Press Quotes

“Brokentalkers, one of the country’s most fearless and path breaking theatre companies

THE BLUE BOY

“Impressive, A raw and subtle performance with striking choreography and music, a hard swipe at the abuses by the Catholic Institution"

Dagbald Noorderzon, Netherlands

****Stars

“It is powerfully physical, haunting material”

Financial times

“ The Blue Boy responds to the important revelations of institutional abuse in 20th century Ireland in a sophisticated and ambitious blend of technology and live performance”

Sunday business post

“brilliantly intricate staging that achieves a compellingly ritualistic quality”

The Irish Times

“The Blue Boy is devastating Theatre”

Lyn Gardner Guardian UK

SILVER STARS

"An effortlessly engaging and unified show…a disarmingly natural, startling piece of
theatre...spine tingling"
*****5 Stars (Metro)

"Beautifully orchestrated ….brave, new and very, very good (Irish Independent)
Joyous and life affirming…leaves you genuinely uplifted"
****4 Stars ( Irish Examiner)

"The Music is lovely" (The New York Times)

"radiates dignity and perfectly conveys the depth, humor, and emotion of the stories
making up this intriguing production" (New York Theatre)

“Documentary Theatre at it’s best”

“beautiful choir singing is the best and touching way to increase our knowledge of different history”(Helsingin Sanomat Finland)

“the rising vocal chorus and the haunting cello sounds to create a powerful evocation of the indefinable spirituality that lies at the heart of this remarkable production” (New Zealand Herald)

“This beautifully crafted show is a truly wonderful experience. I am left feeling honoured to have been presented with these very personal and deeply moving tales” (Theatre view New Zealand)

LINKS TO ON LINE ARTICLES On Brokentalkers

http://newplays-blog.de/2012/01/22/whatever-you-say-say-nothing/#more-2907

http://yay.ie/2011/theatre-festival-review-the-blue-boy

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2011/0620/1224299216591.html

http://musingsinintermissions.blogspot.com/2011/09/brokentalkers-gary-keegan-and-feidlim.html#more

http://www.thisistomorrow.info/viewArticle.aspx?artId=856&Title=Cork+Midsummer+Festival%2C+New+Works%3A+The+Blue+Boy+%28a+work+in+progress%29

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/1015/1224305807799.html

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/db107012-f31b-11e0-8383-00144feab49a.html#axzz1aSQVcHX8

http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/News/Current/New-Director-UBDTF.aspx?utm_source=ITM+Weekly+Newsletter&utm_campaign=15ff52f5fc-NL_appointmentsummercomedytwosolos_22.07.11&utm_medium=email

http://colinmurphy.ie/?p=500

http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/Features/Current/Fleeting-connections-and-sauna-diplomacy.aspx

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/theater/27broken.html?adxnnl=1&emc=eta1&adxnnlx=1303992547-/nZGS61XobmzzY7wTmI+IA

SILVER STARS

http://www.projectartscentre.ie/archive/archive-p-detail/613-silver-stars-

http://www.independent.ie/incoming/the-mum-who-told-her-gay-son-i-love-you-more-than-god-1989562.html

http://www.undertheradarfestival.com/index.php?p=18

http://paris.angloinfo.com/information/wfdetail.asp?ID=1390

http://www.artactmagazine.ro/programme-tampere-theatre-festival.html

http://aucklandfestival.co.nz/events/silver-stars.aspx/

http://www.aucklandfestival.co.nz/blog/2011/3/5/nz-herald-review-silver-stars-at-auckland-town-hall.aspx

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10710312