By Cherie Messore, buffalotheatreguide.com on January 21, 2019 Gossipy, back-biting, smugly superior…yup, sounds like life in the British countryside, late 18th century style. This was the proverbial fodder for Jane Austen’s mill. Kind hearted sisters stripped of their place in society, weak-willed men who don’t deserve them, and lots of smart, witty repartee make Austen’s… Read more »
By Anthony Chase, Published January 19, 2019, Updated January 19, 2019 Jane Austen’s 1811 novel, “Sense and Sensibility,” spins across the stage with playful effervescence in Kate Hamill’s adaptation, now being performed at the Irish Classical Theatre Company … a whirlwind of contemporary theatricality … this may be Jane Austen, but you are free to… Read more »
3-1/2 Stars (out of 4) by Melinda Miller, The Buffalo News There is nothing epic about “Sive,” John B. Keane’s tragic family drama set in a small, rude farmhouse. This is a story of gritty survival, where poverty pushes people to make desperate choices with unconscionable results … … there also are frequent moments of… Read more »
Wit wins out in ICTC’s “Lady Windermere’s Fan” – Review by Colin Dabkowski, Published 7:00 a.m. June 6, 2018 The Irish Classical Theatre Company has a knack for choosing summertime comedies with just the right amount of froth. Its latest, whipped up like some perfect theatrical cappuccino by director Josephine Hogan and her talented cast, is… Read more »
Posted June 4, 2018 Ah, the things we do for love. We keep secrets. Maybe tell a fib or two. And perhaps we try to protect the object of our affection from hurting over something that can’t be undone. Love, honor, and the subtleties of deception combine to form the delectable story of Oscar Wilde’s… Read more »
June 2, 2018 If you are in the market for a delightful evening of Wildean wit and wisdom, you will do no better than seeing Irish Classical Theatre Company’s current production of Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan. This subversive drawing room comedy, first performed in 1892, is timeless in its skewering of rigid moral codes… Read more »
Published January 29, 2018 – Buffalo’s Irish Classical Theatre continues its season of comedies with a splendid production of W. Somerset Maugham’s THE CONSTANT WIFE. In lesser hands the story of a wife who appears to turn a blind eye to her husband’s infidelities could come across as a dreadfully dated and unbelievable drawing room comedy of… Read more »
By Colin Dabkowski, The Buffalo News | Published 7:00 a.m. January 24, 2018 Constance Middleton is one cool customer. She takes a liberal view of infidelity. She blithely compares the notion of sex with her husband to eating cold mutton. And while she certainly thinks men are sweet, she also believes that it would be “absurd to… Read more »
by Cherie Messore, buffalotheatreguide.com, Published January 22, 2018 Back in 1926 – when women’s suffrage was a recent memory in the UK as well as the US – there was Constance Middleton. Strong, savvy, sly, and she’s “The Constant Wife” in W. Somerset Maugham’s comedy of manners presented now through February 11 at the Irish… Read more »
In 1985, two Dublin-born brothers, Vincent and Chris O’Neill, internationally acclaimed actors and former members of Ireland’s celebrated Abbey Theatre, found themselves in Buffalo, New York performing Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot in the dining room of a local hotel. They were enthusiastically embraced by Western New York audiences and critics and, together with fellow Dubliners Josephine Hogan and the late Dr. James Warde, formed the Irish Classical Theatre Company. Performing on various rented stages until a permanent home was established at the Calumet Arts Café, ICTC became the fastest growing theatre in the region and led to the building of its new home, The Andrews Theatre, which opened its doors in January of 1999 in Buffalo’s Theatre District.
