Theatre review: Dublin Gothic at the Abbey is a lavish Christmas show with a difference 

Dublin Gothic dips into the capital's history and the intergenerational traumas of four of its families 

Dublin Gothic, on through December  and January at the Abbey, was written by Barbara Bergin. Picture: Ros Kavanagh 

Dublin Gothic, Abbey Theatre, Dublin, ★★★☆☆

 In Dublin Gothic, writer Barbara Bergin has combined epic sweep with spatial and narrative economy by refracting Dublin’s history through the lives of people in one building, 1 O’Rahilly Parade, and taking us from the 1880s to the 1980s in the tale of a handful of families, their intergenerational traumas manifesting themselves in whatever social ill is appropriate to that time.