'Little Gem' shines in EdinburghAN IRISH play, Little Gem , yesterday won the prestigious Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, a prize which will bring the …Sat Aug 29 2009 - 01:00
Some slow ticket sales but lots of free stuffARTSCAPE: FESTIVALS AND SUMMER schools are in full flowSat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
Theatre chief says plans for cutbacks in arts 'incredible'AN IMPASSIONED defence of arts funding was made at the weekend by the chairwoman of the Arts Council and the artistic director…Mon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
Coming to a screen near you: theatreARTSCAPE : CINEMA IS the new theatre, writes Sara KeatingSat Jun 27 2009 - 01:00
Kilkenny Arts Festival takes unusual stepFLASH DANCE: COMMUTERS ARRIVING at Connolly train station in Dublin yesterday morning may have been momentarily mystified to…Tue Jun 23 2009 - 01:00
The allure of tented venues in festive citiesARTSCAPE: CORK MIDSUMMER’S Spiegeltent, pitched at Emmet Place, is in full-flow, with a big range of acts and three shows on…Sat Jun 20 2009 - 01:00
Stop press . . . good news from a bankARTSCAPE : THE PARIS-based Irish artists Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly, pictured above, were probably the front runners to …Sat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Line-up of Synge, song and dance announced for Galway Arts FestivalTHE LINE-UP for next month’s Galway Arts Festival was announced yesterday in sweltering summer weather.Wed Jun 03 2009 - 01:00
Lost theatre course leaves Cork school fretfulARTSCAPE: IN ANOTHER blow to theatre education in Ireland, the new four-year level 8 (BA Hons) degree in theatre and drama Studies…Sat May 30 2009 - 01:00
Could US-Irish relations hinge on the arts?ARTSCAPE: WILL THE arts – or the US stage, at any rate – save us all internationally? With the self-inflicted damage to our …Sat May 23 2009 - 01:00
Challenging times for gay theatre festivalARTSCAPE: TO JUDGE FROM the Absolut Dublin Gay Theatre Festival’s website, the hardest working theatre reviewer today is Gordon…Sat May 16 2009 - 01:00
Figuring on the real economic impactARTSCAPE: THERE'S A LOT of awareness (in these straitened times, etc) of the significant impact of arts and culture on tourism…Sat May 09 2009 - 01:00
Fat lady prepares for Irish opera tourARTSCAPE: THE SITUATION for opera in Ireland has gone from bad to worse, writes Michael Dervan.Sat May 02 2009 - 01:00
Artists to bring carpet and buskers to biennaleTWO ARTISTS will represent the Republic at the world’s most prestigious showcase for contemporary art, the Venice Biennale 2009…Fri May 01 2009 - 01:00
Abbey Theatre in dramatically good health, says reportTHE ABBEY Theatre, which this year will get €8Wed Apr 29 2009 - 01:00
In Spallen we trust, with bursary awardARTSCAPE: ‘THANKS FOR choosing this vocation, and sticking with it. There are easier careersSat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
Edinburgh awaits summer Friel seasonARTSCAPE : ‘DON’T JUST THINK of Friel as of our own times, as a fantastic writer and for his use of language, but see that he…Sat Apr 04 2009 - 01:00
Druid returns to its spiritual homeARTSCAPE: IT’LL BE A bit of a homecoming this July, with Druid Theatre finally moving back to its heart on Chapel Lane in Galway…Sat Mar 28 2009 - 00:00
National theatre wants your manuscriptsARTSCAPE : ASPIRING WRITERS mostly assume, with some justification, that any manuscripts they send to publishers or agents or…Sat Mar 21 2009 - 00:00
Bigger than GAA, bigger than politics‘WHAT WE DO now is nothing short of a miracle,” said Alan StanfordSat Mar 14 2009 - 00:00
'Irish Times' theatre critic Gerry Colgan dies at 81THE Irish Times theatre critic and Simplex crossword compiler Gerry Colgan has died, aged 81.Thu Mar 12 2009 - 00:00
Is Minister cooling on gallery merger plan?ARTSCAPE : ONE OF the intriguing things about the proposed amalgamation of the National Gallery, Imma and the Crawford is how…Sat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
On the break, or on the make?ARTSCAPE: ‘ABSOLUTELY coincidental” is how Fine Gael Mayo TD Michael Ring describes his decision to call for a review of the…Sat Feb 28 2009 - 00:00
Irish arts suffers the unkindest cuts of allARTSCAPE: HOW INSPIRING, how visionary, how imaginative is the approach of our Government to the financial crisis – reforming…Sat Feb 07 2009 - 00:00
The role of the arts in economic recoveryARTSCAPE : BUSINESS SUPPORT for arts and culture here has grown over the past few years, though we’re in the ha’penny place …Sat Jan 31 2009 - 00:00
