The Shadow of a Gunman

Reviews

“In Phillip Breen’s fine cast you can hear a bible-black comic reflection on the tragedies of the present” Mark Brown, Sunday Herald
“Time and space are the distinguishing qualities of Phillip Breen’s staging of this Sean O’Casey classic. He takes two diversions from the tradition presentation of the Dublin tenement tragedy; both are risky and both pay off...” Mark Fisher, The Gua
“Phillip Breen’s first class production...captures our hearts” Robert Dawson Scott, The Times
“Director Phillip Breen opts for a bleak cold eyed approach in reigning in the second act, one that chimes with Ireland’s troubles to come and today’s climate of the war on terror…a production of entertaining clarity” Alan Chadwick, Metro
“Phillip Breen’s production is a fine, dark, murky, and intense affair, played without an interval” Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman
“Phillip Breen’s The Shadow Of A Gunman is the Citizens Theatre’s most courageous piece of programming in recent times” The List