The Arts Review​

Vincent Patrick, Adam Redmond, and Lacy Moore in The Pitchfork Disney. Image James Donnelly **** Art manifestos. Or Mission Statements as they're currently called, in keeping with a business-like approach to theatre. Declarations of intent outlining a company's artistic vision. Like Judder Theatre Company and their vision for Techno Theatre. Described as combining elements of DIY with electronic music culture, atmospheric sets, no-holds-barred source material and visceral st

Liam Wilson Smyth and Molly Downey in Synapses. Image uncredited. **** In Liam Wilson Smyth's disjointed Synapses, Emily and Mike negotiate a new normal now their strained marriage has ended. As Mike repairs a broken light socket, they talk to achieve a workable understanding for the sake of their unseen six-year-old son; less a child so much as a dramatic device to highlight the impact of separation on children. Emily, as insufferably dull as a legal document, controls the c

Geraldine Hughes, Matthew Broderick and Max Baker in Ulster American. Image by Carol Rosegg **** In David Ireland's perceptively brilliant Ulster American, Irish Americans enjoy nothing more than talking about themselves. Knowing absolutely nothing about their subject matter proving no drawback when it comes to self-praising monologues. Baldwins, Fenians, anti-Irish scripts, ignorance is bliss until faced with what they don't know about what they didn't know in the first plac