2:22 – A Ghost Story 3Olympia, Dublin ★★★☆☆ It may surprise you to learn that London’s West End stretches back to the 17th century: its oldest incubator, the Theatre Royal on Drury Lane, was built in 1663 after the dissolution of the Puritan regime, which had banned all public theatre. From that moment of liberation until the present day, the West End theatrical style has obeyed only one injunction: to entertain the public. Uninterested in modernist angst or political didacticism, the West End is a theatrical machine that spawns dozens of plays every year, devoted to thrilling and delighting its audiences in equal measure.
From out of this tradition comes the Olympia’s most recent offering, 2:22 – A Ghost Story, a widely acclaimed and well-oiled horror hit. Since its inception in 2021 at the Noël Coward Theatre, the production has passed through the hands of several notable showbiz luminaries, including Lily Allen , Cheryl Tweedy, Tom Felton (Malfoy from the Harry Potter series) and James Buckley (of Inbetweeners fame). Now we’re able to enjoy it on the Dublin stage with a new cast including Shona McGarty, Jay McGuiness , Colin O’Donoghue, and Laura Whitmore .
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