Willie White
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There is a randomness to the way Covid-19 affects some places more than others
- Culture
- October 3, 2020, 07:00
In all the talk about Covid-19, we may not have given as much consideration as we should to the role played by pure, dumb luck. Yes, it’s essential we(...)

Experience O’Connell Bridge: A Focal point for revolution and change
- Stage
- September 19, 2020, 05:00
For two years, the people at theatre company ANU Productions have had a photograph sitting on their desks. The black-and-white image was taken on Apri(...)

‘A city like Dublin needs to have life, and we want to be part of it’
- Stage
- August 18, 2020, 05:00
It is five months since Willie White, director of the Dublin Theatre Festival, sat in a theatre. The show was Farm Fatale, a dystopian performan(...)

Crime and punishment and gorilla suits: this week’s theatre highlight
- Stage
- August 31, 2019, 07:00
THE EXAMINATION Project Arts Centre, Dublin. Preview Sep 6 6.15pm Opens Sep 7-11 &14 9pm (Thurs additional performance 6.15pm) fringefest.com The(...)

No place left to show: How Dublin is turning into a cultural ghost town
- Culture
- August 31, 2019, 05:00
How do you point out what isn’t there any more? When Willie White, the director of the Dublin Theatre Festival, counts off the theatre spaces that no(...)

The Irish Times view on Ireland’s creative spaces: the hollowing out of urban life
- Editorial
- August 31, 2019, 00:10
"The theatres, the people running club nights, the people running markets, anything that’s independent, under the radar, not necessarily commercial, i(...)

Dublin Theatre Festival asks audiences to choose a play for it to stage
- Stage
- April 8, 2019, 10:00
Dublin Theatre Festival wants its audiences to get involved behind the scenes by choosing a play for this year’s event. The festival is looking for p(...)

The Examination review: No easy escapes in Brokentalkers’ sly, provocative play
- Stage
- March 5, 2019, 09:52
THE EXAMINATION Project Arts Centre, Dublin ★★★★☆ The latest work from the seriously irreverent contemporary theatre company Brokentalkers begins wit(...)

Who is Dublin for? Who do we want to share it with?
- Stage
- September 19, 2018, 05:00
Willie White is moving beyond it. It isn’t that the artistic director of the Dublin Theatre Festival (DTF) is reluctant to discuss this year’s setbac(...)

Ticket sales recover for Dublin Theatre Festival
- Media & Marketing
- July 11, 2018, 15:04
The Dublin Theatre Festival moved back into the black last year as ticket sales recovered and its Arts Council funding increased by 5 per cent, its la(...)