The 1990s in theatre meant more than “in-yer-face” plays. At the same time as British drama was growing graphic and biological, a crop of Irish…
Howie Lee and Rookie Lee – no relation – share a surname and a city, Dublin. In Mark O’Rowe’s revival of his own cult classic,…
Mark O’Rowe has smoothly transformed a two-hander into a one-man show and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, who plays both Howie and the Rookie, revels in its ripe…
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Mark O’Rowe interview each other in the Irish Independent on 1st Nov 2014. Click here to read the whole article
Nadine O’Regan chats to Mark O’Rowe and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor ahead of the return of Howie the Rookie. Read the full article here. 26th October 2014 Sunday Business…
The actor is back on TV tomorrow in series five of ‘Love/Hate’. But the punctual, theatre-loving, Donna Tartt-reading actor has little in common with his…
Read four-star rave review by Peter Crawley in The Irish Times here. “Mark O’Rowe transforms his two-hander monologue play into an epic one-man performance for Tom…
Read Harvey O’Brien’s review for Irish Theatre Magazine here. “An instant classic in 1999, Mark O’Rowe’s Howie the Rookie returns to Dublin almost a decade and a…
Read four-star review by Chris Wasser in The Herald here. “an astonishing feat … as a one-man show, it’s captivating. As a lesson in stage acting,…
Read John McKeown’s review in the Irish Independent here. “superbly singular performance“