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DANCER
Gold Award, Austrian Golden Diana Festival 2010
Best Film, Guernsey Lily Film Festival 2010
Best British Film, BIAFF 2011
Best Film,
AIFVF 2010
Bronze Award, CIAFF 2010
Special
Prize, Estonia Tallinn
Official Selection Portobello Film Festival 2010
London Filmmakers Convention 2010
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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.
Hastings
really sells her character Anna's fixation on her marriage particularly
through her excellent non-verbal reactions when she realises he is not
confessing to some sexual fling but something worse. Dancer is an
engrossing, moving, character-led drama. It is a complex piece of work
which grows richer with every viewing.
American Motion Picture Society 2010
This film
demonstrates how a relatively simple story-line can be delivered with
power and emotion. This is achieved through high quality writing,
thoughtful direction and excellent acting. The film is well acted
throughout with each character being played with a refreshing restraint.
Best British Film, BIAFF 2011, Paul Kittel, Ron Davis & Ron Prosser
This
simple idea develops into a very mature film and utterly compelling
watch. The excellent construction and terrific acting deliver a real
punch and satisfying, if charged, experience.
This tragic story is superbly executed, with excellent acting by the
talented cast, all of whom are totally convincing in their roles.
A first class film which gripped me from beginning to end. The
casting was perfection, the acting superb and the script so well written
that it flowed beautifully.
As an ensemble
acting piece 'Dancer' was excellent. All the performances had a strong
natural feel to them, which really pushed this film above the other
contenders and the cast deserves praise for this.
Gillian Tidd, Peter Rouillard FACI,
David McGuigan & Norman Speirs FACI
Best Film, Guernsey Lily Film Festival 2010
A cast
of excellent
actors delivering a moving story about the aftermath of a hit and run
fatality.
Guernsey
Press, 21st July
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ORANGE
FLOWER WATER
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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
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Smock Alley Theatre
The New Theatre
St John's Listowel |
The Mill Theatre
Tech Amergin
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THE
RAINSTORM
Axis Arts Centre
Dublin Fringe Festival 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
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NO EXIT
Andrews
Lane Studio
May - June 2005
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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
Amy
Hastings as Estelle
is very successful.
Alan
O'Riordan, The Examiner, 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
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OLEANNA
Cork
Dublin
March - April 2005
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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, 10 th
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 2005Interview plus photo to
promote the Dublin opening
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CHRISTIAN O'REILLY
COMEDIES
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
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SWIMMING
WITH SHARKS
Civic Theatre & Andrews Lane Studio, Nov - Dec
2004 |
An adaptation for stage of the movie which starred
Kevin Spacey and Michelle Forbes, Swimming With Sharks centres around
a rookie navigating his way through 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
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THE
NIGHT GARDEN
Northcott Theatre Exeter, March 2002
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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.
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
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
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
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