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
Prison links on the doubleArtScape: Is there some link between prisons and opera that we've all missed? Or is it just a coincidence that both Opera Ireland…Sat Sept 09 2006 - 01:00
Full steam ahead for Culture IrelandArtScape: The Arts Council is still dragging its heels about a national touring strategy, but Culture Ireland (CI) looks like…Sat Sept 02 2006 - 01:00
Crean chronicle takes Fringe FirstArtScape: Aidan Dooley's terrific show Tom Crean, Antarctic Explorer has just won a Fringe First award in EdinburghSat Aug 19 2006 - 01:00
Filling the visionary vacuumArtscape: What might an alternative Ireland look like in 2030? That's the starting point for Ireland's ambitious entry for the…Sat Aug 12 2006 - 01:00
Festival says shorter fringe is a cut aboveThis year's Dublin Fringe Festival announced its line-up last night, concentrating its 116 shows into 16 days in September.Thu Aug 10 2006 - 01:00
Glory road as trouble brews at homeArtScape: There may be hints of trouble from some quarters on home ground for the Galway Arts Festival, what with Project 06…Sat Jul 29 2006 - 01:00
Druid and Abbey stage a coupArtScape: The eagerly-awaited new Stuart Carolan play, his follow-up to 2004's Defender of the Faith at the Peacock, and a joint…Sat Jul 29 2006 - 01:00
Irish talent heads for Edinburgh FringeAs an even bigger than usual contingent of Irish performers prepares to travel to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe next week, Culture…Wed Jul 26 2006 - 01:00
Irish College in Paris gets new directorSheila Pratschke, director of the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, Co Monaghan, has been appointed director of the Irish…Wed Jul 19 2006 - 01:00
ArtScapeFringe benefits from a bright idea: The Dublin Fringe Festival is on the hunt for artists and businesses to cast some light …Sat Jul 15 2006 - 01:00
Praise for 'a constant friend of art and artists'Arts community: The legacy of former taoiseach Charles Haughey will lie in the rich artistic and cultural life he helped foster…Wed Jun 14 2006 - 01:00
ArtScapeAn improbable success in Poland: Improbable Frequency is a clever, funny piece of theatre, and very, very Irish.Sat Jun 10 2006 - 01:00
Abbey turns a blind eye to Eden appleArtScape: Isn't it odd to see that, such a short time after a definitive decision was announced by the Minister for Arts on…Sat Jun 03 2006 - 01:00
RTÉ defends arts policy at awards eventThe changes to RTÉ's radio schedules were defended last night by Ana Leddy, head of RTÉ Radio 1Thu Jun 01 2006 - 01:00
Scrapping 'Rattlebag' a loss, says Project directorThe arts and literary sectors in Ireland may lose out substantially with the decision to drop Rattlebag from RTÉ Radio 1's afternoon…Sat May 27 2006 - 01:00
Parker prize for drug-fuelled odysseyArtScape: Gary Duggan has won the Stewart Parker Trust/BBC Award for his first play, Monged, which was produced by Fishamble…Sat May 27 2006 - 01:00
Three Irish plays nominated for Tony AwardsThree Irish plays feature in this year's Tony Award nominations in New York, it was announced yesterday.Wed May 17 2006 - 01:00
A tale of two festivalsArtScape: As the dust settles on Belfast's seventh Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival (CQAF), the 43rd Belfast Festival at Queen…Sat May 13 2006 - 01:00
Worrying about audience reactionArtScape: Choreographer Jérôme Bel said that prior to the performance of his eponymous dance piece in Dublin in 2002 he was "…Sat Apr 29 2006 - 01:00
Organists don't want to drop the leadArtScape: The 52nd Cork International Choral Festival opens at the City Hall on Wednesday with the music of composer John Rutter…Sat Apr 22 2006 - 01:00
The bank is not for changingArtScape: It looks like the Bank of Ireland is not for turning on the issue of closing its arts centre in Dublin's Foster Place…Sat Apr 15 2006 - 01:00
NCH to acquire UCD site for €42mThe UCD site at Earlsfort Terrace will be bought this year to allow for the development of the National Concert Hall, at a total…Fri Apr 14 2006 - 01:00
Beckett's tramps waiting for a cakeA clutch of tramps surrounded Minister for Arts John O'Donoghue yesterday - looking for cakeThu Apr 13 2006 - 01:00
Myles and Myles of Flann O'BrienArtScape: To further mark this celebratory year of marking births, deaths and other incidentals (Mozart, Shostakovich, Beckett…Sat Apr 08 2006 - 01:00
Beckett centenary festival set for April"The room was dark and full of people hastening to and fro, malefactors, policemen, lawyers, priests and journalists..Wed Mar 01 2006 - 00:00
