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Funding cuts exceed expectations

Article by Peter Crawley on 04 February 2010

From Monday morning, the day that the Arts Council’s funding decisions for 2010 were communicated to the majority of its clients by post, members of the theatre and dance community began phoning each other with heavy concern, the kind usually reserved for times of natural disaster, each asking...

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Entrances & Exits

Article by Irish Theatre Magazine on 04 November 2009

STEPHEN FALOON has been appointed General Manager of the Grand Canal Theatre in Dublin’s Docklands. The new 2,000-seat venue (model, right) designed by Daniel Libeskind, will open on 18 March, 2010, with a performance of Swan Lake by Russian State Ballet. It will host large-scale visiting productions...

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Redundancies at the Abbey

Article by Peter Crawley on 28 September 2009

When Nokia Siemens sought a term to make the loss of 3,000 of its employees seem more palatable, they broke new ground with the phrase, “synergy-related headcount restructuring”. In the wake of such corporate jargon, and preparing for economic turbulence, the Abbey Theatre has been treading...

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Arts workers get their apps together

Article by Peter Crawley on 27 September 2009

“Welcome to Facebook. You added “arts” to your interests. You joined the group Dublin Central Arts Workers. You are attending a meeting with your local TD. You are now friends with several thousand people.” So goes the Newsfeed version of what has quickly become an electronic-political...

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The end of The Abbey Workshop?

Article by Peter Crawley on 27 September 2009

The Abbey Theatre Workshop is likely to be the most significant casualty of the Abbey’s restructuring, with proposals made to abolish the department entirely. This would lose eleven full-time jobs at the theatre while also sacrificing the Abbey’s capacity to construct its own sets. According...

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Dublin City Counselling

Article by Peter Crawley on 27 September 2009

A combination of achievement and sadness accompanies every retirement, but as Jack Gilligan prepares to step down as Arts Officer of Dublin City Council there is an attendant anxiety over the matter of his replacement. Currently there are no plans to appoint a successor. All new appointments are embargoed...

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