Smitten Review: The Munster Express
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.
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The Devious Theatre Company in Kilkenny have been earning themselves some welcome and very favourable attention for a young company doing edgy work like Cannibal - The [...]
Smitten - Tess Felder Review
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 writing plays which no one will ever perform.
Now think how lucky a twenty-something Kilkenny man would [...]
Smitten - Gerry Moran Review
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 about recently in this column, are up and at it again. They performed Smitten a two-act [...]
Smitten - Edwina Grace Review
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 and women who with him collectively make up the Devious Theatre Company. The group has built up [...]
Talking Smitten On KCLR96FM
Earlier this evening I dropped into the KCLR 96FM studios in Kilkenny for a chat with Martin Bridgeman on the Culture Club (Arts Show) about Smitten, some of the public reaction and some of the company’s own reaction. Over the 6-7 minutes we chat about the show, the hype, getting to the production, what comes [...]
Smitten Night Two: Sold Out All Over Again
So the second night of Smitten has come and gone and once again we had to hang the ‘Sold Out’ signs out front (or at least our lovely makeshift and very Devious sold out signs).
The phone call came my way about 4pm again to indicate we were out of tickets for Thursday night, knowing that [...]
Smitten Opens To Sold-Out House
L-R: Jack O’Leary, Kevin Mooney, Niamh Moroney and Annette O’Shea in ‘Smitten’
Smitten, our fourth production, opened last night in The Barn, Kilkenny, to a sold-out house. Managing to up the capacity of the venue late yesterday we’re now seating for 80 patrons and each of the 80 seats disappeared before the show opened last night.It’s [...]
SMITTEN - Tommy and Daffney
“I’m dancing and singing in the rain…”A Short Story from Smitten
Tommy’s head was spinning with the stories. All the stories he was hearing from his friends about this girl, this girl who came from Kilkenny and was apparently all that. But he just couldn’t figure it out. As he sat, cradling a can of Coke [...]
SMITTEN - Kevin and Claire
“Almost Made You Smile”A Short Story from SmittenWhen the sliding doors at McDonagh Station opened on that miserable August night, everybody stared at the girl in the blue raincoat. And she was soaked.
It all started when she looked at the photo of herself sliding half way down a hill in Venezuela with a terrified look [...]
SMITTEN - Cat and Tony
“I’ll Take You With Me When I Go”
A Short Story from Smitten
And off she went in a taxi somewhere. Which wasn’t the weirdest thing. She’s a lazy girl sometimes is Cat, that’s why she might get a taxi every so often. Out to her house when she was filled up with too much drink or [...]