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The Abbey Looks to Foreign Donors for Support

February 10, 11 //
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Fiach Mac Conghail, director of Dublin’s Abbey theatre, is on a mission to find financial support for his theatre abroad, Boston.com reports.

Faced with serious budget shortfall, he has teamed up with ArtsEmerson to Bring Mark O’Rowe’s “Terminus” to Boston, in an effort to generate interest in Irish cultural exchange, and perhaps a few donations. The production is part of “Imagine Ireland”, an Irish government initiative that will see over 40 arts events produced in the United States in 2011.

The Abbey relies heavily on government subsidy, receiving half of its required 14 million Euro operation costs from state sources. The rest of the budget is made up of ticket sales and fundraising.

“The Abbey wouldn’t have survived its first 25 years without’’ the United States, Mac Conghail told boston.com reporters. “The diaspora funded the Abbey at the start, before there was a functioning government that could step in.”

www.imagineireland.ie

An Abbet Debut: An Interview with Wayne Jordan

January 8, 09 //
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Sitting in the foyer of The Abbey Theatre moments before my interview with Wayne Jordan, the director of La Dispute, the show currently beginning its run at The Peacock, I suddenly realise I know nothing about him- this should be interesting. When I finally do meet him however, I find that despite my ignorance, I must have had expectations, because he defies all of them. Bounding through the entrance wearing a distinctly blue tracksuit, he is definitely the most excitable director I have ever met, rushing over to greet me, the ignorant stranger, with a hug.
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The Irish Critic’s Guide to Dublin Theatres: The Gate

January 1, 09 //
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It takes a lot of courage to admit this but before visiting The Gate I never quite understood what need it was supposed to provide for.  It seemed to me to be just like The Abbey, only a longer walk from the city centre – and what could be good about that?  In retrospect, as a more cultured and well-rounded person, The Gate will always hold a special place in my heart for being the place I first enjoyed a musical. 

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The Abbey: A History

November 9, 08 //
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Ireland, still under the control of Great Britain at the turn of the twentieth century, was a country left disillusioned by the effects of colonization. The loss of their political and economic power and especially the loss of their language to the hands of the dominant colonizer left the country without an identity independent of English influence. At this time, The Irish people required a means to express, if not their political independence, then at least their cultural individuality.
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