Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 June 2021

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

Challenges Facing Arts Venues and Theatres as a result of Covid-19: Discussion

Mr. Ollie Kenny:

We have an extensive development programme lined up for the coming 12 months. We have the annual summer school coming up in the University of Limerick at the start of August. We have an outreach programme that will be countrywide. We will have local and regional workshops. We have a playwright mentoring and development following from our playwriting competition with our colleagues in the Amateur Drama Council of Ireland. We have a winter school planned for next spring in the Blue Raincoat Theatre building in Sligo. I hope all those initiatives will help to stimulate a return to amateur productions.