Green theatre — Activism meets art
Whether it is behind the scenes, or in front of an audience, there are so many aspects in engaging audiences and communicating. Far from media attention on the issue, theatremakers today are employing innovative ways to get people concerned.
Martin denied sub-committee attendance
The minister for Tourism, Arts, The Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media was denied her request to join the key meeting of government officials but will be able to join a similar meeting next week.
‘Cash Point Meet’ — Sex, work, and financial domination
Cash Point Meet, written and starring budding theatremaker Niamh Murphy, is now showing at Edinburgh Fringe.
Tír Gan Anam; Tír Gan Teanga
Gaeilge is at the core of independence; a cultural independence. This is an independence that is still expressed through the medium of Irish language theatre today.
Stage Door Live: Episode 31 – 11 August 2021 Language in Irish Theatre
DAVID FRANCIS MOORE, AIFRIC NÍ RUAIRC, WILLIE WHITE, PHILIP DOHERTY, and ROMI CRUAñAS discuss LANGUAGE in IRISH THEATRE. 11th August 2021.
Sector asks ‘Where is the roadmap for live performance?’
The climate of uncertainty in the arts sector has only been worsened by the lack of urgency from the government to solve the evident problems in the sector. A sector that has been devoid of opportunity for over a year, and one that has been at the bottom of government engagement priorities. It’s a sector that, according to the National Campaign for the Arts(NCFA), is in danger of a future “irrevocably damaged.”
Irish Theatre This Week – 3 August 2021 – Episode 11
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 3 August 2021.
Stella Cinema named best in UK and Ireland
Established in 1923, there’s a long history that the Stella Cinema’s art deco interior suggests. It’s a theatre from a bygone era and feels more like the film set of a period drama than a mainstream cinema right through a busy main road in Rathmines.
Stage Door Live: Episode 30 – 28 July 2021 The Role of Buildings & Institutions In Supporting Artists
Episode 30 of Stage Door Live, we broadcast live from our studio at Axis Ballymun, part of the #AxisMediaHub. Featuring Maisie Lee, Lian Bell, Julie Kelleher, Colin Murphy, and Emmet Kirwan. 28th July 2021.
Field: Arts – Developing a new community for Irish artists
Theatremaker.ie spoke with Tilly Taylor and Emma Coen, along with co-founder Lynette Moran of Field: Arts about some of the problems facing artists and how Field: Arts aims to help in the development of Irish independent creatives.
Martin denied sub-committee attendance
The minister for Tourism, Arts, The Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media was denied her request to join the key meeting of government officials but will be able to join a similar meeting next week.
‘Cash Point Meet’ — Sex, work, and financial domination
Cash Point Meet, written and starring budding theatremaker Niamh Murphy, is now showing at Edinburgh Fringe.
Tír Gan Anam; Tír Gan Teanga
Gaeilge is at the core of independence; a cultural independence. This is an independence that is still expressed through the medium of Irish language theatre today.
Stage Door Live: Episode 31 – 11 August 2021 Language in Irish Theatre
DAVID FRANCIS MOORE, AIFRIC NÍ RUAIRC, WILLIE WHITE, PHILIP DOHERTY, and ROMI CRUAñAS discuss LANGUAGE in IRISH THEATRE. 11th August 2021.
Sector asks ‘Where is the roadmap for live performance?’
The climate of uncertainty in the arts sector has only been worsened by the lack of urgency from the government to solve the evident problems in the sector. A sector that has been devoid of opportunity for over a year, and one that has been at the bottom of government engagement priorities. It’s a sector that, according to the National Campaign for the Arts(NCFA), is in danger of a future “irrevocably damaged.”
Irish Theatre This Week – 3 August 2021 – Episode 11
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 3 August 2021.
Stella Cinema named best in UK and Ireland
Established in 1923, there’s a long history that the Stella Cinema’s art deco interior suggests. It’s a theatre from a bygone era and feels more like the film set of a period drama than a mainstream cinema right through a busy main road in Rathmines.
Stage Door Live: Episode 30 – 28 July 2021 The Role of Buildings & Institutions In Supporting Artists
Episode 30 of Stage Door Live, we broadcast live from our studio at Axis Ballymun, part of the #AxisMediaHub. Featuring Maisie Lee, Lian Bell, Julie Kelleher, Colin Murphy, and Emmet Kirwan. 28th July 2021.
Field: Arts – Developing a new community for Irish artists
Theatremaker.ie spoke with Tilly Taylor and Emma Coen, along with co-founder Lynette Moran of Field: Arts about some of the problems facing artists and how Field: Arts aims to help in the development of Irish independent creatives.
