The Map of Argentina review – magnetic, messy affairs of the heart
Characters suffer as they make painful choices between duty and desire in the premiere of Marina Carr’s play
March 2024
Audrey or Sorrow review – darkly comic tale of ghosts and grief
The black humour gets grimmer in Marina Carr’s latest play as two parents grieve the sudden death of their baby and a disturbing family history emerges
October 2023
Portia Coughlan review – drama rich with secrets and mourning
Marina Carr’s play is beautifully bleak and Alison Oliver’s central performance as a woman lost in grief is matched by a mighty cast
May 2022
Girl on an Altar review – cool and deadly vision of the impact of male power
Kiln theatre, London Family dynamics and toxic masculinity are explored in Marina Carr’s riveting version of the story of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra
February 2022
Portia Coughlan review – blistering birthday tragedy of self-destruction
Denise Gough plays out Portia’s bleak 30th, defined by family resentments, misogyny and the spectral presence of her dead twin, in this disturbing drama
September 2015
Hecuba review – a radically different take on a familiar story
Marina Carr showcases her fascination with outsiders in this emotional and intelligent take on a classic – with contradictory consequences
February 2009
Marble
The Abbey, Dublin: The characters are as lifeless as the marble that dominates both the text and stage, says Helen Meany
November 2004
Death becomes her
Children are raped, mutilated and murdered in Marina Carr's plays. What's that all about, Lyn Gardner asks Ireland's leading female dramatist (and mother of three).
