Gate women put Colgan’s behaviour centre stage

Seven women allege abuse and harassment by theatre’s former longtime director

Sat, Nov 4, 2017, 05:45

Laurence Mackin, Conor Gallagher

Former Gate Theatre director Michael Colgan: seven women ex-employees claimed frequent inappropriate touching, highly sexualised comments and workplace bullying. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

Former Gate Theatre director Michael Colgan: seven women ex-employees claimed frequent inappropriate touching, highly sexualised comments and workplace bullying. Photograph: Cyril Byrne

On a dry, warm Wednesday evening in August 2012, a group of Gate Theatre employees gathered for a dinner party in the well-appointed Dublin home of Michael Colgan, the theatre’s long-standing director.

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