Article Category: Behind the Scenes

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 »

NEW FACES ON MERRION SQUARE

August 23, 2018
MINISTER FOR Culture Josepha Madigan has got around to making some overdue appointments to... Read more »

MARY O’KENNEDY’S NEW GIG

August 23, 2018
THE LATEST addition to the Arts Council’s payroll is fundraising consultant Mary O’Kennedy. She... Read more »

EUGENE DOWNES’S FESTIVAL RATING

August 9, 2018
WITH THE Kilkenny Arts Festival (KAF) kicking off this week, it is interesting to... Read more »

SCREEN IRELAND’S HAPPY AUDIENCE

August 9, 2018
ANNIE DOONA’S Screen Ireland (previously the Irish Film Board) recently released its second-quarter funding... Read more »

MONICA SPENCER’S LATEST ADDITIONS

July 26, 2018
AFTER a short break in spending, the Arts Council has been adding to its... Read more »

MORE MOOLAH FOR ‘REBELLION’ MARK II

July 26, 2018
THE TAXPAYERS’ latest handouts to Irish TV and film producers, for the April-June period,... Read more »

ELEANOR McEVOY’S SAD SONG

July 12, 2018
LAST WEEK singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy put on her hat as chair of the Irish... Read more »

A SMASHING PLAN!

July 12, 2018
IN MARCH this year, the wheels came off Filmbase when Tom Murray was appointed... Read more »

JOSEPHA MADIGAN STARTS TO BUILD

July 12, 2018
IT’S FAIR to say there are few surprises in the expensive film industry review... Read more »

WILLIE WHITE’S WOES

June 28, 2018
THE OFF-STAGE drama for the Dublin Theatre Festival has seen an Arts Council cut... Read more »

ANNIE DOONA’S BALANCING ACT

June 28, 2018
LIONEL SHRIVER’S outburst in The Spectator rubbishing publisher Penguin’s diversity policies (ie taking into... Read more »

SARAH GLENNIE’S SUCCESSOR?

June 13, 2018
THE BOARD of IMMA, chaired by David Harvey, will be relieved to have finally... Read more »

PENELOPE KENNY’S CONTACTS

June 13, 2018
AMONG THOSE IMMA board members keeping a close eye on the director recruitment process... Read more »

IRISH MOVIES MISS THEIR TARGET

June 13, 2018
ON MAY 25 Oscar-nominated The Breadwinner (see Reviews) was released in Ireland and the... Read more »

ANNIE DOONA’S ANNUAL REPORT

May 31, 2018
THE LATEST annual report of the Irish Film Board (IFB) appeared without fanfare on... Read more »