Jim Carroll

• Arts Irish Times
• January 28, 2013, 15:12

You’ll find my piece from the weekend’s paper about how FundIt and Kickstarter campaigns have turned artists into chuggers here. It’s something which has become more and more noticable in recent times as some projects struggle to raise funding and …

• Arts Banter Festivals
• July 10, 2012, 09:12

It’s time for the annual Banter odyssey to Donegal for the Earagail Arts Festival. The EAF was the first place to take a punt on Banter outside of the big smoke and we’re always happy to head back there. Musically, …

• Arts
• April 24, 2012, 09:29

It’s nearly a year since OTR last went to the theatre. I know, I’m as much a philistine as most of you suspect I am. You’re supposed to go to the theatre if you’re writing about culture of any sort, …

• Arts Venues
• August 17, 2010, 10:37

Many readers will probably nod their heads in agreement at Irish Times arts blogger Laurence Mackin’s piece on the new bustle in the capital city’s cultural hedgegrows of late. Laurence writes about knees-ups and soirees in new venues like the …

• Arts
• March 9, 2010, 11:03

For the last month or so, I’ve been waiting for someone else to bring up Macnas artistic director Noeline Kavanagh’s remarks about the arts in Ireland. I thought at the time that they’d form a jump-off point for a good …

• Arts
• October 22, 2009, 09:23

This piece by Guy Barriscale about our “wonderful cultural infrastructure” contains plenty of food for thought. Barriscale is the production chief at the Regional Cultural Centre in Letterkeny, a brand spanking new state-of-the-art venue and arts centre which is located …

• Arts Politics Venues
• October 13, 2009, 09:36

Looking through the Programme for A Brave New World Full Of Unicorns, Fluffy Marshmallows and Chirpy Tellytubbies Who Look Like Eamon Ryan and Mary Hanafin, one particular promise caught my eye. It’s down towards the end of this fabulous document …