Sinéad O’Shea’s Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story recounts, in O’Shea’s words, “one of the great lives of the 20th century”. Bursting onto the literary scene in 1960 with her debut novel The Country Girls, Edna O’Brien became one of …
The Maestro and The Mosquita
Anna Domownik reviews The Maestro and The Mosquita as part of Dublin Fringe Festival 2024
‘The Maestro and The Mosquita’, written by Carmel Winters and presented at the Project Art Centre between 12-15 September as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival defies expectations. The non-verbal, slightly absurdist piece, directed by Muireann Ahern and Stephen Warbeck …
Earth Sonnet
Gavin Jennings reviews Mel Mercier’s staging of the lyrical in Earth Sonnet
In a back room in the seismology department of DIAS, Merrion Square, actor Mikel Murfi lip-synced to a distorted reading of Paul Muldoon’s ‘Dismissal’ supported by by musicians. That was how Earth Sonnet opened. The performance was comprised of musical …