Check out this years winners at the 86th Academy Awards which took place on Sunday 2nd March.
The Inquiry
In the autumn of 1913, as the social and political maelstrom of the Lockout raged around them, legendary union leader James Larkin faced his nemesis William Martin Murphy across a conference table in Dublin Castle. It was here, in the seat of British power in Ireland, that the two men passionately articulated their respective visions for the coming Irish state.
Ronnie Masterson
The death has occurred of Ronnie Masterson (4th April 1926 – February 10th 2014).
Ronnie was a long time member of Irish Equity and a member of the Executive. She trained at the Abbey Theatre and first appeared on stage there in 1944.
At the Abbey, she met and then married actor Ray McAnally (deceased) in 1945. Ronnie is mother to Conor, Aonghus, Máire and Niamh.
Irish Equity would like to express our sincere condolences to her family and friends.
SIPTU Vice-President, Patricia King, who knew Ronnie personally has also expressed her sorrow at the parting of the actress and Equity member.
“I wish to express my deepest sympathy to the children and family of Ronnie Masterson. May she rest in peace,” Patricia King said.
Funeral arrangements:
Reposing at Stafford’s Funeral Home in Portmarnock from 2 p.m to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 12th February and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, 13th February.
Removal on Thursday 13th February arriving at St. Fintan’s Church, Sutton, at 5.30 p.m.
Funeral Mass on Friday 14th February at 11.00 a.m.
Arts Council Project Awards
The deadline for the next round of Arts Council Projects is Thursday, 20 March at 5.30pm. Project Awards are available in the following Art Form and Arts Practice areas:
- Arts Participation
- Circus
- Dance
- Film
- Music
- Street Arts and Spectacle
- Theatre
- Traditional Arts
- Visual Arts
In advance of this, there will be an information clinic taking place on Wednesday, 26th February, Project Cube, Dublin, at 2.00pm. [Read more…]
Invitation to launch of the National Youth Film School 2014
Young Irish Film Makers and the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Ghaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan wish to invite you to the launch of the National Youth Film School 2014 on Thursday 23rd January 1.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.
SIPTU welcomes the strong growth of the Irish film industry during 2013
The SIPTU Arts and Culture Sector has welcomed figures from the Irish Film Board which indicate strong growth of the film, television and animation industry during 2013.
SIPTU Sector Organiser, Karan O’Loughlin, said: “According to estimates by the Irish Film Board the industry is on track to have generated €168 million of activity during 2013. This is very positive news and would amount to an 18% increase on 2012. [Read more…]
Equity expresses solidarity with those injured in Apollo theatre accident
Irish Equity has expressed concern and solidarity with the more than 80 people injured due to the collapse of a section of the roof of the Apollo Theatre in London on Thursday, 19th December.
About 720 people including many families were watching the hugely popular play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time when the accident happened. SIPTU Sector Organiser, Karan O’Loughlin, said: “The theatre community in Ireland has expressed its concern and solidarity with all affected by this terrible accident. “We hope that all those injured and traumatised in this event make a full and speedy recovery.”
PhD Scholarship in Drama and Theatre Studies
Drama and Theatre Studies at the School of Music and Theatre, University College Cork, is one of the leading drama and theatre departments in Ireland with a commitment to excellence in practice, teaching and research. Our vibrant learning community is dedicated to building interdisciplinary and cross-cultural understandings of theatre and the performing arts. At the heart of this is the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Performance Practices (CIR). [Read more…]
Public Forum on Copyright Review on Monday in Dublin
SIPTU is encouraging music and theatre practitioners to attend a Public Forum on proposed reforms to copyright law taking place in the Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin on Monday, 9th December, at 5.00 p.m.
SIPTU Organiser, Des Courtney, said: “We support the campaign of the Association of Artists Representative Organisations (ARRO) against the proposed report of the Copyright Review Committee.
“We are asking all practitioners who are available to register and attend the public forum in the Royal Irish Academy on 9th December at which they can voice their concerns with the proposed changes to copyright law.”
He added: “For artists and creators, copyright is not primarily about property or possession. It is about freedom, independence, integrity and democracy. In order to exercise these rights society and the State must acknowledge and protect our ability to live by our own creative efforts.
“Copyright law was a crucial enabler of that process. To undermine copyright in the manner proposed by the recently published Report of the Copyright Review Committee is to push creative activity back into the arms of powerful patronage and return artists to the position of dependence from which copyright helped to free them.”
To register for the Public Forum on reforms to copyright law please email copyright@djei.ie
