Behind the Scenes Archives - Page 3 of 8

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 and... 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 will... 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 be... 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 wonât be long before she is... Read more »

MARY O’KENNEDY’S NEW GIG

August 23, 2018
THE LATEST addition to the Arts Councilâs payroll is fundraising consultant Mary OâKennedy. She has landed a contract to try and whip assorted cash-strapped... 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 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 note that the Arts Council (slightly) reduced its grant to... Read more »

SCREEN IRELAND’S HAPPY AUDIENCE

August 9, 2018
ANNIE DOONAâS Screen Ireland (previously the Irish Film Board) recently released its second-quarter funding decisions, with just over â¬5.5m of public lolly divvied out... 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 from... 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 yearâs funding by â¬25,000 to â¬825,000, Ruth McGowan... Read more »

MORE MOOLAH FOR ‘REBELLION’ MARK II

July 26, 2018
THE TAXPAYERSâ latest handouts to Irish TV and film producers, for the April-June period, is the usual exercise in opacity because the Revenue is... 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) â which represents songwriters, composers and... 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 example,... Read more »

JOSEPHA MADIGAN STARTS TO BUILD

July 12, 2018
ITâS FAIR to say there are few surprises in the expensive film industry review commissioned by Heather Humphreys in November 2016 from London consultants... 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 was... 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 yet... Read more »

ANNIE DOONA’S BALANCING ACT

June 28, 2018
LIONEL SHRIVERâS outburst in The Spectator rubbishing publisher Penguinâs diversity policies (ie taking into account the gender, sexuality, etc of those to be published)... 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 taken... 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 Dwyer... 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 by... 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 in... Read more »

CLADDAGH RECORDS’ NEW TUNE

May 31, 2018
FOLLOWING THE passing of Garech de BrÃºn in March, it will be interesting to see what happens to Claddagh Records. Set up by de... 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 artworks... 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. The... Read more »

SELINA CARTMELL’S CONDITIONS

May 17, 2018
WITH THE Gate Theatre landing an extra â¬100,000 in funding from the Arts Council it looks like 2018 is shaping up to be a... 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. And... Read more »

BACK ON THE GRAVY TRAIN

May 3, 2018
FOLLOWING HOT on the heels of the Broadcasting Authority of Irelandâs hand-out to the TV production sector comes the release by Annie Doonaâs Irish... 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 not... 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 in... Read more »

EMER MARTIN Vs EDNA O’BRIEN

April 19, 2018
CONGRATULATIONS are due to writer-cum-filmaker Emer Martin, who gave Dame Edna OâBrien both barrels in a full-blooded comment piece last weekend in The Irish... Read more »

DRAMATIC HAND-OUTS FROM THE BAI

April 19, 2018
THE LATEST round of the Sound & Vision fund run by Michael OâKeefeâs Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) had â¬6m of TV licence fee... Read more »

‘Appalling waste’

April 5, 2018
LAST MONTH, Minister for Culture Josepha Madigan was in the DÃ¡il outlining the manner in which the huge Project Ireland 2014 cultural spend would... Read more »

HEATHER HUMPHREYS’S €7M PLOT SPOILER

April 5, 2018
ON THE last DÃ¡il sitting day before Easter, March 29, the five members present cut lonely figures and, despite questions on the matter, there... Read more »

SELINA CARTMELL’S NEW TEAM

April 5, 2018
ATHOUGH there has been lots of talk of transparency at the Gate Theatre (âI will not waver in our search for trust and transparencyâ... Read more »

ARTS COUNCIL RESIGNATIONS

March 22, 2018
IT IS starting to look like being a member of the Arts Council is a hazardous affair. Artist Brian Maguire has just stepped down... Read more »

FILM BOARD’S FEMALES

March 22, 2018
NOW THAT Annie Doonaâs Irish Film Board (IFB) has a recruitment campaign under way for a production and development coordinator, maybe the agency will... Read more »