abbey Theatre (Peacock Stage) – Review

Do You Come From Gomorrah? – Abbey Theatre (Peacock Stage) – Review A World Premiere Abbey Theatre production – Do You Come From Gomorrah? Written by Frank McGuinness and Directed...

Belfast poet Louis MacNeice's Irish heritage was close to his heart

"I was born in Belfast between the mountain and the gantries, To the hooting of lost sirens and the clang of trams: Thence to Smoky Carrick in County Antrim."

‘William Street’ review: the sacred and the profane

The Fifth Act Company is certainly the theatre company to watch. Founded by three Oxford Brookes students in summer 2025, the company debuted on 19 May with William Street, “develo...

The House Must Win – Pavilion Theatre – Review

The House Must Win – Pavilion Theatre – Review by Frank L Rosa Productions & Pavilion Theatre present The World Premiere of The House Must Win by Mick Flannery Approx. Duration...

Stories of Gazan women pitched to 'king of Scotland' told in new play

The play is inspired by Greek tragedy Hikétides, translated as The Suppliants

Colum McCann's 'Apeirogon' reimagined as play on Palestinian and Israeli bereavement

'Rami and Bassam: Apeirogon' is a partial adaptation of the novel by McCann, focusing on the Israeli and Palestinian fathers who lost daughters to the conflict

A sisterhood tragically shattered in ‘The Lady Bird of Saint John’ by La Pluma

Staged in Dupont Underground through April 12, this is a touching play whose context is U.S. immigration policies but whose heart is pure dramatist’s art. By JOHN STOLTENBERG

Of Mornington – Smock Alley Theatre – Review

Of Mornington – Smock Alley Theatre – Review Dates – 14 – 18 Apr In ‘Of Mornington’, we meet Phil (Gary Lydon), a former snooker champion who won a variety of tournaments […]

Doing it his way in New York and Tyrone, Frank McGuigan was unique

Ardboe legend leaves with an adoration from his public.

Matthew Broderick to lead Ulster American at the Abbey

Matthew Broderick is to appear at the Abbey Theatre this August in a limited run of David Ireland's Ulster American.

The Madonna of Asia – New Theatre – Review

The Madonna of Asia – New Theatre – Review by Frank L. Dates: 28/04/2026 – 02/05/2026 Remarkably, Ní Chléirigh-Ng not only wrote this piece but also designed the set and costumes,...

Word against the Word – Viking Theatre – Review

Word against the Word – Viking Theatre – Review By Frank L Word against the Word – Written and performed by Keith Dunphy Dates – Monday 13 April 2026 to Saturday 25 […]

MASS Donmar, WC1

AFTER THE SHOOTING   Despite the title, Anna Yates’ setting in an episcopalian church room full of calm skylight, and one effective moment near the end,  Fran Kranz’ tense 105-minu...

‘The Argument of Us’ review: Wonderfully acted and highly stylised play leaves us with more questions than answers

Break-up two-hander is strong on how relationships can falter without giving details on this actual relationship

Review: Escaped Alone, Coronet Theatre 

Churchill’s masterpiece given a searingly sharp contemporary edge in a darkly comic production. The post Review: Escaped Alone, Coronet Theatre  appeared first on Everything Theat...

The Kerryman – Glass Mask Theatre – Review

The Kerryman – Glass Mask Theatre – Review by Frank L. The Kerryman – by Eva O’Connor Dates: 26th May – 13th June Cait (Lauren Larkin) has spent her twenties in Berlin […]

Double Indemnity: Manchester Opera House – Theatre Review

Double Indemnity Manchester Opera House Tuesday 28 April 2026 OC star Mischa Barton stars in the stage debut of Billy Wilder’s classic film noir.  Billy Wilder’s movie version of D...

Northern Ireland’s last surviving 1930s picture house yields secrets on 90th anniversary

The Strand in east Belfast is undergoing a major renovation project

Declan Gorman to bring audiences back to the ‘80s in new one-man show

Disco Pigs: Play that launched Cillian Murphy to get 30th anniversary production in Cork

Enda Walsh is returning to Cork to direct his city-set piece that kicked-off the careers of so many theatre talents 

Makiko Nakamura: ‘Justice is something very private, very quiet. Each person carries their own sense of it’

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