DISCO PIGS " Trafalgar Studios
An unreal Cork is the scenario for the darkly picaresque adventures of the two protagonists: born on the same day, Runt and Pig have grown up developing a close secret world of their own wit…
An unreal Cork is the scenario for the darkly picaresque adventures of the two protagonists: born on the same day, Runt and Pig have grown up developing a close secret world of their own wit…
Capturing much of the whimsy and regret of David Greig's 1999 play for young people, the younger of the Lyceum's Summer on Stage companies make a descent fist of Danny 306 + Me 4eva. More th…
Next up in our Spotlight feature is Tense Vagina: an actual diagnosis, which plays Edinburgh Festival from 3 " 27 August 2017. I caught up with writer and actor Sara Juli.
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Next up in our Spotlight feature is Fix, which plays Edinburgh Festival from 3 " 27 August 2017. I caught up with actor Rianna Dearden.
Next up in our Spotlight feature is The B*easts, which plays Edinburgh Festival from 3 " 27 August 2017. I caught up with writer and actor Monica Dolan.
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Omid Djalili steps up to the pivotal role of Tevye the milkman. Married to Golde and with 5 daughters (3 of marriageable age) Djalili captures a hen-pecked, hardworking weariness of the poor…
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Enda Walsh's award winning play Disco Pigs makes a striking come back at Trafalgar Studios. Screaming with energy and delivered at intense speed, this performance is electric.
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In a claustrophobic set where the actors never really leave, we are confronted with a father and daughter's grief, after the loss of the one person who held them together " Mum.
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Pig and Runt were born within minutes of each other in the same Cork hospital ward. They grew up closer than siblings, closer that twins, an incestuous blood pact made amongst the sweat and …
Next up in our Spotlight feature is Replay, which plays Edinburgh Festival from 2 " 28 August 2017. I caught up with writer and actor Nicola Wren.
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