It’s times like these I realise what an amateur I actually am, when I find it hard to sum up the right words and phrases to say how great something is. Before I go on with this review, let me first say, trust me, The Pitmen Painters is a play everyone should see. It runs tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 and tomorrow night at 7.30 in The Gaiety Theatre as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival and I believe there are limited tickets still available. I can’t recommend it enough. Written by Lee Hall (who wrote Billy Elliot) and based on a non-fiction novel by William Feaver, The Pitmen Painters tells the story of a working men’s group in 1930′s Britain who try to break the monotony of the mines through extracurricular classes. The Ashington Group employ the art appreciation lecturer, Robert Lyon, to teach them about art, admitting that they … There’s more →