ARTSCAPETheatre judges are waiting in the wings: THEATRE takes a while to get going in January, following the frenetic pace of autumn…Sat Jan 24 2009 - 00:00
Irish theatre rolls up its sleevesARTSCAPE: THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN and cutbacks have hit the arts as much as any other area, but this week there was evidence of…Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
€6m Gate Theatre development opensTHE ACTORS and director of a new production of Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing gathered at the Gate Theatre yesterday morning to…Tue Jan 06 2009 - 00:00
Funding for arts organisations will fall 8.2% next yearFUNDING FOR Irish arts organisations will be down next year by an average of 8Sat Dec 20 2008 - 00:00
Cutbacks to see Abbey funding drop 16%THE ABBEY Theatre's funding has been cut by 16 per cent for next year, from €10 million this year to €8Fri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Theatre producer is new chief of arts bodyINDEPENDENT THEATRE and film producer Pat Moylan has been named as the new chairwoman of the Arts Council.Thu Dec 18 2008 - 00:00
New members of Arts Council appointedIndependent theatre and film producer Pat Moylan has been announced as the new chairwoman of the Arts CouncilWed Dec 17 2008 - 00:00
The outlook is grim for next year's cultureARTSCAPE: THEATRE COMPANIES, festivals, galleries, music - some of the key arts companies in Ireland, including the Abbey Theatre…Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Colgan and Co raise the bar at the GateGate party : Dublin theatre celebrates 80th anniversary and 25 years of director Michael Colgan at the helmMon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
It's all smoke, mirrors and how you spin itARTSCAPE: IT'S A HARSH BUDGET all round, so no surprises that there are big cuts in the arts tooSat Oct 18 2008 - 01:00
Festivals, jobs may go as arts funding slashedARTS: THE OVERALL arts, culture and film budget has been cut to €185 million for next year, down from €204 million this year…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Waiting to see where the axe will fallARTSCAPE: AS THE FINANCIAL floundering continues, there's apprehension everywhere about Tuesday's BudgetSat Oct 11 2008 - 01:00
Irish shows prepare for Australian new yearARTSCAPE: EARLY JANUARY IS the only quiet time in Ireland's cultural calendar, but Australia is clearly where it's at early …Sat Oct 04 2008 - 01:00
Theatre Forum makes case against cutbacksEveryone is understandably apprehensive about how the sins of the banks may impact on the rest of usSat Sept 20 2008 - 01:00
Child's play as festivals focus on the little ones'TIS THE SEASON for children's festivalsSat Sept 13 2008 - 01:00
'Godot' sees the light after a dark beginningARTSCAPE: IT WAS A CASE of waiting for... the lights to come back onSat Sept 06 2008 - 01:00
Arts Council prepares for reshuffleTHE IMPENDING change in the chair of the Arts Council is just one of a number of imminent appointments that could substantially…Sat Jul 26 2008 - 01:00
Irish theatre bites the Big AppleARTSCAPE: IT'S NOT SO much Sex and the City, as Beckett and the CitySat Jul 19 2008 - 01:00
The calm before the stormTHESE ARE suddenly straitened times, when decisions and actions by our political and business leaders over the past few years…Sat Jul 12 2008 - 01:00
Abbey announces autumn and new year programmeDUBLIN'S ABBEY Theatre is planning four world premieres over the next year, with new plays from Irish playwrights Marina Carr…Wed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
Abbey to host four world premieres over the next yearThe Abbey theatre is planning four world premieres over the next year, with new plays from Irish playwrights Marina Carr, Tom…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Education report on runway ready for lift-offIT WAS FINALLY published this week, but the report of the Special Committee on the Arts and Education seems to have been dogged…Sat Jul 05 2008 - 01:00
Theatre company criticises council for cutting its fundsA CO Louth theatre project has criticised the Arts Council for rejecting the findings of its own appeals panel and for upholding…Fri May 23 2008 - 01:00
McPherson's 'The Seafarer' nominated for four TonysCONOR McPHERSON’S play The Seafarer has received four nominations for Tony Awards, Broadway’s top theatre honours, including …Wed May 14 2008 - 01:00
Down with this sort of thingArtScape: Feck. The kettle is on and the sandwiches are being made as the organisers gear up for Ted Fest '08, the follow-up…Sat Feb 02 2008 - 00:00
