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Article by Peter Crawley on 10 February 2011

Almost forty-five years since it first opened on Abbey Street, the Peacock theatre is now finally accessible to wheelchair users. Visitors to the Abbey’s basement studio this year will have noticed a neat refurbishment to the space which includes the installation of a lift at its street level entrance...

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The Abbey cuts its cloth for lean times

Article by Peter Crawley on 24 November 2010

For €30, you can have a two-piece suit, or for €35, you can upgrade to a three piece. Leather trousers are a steal at €20, although a military uniform will set you back €60. When the Abbey Theatre sought new ways to diversify its revenue streams as it decreased running costs and instituted...

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Abbey programme for next year strikes cautious note

Article by Peter Crawley on 24 November 2010

Following a turbulent two years, which saw the Abbey Theatre’s state funding fall in steep proportion to the recession – from €10m in 2008 to €7.25m for 2010 – the national theatre’s actions have been candid, cautious and severe. Sometimes, that seems to be as true of...

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Rachel O'Riordan leaves Ransom Theatre Company

Leaving Ransom Theatre Company – almost

Article by Peter Crawley on 04 November 2010

Rachel O’Riordan, who has been appointed the new Creative Director of Perth Theatre, does not appear to be letting go of Ransom Theatre Company easily. The new writing company she founded in Belfast in 2002, which has premiered several new works since its first production of Richard Dormer’s...

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Opera Theatre Company to tour for one more year

Article by Helen Meany on 20 October 2010

A final plot twist ensures that Opera Theatre Company will survive for another twelve months, to celebrate its twenty-fifth year of touring opera throughout Ireland. In a response to a question in the Dáil last Thursday about opera production in 2011, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, Mary Hanafin,...

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Curtain up on National Academy of Dramatic Art

Article by Peter Crawley on 30 September 2010

It is almost a year since it was officially announced, more than two years since the Forum on Acting Training recommended its establishment, and more than three years since a controversy erupted in the wake of Trinity College Dublin’s decision to discontinue its degree course in acting. But now...

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ITM International Critics' Forum

Article by Irish Theatre Magazine on 27 September 2010

The annual ITM International Critics' Forum at the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival takes place on Thursday, October 14th. Leading theatre critics from Ireland and abroad will discuss a selection of productions from the Festival's programme. The panel will be chaired by academic and critic Patrick...

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Mick Lally: a loss to Irish theatre

Article by Helen Meany on 31 August 2010

The death of actor Mick Lally comes as very sad news, not only for his colleagues in Druid Theatre Company and the theatre world in general, but to viewers who felt they knew him, having watched him in the role of Miley Byrne in Glenroe on RTÉ television for many years. The founder member of Druid died...

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Opera Theatre Company announces its final tour

Article by Helen Meany on 26 August 2010

For supporters of the work of Opera Theatre Company who gathered on Tuesday evening in Dublin for the launch of its latest production, the announcement that the company is to close down at the end of the year marked the end of an era. The final production,The Diary of Anne Frankby Russian composer Grigory...

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Balancing public and private funding

Article by Peter Crawley on 01 July 2010

Traditionally in Irish theatre, the commercial and subsidised theatres have stood benignly apart. The subsidised sector prizes artistic credibility above the need for solid returns – “the freedom to fail” were once its watch words – while the commercial sector sought to give the...

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