PUP ending – a ‘hidden threat’ to artists
The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donoghue, announced last week that the government will press ahead in their plans for reducing the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.As the public health emergency begins to improve, this can hardly come as a surprise. Even less so considering the government has been aiming for PUP reductions since the lockdowns began.
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Columns and Features present a sometimes more in-depth look at the sector, and many times a more personal look by the Associate Producers of Stage Door Live and our news writers.
Green theatre — Activism meets art
Whether it is behind the scenes, or in front of an audience, there are so many aspects in engaging audiences and communicating. Far from media attention on the issue, theatremakers today are employing innovative ways to get people concerned.
‘Cash Point Meet’ — Sex, work, and financial domination
Cash Point Meet, written and starring budding theatremaker Niamh Murphy, is now showing at Edinburgh Fringe.
Tír Gan Anam; Tír Gan Teanga
Gaeilge is at the core of independence; a cultural independence. This is an independence that is still expressed through the medium of Irish language theatre today.
Oooooh, we’re halfway there.
‘ I know we’ve had to numb ourselves over the past year in ways we may not understand yet, and I can sense in myself that it might take a few shows to make me fully experience live performance again. Am I the only one? ‘
Why hello! It’s been a while…
From archival posts, online theatre highlights, and some good old fashioned silliness, the Sparkles are back!
Opinion: Risk
(The following The Last Word appeared on Episode 25 of Stage Door Live on 19 May 2021.) Risk. It’s a word all of us who work in theatre know very well. People say it’s a risky career. Not a single event happens without a full and complete risk assessment. Every piece of work we put […]
Reeling in the Streams: Irish Born Musical Theatre
What better way to distract lift spirits than some jazz hands, a tap number and of course, confetti canons. Recent years have seen some amazing work coming from Irish creators and I thought it was about time we celebrated that.
Tickling the Ivories
This week’s Sparkles include lovely livestream options, an incredible line-up from Irish National Opera an the 5 year celebration of Waking the Feminists
Are you scared yet?
Our Social Media Manager, Abbie shares a few tricks and treats from her week, including the true origin of ghosts and some quick wit on Twitter.
Reeling in the Streams: Mad, Bad & Dangerous
Over the next few weeks I will be taking a look at some of the best episodes and interviews from Stage Door Live. I am going to direct your attention to Episode 19, and Mad, Bad and Dangerous.
‘Cash Point Meet’ — Sex, work, and financial domination
Cash Point Meet, written and starring budding theatremaker Niamh Murphy, is now showing at Edinburgh Fringe.
Tír Gan Anam; Tír Gan Teanga
Gaeilge is at the core of independence; a cultural independence. This is an independence that is still expressed through the medium of Irish language theatre today.
Oooooh, we’re halfway there.
‘ I know we’ve had to numb ourselves over the past year in ways we may not understand yet, and I can sense in myself that it might take a few shows to make me fully experience live performance again. Am I the only one? ‘
Why hello! It’s been a while…
From archival posts, online theatre highlights, and some good old fashioned silliness, the Sparkles are back!
Opinion: Risk
(The following The Last Word appeared on Episode 25 of Stage Door Live on 19 May 2021.) Risk. It’s a word all of us who work in theatre know very well. People say it’s a risky career. Not a single event happens without a full and complete risk assessment. Every piece of work we put […]
Reeling in the Streams: Irish Born Musical Theatre
What better way to distract lift spirits than some jazz hands, a tap number and of course, confetti canons. Recent years have seen some amazing work coming from Irish creators and I thought it was about time we celebrated that.
Tickling the Ivories
This week’s Sparkles include lovely livestream options, an incredible line-up from Irish National Opera an the 5 year celebration of Waking the Feminists
Are you scared yet?
Our Social Media Manager, Abbie shares a few tricks and treats from her week, including the true origin of ghosts and some quick wit on Twitter.
Reeling in the Streams: Mad, Bad & Dangerous
Over the next few weeks I will be taking a look at some of the best episodes and interviews from Stage Door Live. I am going to direct your attention to Episode 19, and Mad, Bad and Dangerous.
Sometimes it’s the little things.
Our Social Media Manager brings you her sparkles of the week, including a Broadway belter, rumours about Fungi, and a bit of naseau from the one and only James Joyce.
