DANCER
Winner Best Film, Guernsey Lily Film Festival 2010

In the wake of a tragic accident, Jack
struggles with the
guilt of what he has done. As it begins to consume him, he finds
himself drawn towards the family of the victim. Dancer is a tale of
redemption, of good people doing bad things and, ultimately, the price
they have to pay.
A cast of excellent
actors delivering a moving story about the aftermath of a hit and run
fatality.
Guernsey
Press, 21st July
2010
ORANGE
FLOWER WATER
The Mill Theatre, Smock Alley
Theatre, The New Theatre, St John's
Listowel, Tech Amergin
April
2006 - December 2007
The
first ever European production of
Pulitzer Prize nominee Craig Wright’s (Six
Feet Under, Lost, Brothers and Sisters, Dirty Sexy Money) dark
&
humorous relationship drama examining the devastating and often
hilarious confrontations when the demons of extra marital sexual
attraction occur.
The
acting is sensitive and apt...Hastings brings a likeable humanity and
strength to the spurned Miss
Perfect...including a lengthy, sad yet funny sex scene...An
enjoyable, insightful production of a taut and tender play.
The
Metro, 15th
January 2007
...real people grappling
with
their own weaknesses and moral confusions. Here Steve Gunn (David)
and Amy Hastings (Cathy) inhabit their roles with conviction, making
it easy for the audience to connect with their dilemmas.
Gerry
Colgan, The Irish Times, 15th January 2007
THE
RAINSTORM
Axis Arts Centre, Dublin Fringe Festival
September 2006

Premiere
of the theatrical debut of
award winning poet Noel Duffy, set in New Hampshire and tracing the
fallout amongst friends & family after the death of a girl by
heroin overdose.
A
mesmeric,
atmospheric work...Amy
Hastings (Lori) and Elaine Reddy (Mrs. Sutton) conjured up
magnificently captivating performances...Director Jessica Curtis has
assembled a stellar creative team and elicits tender and affecting
performances from the cast.
Irish
Theatre Magazine, September 2006 Issue
NO EXIT
Andrews
Lane Studio
May - June 2005

The
existentialist classic by
Jean-Paul
Sartre about 2 women and a man trapped in Hell together.
It
works best as a showcase for their talents...three very different
parts and all of them excellent! ...Interesting and it stayed with
me...
There were laughs - you feel very good about life when you leave it.
The View, RTE1,
24th
May 2005
Sartre's polemic is
leavened by Ashmawy's
edgy performance and Hastings' portrayal of airy desperation.
Declan Burke, Sunday Times
Culture
Magazine, 22nd May 2005
Amy Hastings as Estelle
is very successful.
Alan
O'Riordan, The Examiner, 24th
May 2005
OLEANNA
Cork & Dublin
March & April 2005
The
classic,
controversial play by
David Mamet of a power struggle between a student and her university
professor.
This
is full of tension and fascinating character revelation...Amy
Hastings is a marvelous Carol, a complex creation whose cause comes
first, mercilessly turning the knife. Mamet's
coruscating
play is in good hands here.
Gerry
Colgan, The Irish Times, 7th
April 2005
Oleanna
packs a
powerful
punch...Amy Hastings is very good as the student, whose vulnerability
draws out the professor, but whose agenda strangles him...both actors
are understated and their performances have a cinematic intensity.
Liam
Heylin, Cork Echo, 10th
March 2005
The
two
actors make a determined
stab at getting to the heart of their parts. Amy Hastings
successfully negotiates the transition from a nervous, insecure
student to a confident, articulate young woman.
Sunday
Tribune, 13th
March 2005
A
two-hander which
confronts American campus political correctness straight on, it stars
beautiful Amy Hastings...This play already opened to rapturous
reviews in Cork, the Irish capital of all things cultural.
Sunday
Independent, 3rd
April 2005.
Interview plus photo to promote the Dublin opening of the play.
PROBLEM SOLVERS
ANONYMOUS & IT
WON'T BE GREAT WHEN I'M NOT HERE
Irish Tour
January & February 2005

A
double-bill of two satirical,
physical comedies by Christian O'Reilly, presented by Tyger Theatre
Company, Galway.
To
have faith
restored in
contemporary theatre is a wonderful way to leave a play…as
the
curtain falls the superb directing and energetic acting all linger
for a long time afterwards….done with style, wit, panache
and
balance…Jessica Curtis, Deborah Wiseman, Amy Hastings and
Sean
O’Meallaigh make up the ensemble…Combining
movement and
classical
drama, the play also uses the pantomime method to great effect.
Breda
Shannon, Irish
Examiner, 3rd
February 2005
SWIMMING
WITH SHARKS
Civic Theatre Studio & Andrews Lane Studio
November & December 2004

An adaptation for stage of the Kevin
Spacey film about the cut-throat Hollywood industry.
The
acting
is strong and
convincing, and Amy Hastings and Eoghan McLaughlin do well in
supporting roles.
Gerry
Colgan, The Irish Times,
November 2004
THE NIGHT GARDEN
Northcott Theatre Exeter
March 2002

This was a world premiere of a new play
developed by The Royal National Theatre Studio in London and staged
in Exeter, set in Dublin during the week of the moon landing in 1969.
It
is a curiously
affecting play
which refuses to be dismissed from the memory...Eva Bartley and Amy
Hastings tenderly
evoke the flowering of forbidden love in the shadow of violence.
Richard
Davies, Newton Abbot & Mid
Devon Advertiser, 22nd
March 2002
There are some fine
performances...Maggie (Amy Hastings) has already tasted a new life in
England and sees it as a new dawn.
Express
& Echo,
Exeter, 18th
March 2002
The
pick
of the performances were
very good. Amy Hastings as Aisling’s worldly friend Maggie
brought to the stage the palpable
excitement of her stay in London.
Herald
Express, Exeter, 19th
March 2002
Lin
Coghlan’s challenging play
offers great scope for its actors...this world premiere is played out
with raw and powerful emotion.
Anne
Broom, Western Morning News,
20th
March 2002
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