Article Category: Behind the Scenes

NEIL MURRAY’S TACTICS

February 21, 2019
ALMOST A month after the Abbey Theatre found itself the star of yet another... Read more »

REGIME CHANGE ON MERRION SQUARE

February 21, 2019
WATCH OUT for an advert seeking to fill vacancies in the Arts Council. Given... Read more »

TAXMAN STARS IN ARTHOUSE DRAMA

February 21, 2019
JUST WHEN the dust seemed to have settled on Galway’s dalliance with ‘cultural cinema’... Read more »

JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S BOTCHED BURSARIES

February 7, 2019
FANS OF The Phoenix will not have been surprised to hear about the sudden... Read more »

DEIRDRE DONAGHY’S PLOT SPOILER

February 7, 2019
THE OIREACHTAS Budgetary Oversight Committee had a recent session on tax expenditures (wake up... Read more »

ROBERT BALLAGH’S ART PROBLEM

January 24, 2019
THE OUTBREAK of tut-tutting over Robert Ballagh’s complaint about the lack of Irish players... Read more »

AFTER JAMES HICKEY AT SCREEN IRELAND

January 24, 2019
ON A rare joint appearance on radio with Screen Ireland (SI) chair Annie Doona,... Read more »

ANN MULROONEY’S SUCCESSOR

January 24, 2019
THE HUNT is under way for a new chief executive/artistic director for the VISUAL... Read more »

PASS THE FERRERO ROCHER

January 10, 2019
THE APPOINTMENT this week of an Irish five-a-side squad of “cultural ambassadors” marks the... Read more »

JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S PRESSIE

January 10, 2019
’TWAS BUT a week before Christmas and all were asleep when Josepha Madigan bestowed... Read more »

EUGENE DOWNES’S NEXT JOB?

January 10, 2019
GOLDHAWK was interested to see an advert for the new role of cultural director... Read more »

BUSY TIMES AT ANNAGH-MAKERRIG

December 13, 2018
EARLIER THIS year, Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan spent a... Read more »

CURTIN CALL AT THE ABBEY

December 13, 2018
WHILE THE Abbey Theatre’s imported Christmas show, Come From Away, has attracted lots of... Read more »

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN

December 13, 2018
THE PERIOD from mid-November through to mid-January is traditionally a nervy time for idle... Read more »

JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S BIASED BURSARIES

November 29, 2018
NOT SURPRISINGLY, there was little (ie no) outcry after Josepha Madigan unveiled the government’s... Read more »

THE ABBEY’S NEW NUMBER CRUNCHER

November 29, 2018
CULTURE MINISTER Josepha Madigan has been busy making appointments to the boards of some... Read more »

SELINA CARTMELL VS GRAHAM McLAREN

November 29, 2018
IT’S THE time of year when our two biggest institutions announce winter and spring... Read more »

NATIONAL THEATRE’S US IMPORT

November 1, 2018
FANS OF Irish theatre got a treat this week when RTÉ broadcast a show... Read more »

SIÚN NÍ RAGHALLAIGH’S GOOD NEWS

November 1, 2018
FANS OF Goldhawk will not have been surprised by the inclusion in Pascal Donohoe’s... Read more »

MEL GIBSON’S TAXING ISSUE

October 18, 2018
THE MOVIE suits don’t generally wash their dirty linen in public, which is why... Read more »

SLOWLY DOES IT AT IMMA

October 18, 2018
THERE IS still no sign of white smoke at Kilmainham, where they are waiting... Read more »

JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S CREATIVE SPENDING

October 18, 2018
THE TENSIONS between the Arts Council and the Department of Culture over the emergence... Read more »

AUDITIONING FOR THE GATE

October 4, 2018
THERE HAS been lots of good news for the Gate Theatre lately, putting quite... Read more »

NEW FACES AT THE CHESTER BEATTY

October 4, 2018
THERE HAS been some recent (and overdue) activity on the board of the Chester... Read more »

HELEN BOYLE’S FUNDING BOOST

October 4, 2018
AS MICK Hannigan and Una Feely prepare to fire up their IndieCork film and... Read more »

PATRICK SUTTON’S CORE PROBLEM

September 20, 2018
THERE WAS some good news for Smock Alley theatre in Temple Bar this year... Read more »

SCRIPT REWRITE AT THE ITFAs

September 20, 2018
THE LUVVIES of the film and TV business are girding their loins for the... Read more »

JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S NEXT APPOINTMENT

September 6, 2018
THIS WEEK is the closing date for potential candidates to apply for a seat... Read more »

GREEN SCREEN

September 6, 2018
IRISH FILMS are hard to avoid at the moment, with seven titles out or... Read more »