The Theatre Reviewer

Ahead of the ICC spring season, I caught up with William Foote to talk about the themes at the heart of the production, the journey behind it, and what audiences can look forward to when the lights go up. What excites you most about the Irish Cultural Centre’s Spring 2026 programme? Its energy and range. There’s a real sense of dialogue between tradition and new work, and across disciplines. It feels like a programme that reflects where Irish culture is right now. This season

A bold, irreverent and physically driven piece of theatre, Flush takes place in a surreal, claustrophobic world centred around control, release, and human vulnerability. The piece uses heightened physical comedy and stylised movement to explore what happens when private spaces become battlegrounds of emotion, status, and identity. FLUSH, directed by Merle Wheldon, decidedly loves its chaos in the first instant and never apologises for it. This is so bizarre, so uncomfortable,

Ahead of Take Flight, I caught up with Ria Ashcroft to talk about the themes at the heart of the production, the journey behind it, and what audiences can look forward to when the lights go up. Take Flight is such a beautifully unique concept. What first sparked the idea for creating a show specifically for babies aged 0–2? I first thought of the idea to make this show after I had my daughter. I was getting back into training (I'm also an aerialist), she was mesmerised by the