Playwrights best placed to peak behind the corporate curtain

Colin Murphy has been back raking over the coals of the banking crisis, with his latest play, Bailed Out, in effect, the sequel to Guaranteed, the story of how Ireland toppled into insolvency.

This second Fishamble production is slick and fast moving, with former taoiseach Brian Cowen being played largely for laughs while jarringly, then-finance minister Brian Lenihan grapples with the pressure from unfriendly European counterparts while coming face to face with the prospect of his imminent demise.

Inevitably, given time constraints, the play skates over the surface somewhat.