Irish ceramics with a Chinese twistYou don’t have to travel to the Far East to see some Irish ceramics inspired by ChinaSat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Curtain rises on an expanded opera festival in WexfordWEXFORD TOWN was en fete on Saturday night for the opening of the 59th Wexford Festival Opera.Mon Oct 18 2010 - 01:00
Hungry hangovers: fine food for the morning afterLEAVING ASIDE the hair of the dog, one of the most common antidotes to a night on the tiles is comfort foodMon Oct 18 2010 - 01:00
Ploughing a creative furrow with Mossad and a peace pintASRTSCAPE: GRUDGES CAN LAST a long time in Ireland, and a 30-year row between regulars and a Dublin city-centre pub seems to…Sat Apr 17 2010 - 01:00
On a department's cultural evolutionARTSCAPE: THE REACTION TO the fate of the Arts portfolio in this week’s minimalist rearrangement of the deckchairs was strikingly…Sat Mar 27 2010 - 00:00
An Irish National Opera is bornARTSCAPE : OUTGOING MINISTER for Arts Martin Cullen is expected to announce, on Monday, the foundation of the Irish National…Sat Mar 20 2010 - 00:00
A crossroads for Irish cultureARTSCAPE: WHERE TO NOW for the arts department, having lost a Minister and with a question mark over the Government’s entire…Sat Mar 13 2010 - 00:00
Happy birthday, Mr MurphyARTSCAPE: SO, how old is Tom Murphy? Fintan O’Toole, speaking about how Murphy is “one of the great contributors to the emotional…Sat Feb 27 2010 - 00:00
Behind closed doors in the theatre worldARTSCAPE: ANOTHER HALF A million, swipe. GoneSat Feb 13 2010 - 00:00
The cap fits, but tax appeal is the problemARTSCAPE: WHAT’S UP with the artists’ tax exemption? Actually, what’s down is its cap, from €250,000 to €125,000, along with…Sat Feb 06 2010 - 00:00
Hot news on opera, galleries merger and AbbeyARTSCAPE : THE THREE galleries – National Gallery, Imma and Crawford – will now not be amalgamated, the Minister for Arts, Martin…Sat Dec 12 2009 - 00:00
Moving Abbey to GPO would save millions, claims CullenTHE PLAN to move the Abbey to the GPO will cost about half what moving to the docklands would have done, and will help rejuvenate…Sat Dec 12 2009 - 00:00
Getting on with some good newsARTSCAPE: TO HELL WITH all this misery and bad news and interminable and pointless speculation about the BudgetSat Dec 05 2009 - 00:00
Saving the paintings as the floods rise in the galleryARTSCAPE: ‘SOME AMAZING saves” have resulted from the emergency conservation work continuing at UCC’s Glucksman Gallery in Cork…Sat Nov 28 2009 - 00:00
Visions of McCarthylandARTSCAPE: ‘I AM AN Irish citizen, a creature of this place,” said Sebastian BarrySat Oct 17 2009 - 01:00
Grass roots start to growARTSCAPE: THERE WAS A sort of alignment this week: the assertion of the importance of culture at Farmleigh, a double Emmy win…Sat Sept 26 2009 - 01:00
Laying the foundation stonesARTSCAPE: ‘A CULTURE IS not an abstract thing. It is a living, evolving processSat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
'Many more years, Brian'The Abbey’s 80th birthday tribute to Brian Friel was a celebration of his work and life that featured words, plays and above …Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Trio of events celebrate gift of Friel's 'magnificent plays'BRIAN FRIEL doesn’t go in much for public speakingMon Sept 14 2009 - 01:00
Are the well-off few ruining it for the rest?ARTSCAPE: TOP SPORTS STARS are great role models for young people, but those dodgy artist types are clearly a a bad influence…Sat Sept 12 2009 - 01:00
Tanx a tousand, is it Buffy or Fluffy?ARTSCAPE: IS IT A PANTO war? Has Buffy defected? (No, she’s behind you)Sat Sept 05 2009 - 01:00
'Little Gem' sparkles at Fringe awardsARTSCAPE: GREAT NEWS yesterday for Little G em, the Gúna Nua production of Elaine Murphy’s first play, currently a wow at the…Sat Aug 29 2009 - 01:00
'Little Gem' shines in EdinburghAN IRISH play, Little Gem , yesterday won the prestigious Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, a prize which will bring the …Sat Aug 29 2009 - 01:00
Some slow ticket sales but lots of free stuffARTSCAPE: FESTIVALS AND SUMMER schools are in full flowSat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
Theatre chief says plans for cutbacks in arts 'incredible'AN IMPASSIONED defence of arts funding was made at the weekend by the chairwoman of the Arts Council and the artistic director…Mon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
