Joyfully January!

"I have lived in the theatre like a Trappist monk lives in his faith. I have no other world. No other life." - Addison DeWitt

And the problem is?




January is proving to be a kinder month than I had anticipated. Usually it's the cruelest one despite what Eliot says about April. January has all those post-holiday blues and pounds gained and bills, bills, bills. But the lineup for this month in Irish theatre is so encouraging! We can make it to spring!

That most innovative of companies, the Pan Pan Theatre, is back as part of the COIL Festival 2009. The festival features some of the best up & coming underground performances in NYC and, by extension, Ireland. 

Last year, Pan Pan brought Oedipus Loves You, and I really should have put that theatrical extravaganza at #3 or even #2 on my top ten list of 2008 if I actually did that sort of thing rather than just talk about listmaking all the time. 

I loved OLY and can't wait for the Crumb Trail. Here is a rave review in yesterday's Times:

The Crumb Trail

And here is the theatre company's YouTube promotion:

Other rays of January sunshine are the Irish Rep's Aristocrats, starting next week and the rave reviews for the Atlantic's Cripple of Inishmaan. Long winter nights made shorter with excellent Irish theatre.