I <3 Berlin

I’ve visited Berlin twice this year… Have really fallen for the place. (The company helped though.)
And so, I was really wishing I worked in a ’smaller’ medium when I came across this: http://www.ardbiaberlin.com/
There is also a blog called Traces.

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the story continues

Wexford Man Eoin Colfer has been given the task to write the sixth installment of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy…
The Guardian

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ακουστός

Wexford Opera House have launched their new website: www.wexfordoperahouse.ie
The Wexford Opera House was officially opened last Friday 5th September by the Taoiseach Brian Cowen. I was lucky to be given a private tour of the facility last month, and I have to say, it is stunning. I am so excited by the potential of this [...]

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appropriate?

There has been quite a response to the work of Gottfried Helnwein as displayed around Waterford for the Waterford Fringe Festival. Questions surrounding the appropriateness of the setting of the large scale images around the town have been voiced in the media. Many people have complained that they have found them disturbing, or that their [...]

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nyc theatre fest

Apparently there’s a new irish theatre festival about to occur in New York this month. It is called ‘1st Irish 2008′.
Given so many Irish voices on New York stages, “why have a party?” Ciaran O’Reilly, the producing director of the 20-year-old Irish Repertory Theater, asked with a chuckle.
Gwen Orel considers this in the nyt.

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apparently, dance is popular…

They said the popularity of dance events contributed greatly to a rise of 7% on 2007 ticket sales – up to more than £2.6m.
Edinburgh Festival reveals record takings – BBC

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ballet10

via The Telegraph

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critical decisions

‘Endure the theatre without alcohol? Locate things in the wider discourse? No. we have no aspirations in that direction.’
West End Whingers* state their position on the possibility of taking up jobs in print media to Jay Raynor in The Observer today. Yet more discussion about the bloggers vs. critics debate.

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it’s what’s inside…

Andrew Taylor, aka The Artful Manager, has posted a concept for marketing the arts that actually does appear to cover most angles. It has a lot of scope for various interpretations (and implementations) and really could work. It certainly offers a different perspective to the ‘excellence’ approach.
So, what would the professional artist’s tagline in this [...]

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Weblogs and Dance Praxis

Reclaiming the \’art\’ in arts research: Weblogs and dance praxis
(PDF) By Sheila Creevey
As presented at the Dance Research Forum Ireland 2nd international conference, 28th June 2008.

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