Late at night, high up in the C Chambers street, a little bit of magic is unfolding in this beautiful small scale show imported from the Far East as part of the showcase programme Made in Macau. Originally created for bookshops, this corner room is dolled with piles and shelves of books and illuminated only […]

It happens on occasion at this festival, which presents such a wide and variable spectrum of art, that one comes across a show that stubbornly refuses to be put into a category. There are shows that avoid definition by genre, and sometimes even make it difficult to describe them as either good or bad: they […]

It takes some chutzpah to choose Happy Days as the title of a festival. Samuel Beckett named his play ironically; there are few sources of joy for the optimistic Winnie in her mound. So hats off to Seán Doran and his team – this third Happy Days festival was convivial, imaginative and fun. The landscape […]

ROOM is a collaborative, improvised story told by three performers for a single audience member. It takes 25 minutes and you are blindfolded. The work is driven by the audience member and it just so happened that I gave myself a completely life-changing experience. They prime you with an initial premise, painting a scene in […]

Hug is an incredibly intimate experience, surpassing theatrics and the audience-performer dichotomy with a simple yet powerful device: you are hugged by the person who sings to you. Taking place with roughly 20 audience members and the same number of singers the effect is at once visceral and enveloping, as the combined voices in the room create a […]