Mary Conway | Morning Star

Theatre review / 14 May 2025

14 May 2025

In this production of David Mamet’s play, MARY CONWAY misses the essence of cruelty that is at the heart of the American deal

Theatre review / 2 May 2025

2 May 2025

MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a star-studded adaptation of Ibsen’s play that is devoid of believable humanity

Theatre Review / 30 April 2025

30 April 2025

MARY CONWAY applauds the revival of a tense, and extremely funny, study of men, money and playing cards

Theatre review / 29 April 2025

29 April 2025

MARY CONWAY applauds the study of a dysfunctional family set in an Ireland that could be anywhere

Theatre Review / 28 April 2025

28 April 2025

MARY CONWAY relishes two matchless performers and a masterclass in tightly focused wordplay

Culture / 14 April 2025

14 April 2025

MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production that panders – if inadvertently – to Western prejudice against China

Theatre review / 7 February 2025

7 February 2025

MARY CONWAY recommends a beautifully judged performance that shines a light on the experience of all female war babies and boomers

Best of 2024 / 18 December 2024

18 December 2024

A nervous year, showing that the theatre, like the world, stands on a precipice and seems uncertain where to jump

Theatre Review / 12 December 2024

12 December 2024

MARY CONWAY applauds a worthy revival of the US 1939 classic drama that studies the dehumanising consequences of affluence

Theatre review / 4 October 2024

4 October 2024

MARY CONWAY relishes the revival of two classics for the naked expression of truthful thoughts and class anger

Theatre review / 18 July 2024

18 July 2024

MARY CONWAY evaluates a polemical play whose actors, rather than the writer, introduce the humanity and the light and shade

Theatre Review / 9 February 2024

9 February 2024

The relationship between an over-ambitious mother and her damaged daughters makes for a muddled evening of drama, finds MARY CONWAY