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Category Archives: Reviews

Scratcher Review: Kilkenny Reporter March 2nd

Mar
2,
2011
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The following reviewed was penned by Darragh Byrne and originally appeared in the print edition of the Kilkenny Reporter, March 2nd 2011 edition. THIS reviewer has been lucky enough to witness the birth of Ireland’s three finest contemporary playwrights – … Continue reading

Review: Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay! (Munster Express)

Mar
25,
2010
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The following review appears in The Munster Express, by Liam Murphy. Published on Thursday, March 25th. I don’t really know how The Devious Theatre Company in Kilkenny can produce such consistent high quality and exciting theatre events time after time, … Continue reading

White Lies, Tall Tales… and Shopping

Mar
18,
2010
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The following appears in this week’s Kilkenny People (Section 2, page 30, week ending Friday March 19th). There is a famous scene from an episode of I Love Lucy in which Lucy and Ethel go to work on an assembly … Continue reading

Review: Start Magazine Talk Up The War

Jan
19,
2009
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The following can be found in the Winter (08/09) edition of Start Magazine, available here online. Devious Theatre’s radio version of H.G Wells’ War Of The Worlds (KCLR – October 31st) attempted to follow the pattern set by Orson Welles … Continue reading

A Guaranteed Good Night Out

Jan
9,
2009
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John Cleere takes a look at theatre in Kilkenny in 2008. The highlight of the year? The Devious Theatre Company, not once, but twice. Continue reading

Trainspotting Review: Start Magazine

Sep
17,
2008
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The following review was first published in the autumn 2008 edition of Start Magazine, the arts magazine for the South East of Ireland. Written by Ita Morrissey, the review can be found in the magazine available here as a free … Continue reading

Smitten Review: The Munster Express

Aug
28,
2008
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The following review was published in this week’s Munster Express and can also be found online here. Our thanks to Liam Murphy for his words and review of Smitten. – The Devious Theatre Company in Kilkenny have been earning themselves … Continue reading

Smitten Review: Kilkenny People (Tess Felder)

Aug
27,
2008
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The following review was published in Tess Felder’s column, in the Kilkenny People newspaper on August 27th 2008; “THINK of how many people sit in the Castle Park (when it isn’t lashing rain) or in their bedrooms, studies or garages … Continue reading

Smitten Review: Kilkenny People (Gerry Moran)

Aug
27,
2008
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The following review was published in Gerry Moran’s column, in the Kilkenny People newspaper on August 27th 2008; “On the topic of theatre and local talent, the Devious Theatre Company, whose production of Trainspotting in the Watergate Theatre I wrote … Continue reading

Smitten Review: Kilkenny People (Edwina Grace)

Aug
27,
2008
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The following review was published in Edwina Grace’s column; “Up Close & Personal” in the Kilkenny People newspaper on August 27th 2008; “John Morton is a legend; let me start with that. Equally legendary is the band of merry men … Continue reading

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