Category: Monthly Blog
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Stages of Arts Applications
This is a busy time of year for artists of all disciplines for sure. Reason being, applications! Whether applying through the Arts Council, upcoming festivals, bursaries or any other type of funding, the summer months seem to be peak times with numerous applications opening and deadlines assigned by the new time. Here are just some…
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Directing Digital : Uniform
The clothes line is down, the costumes in storage and the stage/screen empty. That’s curtains for Uniform, something I somewhere deep down didn’t think I’d ever be able to say! For several reasons, check out the video above for the full story. Such a big chapter deserves a proper closure, so for this month’s blog…
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Whatever happened to class?
I’m about to ask a big and complex question, which I have no intention of fully answering but I would really like to ignite a conversation on the topic. Are the arts classist? For the purposes of this short blog, I’m going to focus on the Irish theatre industry as it’s the area I’m most…
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Gutted: A Review
By Hazel Doolan *Please be advised that this blog references some topics that readers may find triggering* We were contacted recently by Steve Dixon, he was one of our poetry submissions for our fundraiser in aid of Samaritans. It was a delight to hear from him and to hear that he has another work to…
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Mindful Mind = Mindful Creation
By Hazel Doolan Happy December everyone! Hope you all have your shopping done or are ready to rest up for Christmas or are having a good one or whatever applies to when you’re watching/reading this. Let’s face it, 2020 has been like a technical rehearsal gone wrong in so many ways. For us here at…
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