On with the Show

The Irish performing arts community has had an extraordinary year, adapting to
fast changing times while getting on with the business of producing theatre, dance and opera. The enormous changes in the economy, politics, technology and society have brought new opportunities as well as new challenges to which the theatre community has actively responded. The collapse of the economy has seen theatre, dance and opera companies lose financial support at home while, at the same time, the Imagine Ireland programme has created unprecedented additional opportunities for Irish companies in America. The nation's search for meaning beyond the monetary has led to an increased recognition from political and civic leaders of the value of culture and the arts to Ireland and some artists have advocated for democratic change.

The Theatre Forum Conference this year will create a space in which to reflect
on the immediate and longer-term impacts of the events and shifts of the last 12
months. We will also explore some of the new tools available to the theatre business to create work, attract and develop audiences and be financially successful. At the same time, the conference will consider some of the issues which will shape theatre in the future, many of which are common to theatres and artists throughout the world. We have a great line up of participants and speakers involved from Ireland, the USA, the UK and Spain, to stimulate, provoke, impart wisdom and practical skills -- and to challenge us.

The conference will explore three themes:
1. The Artist in the New Paradigm
2. Ireland and the World
3. Theatre and Sustainability

Conference Curator Anne Bonnar

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[TheatreForum]

@ADWBYGB Hi there, thanks for your comment. You can listen to the full Gabriel Byrne interview on the Theatre Forum Ireland website (YouTube will not allow me to post url as a comment) but you'll find all podcasts under Annual Conference 2011

[ADWBYGB]

Great video. Sounds like this was a tremendous event. Will you be posting the whole interview that Gabriel Byrne gave? Thank you!