TheArtsReview

@chrisorourke13

Dublin City, Ireland

Joined July 2015

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TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jul 25

In Extremis ** @BewleysCTheatre "...Conor Hanratty...delivering a sensitive, smart portrayal of the manly effeminate Wilde..." theartsreview.com/single-post/in…

chrisorourke13's tweet card. Gene Rooney and Conor Hanratty in In Extremis. Image, Aoife Cronin**It’s easy to scoff from our enlightened distance at the Victorian predilection for all things supernatural. Séances, spiritualism,...

TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jul 22

A Misanthrope *** @smockalley "...funny, insightful and sexy..." theartsreview.com/single-post/a-… @OnceOffHQ

chrisorourke13's tweet card. Emer Dineen and Matthew Malone in A Misanthrope. Image, Patricio Cassinoni***Molière’s The Misanthrope gets the Carry On treatment in the somewhat muddled A Misanthrope. Written by American playwri...

TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jul 20

Galway International Arts Festival 2025: T5/Sea Wall **** @GalwayIntArts "...two poignant performances painted with poetry. Not to be missed..." theartsreview.com/single-post/ga… @DecadentTheatre

chrisorourke13's tweet card. ****It's not enough that Simon Stephens is a brilliant playwright, he also works magic with the short form monologue. Twenty or so minutes of intimate character studies, crammed with detail, in which...

TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jul 20

Galway International Arts Festivals 2025: The Baby's Room **** @GalwayIntArts "...Walsh’s...superb writing and Gilmore's deeply impassioned delivery cohere into something quietly powerful..." theartsreview.com/single-post/ga… @kategilmore__

chrisorourke13's tweet card. The Baby's Room by Enda Walsh. Image by Emilija Jefremova****Enda Walsh clearly has a soft spot for Galway, and Galway clearly has a soft spot for him. It’s not just the shows he’s premiered in the...

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TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jul 19

Galway International Arts Festival 2025: Sabotage **** @GalwayIntArts "...wild, sexy, dangerous and fun..." theartsreview.com/single-post/ga… #NoFitState #Circus

chrisorourke13's tweet card. Sabotage by No FitState. Image by Mary Wycherley****I have to confess to never seeing the allure in running away to join a circus. The romance, yes; but think about the reality. Also, classic circus...

TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jul 16

Riders to the Sea/Macbeth **** @GalwayIntArts "...be prepared to be seriously blown away..." theartsreview.com/single-post/ri… @DruidTheatre @DubTheatreFest

chrisorourke13's tweet card. Marie Mullen and Marty Rea in Druid's Macbeth. Image by Ros Kavanagh****Some facts land with sobering clarity. Including there are as many years between 1925 and 1975 as there are between 1975 and...

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TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jul 10

The Pillowman **** @GateTheatreDub "...unsettling, brave, and in many ways brilliant..." theartsreview.com/single-post/th… #ThePillowman

chrisorourke13's tweet card. Juilan Moore-Cook, Fra Fee and Aidan McArdle in The Pillowman. Image, Ros Kavanagh****Story. Commonly conflated with narrative. Yet the two are distinct. Narrative being one component, albeit an...

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TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jun 26

Static ** @AbbeyTheatre "...hugely ambitious..." theartsreview.com/single-post/st…

chrisorourke13's tweet card. Dan Gordon in Static. Image, Rich Davenport**In the dark ages known as the 1970s several fads came into fashion that died as soon as they found their feet. Clackers, Sea Monkeys and citizen band...

TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jun 20

An Evening With Wee Daniel ** @The_New_Theatre "...Sweeney O'Connor oozes charm and charisma..." theartsreview.com/single-post/an…

chrisorourke13's tweet card. **‘Up in Donegal,’ the award winning An Evening With Wee Daniel tells us, ‘things are different’. Different not necessarily being as interesting as you might have hoped. Aoife Sweeney O'Connor's one...

TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jun 16

Cork Midsummer Festival 2025: Escaped Alone **** @CorkMidsummer "...a superb, understated production whose simplicity belies its underlying power..." theartsreview.com/single-post/co… @EverymanCork

chrisorourke13's tweet card. Ruth McCabe, Sorcha Cusack, Deirdre Monaghan and Anna Healy in Escaped Alone, by Caryl Churchill. Image, Ros Kavanagh****In Caryl Churchill's dystopian satire Escaped Alone, the world is gone to...

