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
Liberty Hall prepares for the fallArtScape Days - and nights - are numbered for Dublin's Liberty Hall Theatre, which closes its doors for good some time this …Sat Jan 26 2008 - 00:00
Our eyes and ears in the theatreArtScape: Following last Saturday's announcement in these pages of the nominations for The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards …Sat Jan 19 2008 - 00:00
Moving and shaking in ManhattanArtScape: Where have all the arts folk gone? If it seems like an exodus, it is (and with the hope of many more in the future…Sat Jan 12 2008 - 00:00
Arts Council unveils final set of funding figures for coming yearThe Arts Council has announced its final set of funding figures for 2008, with €20 million going to 143 organisations and 34 …Mon Dec 31 2007 - 00:00
Artists who work across genres includedAosdána members elected this year have broadened the scope of the organisation to include artists who work across genres, and…Tue Dec 18 2007 - 00:00
Brennan congratulated for 5.25% rise to €245mARTS: The budget for the arts in Ireland has been increased by 5.25 per cent to €245 million for 2008Thu Dec 06 2007 - 00:00
A blank canvas for the BudgetArtScape: It's a twitchy old time, as people in the arts, and the Arts Council, wait to see what next week's Budget will bring…Sat Dec 01 2007 - 00:00
Mayday in Dublin wins in BerlinArtScape: It was a homecoming of sorts at the Sports and Social Club last night, as RTÉ Radio Drama celebrated winning the Prix…Sat Nov 17 2007 - 00:00
McPherson to make Abbey debutPlaywright Conor McPherson's work will be seen at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin for the first time next year, with an Irish premiere…Tue Nov 13 2007 - 00:00
Rooney closes the Gate behind herArt Scape: For people connected with theatre, thinking of the Gate without Marie Rooney is... unthinkableSat Nov 10 2007 - 00:00
Arts Council seeks extra €20mIrish arts companies have ambitious plans for next year, with applications for Arts Council funding totalling more than €130 …Wed Nov 07 2007 - 00:00
Aiming to tailor the grants to fitArtScape: Continuing its plan to replace the one-size-fits-all approach to annual revenue funding with what it calls a more …Sat Oct 13 2007 - 01:00
Young musicians must seize the dayArtScape: It's crunch time at the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland (NYOI), writes Michael DervanSat Sept 15 2007 - 01:00
A Friday late late show to go out forArtScape: Dublin's museums, galleries, theatres, libraries, historic houses, cathedrals, artists' studios and cultural centres…Sat Sept 08 2007 - 01:00
Key arts group seeks meetingArt Scape With the Government finally getting its feet under the table, top people in the arts world are hoping that Minister…Sat Sept 01 2007 - 01:00
High roads and low lead to EdinburghArtScape: It's the end of July and anyone interested in theatre, comedy, literature, film or jazz must be thinking about heading…Sat Jul 28 2007 - 01:00
Crowds flock to the da Vinci codexArtScape: Leonardo da Vinci anticipated many things, but it's unlikely that he foresaw he would be breaking records in Dublin…Sat Jul 14 2007 - 01:00
Dramatically filling an empty spaceArtScape: This week theatre director Michael Scott takes over the lease on what will be a new, short-term space for theatre …Sat Jun 30 2007 - 01:00
A call to make parties face the musicArtScape : They're on your doorstep only once in five years, so get them to face the musicSat May 12 2007 - 01:00
Promises, promises from all partiesArtScape: Even allowing for pre-electionitis, it's worth noting that most of the parties are agreed on some aspects of arts …Sat Apr 28 2007 - 01:00
Details of Dublin Theatre Festival unveiledThe 50th anniversary Dublin Theatre Festival this autumn will be "the greatest celebration of the performing arts the city has…Wed Apr 25 2007 - 01:00
Irish writer wins £15,000 short story competitionIrish writer Julian Gough yesterday won this year's National Short Story Prize in Britain.Tue Apr 24 2007 - 01:00
Mysteries of the Olympia's canopyArtScape: Walking down Dame Street hasn't been the same since a truck bashed into the gorgeous canopy - a riot of stained-glass…Sat Apr 21 2007 - 01:00
British Council looks NorthArtScape: The three members of staff at the Irish offices of the British Council were due to be served with redundancy notices…Sat Mar 31 2007 - 01:00
Cat Laughs in good companyArtScape/Deirdre Falvey: Being described as possibly "the world's best little comedy festival" is not at all patronisingSat Mar 24 2007 - 00:00
Overhaul of Abbey seating takes centre stageThe inside of the Abbey Theatre's main auditorium has been demolishedWed Mar 21 2007 - 00:00
A big win for 'Girls and Dolls'ArtScape: There haven't been many women honoured by the Stewart Parker Trust over the years, but all three winners of the trust…Sat Mar 17 2007 - 00:00
Roaming through the JNLR jungleArtScape: Following RTÉ Radio 1's changes to arts programming late last year, axing Rattlebag and John Kelly's Mystery Train…Sat Feb 24 2007 - 00:00
Culture Ireland to join select list of independent statutory bodiesCulture Ireland is to become an independent statutory body, it was decided by Government yesterday, making it one of a small …Thu Feb 22 2007 - 00:00
Laughing at Flann and 'Father Ted'ArtScape: Contrasting strands of Irish comedy are being celebrated in a couple of different events over the coming weeks.Sat Feb 17 2007 - 00:00
National Gallery buys its first van GoghThe National Gallery bought its first Vincent van Gogh painting, View of Paris , for £602,000 (€904,000) at a Sotheby's auction…Fri Feb 09 2007 - 00:00
'Playboy' stirs it up in BulgariaArtscape: As the centenary of The Playboy of the Western World riots at the Abbey looms, you might think of the audience's reaction…Sat Jan 20 2007 - 00:00
Council fails to deliver on Kilroy playArtScape: Will Christ, Deliver Us see the light of stage this year? Thomas Kilroy's play exploring sexual oppression in the …Sat Jan 06 2007 - 00:00
NY Irish centre gets Byrne on boardArtScape: 'As an Irish person who has lived in New York for a long number of years I have always felt that there should be …Sat Dec 23 2006 - 00:00
Circus, opera, traditional arts and local authorities get nearly €10mThe Arts Council has decided on next year's funding for circus, opera and the traditional arts in advance of its main revenue…Tue Dec 19 2006 - 00:00
Humphreys to take director's chairArtScape: Gráinne Humphreys, assistant director of the Irish Film Institute, has just been appointed director designate of the…Sat Dec 02 2006 - 00:00
Interactive children's museum backedArts: Arts funding is holding its own compared to other spending, with increases in many areas signalled in the Estimates, including…Fri Nov 17 2006 - 00:00
Arts organisations get extra ?7.5m for capital projectsThe Abbey Theatre has received over €1 million in additional capital funding this year, as part of an extra € 7Fri Nov 10 2006 - 00:00
Festival director appointedLoughlin Deegan, executive producer of Rough Magic Theatre Company, has been appointed director of the Dublin Theatre Festival…Wed Oct 25 2006 - 01:00
Writing by committee pays for RTEArtScape: An unusual experiment in creating new drama has proved a winner in the award stakes for RTÉ Radio.Sat Oct 14 2006 - 01:00
Helping theatre take to the roadArtScape: The dearth of Irish theatre and visual art touring here may at last be tackled, with the announcement this week of…Sat Oct 07 2006 - 01:00
Ben Barnes appointed director of Theatre Royal in WaterfordBen Barnes, former artistic director of the Abbey Theatre, has been appointed director of the Theatre Royal, Waterford.Thu Sept 21 2006 - 01:00