Coming to a screen near you: theatreARTSCAPE : CINEMA IS the new theatre, writes Sara KeatingSat Jun 27 2009 - 01:00
Kilkenny Arts Festival takes unusual stepFLASH DANCE: COMMUTERS ARRIVING at Connolly train station in Dublin yesterday morning may have been momentarily mystified to…Tue Jun 23 2009 - 01:00
The allure of tented venues in festive citiesARTSCAPE: CORK MIDSUMMER’S Spiegeltent, pitched at Emmet Place, is in full-flow, with a big range of acts and three shows on…Sat Jun 20 2009 - 01:00
Stop press . . . good news from a bankARTSCAPE : THE PARIS-based Irish artists Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly, pictured above, were probably the front runners to …Sat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Line-up of Synge, song and dance announced for Galway Arts FestivalTHE LINE-UP for next month’s Galway Arts Festival was announced yesterday in sweltering summer weather.Wed Jun 03 2009 - 01:00
Lost theatre course leaves Cork school fretfulARTSCAPE: IN ANOTHER blow to theatre education in Ireland, the new four-year level 8 (BA Hons) degree in theatre and drama Studies…Sat May 30 2009 - 01:00
Could US-Irish relations hinge on the arts?ARTSCAPE: WILL THE arts – or the US stage, at any rate – save us all internationally? With the self-inflicted damage to our …Sat May 23 2009 - 01:00
Challenging times for gay theatre festivalARTSCAPE: TO JUDGE FROM the Absolut Dublin Gay Theatre Festival’s website, the hardest working theatre reviewer today is Gordon…Sat May 16 2009 - 01:00
Figuring on the real economic impactARTSCAPE: THERE'S A LOT of awareness (in these straitened times, etc) of the significant impact of arts and culture on tourism…Sat May 09 2009 - 01:00
Fat lady prepares for Irish opera tourARTSCAPE: THE SITUATION for opera in Ireland has gone from bad to worse, writes Michael Dervan.Sat May 02 2009 - 01:00
Artists to bring carpet and buskers to biennaleTWO ARTISTS will represent the Republic at the world’s most prestigious showcase for contemporary art, the Venice Biennale 2009…Fri May 01 2009 - 01:00
Abbey Theatre in dramatically good health, says reportTHE ABBEY Theatre, which this year will get €8Wed Apr 29 2009 - 01:00
In Spallen we trust, with bursary awardARTSCAPE: ‘THANKS FOR choosing this vocation, and sticking with it. There are easier careersSat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
Edinburgh awaits summer Friel seasonARTSCAPE : ‘DON’T JUST THINK of Friel as of our own times, as a fantastic writer and for his use of language, but see that he…Sat Apr 04 2009 - 01:00
Druid returns to its spiritual homeARTSCAPE: IT’LL BE A bit of a homecoming this July, with Druid Theatre finally moving back to its heart on Chapel Lane in Galway…Sat Mar 28 2009 - 00:00
National theatre wants your manuscriptsARTSCAPE : ASPIRING WRITERS mostly assume, with some justification, that any manuscripts they send to publishers or agents or…Sat Mar 21 2009 - 00:00
Bigger than GAA, bigger than politics‘WHAT WE DO now is nothing short of a miracle,” said Alan StanfordSat Mar 14 2009 - 00:00
'Irish Times' theatre critic Gerry Colgan dies at 81THE Irish Times theatre critic and Simplex crossword compiler Gerry Colgan has died, aged 81.Thu Mar 12 2009 - 00:00
Is Minister cooling on gallery merger plan?ARTSCAPE : ONE OF the intriguing things about the proposed amalgamation of the National Gallery, Imma and the Crawford is how…Sat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
On the break, or on the make?ARTSCAPE: ‘ABSOLUTELY coincidental” is how Fine Gael Mayo TD Michael Ring describes his decision to call for a review of the…Sat Feb 28 2009 - 00:00
Irish arts suffers the unkindest cuts of allARTSCAPE: HOW INSPIRING, how visionary, how imaginative is the approach of our Government to the financial crisis – reforming…Sat Feb 07 2009 - 00:00
The role of the arts in economic recoveryARTSCAPE : BUSINESS SUPPORT for arts and culture here has grown over the past few years, though we’re in the ha’penny place …Sat Jan 31 2009 - 00:00
ARTSCAPETheatre judges are waiting in the wings: THEATRE takes a while to get going in January, following the frenetic pace of autumn…Sat Jan 24 2009 - 00:00
Irish theatre rolls up its sleevesARTSCAPE: THE ECONOMIC MELTDOWN and cutbacks have hit the arts as much as any other area, but this week there was evidence of…Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
