Arlington – a new play by ENDA WALSH
Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival
Category: Reviews
Review – The New York Times
Ben Brantley on Arlington: ‘this riveting fever dream of a play … some of the most sophisticated visual and sound effects on display in New York … bravura performances … dazzling video montage’ Read the full review here
Read MoreReview – Vogue
‘a beautiful play… gorgeous choreography is by Emma Martin… 20 minutes of movement by Oona Doherty that are likely to take your breath away.’ Read the full review here.
Read MoreReview – The Arts Review
‘Hugh O’Conor’s nervous wreck with a big heart is an absolute joy … Charlie Murphy is simply astonishing … Oona Doherty is utterly exhilarating … an utterly unforgettable experience’ Read the full review here.
Read MoreReview – Sunday Business Post
★★★★ ’What is new and fresh about Arlington is the way in which Walsh harnesses a variety of different tools to create his world … this is theatre as Total Theatre. Theatre as true collaboration’ Written by Sara Keating for the…
Read MoreReview – Sunday Business Post
★★★★ ‘a more openly avant-garde piece than some of [Walsh’s] previous creations … Isla (winningly played by Charlie Murphy) … a gorgeous sequence from dancer Oona Doherty … Doherty delivers a compelling set-piece … powerful … Arlington has…
Read MoreReview – The Guardian
★★★★ “new form of theatre that includes drama, dance, music and … a powerful dystopian drama … weaving [Walsh’s] closely textured poetic prose into a new form of comprehensive, category-defying theatre. No Galway international arts festival seems complete without a new…
Read MoreReview – Sunday Times
Enda Walsh’s new play is quite a trip … his quest to push theatrical boundaries results in a powerful experience in which choreography, music and video collide … a delightfully funny, nerdy, nameless young man (Hugh O’Conor). Endearingly, they fall…
Read MoreReview – The Independent
‘a powerfully political work … it’s as thought-provoking, bewildering a play as Walsh has yet written … given what can only be called a towering production by Landmark and the Galway Arts Festival … intensely moving, layered performances from Charlie…
Read MoreReview – The Stage
★★★★★ ‘a tremendous exploration of the transcending of circumstance … Walsh and the creative team combine stunning effects with playful physicality … Jack Phelan provides some of the most stirring video work that’s been seen on an Irish stage ……
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