Just Festival
Help Yourself
✭✭✩✩✩ Mealy-mouthed:
Help Yourself, Foolproof Theatre’s play about injustice and self-reliance at home and abroad, has its heart in the right place but is strangely ineffectual.
An Island Between Heaven And Earth
✭✭✭✩✩ Slow but sure
Thoughtful and intelligent, AJL Productions’ An Island Between Heaven And Earth takes its time to get going but is well worth seeing.
Such a Nice Girl
✭✭✭✩✩ Sects and violence
Well acted, intriguingly written and largely successful, Such a Nice Girl can be counted as another striking contribution to the Just Festival by Black Dingo Productions.
The Bridge
✭✭✭✩✩ Thought provoking
A poised and careful meditation on history, family, myth and literature, The Bridge at St John’s is a finely wrought piece.
The Onion of Bigotry – A History of Hatred
✭✭✩✩✩ Not many layers
Too keen to avoid offence, Black Dingo Productions’ The Onion of Bigotry ends up having little impact.
My Name is Saoirse
✭✭✭✩✩ Delicate
A performance of quiet delicacy distinguishes Sunday’s Child’s production My Name is Saoirse.
Warrior
✭✭✭✭✩ All too real
Considered and compelling, Black Dingo Productions’ Warrior deals with ingrained sectarianism in a believable way.
Nzinga – Warrior Queen
✭✭✭✭✩ Well woven tale
Entertaining and thought-provoking, Toto Tales’s premiere of Nzinga – Warrior Queen has overcome serious setbacks to become a thoroughly successful piece.
Review – Creepie Stool
Creepie Stool by Jen McGregor, presented by Black Dingo Productions as part of the Just Festival at St John’s, is an intriguing new historical drama dealing with the story of Jenny Geddes.
