Behind the Scenes Archives

Behind the Scenes

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NEW FACES AT THE CHESTER BEATTY

October 4, 2018

THERE HAS been some recent (and overdue) activity on the board of the Chester Beatty Library, where some new faces are joining Dermot... Read more »

HELEN BOYLE’S FUNDING BOOST

October 4, 2018

AS MICK Hannigan and Una Feely prepare to fire up their IndieCork film and music festival, it seems that relations between their erstwhile... Read more »

PATRICK SUTTON’S CORE PROBLEM

September 20, 2018

THERE WAS some good news for Smock Alley theatre in Temple Bar this year when the Arts Council upped its grant, but the... Read more »

CATHERINE CONNOLLY’S QUESTIONS

September 20, 2018

The worrying news emerging from Galway 2020, where they have lost their creative director (Chris Baldwin – described in the Irish Times as... Read more »

SCRIPT REWRITE AT THE ITFAs

September 20, 2018

THE LUVVIES of the film and TV business are girding their loins for the hardest part of their job – aggressive self-promotion for... Read more »

GREEN SCREEN

September 6, 2018

IRISH FILMS are hard to avoid at the moment, with seven titles out or being released over the next few weeks. Fingers will... Read more »

JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S NEXT APPOINTMENT

September 6, 2018

THIS WEEK is the closing date for potential candidates to apply for a seat on the board of the Abbey Theatre. However, actors... Read more »

IMMA’S NEW FACES

September 6, 2018

IT IS not just the Abbey that has been busy with its board; IMMA has appointed two new directors. However, of more interest... Read more »

NEW FACES ON MERRION SQUARE

August 23, 2018

MINISTER FOR Culture Josepha Madigan has got around to making some overdue appointments to the Arts Council. It won’t be long before she... 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 has landed a contract to try and whip assorted... Read more »

MICHAEL STARRETT’S SUCCESSOR

August 9, 2018

WITH HERITAGE Council chief executive Michael Starrett retiring after a whopping 22 years in situ, the search is on for a new candidate... Read more »

EUGENE DOWNES’S FESTIVAL RATING

August 9, 2018

WITH THE Kilkenny Arts Festival (KAF) kicking off this week, it is interesting to note that the Arts Council (slightly) reduced its grant... 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 decisions, with just over €5.5m of public lolly divvied... Read more »

MONICA SPENCER’S LATEST ADDITIONS

July 26, 2018

AFTER a short break in spending, the Arts Council has been adding to its sprawling collection with the purchase of 11 new artworks... Read more »

RUTH McGOWAN’S FLEXIBILITY

July 26, 2018

WHILE THE Dublin Theatre Festival has had difficulties offstage with the Arts Council, which cut this year’s funding by €25,000 to €825,000, Ruth... 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, is the usual exercise in opacity because the Revenue... 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 Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) – which represents songwriters, composers... Read more »

A SMASHING PLAN!

July 12, 2018

IN MARCH this year, the wheels came off Filmbase when Tom Murray was appointed liquidator but the story is far from over. For... 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 commissioned by Heather Humphreys in November 2016 from London... Read more »

WILLIE WHITE’S WOES

June 28, 2018

THE OFF-STAGE drama for the Dublin Theatre Festival has seen an Arts Council cut in funding for 2018. It looks like the writing... Read more »

HARRY’S NEW GAME

June 28, 2018

HARRY CROSBIE (OBE) has been keeping busy with plans for his own gaff and the Vicar Street venue. He has also been fighting... 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 account the gender, sexuality, etc of those to be... Read more »

SARAH GLENNIE’S SUCCESSOR?

June 13, 2018

THE BOARD of IMMA, chaired by David Harvey, will be relieved to have finally advertised the post of gallery director. It has only... Read more »

PENELOPE KENNY’S CONTACTS

June 13, 2018

AMONG THOSE IMMA board members keeping a close eye on the director recruitment process is Penelope Kenny, appointed in 2015 along with Dermod... 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 UK. Produced by Cartoon Saloon in Kilkenny and directed... Read more »

ANNIE DOONA’S ANNUAL REPORT

May 31, 2018

THE LATEST annual report of the Irish Film Board (IFB) appeared without fanfare on its website last month. Since Annie Doona was confirmed... Read more »

CLADDAGH RECORDS’ NEW TUNE

May 31, 2018

FOLLOWING THE passing of Garech de Brún in March, it will be interesting to see what happens to Claddagh Records. Set up by... Read more »

A SMALL WORLD AT IMMA

May 31, 2018

THE THIRD year of purchases by the Hennessy Art Fund for IMMA Collection has added four more pieces by mid-level artists to the... Read more »

CREDIT WHERE (TAX) CREDIT IS DUE

May 17, 2018

WHILE THE Joint Oireachtas culture committee prepares its report on the film industry following recent hearings, Goldhawk asked the Revenue for some facts.... Read more »

SELINA CARTMELL’S CONDITIONS

May 17, 2018

WITH THE Gate Theatre landing an extra €100,000 in funding from the Arts Council it looks like 2018 is shaping up to be... Read more »

JOSEPHA MADIGAN’S AMERICAN DREAM

May 17, 2018

THE MANNER in which the Irish government funds the long delayed $62m Irish Arts Centre project in New York continues to raise questions.... Read more »

BACK ON THE GRAVY TRAIN

May 3, 2018

FOLLOWING HOT on the heels of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s hand-out to the TV production sector comes the release by Annie Doona’s... Read more »

SHEILA PRATSCHKE’S WONDERFUL LIFE

May 3, 2018

LAST MONTH Arts Council chair Sheila Pratschke gave a lengthy interview to The Irish Times but what was most interesting was what was... Read more »

THE PROJECT’S MURAL

May 3, 2018

IT MAKES a change to see the Project Theatre making headlines. Not surprisingly perhaps, the media interest was caused not by something staged... Read more »

EMER MARTIN Vs EDNA O’BRIEN

April 19, 2018

CONGRATULATIONS are due to writer-cum-filmaker Emer Martin, who gave Dame Edna O’Brien both barrels in a full-blooded comment piece last weekend in The... Read more »

DRAMATIC HAND-OUTS FROM THE BAI

April 19, 2018

THE LATEST round of the Sound & Vision fund run by Michael O’Keefe’s Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) had €6m of TV licence... Read more »