146 stories by "David Nice"
Into the Woods, Noël Coward Theatre review - honouring a masterpiece
David Nice
Thu, 10/08/2026 - 13:51
Bridge Theatre transfer is totally compelling, with…
De Profundis, Berliner Ensemble, The Coronet Theatre review - madness beneath the method
David Nice
Sat, 10/03/2026 - 13:27
Oscar Wilde's seemingly freefall…
Ulster American, Irish Repertory Theatre, Abbey Theatre, Dublin review - plenty of laughs, no layering
David Nice
Fri, 08/14/2026 - 09:00
David Ireland's th…
Bloomsday and before, Dublin review - first-rate 'Ulysses' adaptations and a new take on 'The Dead'
David Nice
Mon, 06/22/2026 - 10:45
Fine theatre events e…
An Ideal Husband, Gate Theatre, Dublin review - focused energy keeps mannered dark comedy afloat
David Nice
Wed, 05/20/2026 - 15:50
Adrenalin-fuelled star t…
The Plough and the Stars, Abbey Theatre, Dublin review - uneven centenary production of O'Casey's Easter Uprising odyssey
David Nice
Wed, 03/25/2026 - 10:23
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Three outstanding performances in Conor McPherson's atmospheric five-hander
Why are the Irish such good storytellers? The historical perspective is that the oral tradition goes way, way back…
Muti revitalised by young musicians, and a three-year theatre project reaches completion
Anyone seeking local genius in an international festival should look no further than the annual Raven…
Chapters and scenes from 'Ulysses', 'Dubliners' and a children's story vividly done
It amuses me that Dubliners dress up in Edwardian finery on 16 June. After all, this was the date in 1904 …
Estranged father, mother and son each doubled in Jon Fosse's mesmerising meditation
Watching the stricken faces on the split screen, I felt at times like callow Farfrae in Hardy's The Mayor …
Let's make a coronation opera, with bags of dramatic licence
Back in 2009, there were Ben and Wystan on stage (Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art). Last year came Ben and Master David Hemmings …
Variable ensemble yields some gripping scenes and monologues
Dublin theatregoers have been inundated with Irish family gatherings concealing secrets or half-buried sorrows, mixing "bog gothi…
Joyce's great short story fully realised for 'invited guests' by a perfect ensemble
James Joyce's Misses Morkan have gone up in the world for their Christmas gathering this year, from the up…
Ibsen's pitiless take on the 'life lie' is another triumph for Norwegians in Notting Hill
"I think this is all very strange," declares 14-year-old Hedvig Ekdal at the end of The Wild Duck's …
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Operettaish bitter-sweetness raised to the sublime in a miracle of perfect timing
Jerry Herman is the king of pep. Way too much of it in the first 20 minutes of the recent re…
Three talented performers in a revue that doesn't add up to much
Catchy even when the lyrics are at their cheesiest, the Jerry Herman Songbook serves up a string of memorable tunes: you'll p…
Sophie Treadwell's 1928 hard hitter gets full musical and choreographic treatment
Virtuosity and a wildly beating heart are compatible in Richard Jones's finely calibrated production of Rena…
THISISPOPBABY serves up a joyous tapestry of Ireland contemporary and traditional
In what feels like the beginning, or at least the Old Testament, there was Riverdance. Now, ready to flow th…
Francesca Mills' protagonist is the vivacious, truthful heart of this fascinating production
"All discord without this circumference," the Duchess of Malfi tells the good man she's just aske…
Real-life triangle around the composer's darkest masterpiece yields fitfully strong drama
David Hemmings was, by his own later admission, a knowing and bumptious boy when Britten cast him as…
Five heroic women and two instrumentalists go Hellenic, with panache
This is the show that launched a thousand puns, mostly ancient-Greek-oriented, and just as many corny rhymes, all deliver…
Patsy Ferran's vibrant Eliza Doolittle sparks Bertie Carvel's Henry Higgins into human life
Many of us have perhaps grown too accustomed to the friendly face of My Fair Lady. George Bernard …
Teatro delle Albe's Don Quixote drama rivals Riccardo Muti's Paths of Friendship concert
Came for the music, returned for the theatre. I oversimplify: Riccardo Muti's Roads of Friendship eve…
Siobhán McSweeney goes way beyond the expected in a transfixing performance
Siobhán McSweeney is to be loved as a person for her speech when she received a BAFTA for Best Female Perfor…
Cathy Belton's devastating economy steers Mark O'Rowe's quietly stunning Ibsen
Church and law are enemies of promise in Ibsen's tragedy-without-catharis. You can see why this devastating att…