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TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jun 16

Cork Midsummer Festival 2025: Theatre for One: Made in Cork **** @CorkMidsummer "...you’d be mad to miss it. .." theartsreview.com/single-post/co… @LandmarkIreland @OTheatricals @CorkOperaHouse

chrisorourke13's tweet card. Áine Ní Laoghaire in It's Not You by Cónal Creedon, Theatre for One:Made In Cork. Image Jed Niezgoda****An often neglected festival joy is the familiar things. Like Landmark Productions and Octopus...

TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jun 16

Cork Midsummer Festival 2025: Stitch **** @CorkMidsummer "...Kelleher's wildest, bravest, most compelling performance to date..." theartsreview.com/single-post/co… @Ireneie_cat

chrisorourke13's tweet card. ****What is it about physically demanding theatre at Cork Midsummer Festival this year? Whilst Eileen Walsh deservedly takes the durational plaudits, and every other plaudit imaginable, Irene...

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TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jun 15

Cork Midsummer Festival 2025: The Second Woman *****... @CorkMidsummer "... the theatrical event of 2025..." theartsreview.com/single-post/co… @CorkOperaHouse #TheSecondWoman

chrisorourke13's tweet card. *****...It's that time of year when the calendar says summer but the weather’s going to do whatever it’s going to do. The only thing you can count on for consistency is Cork Midsummer Festival. This...

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TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jun 14

The Cave **** @AbbeyTheatre "...fun, entertaining, and eminently enjoyable..." theartsreview.com/single-post/th… #TheCave

chrisorourke13's tweet card. Tommy Tiernan and Aaron Monaghan in The Cave. Image Ros Kavanagh****Barry does Samuel Beckett. Kevin Barry that is. The Abbey Theatre’s current production, The Cave, finding the renowned novelist...

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TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jun 13

The Monk ***** @glassmaskdublin "...a searingly brilliant piece of theatre..." theartsreview.com/single-post/th… @RexRyan89 #TheMonk

chrisorourke13's tweet card. *****God loves fools and children. So it’s safe to assume She probably loves Rex Ryan. Even if you hate Ryan you have to love his childlike foolishness. It’s as if the expression “you probably...

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TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jun 8

The Importance of Being Earnest ***** @LyricBelfast "...lashings of laughter along with one the finest comedy performances of recent years..." theartsreview.com/single-post/th… #TheImportanceofBeingEarnest

chrisorourke13's tweet card. *****Double lives and mixed messages. An apt description for Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, as well as director Jimmy Fay’s fandango production at the Lyric Theatre....

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TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · Jun 6

The Black Wolfe Tone *** @projectarts "...a potential star in the making..." theartsreview.com/single-post/th… @Fishamble

chrisorourke13's tweet card. Kwaku Fortune in The Black Wolfe Tone: Image, Carol Rosegg***By all accounts an extremely likeable individual, Kwaku Fortune has been a fixture on the scene for some time now. Popping up regularly on...

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TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · May 29

A Midsummer Night's Dream *** @B_V_O_F "...striking, delightful and memorable..." theartsreview.com/single-post/a-…

chrisorourke13's tweet card. Blackwater Valley Opera Festival's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Image Frances Marshall***It is in the nature of experiments to miss their mark before finally formulating a breakthrough. The same might...

TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · May 26

L’elisir d’amore ***** @IrishNatOpera "...the most fun you’re likely to have at an opera, with superlative singing to boot..." theartsreview.com/single-post/l-… @gaiety_theatre @NatOperaHouse @CorkOperaHouse

chrisorourke13's tweet card. Claudia Boyle in Irish National Opera's L’elisir d’amore. Photo, Ros Kavanagh*****Seriously, though you probably won’t believe me, this is the plot to L’elisir d’amore, Donizetti’s vibrant comic...

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TheArtsReview@chrisorourke13 · May 24

Dublin Dance Festival 2025: Scorched Earth **** @DublinDanceFest "...visceral and sensational..." theartsreview.com/single-post/du… @AbbeyTheatre @DanceIreland @DanceInIreland @GalwayIntArts

chrisorourke13's tweet card. Scorched Earth, Image, Patricio Cassinoni****Projected slides establish Scorched Earth’s focus on land based crimes, its particular concern a ten year old, cold case murder. Black and white images...

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