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Mary Conway
boogie
Theatre Review / 17 October 2025
17 October 2025

MARY CONWAY is disappointed by an incoherent show that fails to question stereotypical assumptions about the Soviet Union

mega
Theatre review / 3 October 2025
3 October 2025

MARY CONWAY applauds a new play that foresees the unscrupulous tactics of a future far-right minority government

bacchae
Theatre review / 28 September 2025
28 September 2025

MARY CONWAY is frustrated by the stylistic muddle that arises when you apply a pub theatre sensibility to a towering Greek tragedy

titus a
Theatre review / 23 September 2025
23 September 2025

MARY CONWAY recommends an early Shakespearean tragedy that feels so contemporary that it mirrors our daily news

weir
Theatre review / 22 September 2025
22 September 2025

Acclaimed as a masterpiece when it premiered, this study of story-telling in an Irish pub more than lives up to expectations, says MARY CONWAY

land living
Theatre review / 22 September 2025
22 September 2025

MARY CONWAY is frustrated by a new play that loses its drama amid the moral dilemma of re-settling children in the aftermath of WWII

reunion
Theatre review / 18 September 2025
18 September 2025

MARY CONWAY relishes the spectacle of a domestic implosion in a setting strangely divorced from any social, political or cultural context

SECOND TO NONE: (L to R) Charles Dance as Gustaf, Nicholas Farrell as adolf and Geraldine James as Tekla / Pic: Ellie Kurttz
Theatre Review / 15 September 2025
15 September 2025

Memorable, deeply penetrating and exquisitely performed, writes MARY CONWAY

juniper
Theatre review / 28 August 2025
28 August 2025

MARY CONWAY admires a study of environmental idealism that aspires to Chekhov but is arrested in a deluge of middle-class opinion

stars
Theatre review / 14 July 2025
14 July 2025

MARY CONWAY applauds the success of Beth Steel’s bitter-sweet state-of-the-nation play

intimate
Theatre review / 30 June 2025
30 June 2025

MARY CONWAY is blown away by a flawless production of Lynn Nottage’s exquisite tragedy

moon
Theatre review / 27 June 2025
27 June 2025

MARY CONWAY revels in the Irish American language and dense melancholy of O’Neill’s last and little-known play

NUANCED AND COMMANDING: Bessie Carter as Vivie Warren) and Imelda Staunton as Mrs Kitty Warren / Pic: Johan Persson
Theatre review / 25 May 2025
25 May 2025

MARY CONWAY recommends a play that some will find more discursive than eventful but one in which the characters glow

The cast in Regarding Shelley / Pic: Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Theatre / 23 May 2025
23 May 2025

MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a play that presents Shelley as polite and conventional man who lives a chocolate box, cottagey life

5ht
Theatre review / 21 May 2025
21 May 2025

MARY CONWAY is stirred by a play that explores masculinity every bit as much as it penetrates addiction

deal
Theatre review / 14 May 2025
14 May 2025

In this production of David Mamet’s play, MARY CONWAY misses the essence of cruelty that is at the heart of the American deal

builder
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

dealers
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