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iPhoto caption: Photo by Jack Woolfe.

REVIEW: In Síofra at the Red Sandcastle, fairy lore curdles into communal dread

Spindle Collective’s unnerving Síofra takes us to 19th-century Ireland, where folklore gives a watchful community a language for the uncanny.

By Alessandro Stracuzzi / Jun 22, 2026
iPhoto caption: Pip Dwyer, Jeanie Calleja, and Natalia Bushnik in 'Night at the Grand Guignol.' Photo by Jack Woolfe.

REVIEW: Eldritch’s Night at the Grand Guignol features spurting blood and severed eyes

The show hits the pulpy B-movie bullseye at which the indie company has long taken aim. Over the course of four playlets, a catalogue of deaths unfurls — shlockily! gorily! — in macabre locales.

By Liam Donovan / Feb 22, 2026
samca iPhoto caption: Samca production still by Barry McCluskey.

REVIEW: Samca is a disturbing, unique production that explores folklore and womanhood

The feminist folklore play, written by and starring Natalia Bushnik and Kathleen Welch, is an engrossing and sometimes frightening experience, perfect to kick off the scary season.

By Gabrielle Marceau / Sep 30, 2024