The Approach

A selection of some of the reviews for The Approach. Read the full reviews here.

‘three of the finest performers of their generation’
 – The Irish Times 

‘O’Rowe’s quite simply stunning new play … immaculate’
– Sunday Independent

★★★★★
‘exquisite ensemble performance … superlative design … the stuff of legend’
– The Arts Review

 ‘the three performances are first-rate … beautiful design’
– Irish Independent

‘holds your attention like a transfixing riddle’
– The Irish Times

 ★★★★
‘beautiful script … never less than riveting’
– Irish Mail on Sunday

 ★★★★
‘three of Irish theatre’s foremost performers’
– Irish Examiner

 ★★★★
‘brilliantly subtle and utterly engrossing’
– Sunday Business Post

‘O’Rowe directs the play himself (superbly) … and his layered script is handled with infinite tenderness by three of our most accomplished actors’
– Sunday Independent

Read Mark O’Rowe and Aisling O’Sullivan on The Approach in The Irish Examiner. 

“You want to be dealing with subjects important to you … where we stand morally, what it is to be empathetic’ (Mark O’Rowe).

Photos from The Approach by Mark O’Rowe
Starring Cathy Belton, Derbhle Crotty and Aisling O’Sullivan.
Photos: Patrick Redmond

Cathy Belton and Aisling O’Sullivan in The Approach written and directed by Mark O’Rowe. Photo: Patrick Redmond

Cathy Belton and Aisling O’Sullivan in The Approach written and directed by Mark O’Rowe. Photo: Patrick Redmond

Cathy Belton and Aisling O’Sullivan in The Approach written and directed by Mark O’Rowe: Photo: Patrick Redmond

Derbhle Crotty in The Approach written and directed by Mark O’Rowe and starring Cathy Belton, Derbhle Crotty and Aisling O’Sullivan.

Cathy Belton and Derbhle Crotty in The Approach written and directed by Mark O’Rowe. Photo: Patrick Redmond

Aisling O’Sullivan and Derbhle Crotty in The Approach written and directed by Mark O’Rowe: Photo: Patrick Redmond

Cathy Belton and Aisling O’Sullivan in The Approach written and directed by Mark O’Rowe Photo: Patrick Redmond

Cathy Belton and Derbhle Crotty in The Approach written and directed by Mark O’Rowe: Photo: Patrick Redmond

Cathy Belton and Derbhle Crotty in The Approach written and directed by Mark O’Rowe. Photo: Patrick Redmond

Cathy Belton in The Approach written and directed by Mark O’Rowe Photo: Patrick Redmond

Aisling O’Sullivan and Derbhle Crotty in The Approach, written and directed by Mark O’Rowe. Photo: Patrick Redmond

Cathy Belton in The Approach written and directed by Mark O’Rowe: Photo: Patrick Redmond

Aisling O’Sullivan and Derbhle Crotty in The Approach, written and directed by Mark O’Rowe. Photo: Patrick Redmond

VIDEO: Watch Cathy Belton, Derbhle Crotty and Aisling O’Sullivan talk about working with writer and director Mark O’Rowe on The Approach.

‘He’s so enquiring. He’s so curious … Mark has got such extraordinary, alive curiosity about people.’

MARK O’ROWE | WRITER/DIRECTOR OF THE APPROACH

Watch Mark O’Rowe talk about writing The Approach for three incredible actors; Cathy Belton, Derbhle Crotty and Aisling O’Sullivan.

“I actually wrote it for the actors who are in it… I’m a huge fan of all three so I decided to write something for them myself.”

READ Sunday Independent interview with Cathy Belton
Sunday, January 14, 2018

Cathy Belton speaks to the Sunday Independent about her career and The Approach by Mark O’Rowe. Read the full interview here. 

LISTEN to RTÉ Radio 1 Arena
Monday, January 15, 2018

Mark O’Rowe, Cathy Belton, Derbhle Crotty and Aisling O’Sullivan speak to Kay Sheehy on RTÉ Radio 1 Arena ahead of opening The Approach at Project Arts Centre. Listen here, beginning at 23mins.