Neil Murray
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Abbey Theatre row: meeting hailed as ‘positive first step’
- Stage
- February 2, 2019, 15:19
A frank discussion about the lack of Irish actors and productions in the Abbey Theatre has taken place between theatre management and a representative(...)

The Abbey: 15 things we learned this week about disgruntled theatre workers
- Stage
- February 1, 2019, 12:20
It was a hell of a January for theatre people, with widespread recognition of low pay and often lousy conditions, as well as the lancing of the boil t(...)

Abbey Theatre says letter signatories will not be blacklisted
- Stage
- January 31, 2019, 06:00
The Abbey Theatre regrets “some within our artistic community” feel its change in production model “has contributed to their hardship”, an Oireachtas (...)

Abbey leads the field in Irish Times Irish Theatre Award nominations
- Stage
- January 19, 2019, 01:00
The Abbey Theatre leads the way in nominations for the 22nd Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards, which were announced today. Co-productions account for t(...)

View from the UK: What does it mean to be a national theatre?
- Stage
- January 15, 2019, 10:34
They had Richard Eyre on the radio last week. BBC Radio 4’s PM programme brought in the former artistic director of the National Theatre in London to (...)

Abbey theatre: Why I did not sign the ‘letter of concern’
- Stage
- January 14, 2019, 12:10
A little over a week ago, I was invited to sign the “Letter of Concern” about the Abbey Theatre. I declined to do so. While some of the statistics in (...)

Abbey controversy: theatre to review lower pay on coproductions
- Stage
- January 11, 2019, 16:25
The Abbey Theatre has said it will ensure the actors employed by its co-producers are paid at the appropriate Abbey rate of pay. It also says it wil(...)

Robert Ballagh criticised for highlighting Abbey directors’ nationality
- Culture
- January 10, 2019, 21:12
The Minister for Culture, Josepha Madigan, has said she “very much regrets” the nationality of the directors of the Abbey Theatre being highlighted in(...)

Abbey Theatre rows back on claims of €1.4m deficit in 2017
- Stage
- January 9, 2019, 06:00
The Abbey Theatre has rowed back on its claim this week that there was an accumulated deficit of €1.4 million at the national theatre when the current(...)

The Irish Times view on the Abbey Theatre: legitimate grievances
- Editorial
- January 9, 2019, 00:02
Throughout its long history the Abbey Theatre has seldom been without controversy of some kind. Yet to have more than 300 Irish theatre practitioners (...)