Tag Archives: Rough Magic

Theatre Review: Improbable Frequency @ The Gaiety

  By Sinead Keogh | March 19, 2012 - 3:00 pm | Events, The Arts, The Culch, Theatre
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Having debuted in 2004, Rough Magic’s Improbable Frequency is by no stretch a new production but its current run is our first time to see it. Although it was new to us we heard many good things before settling into Thursday night’s performance at The Gaiety. Set during World War Two, the production which describes itself as ‘a pulsating cabaret-style musical’ features a cast of characters imagined and real (John Betjeman and Myles na gCopaleen are written liberally for the stage) and tells the tale of a British spy in Ireland. With Peter Hanly reprising his original role as Faraday (the British spy), we open on the scene of the crossword enthusiast being recruited for his mission to Ireland. There he is to investigate O’Dromedary (Rory Nolan), a radio presenter whose song choices appear to be alerting the Germans to the weather conditions and aiding their air raids over Britain. … There’s more →

Pop Culture Show Pilot: The Format

  By Culch.ie | February 26, 2012 - 11:00 am | Featured Post, Movies & TV, The Culch, TV
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Over the past week we’ve been trying something new. The Format, our pop culture web TV experiment, is the result of many hours of planning, filming and editing. As it is a pilot, filmed in Culch Towers (AKA Darren and Sinéad’s apartment), we would really love to hear your feedback. How did we do? What works? What would you change? Should we keep it up? What would you like to see us covering if we do? Any and all thoughts would be appreciated - we’re on a learning curve and we want to be better able to produce a show that viewer’s can have input on and look forward to. Oh, make sure you look out for the great viewer competition from Meteor. We wanted to bring together all of the many topics we cover on Culch.ie, present them to you in a different way, show you what we look … There’s more →

2 New Shows for The Gaeity Theatre: Plaza Suite & Improbable Frequency

  By Peter | January 12, 2012 - 10:30 am | The Culch, Theatre
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Following its hugely successful, Irish Times Theatre Award nominated production of The Importance of Being Earnest starring Stockard Channing in June 2010, award-winning theatre company Rough Magic are delighted to return to Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre with not one but two shows in early 2012. Rough Magic proudly presents Neil Simon’s hit comedy PLAZA SUITE For 14 performances only February 20 – March 3, 2012 at the Gaiety Theatre “If only walls could talk…well in Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite they do just that’ Having entertained sell-out audiences in the Pavilion Theatre in Dún Laoghaire last July and following a nationwide tour next January and February, Rough Magic bring their highly acclaimed production of Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite to the Gaiety Theatre for two weeks only from February 20th to March 3rd 2012. Praised by the New York Times as ‘an impossibly zany new musical’, Improbable Frequency is a tale of spies, physics, … There’s more →

Stockard Channing in Earnest

  By ekilko | January 23, 2010 - 2:18 pm | The Culch, Theatre
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Taken from my post at DublinTheatre.ie As a huge Rough Magic and West Wing fan I am thrilled that this rumour has proven to be true! Stockard Channing is to star in Rough Magic‘s upcoming production of “The Importance of Being Earnest” at the Gaiety Theatre. Channing (65) who will play the part of Lady Bracknell is probably most know for her roles as Rizzo in Grease and Abigail Bartlet in the tv series, The West Wing. Artistic Director of Rough Magic Lynne Parker who will direct the production was quoted in today’s Irish Times, saying “this Earnest will be faithful to the original”. The production will open on June 2nd and run for 3 weeks.

New Theatre: Do You Like It Rough?

  By Darren Byrne | October 21, 2009 - 9:24 am | The Arts, The Culch, Theatre
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Well, the Dublin Theatre Festival has passed and you either missed it all or had your appetite whetted for new theatre. Either way, November sees the start of the Rough Magic AIB SEEDS Showcase. The Rough Magic AIB SEEDS Programme is a pioneering initiative to Seek out, Enable, Encourage, Develop and Stage (see what they did there) the work of a new generation of theatre talent. The upcoming showcase will feature 7 AIB SEEDS Artists staging two productions and two new play readings at Project Arts Centre, Templebar, from 6th to the 14th November. The two productions, Dying City by Christopher Shinn and Serious Money by Caryl Churchill, are directed by Des Kennedy and Aoife Spillane-Hinks. Sets and costumes will be designed by Alyson Cummins, while Producer Lara Hickey and Production Manager (and part-time Culchie) Eoin Kilkenny will be working across the two shows.