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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Dublin's Focus Theatre closes by Michael Quinn

Dublin's Focus Theatre has gone dark on the eve of its 50th anniversary in May 2013.

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Monday, April 16, 2012

Big Lottery to fund six new performing groups in Northern Ireland by Michael Quinn

A £180,000 award from the Big Lottery Fund is to be used to create six new performing groups in Northern Ireland aimed at involving participants aged 60 and over.

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Friday, April 6, 2012

Derry City of Culture gets £12.6 million boost by Michael Quinn

The Northern Ireland Executive has awarded an additional £12.6 million to organisers of next year's City of Culture programme in Derry/Londonderry.

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Mark Prescott resigns from Belfast Festival by Michael Quinn

The director of Northern Ireland's largest arts event, the Belfast Festival at Queen's, has resigned after less than six months in post.

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

US Variety up for sale by Michael Quinn

America's leading weekly entertainment news publication Variety and its online operations are to be sold by current owners Reed Business Information.

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Monday, March 19, 2012

Court helps actors recover late fees from agent by Michael Quinn

Almost £8,000 owed to two actors by a leading Northern Irish talent agency has been recovered following a prosecution led by the Department for Employment and Learning.

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Monday, March 12, 2012

Ireland to host World Actors Forum in 2013 by Michael Quinn

A World Actors Forum originally planned to take place in Dublin in 2014 will now be staged in the city next year, Ireland's deputy prime minister Eamon Gilmore has revealed.

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Disney songwriter Robert B Sherman dies by Michael Quinn

The songwriter Robert B Sherman has died at the age of 86.

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Monday, March 5, 2012

Welsh actor Philip Madoc dies by Michael Quinn

Actor Philip Madoc has died at the age of 77.

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Humanities at Oxford University boosted by £26m gift by Michael Quinn

Oxford University is to receive a £26 million donation to establish student scholarships in the humanities from Mica Ertegun, a New York-based interior designer and widow of Atlantic R…

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Monkees frontman Davy Jones dies by Michael Quinn

Davy Jones, the British-born child actor-turned-pop star with The Monkees, has died at the age of 66.

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Monday, February 27, 2012

Northern Ireland fares well in Irish Times Theatre Awards by Michael Quinn

Inaugural productions by two of Northern Ireland's leading theatre and opera companies have been recognised in the 2012 Irish Times Theatre Awards.

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

ENO launches search for new opera talent by Michael Quinn

English National Opera is to launch a global online talent search for new composers, writers and filmmakers in an initiative seeking to "create the future of opera".

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Monday, February 20, 2012

Belfast arts fund wins reprieve by Michael Quinn

The Northern Ireland Assembly has given a one-year reprieve to the Laganside Arts Grant with a one-off cash injection of £250,000 less than a week after announcing it was to close in M…

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Cork Opera House reports rising losses by Michael Quinn

Operating losses at the Cork Opera House almost trebled in 2010/11 to more than €825,000 (£692,000) following a drop of more than a fifth in revenues to €3.84 million (£3.2 m…

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Leading Irish actor David Kelly dies by Michael Quinn

David Kelly, one of Ireland's most recognisable and successful actors, has died at the age of 82.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Act becomes latest to embrace EIS scheme for theatre investment by Michael Quinn

Act Productions, co-producers of West End shows Legally Blonde the Musical and Flare Path, and Prosper Capital LLP have launched a new "innovative" theatre investment scheme.

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Sunday, November 13, 2011

EMI sold for total of £2.6bn by Michael Quinn

EMI, the last of Britain's recording labels to be able to claim a global reach, is to be split up and sold in its 80th-anniversary year to French and Japanese competitors.

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

ATG launches theatre card scheme by Michael Quinn

Ambassador Theatre Group has launched "the UK's biggest theatre membership scheme".

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Monday, October 17, 2011

STAR rebrands industry benchmark for ticket agents by Michael Quinn

The Society of Ticket Agencies and Retailers has re-branded and re-launched its "industry kitemark" scheme to combat the problem of ticket fraud and rogue retailers.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

MasterCard extends theatre sponsorship by Michael Quinn

Laurence Olivier Awards sponsor MasterCard has launched a new campaign offering its credit, debit and pre-paid card users "one of a kind experiences" and exclusive offers for London's theatr…

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Monday, June 20, 2011

West End Theatre Bookings sold to Encore Tickets by Michael Quinn

West End Theatre Bookings has been sold to Encore Tickets, the UK's largest independent ticket wholesaler, for £10.9 million by its Cheshire-based owners Holidaybreak.

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