CHERISH THE ARTISTS TOO

Lyn Gardner asks, ” What is theatre’s most precious resource?” and answers it in a probing article in The Stage.

LA MÉNAGERIE DE VERRE (THE GLASS MENAGERIE)

Tennessee Williams’s early masterpiece is brought heartbreakingly to life by a remarkable central performance by one of the great actors of our day.

AN FÉILEACÁN AGUS AN RÍ (THE BUTTERFLY AND THE KING)

An ancient Irish tale of love, lost and found, and the transformation of a young girl into a butterfly are given new life in this fusion of words, dance and illustration.

EMMA.

Fondant colours, off-beam characterisations and gentle satire make for a crowd-pleasing version of the Jane Austin classic.

ON McQUILLAN’S HILL

A long overdue revival of a pithy Northern Ireland play is receiving positive attention from London critics and audiences.

MAIDEN VOYAGE DANCE – DOUBLE BILL

B-words abound in Maiden Voyage Dance’s newly commissioned Double Bill – boundaries, borders, belonging, brinkmanship and, of course, Brexit.

KISS ME, KATE

Northern Ireland Opera and Lyric Theatre’s new co-production of Cole Porter’s evergreen adaptation of Shakespeare’s troublesome play The Taming of the Shrew does not paper over the misogyny but is a glossy, pleasingly rounded piece of work.

LEAR

This daring reworking of Shakespeare’s magisterial tragedy focuses on a family of women dealing with the mental and moral disintegration of the head of the household.

MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN

This long, slow burn of a film plunges viewers deep into 1950s New York, while addressing the state of the American nation in 2019.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

It looks amazing and the music is great but the moral tale of inner beauty is overwhelmed by unscripted
comic distractions.