Article Category: Behind the Scenes

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 »

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 »

NEW FACES ON MERRION SQUARE

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