"The set design, by Owen Boss, is immersive...It’s novel to sit among the action, with one Lisa or another shuffling past your seat, though ultimately the effect doesn’t support its execution. Kiernan’s direction, however, imbues the production with an unsettling feeling...The success of the play’s Gemini effect is in large part because of the actresses’ talents...Walsh’s script, however, doesn’t leave as lasting an impression."
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"4/5 stars...Director Pat Kiernan keeps the action popping with brief interludes of music and video, but in the absence of the more spectacular elements of such recent Walsh works as 'Medicine,' 'Arlington' and 'Ballyturk,' 'The Same' keeps you engrossed mainly through the quality of its writing and its high-wire performances. It packs a lot of emotion and enigma into under 50 minutes—just the right length to keep us at once drawn in and too close for comfort."
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"It may cheer up some that 'The Same' is a markedly different proposition from the typical Walsh festival of high-pitched acting and assaultive effects. For this brief, tightly focused two-hander, the playwright goes all Harold Pinter on us, lowering his authorial voice and wrapping his tale in multiple layers of mystery. Even as a change of pace, however, it is probably best enjoyed by his fans; for others, it may function as a compendium of the Irish theatre's more questionable elements."
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