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Theatre review / 2 May 2025
2 May 2025

MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a star-studded adaptation of Ibsen’s play that is devoid of believable humanity

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Theatre Review / 30 April 2025
30 April 2025

MARY CONWAY applauds the revival of a tense, and extremely funny, study of men, money and playing cards

BRUTAL PERSONIFICATION: Rosie Sheehy (Billie) and Hannah Morrish (Lydia) in The Brightening Air / Pic: Manuel Harlan
Theatre review / 29 April 2025
29 April 2025


MARY CONWAY applauds the study of a dysfunctional family set in an Ireland that could be anywhere

Matchless: Samuel Barnett and Victoria Yeates in Ben and Imo / Pic: Ellie Kurttz
Theatre Review / 28 April 2025
28 April 2025

MARY CONWAY relishes two matchless performers and a masterclass in tightly focused wordplay

A JOY TO WATCH: (l-r) Gabby Wong (Lan Ping, Jiang Qing) and
Culture / 14 April 2025
14 April 2025
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production that panders – if inadvertently – to Western prejudice against China
RAVISSANT! 12. Romola Garai, Gina McKee, Deborah Findlay, Ha
Theatre review / 7 February 2025
7 February 2025
MARY CONWAY recommends a beautifully judged performance that shines a light on the experience of all female war babies and boomers
MASSIVELY RELEVANT: The company in Cable Street
Best of 2024 / 18 December 2024
18 December 2024
A nervous year, showing that the theatre, like the world, stands on a precipice and seems uncertain where to jump
DEADLY DYNASTICS: Mark Bonnar, Steffan Rhodri, and Stanley M
Theatre Review / 12 December 2024
12 December 2024
MARY CONWAY applauds a worthy revival of the US 1939 classic drama that studies the dehumanising consequences of affluence
GAME CHANGER: Billy Howle (Jimmy) and Ellora Torchia (Alison
Theatre review / 4 October 2024
4 October 2024
MARY CONWAY relishes the revival of two classics for the naked expression of truthful thoughts and class anger
CAMPUS ACTIVISM: Phoebe Campbell in Alma Mater
Theatre review / 18 July 2024
18 July 2024
MARY CONWAY evaluates a polemical play whose actors, rather than the writer, introduce the humanity and the light and shade
MONSTROUS: Laura Donnelly with Nicola Turner, Nancy Allsop,
Theatre Review / 9 February 2024
9 February 2024
The relationship between an over-ambitious mother and her damaged daughters makes for a muddled evening of drama, finds MARY CONWAY
DEVASTATING: Sinead Matthews (Sylvia), Lorraine Ashbourne (A
Theatre Review / 5 February 2024
5 February 2024
In communities where exploitative warehouses have replaced coal mines, Beth Steel has fashioned an uproarious state-of-the-nation comedy, says MARY CONWAY