Endgame @ Project Arts Centre, Dublin
December 17th, 2019 | by Ian Patterson
“You’re on Earth. There’s no cure for that!” When tackling any of Samuel Beckett’s plays, never mind one of his …
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Pas Moi/Not I @ Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival
August 5th, 2019 | by Ian Patterson
A broken mind is a terrifying notion. Once gone, so too, has a large slice of the humanity. Isn’t that …
Samuel Beckett’s Watt @ Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire
April 23rd, 2019 | by Ian Patterson
“Nothing. But was that not something?” A stage adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s novel Watt is a fairly mad endeavour. Dense, …
Rigoletto @ Grand Opera House, Belfast
October 11th, 2018 | by Ian Patterson
“I’m denied that common human right – to weep” It’s entirely apt that Northern Ireland Opera’s staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s …
What Where @ Happy Days Enniskillen Beckett Festival
August 16th, 2018 | by Ian Patterson
Even before the passengers disembark at a secret destination in the Fermanagh countryside, the drama has begun. Franz Schubert’s Winterreise …
Eugene Onegin @ The Grand Opera House
July 11th, 2018 | by Ian Patterson
‘Where are they now, those golden days of my youth?’ The past hangs over the characters in Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky’s …
Cosi Fan Tutte @ Grand Opera House, Belfast
November 26th, 2017 | by Ian Patterson
Who is immune to a little flattery? Who, if anyone, cannot be seduced? Who, if we’re honest, is not tempted …
Don Giovanni @ Grand Opera House, Belfast
November 22nd, 2016 | by Ian Patterson
Beethoven branded Don Giovanni as frivolous, but as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote in a letter to his father in 1781: …
Bizet: Carmen @ Waterfront Hall, Belfast
May 4th, 2016 | by Ian Patterson
Lust, jealousy, betrayal and murder have always made for potent story-lines and there’s undoubtedly something of the Greek tragedy about …
The 39 Steps @ Lyric Theatre, Belfast
April 5th, 2016 | by Brian Coney
Whilst not in the more exalted echelons of his esteemed filmography, The 39 Steps was, of course, fully – and, to …
