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The curtain came down on New Ross Drama Festival 2024 after eight enthralling nights of live drama on stage in St. Michael’s Theatre, when prizes were awarded on the closing night.
The curtain came down on this year’s New Ross Drama Festival on Thursday night in St Michael’s Theatre, after professional standard productions enthralled audiences.
The future of St. Michael s Theatre in New Ross hangs in the balance as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the theatre s programme this year.
Theatre Director Tomas Kavanagh said: We closed on March 11 after one night of the New Ross Drama Festival and realistically it will be next March before we can re-open again.
In 2019 the theatre had a turnover of €550,000. So far this year it s income has been €86,000. Pobal has informed Mr Kavanagh that the theatre must come up with a plan to recoup the money lost this year.
Mr Kavanagh said: It s ludicrous. A lot of what has happened is not intentional. We have been in correspondence with the minister s office. The minister said there is €30m but the Arts Council are used to dealing with certain people. Their answer was that the money is going to people who always get the money. We are not eligible to apply for emergency funding. We can t apply for the business one because we are a registered charity. We can t get the Covid