A Misanthrope — Sugarglass

The best of Irish theatre 2025.
The Irish Times

A knockout satire of a horny and insincere Silicon Docks. Head-spinningly impressive.
★★★★ The Irish Times

Witty, inventive and entertaining. The performances are first class overall.
★★★★★ The Mail on Sunday

Molière relocated to Dublin’s Silicon Docks — a world of juice bars, cold brew and networking, where honesty is the one thing nobody can afford. Matt Minnicino’s adaptation finds the follies of seventeenth-century high society mirrored precisely in the Instagram generation.

Conceived by Molly O’Cathain and Marc Atkinson Borrull, and staged at Smock Alley Theatre in the summer of 2025.

Credits

WritingBy Matt Minnicino, after Molière
DirectionMarc Atkinson Borrull
Set & costume designMolly O’Cathain
CastFiona Bell, Emer Dinneen, Naoise Dunbar, Darragh Feehely, Brigid Leahy, Matthew Malone, Adrian Muycanovich, Heather O’Sullivan, Michael Tient
Seen atSmock Alley Theatre, Dublin · July–August 2025
Show photographyRos Kavanagh
Promotional photographyPatricio Cassinoni · art direction by Molly O’Cathain

A brilliantly funny update of Molière’s 1666 farce. It features a choreographed sex scene that for technical difficulty (9.9) and artistic merit (10.0) would rival any gymnastics routine.
Frank McNally, The Irish Times

A delicious reimagining of baroque excesses, updated for the Instagram generation. O’Cathain’s design is terrific.
Irish Independent

Innovative and joyous theatre. Your brain is alive as you leave the auditorium.
No More Workhorse