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Stage Door Live: Episode 31 – 11 August 2021 Language in Irish Theatre
DAVID FRANCIS MOORE, AIFRIC NÍ RUAIRC, WILLIE WHITE, PHILIP DOHERTY, and ROMI CRUAñAS discuss LANGUAGE in IRISH THEATRE. 11th August 2021.
Stage Door Live: Episode 30 – 28 July 2021 The Role of Buildings & Institutions In Supporting Artists
Episode 30 of Stage Door Live, we broadcast live from our studio at Axis Ballymun, part of the #AxisMediaHub. Featuring Maisie Lee, Lian Bell, Julie Kelleher, Colin Murphy, and Emmet Kirwan. 28th July 2021.
Stage Door Live: Episode 29 – 14 July 2021 Empowering Theatremakers, Contemporary Opera
Episode 29 of Stage Door Live we discuss empowering theatremakers and contemporary opera. Guest host: Aoife Spillane-Hinks. Guests Dylan Coburn Gray, Naomi Louisa O’Connell, and Tom Creed.
Stage Door Live: Episode 28 – 30 June 2021 Funding: A little for Many / A lot for a few?
In our new format for Stage Door Live, Jane Daly (Irish Theatre Institute), Mairéad Folan (No Ropes Theatre), Michael Barker-Caven (Civic Theatre Tallaght), and Writers/Actor Fionn Foley discuss current theatre funding models in Ireland. 30 June 2021
Stage Door Live: Episode 27 – 16 June 2021 Reassessing Pace, Reframing Words
In our new format for Stage Door Live, Sadhbh Barrett Coakley, Sinéad Cormack, Aonghus Óg McAnally, and Julia Appleby discuss the pace of the theatre sector and reframing the words and work we do.
Stage Door Live: Episode 26 – 2 June 2021 Collaborations and Partnerships in Irish Theatre
In our new format for Stage Door Live, RENE KELLEHER, LIAM FITZGERALD, JO MANGAN, CATHAL MCGUIRE, FERGAL MCGRATH discuss collaborations and partnerships in Irish Theatre.
Stage Door Live: Episode 25 – 19 May 2021 #MitigatingRiskEmbracingContingency
In our new format for Stage Door Live, Composer and Sound Designer PETER POWER joins Theatre maker ROMI CRUAÑAS to discuss the hottest topics in the news, our version of The Daily Papers. LIZ ROCHE, Co-founder and Artistic Director of Liz Roche Company discusses her new work Demos, now on at the Dublin Dance Festival. For The Big Debate, Events Safety Expert PETER JORDAN joins for a panel discussion on Mitigating Risk and Embracing Contingency.
Stage Door Live: Episode 24 – 5 May 2021 #MovingForward
Eoghan Carrick from the National Campaign For The Arts discusses the organisations priorities moving forward, and a panel discussion with Peter Daly, Neil Murray, Andrew Macklin, and Niamh Ní Chonchubhair.
Stage Door Live: Episode 23 – 23 September 2020 #BackstageBurnout
In Episode 23 of Stage Door Live we dive into Backstage Burnout, Irish Street Arts, and an adaptation from the Stage to Film. Featuring: Lisa Mahony, Grace Halton, Lucy Medlycott, Maya McNair, Luke Shanahan, Ciaran O’Reilly, and Muireann Ni Raghallaigh.
Stage Door Live: Episode 22 – 16 September 22 #ACountryOfCulture
We discuss Ireland, a country of culture, the successes and failures of Culture Night, the goals of EPIC, and Bird Boy. Featuring: Aimée Van Wylick, Ray Yeates, Liam Fitzgerald, Emma Martin, Kevin Coquelard, Nora Hickey M’Sichili, Muireann Kelly, and Eanna Grogan.
Stage Door Live: Episode 30 – 28 July 2021 The Role of Buildings & Institutions In Supporting Artists
Episode 30 of Stage Door Live, we broadcast live from our studio at Axis Ballymun, part of the #AxisMediaHub. Featuring Maisie Lee, Lian Bell, Julie Kelleher, Colin Murphy, and Emmet Kirwan. 28th July 2021.
Stage Door Live: Episode 29 – 14 July 2021 Empowering Theatremakers, Contemporary Opera
Episode 29 of Stage Door Live we discuss empowering theatremakers and contemporary opera. Guest host: Aoife Spillane-Hinks. Guests Dylan Coburn Gray, Naomi Louisa O’Connell, and Tom Creed.
Stage Door Live: Episode 28 – 30 June 2021 Funding: A little for Many / A lot for a few?
