Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Abbey Theatre: Discussion
Ms Orlaith McBride:
I will take the question on rebalancing and unintended consequences. The Bonnar Keenlyside report was about looking at and diversifying the production model. It was about opening up the Abbey Theatre and, in particular, looking at animating the Peacock stage and that has happened. We believe now, particularly with the effect on the artist and other venues around the city and around the country, that in reshaping the production model in the Abbey, there has been a very radical shift in a very short period of time. It has affected the lives of individual artists and the theatre sector. I do not believe it was never intended. I think we need to stand back and that together, as a sector, we need to work together, collaborate and look at how we can rebalance it in a way. That is what I mean by rebalancing and unintended consequences.
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