Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Abbey Theatre: Discussion
Mr. Neil Murray:
It would be inappropriate. It should happen outside of the national theatre. It is happening brilliantly in Dublin at the Lir Academy and the national theatre and other theatres are benefitting from that. The production that was just on our stage had eight recent graduates from that school. It has the expertise, time, and funding to properly train young people in a brilliant way. I take my hat off to Lir as well as the Gaiety School of Acting. The Lir Academy, in particular, is at the top of its game and is producing really wonderful young actors, which the Abbey Theatre is benefitting from, as indeed are other companies in Ireland.
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