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NOMAD not funded to tour

Article by Peter Crawley on 03 June 2010

As the decisions for this year’s Arts Council touring grants filter out – applicants were notified by post this week – there has already been one surprising and high profile casualty. NOMAD, the north Midlands touring network set up to produce work and share it between seven venues,...

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Complex Productions in an empty space

Article by Fintan Walsh on 30 May 2010

Unusually for a theatre company these days, Complex Productions has actually benefited from the economic crisis. The building the group now occupies onSmithfield Square in Dublin was initially developed as a retail space, although having remained empty for seven years, it has recently been claimed by...

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Arts Council announces theatre project decisions

Arts Council announces theatre project funding decisions

Article by Peter Crawley on 27 May 2010

A clearer picture of the Irish theatre enabled by the Arts Council’s new theatre policy has emerged with the publication of this year’s theatre project awards. Designed to directly support the development and production of work outside of a core-funded company model, these awards represent...

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A new policy for theatre: Theatre Forum responds

Article by Peter Crawley on 12 May 2010

At the end of March, the Arts Council quietly released its new theatre policy, a short but radical document that has redefined the landscape of Irish theatre. Responses from the theatre sector so far have been cautious, if not muted, largely because Supporting the production and presentation of theatre:...

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Clock in, Werk out

Article by Fintan Walsh on 02 May 2010

Anyone passing the Abbey Theatre will notice a striking new poster next to the stage door: yes, that is Pope Benedict’s face propped up on a beefy torso, draped in gold chains, with the word WERK slashed through the centre in bright yellow. A programme of documentary theatre - last month’s...

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Actors resist pay cuts at the Peacock

Article by Peter Crawley on 12 March 2010

At a time of severe budget cuts across the theatre sector and tentatively proposed new models of making work, not all fee reductions are being readily accepted. In a letter to acting agencies this month, seen by ITM, Abbey director Fiach Mac Conghail referred to the National Theatre’s decline...

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Less work expected at the Peacock

Article by Peter Crawley on 12 March 2010

The pay dispute over actors’ fees at the Peacock may have been resolved, but as the Abbey director Fiach Mac Conghail pursues new models of operating the National Theatre with diminished resources, the role of the Peacock still seems to be under review. Contending with a 27% cut from 2008 funding...

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More clarity than hope at Theatre Forum meeting

Article by Peter Crawley on 19 February 2010

The meeting held by Theatre Forum in Dublin last week was an opportunity for practitioners in theatre, dance and opera to air their reactions to the severe cuts in revenue funding for this year, and to discuss their implications. Responding to a series of questions posed in a letter from Theatre Forum...

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Making resources stretch

Article by Peter Crawley on 19 February 2010

While many in the theatre sector grapple with the threat to the company model, and seek further information about pilot production hubs and new mechanisms for funding, others are adopting an adapt-or-die pragmatism.Cork Midsummer Festival received a cut of just 3.7 per cent, from €187,000 to €180,000,...

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No change to Project Funding deadlines

Article by Peter Crawley on 19 February 2010

Every moment counts in making theatre, especially in the next few months. Today the Arts Council confirmed that the deadlines for theatre Project funding awards would remain as March 25 (for hard copy submissions) and April 1 (for online), adding, “the same as for all other projects, as previously...

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