Beat contains masterful acting, exquisite drumming by its performer and invites everyone to accept that some people understand the world differently. In SiT Productions' Beat, young Alfie (Daniel Bellus) does not …
Performed by Pat Kinevane, Fishamble's Before is one of the most beautiful shows I’ve seen in a long time. Combining pain and humour with storytelling, dance and song to depict …
A heartwarming ode to the predictabilities of our fathers, Leyla Josephine's Daddy Drag is a platform for excellent observational comedy about their familiar tropes - and as such, a solid …
Though Boxless Theatre's Hedgehog is a well-staged and frequently amusing take on teenage growing pains, it doesn’t quite deliver on its early promise. We’re not short, in English, of flora and …
A man imitates a bird, whilst a voiceover sometimes relays factual information about the migration of the marsh warbler. Zugunruhe is a unique type of performance but really works. Named after a …
The Girl Who Jumped Off the Hollywood Sign’s well-researched script demonstrates Hartstone's genuine fascination with Hollywood’s Golden Age, but fails to reverberate with the audience in a way she likely …
MY COMPLEX's No Sanction has a worthy premise and asks one exceptionally thought-provoking question, but as a whole, fails to deliver. I'd argue Japanese company MY COMPLEX present No Sanction as …
Maddie Rice's one-woman tragi-comedy (and self-written debut play) Pickle Jar is a beautifully human gem of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Pickle Jar's a one-woman tragi-comedy following a hilarious and clumsy …
Claire Sullivan’s I Wish I Owned A Hotel For Dogs, at Gilded Balloon Teviot, is endearing in its absurdity but often leaves the audience searching for a punch line. The theme …
Karen Cogan's Drip Feed is an unabashed telling of one Cork woman’s journey through loss, rejection and the difficulty that is 90s Ireland as a lesbian. Its ambition to tackle …
Baby Face is loud, intense and provocative; a performance made for both men and women to interrogate their respective roles in a society that continues to prefer their women 'childlike'. Katy Dye's …
A captivating central performance and intelligent lighting design elevates a slightly unremarkable text in Em-Lou Productions' James Dean is Dead! (Long Live James Dean): a fast-paced and skittish look into …
Amy Tobias' deliciously eccentric quasi-performance lecture, Quantum Physics of My Heart, blends masterful comic timing, suitably underwhelming science demonstrations and a whole lot of heart to dissect the ways we make …
The mysteries explored - and provocative questions posed - in The Man on the Moor are well-articulated and undeniably fascinating. I just wonder if its blurring of fact and fiction was …
An autobiographical solo work about childbearing, societal pressure and time running out, Joanne Ryan's Eggsistentialism is considered, eye-opening and quietly angry. Summerhall's Lecture Theatre venue is apt and effective for Eggsistentialism. Somewhat evocative of a …