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Sat 04 Apr 2009Arts Council chief defends move to hire extras for free
THE CHAIRWOMAN of the Arts Council has defended her theatre company’s move to seek people to appear in its new production for no pay.
Pat Moylan, co-founder of Lane Productions, said it would be “very difficult” to get out-of-work actors to do walk-on parts in its new show, The Shawshank Redemption, which opens at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin next month. The roles were non-speaking, non-acting roles and those doing them would be extras who would get expenses only, she said.
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