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300 sign letter expressing 'deep concern and dissatisfaction' with direction of Abbey Theatre
The 312 signatories say that the situation for the Irish theatre community is "critical", while the freelance community has been "cast adrift".
The letter, which was sent to the Culture Minister Josepha Madigan, the chairwoman of the Arts Council and the chairwoman of the Abbey board, was signed by well-known stars of Irish theatre including Aidan Gillen, Ruth Negga, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Mark Huberman.
The letter states that the decreased number of in-house productions and more presenting or co-presenting "has caused devastation amongst our ranks".
"The National Theatre reducing its own production output means less diversity, and reduced employment, not more," it says.
It says that in 2016, the Abbey directly employed 123 actors in productions and 90 actors in readings and workshops. The following year, 56 actors were directed by the theatre, according to the letter, which is a 46% decrease.
"We would surmise that this reduction will be substantially higher when workshop figures are made available for 2017," it says.
In a theatre founded by writers and actors it is profoundly worrying that there is no commitment to sustaining that community.
The signatories of the letter
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Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister
More than 300 actors, directors, designers, agents and playwrights have complained to the Minister for Culture about the Abbey Theatre's recently adopted practice of coproducing shows, which they say is damaging Irish theatre by leading to fewer in-house productions. The change in model at the national theatre "has caused devastation amongst our ranks", they write in their letter to Josepha Madigan.
There will have been no Ireland-based actor in an Abbey Theatre production on an Abbey stage for the 5½ months between the final performance of Jimmy's Hall, on September 8th, 2018, and the opening of The Country Girls, on February 23rd this year, the letter says.
It was delivered simultaneously on Monday afternoon to the Minister for Culture, the chairwoman of the Arts Council, Sheila Pratschke, and the chairwoman of the Abbey board, Frances Ruane.
In 2016 the Abbey directly employed 123 actors in Abbey productions. In 2017 only 56 actors were directly employed in Abbey shows, a reduction of 54%
The 312 signatories are a roll-call of top-ranking theatre professionals, including Aidan Gillen, Aisling O'Sullivan, Annabelle Comyn, Arthur Riordan, Cathy Belton, Declan Conlon, Denis Conway, Derbhle Crotty,