Dublin Theatre Festival reviews: Tales of a rural AirBnB, and threatened boglands 

Very different shows at the Gate and the Goethe-Institut 

Jane Brennan and Gráinne Keenan in The Loved Ones at the Gate for Dublin Theatre Festival. Photo: Ros Kavanagh

The Loved Ones, The Gate, ★★★☆☆

 In rural West Clare, middle-aged Nell runs a farmhouse AirBnB. Her son Robin has been dead for six months, and as the play opens, she is awaiting the arrival from London of her daughter-in-law Orla. Their relationship has not always been easy, but they have agreed on this place and time to scatter his ashes.