Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 February 2024

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Adrian Lynch:

What was approved at the executive board was 44 shows, with ticket sales of 80% required to break even. My understanding is that the venue was subsequently booked for the entire 54 shows. They were then running, I think, 44 before Christmas. They opened the show on the Wednesday. By the Saturday, they had to close the show because of Covid. They had to cancel three full houses and then they tried to reboot the show after that. At that point demand for the tickets - I do not think Covid is an excuse - was low anyway, so they canned all the shows after Christmas.

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