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Irish Times
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
A Misanthrope: knockout satire of a horny and insincere Silicon Docks
A Misanthrope Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin ★★★★☆ There is no questioning where we are. In the bowels of a sheeny tech district, a star employee puts on a show for her office situationship, shimmying out of her underwear in front of him. Their lusty rampage through the workplace, throwing each other from desk to desk, ends with one lover reaching for something that epitomises hipster Dublin in 2025: a post-coital matcha tea. In Sugarglass and Smock Alley Theatre 's flooring adaptation, Molière's 17th-century comedy of outspoken aristocrats stirring trouble for posers in Paris salons has been fully vapourised, rematerialising in a Dublin of agonised Millennial love. 'Our merger is starting to feel laissez-faire / And that's more than this man can bear,' says Alceste, a company cynic played by Matthew Malone , asking his office hook-up for more commitment – and to stop flirting with other staff to get ahead. 'It's just marketing,' says Célimène, a company superstar about to launch a new AI platform, played by Emer Dineen . 'So, suck it up / And I'll not suck your rivals.' READ MORE Among the refurbishments in a playscript by industrious American playwright Matthew Minnicino – painstakingly refashioned to fit the Silicon Docks – is the original comedy's 17th-century vogue of rhyming couplets, chiselled here into new lines that are head-spinningly impressive. When Malone's Alceste vents about a HR complaint by an impressively brawny enemy (Matthew Tiente as an office snake dressed up as a bruh), he leans into rhymes that are funnily cruel. 'His rotundity is up to him / Though it's not that hard to switch to skim.' Sick burn! Dineen's Célimène is a star on the rise but she isn't as untouchable as she thinks. Two tech bros are given their required slime by Naoise Dunbar and Adrian Muykanovich (One of them drools over his own bicep: 'How can one so majestic be abashed? / When I went on Tinder / It crashed.'). Upon realising she's played both of them, they decide to sabotage the launch of her new AI platform. Bringing up the rear is a hateful office prude, who, in Fiona Bell's expert performance, becomes near-orgasmically breathless during a report to Alceste that his friend with benefits is cheating on him – prompting Malone, a performer as wiry as a young Richard E Grant, to lean into the ferocious end of his range. Minnicino's inventive playscript allows director Marc Atkinson Borrull, after a streak of respectably intimate productions, to return to the wildness of his 2012 debut All Hell that Lay Beneath. (Astonishingly, Minnicino has rhymes to burn. 'Where did we last meet?' a performer whispers to me in the stalls, 'Was it in the Maldives / Where you said I looked like Keanu Reeves?'). Notably, when ambushed during her launch, a leaked voice note allows Célimène to stray from the 'rotten rhymes' of Molière's scheme, and unmask a world-saving tech company as a toxic culture of exploitation and pay-offs, without having to satisfy people – or metre. Telling the truth gets you in trouble in A Misanthrope. You can try to take others down with you. A Misanthrope is at until August 2nd
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
GHM Q1 Earnings Call: Operational Investments, Defense Growth, and Leadership Transition Highlight Outlook
Industrial fluid and energy systems manufacturer Graham Corporation (NYSE: GHM) reported Q1 CY2025 results topping the market's revenue expectations , with sales up 20.9% year on year to $59.35 million. The company's full-year revenue guidance of $230 million at the midpoint came in 1.7% above analysts' estimates. Its GAAP profit of $0.40 per share was significantly above analysts' consensus estimates. Is now the time to buy GHM? Find out in our full research report (it's free). Revenue: $59.35 million vs analyst estimates of $55.67 million (20.9% year-on-year growth, 6.6% beat) EPS (GAAP): $0.40 vs analyst estimates of $0.18 (significant beat) Adjusted EBITDA: $7.65 million vs analyst estimates of $4.77 million (12.9% margin, 60.5% beat) EBITDA guidance for the upcoming financial year 2026 is $25 million at the midpoint, above analyst estimates of $23.77 million Operating Margin: 9.3%, up from -3% in the same quarter last year Backlog: $412.3 million at quarter end Market Capitalization: $489 million Graham Corporation's first quarter results reflected the impact of multi-year investments and a diversified market focus, with management attributing revenue growth to increased defense sales and stronger execution across all segments. CEO Daniel Thoren highlighted the recently secured $136.5 million contract for the U.S. Navy's Virginia-class submarine program and noted that the Barber-Nichols division's performance supported both ongoing revenue stability and future visibility. The company completed several high-return capital projects, expanded its Batavia manufacturing facility, and grew its welder workforce by 10%, steps that were identified as critical to supporting long lead-time defense contracts and enabling continued backlog growth. Management emphasized that productivity initiatives, operational improvements, and a focus on higher-margin work in defense and energy contributed to the year-over-year margin expansion. Looking forward, Graham Corporation's outlook is driven by expectations for continued defense demand, capacity expansion projects coming online, and ongoing efficiency improvements. President and incoming CEO Matthew Malone outlined the transition into the 'improve' and 'growth' phases of the company's long-term strategy, emphasizing upcoming benefits from technology investments and scalable product offerings. Management expects capital expenditures to remain elevated to support growth, with a target to increase R&D spending and further automate manufacturing. Malone stated, 'We are aligning both organic and inorganic investments to capture tailwinds in our core markets,' and highlighted digital transformation and global reach as future priorities. Management also cautioned that tariffs and the absence of certain grants could affect margins, but expressed confidence in offsetting these pressures with process improvements and pricing initiatives. Management attributed the quarter's performance to defense contract wins, expanded manufacturing capabilities, and successful execution of their stabilization and improvement strategy. Defense contract momentum: The company secured a major contract for the Virginia-class submarine program, bolstering its recurring revenue base and enhancing long-term visibility, with Barber-Nichols maintaining a key supplier role. Manufacturing capacity expansion: Ongoing investments in facilities—such as the 30,000 square foot Navy-focused Batavia site and automation upgrades—are expected to improve throughput and support increased defense and energy market demand. Operational process improvements: Management reported that initiatives like automated welding and enhanced radiographic testing are reducing project cycle times and improving quality, with broader benefits anticipated from applying these technologies across markets. Workforce development: The company's welder training program expanded the skilled labor pool by 10% year-over-year, helping address past bottlenecks and enabling the execution of complex defense contracts. Portfolio diversification and integration: The integration of P3 into Barber-Nichols has provided rapid design capabilities and cross-pollination of advanced technology, positioning the business to serve new energy and process opportunities beyond its legacy operations. Graham Corporation's management expects that ongoing defense demand, facility investments, and operational efficiencies will be the leading factors for revenue and margin performance in the coming quarters. Defense and naval demand: Management expects continued high volumes from U.S. Navy programs, supported by contract structures that now include protections against commodity price volatility, providing greater stability over multi-year cycles. Capacity and technology upgrades: Several capital projects—including automation, new testing facilities, and digital systems—are set to come online by year-end, with benefits to productivity and margin expansion expected to begin in the following year. Margin and cost headwinds: While tariffs and the expiration of certain training grants are forecast to create temporary margin pressure, management believes that improved pricing models, process efficiencies, and the ability to order high-risk materials early will partially offset these risks. In upcoming quarters, the StockStory team will be watching (1) the ramp-up and customer adoption of new manufacturing and testing facilities, (2) progress on integrating advanced automation and digital systems into operations, and (3) continued success in converting backlog into revenue, particularly in defense and energy markets. The effectiveness of cross-market technology applications and the ability to offset margin headwinds will also be key signposts. Graham Corporation currently trades at a forward P/E ratio of 38×. At this valuation, is it a buy or sell post earnings? The answer lies in our full research report (it's free). 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