In our new format for Stage Door Live, Jane Daly (Irish Theatre Institute), Mairéad Folan (No Ropes Theatre), Michael Barker-Caven (Civic Theatre Tallaght), and Writers/Actor Fionn Foley discuss current theatre funding models in Ireland. 30 June 2021
Stage Door Live: Episode 27 – 16 June 2021 Reassessing Pace, Reframing Words
In our new format for Stage Door Live, Sadhbh Barrett Coakley, Sinéad Cormack, Aonghus Óg McAnally, and Julia Appleby discuss the pace of the theatre sector and reframing the words and work we do.
Stage Door Live: Episode 26 – 2 June 2021 Collaborations and Partnerships in Irish Theatre
In our new format for Stage Door Live, RENE KELLEHER, LIAM FITZGERALD, JO MANGAN, CATHAL MCGUIRE, FERGAL MCGRATH discuss collaborations and partnerships in Irish Theatre.
Stage Door Live: Episode 25 – 19 May 2021 #MitigatingRiskEmbracingContingency
In our new format for Stage Door Live, Composer and Sound Designer PETER POWER joins Theatre maker ROMI CRUAÑAS to discuss the hottest topics in the news, our version of The Daily Papers. LIZ ROCHE, Co-founder and Artistic Director of Liz Roche Company discusses her new work Demos, now on at the Dublin Dance Festival. For The Big Debate, Events Safety Expert PETER JORDAN joins for a panel discussion on Mitigating Risk and Embracing Contingency.
Stage Door Live: Episode 24 – 5 May 2021 #MovingForward
Eoghan Carrick from the National Campaign For The Arts discusses the organisations priorities moving forward, and a panel discussion with Peter Daly, Neil Murray, Andrew Macklin, and Niamh Ní Chonchubhair.
Stage Door Live: Episode 23 – 23 September 2020 #BackstageBurnout
In Episode 23 of Stage Door Live we dive into Backstage Burnout, Irish Street Arts, and an adaptation from the Stage to Film. Featuring: Lisa Mahony, Grace Halton, Lucy Medlycott, Maya McNair, Luke Shanahan, Ciaran O’Reilly, and Muireann Ni Raghallaigh.
Stage Door Live: Episode 22 – 16 September 22 #ACountryOfCulture
We discuss Ireland, a country of culture, the successes and failures of Culture Night, the goals of EPIC, and Bird Boy. Featuring: Aimée Van Wylick, Ray Yeates, Liam Fitzgerald, Emma Martin, Kevin Coquelard, Nora Hickey M’Sichili, Muireann Kelly, and Eanna Grogan.
Stage Door Live: Episode 21 – 9 September 2020 #StageDoorLive21
Episode 21 has a lot of theatre artists talking about work! And we love that! Featuring: Maïa Nunes, Karen Miano, Andy Field, Eva O’Connor, Luke Murphy, Matthew Bratko, and Aoife Honohan.
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Irish Theatre This Week – 3 August 2021 – Episode 11
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 3 August 2021.
Irish Theatre This Week – 19 July 2021 – Episode 09
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 19 July 2021.
Irish Theatre This Week – 12 July 2021 – Episode 08
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 12 July 2021.
Irish Theatre This Week – 5 July 2021 – Episode 07
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 28 June 2021.
Irish Theatre This Week – 28 June 2021 – Episode 06
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 28 June 2021.
Irish Theatre This Week – 14 June 2021 – Episode 05
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 14 June 2021.
Irish Theatre This Week – 24 May 2021 – Episode 03
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 24 May 2021.
Irish Theatre This Week – 17 May 2021 – Episode 02
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 17 May 2021.
Irish Theatre This Week – 10 May 2021 – Episode 01
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 10 May 2021.
Irish Theatre This Week – 19 July 2021 – Episode 09
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 19 July 2021.
Irish Theatre This Week – 12 July 2021 – Episode 08
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 12 July 2021.
Irish Theatre This Week – 5 July 2021 – Episode 07
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 28 June 2021.
Irish Theatre This Week – 28 June 2021 – Episode 06
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 28 June 2021.
Irish Theatre This Week – 14 June 2021 – Episode 05
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 14 June 2021.
Irish Theatre This Week – 24 May 2021 – Episode 03
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 24 May 2021.
Irish Theatre This Week – 17 May 2021 – Episode 02
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 17 May 2021.
Irish Theatre This Week – 10 May 2021 – Episode 01
The latest in Irish Theatre and international theatre news live from the TheatreMaker.ie studio at the AxisMediaHub at Axis Ballymun. 10 May 2021.