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‘It’s an amazing thing to inject fear and nerves into an audience’ - you’ll need your wits about you for Pat Shortt’s new show

Irish Independent 02 Dec 2018
Aoife Kelly Twitter Email. December 2 2018 5.40 PM ... Independent.ie ... He pauses, ‘So, it’s like every other show I’ve done!” ... Email ... He describes it as a “wonderful experience”, relishing the opportunity to work with director Andrew Flynn, and fellow stars Jarleth Tivnan, and Maria McDermottroe, with whom he spent several happy years on Killinaskully ... .
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A Skull in Connemara review: Rich drama of perverse satisfaction

The Irish Times 16 Aug 2018
FOUR STARS. Olympia Theatre ... Cracked stone walls ... His granny Maryjohnny (Maria McDermottroe) swindles starving orphans by cheating at bingo, while the face of law and order, Martin’s brother Tom (Patrick Ryan), is too busy chasing fictions to see the facts right under his nose ... That is McDonagh’s genius after all ... Runs until September 1st.    .
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Powerful voice of a victim

Irish Independent 01 Apr 2018
William Shakespeare’s poem about the beautiful and virtuous Lucretia, wife of Collatine, contains beauty of language and also terrible violence. It is a rape narrative, set just before the establishment of the Roman Republic in the early 6th century ... Rape narratives are problematic ... Maria McDermottroe is funny as the daft wrong-headed mother Carmel ... .
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In View: a dark portrayal of a garda in meltdown

RTE 10 May 2017
Young Garda Ruth (Caoilfhionn Dunne) is drinking hard, and being reckless about it ... Tea is poured in the silence by the mother-in-law Monica (Maria McDermottroe) and Gerard MacSorley as her father-in-law Séamus is reduced to making an entirely redundant remark about the weather ... Paddy Kehoe. .
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White Rabbit, Red Rabbit

Irish Times 12 Sep 2012
New Theatre **** ... Instead, a different performer speaks for the playwright for each show, following an unrehearsed script ... In the hands of writer-performers Marion O���Dwyer and Maria McDermottroe, appealing, experienced performers with great comic timing, it becomes something more than that, a well-paced exploration of revenge that is of our time.
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Baglady

Irish Times 13 Aug 2010
Maria McDermottroe, desexualised in a dark bulky clothing and black woollen hat, brings a loose circular structure to Baglady's rambling musings ... The pace was slightly uncertain and McDermottroe's movement seemed at times to be a mnemonic for lines she was not quite yet comfortable with.
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A Dublin diary

The Montreal Gazette 16 Feb 2002
Lunch with cast members Maria McDermottroe and Des Cave at Cooke's Caf?, Temple Bar ... Maria, our Dublin "Nana," has recommended me to her dentist in Ballsbridge ... Des and Maria, stage managers Finola and Steven, and me ... Des and Maria are currently going to the same place at different rates of speed.
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Barry's chilling study of CJ is uneven

Unison 10 Feb 2002
SEBASTIAN Barry's plays deal with universal themes. of loneliness, defeat, betrayal, loss, nostalgia. He frequently uses naturalistic settings ... Haughey's life ... The name Haughey is not used ... It's a fiercely loving piece, disturbing and touching by turns, beautifully performed by Maria McDermottroe as Nana and Des Cave as the Narrator/Michel ... .
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For the Pleasure...

The Guardian 09 Feb 2002
The theme is subjectivity and theatricality ... The most moving of these scenes is at the centre of Maria McDermottroe's marvellous performance ... McDermottroe's performance therefore grounds and centres the evening, with Des Cave providing solid support in the much less challenging role of the son - his job is to prompt and listen ... Until March 9 ... . ... .
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Movie Summary - THIS IS MY FATHER

Film Journal 12 Jun 2001
... John Cusack .  John Kavanagh .  Maria McDermottroe .  Moira Deady .  Moya Farrelly .  Oran Finegan .  Pat Short .  Sheila Flitton .  Stephen Rea .  Susan Almbren . .
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Movie Review: This Is My Father

LA Times Movie Reviews 12 Jun 2001
His quest in turn triggers a flashback in which a passionate romance collides tragically with the dictates of religion and class ... Still, what the woman, a consummate storyteller, has to say has the ring of truth ... Her mother (Maria McDermottroe) is an elegant snob, a widow assuaging her grief and loneliness with drink ... This Is My Father, 1999 ... 2 hours ... .
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Quinn brothers score with ``Father''

ABC News 07 May 1999
 . MONTREAL (Variety) - The first feature by Paul Quinn -- collaborating with his brothers Aidan and Declan Quinn -- is an ambitious multigenerational tale of love, family and tragedy that's effective despite a rough-hewn narrative quality ... But the kindly Mrs ... The event is pretty much a fiasco ... Aidan Quinn ... Maria McDermottroe ... Maria ...............
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