interval 23 June 2009
Most of you that I do a few, but not too many grown-up things – I suppose we all must at a certain point…anyhow, that means I am on the board of ROUGH MAGIC theatre company, patron (with Vic Smurfit) of WORLD VISION IRELAND, patron of DOVER YOUTH THEATRE and patron of the FRIENDS OF INNISFREE (housing development charity that looks after, particularly, the ‘home-challenged’ Irish in London) – all tremendously wonderful companies to be associated with. As I say, sometimes you gotta and WANTA – but you also learn stuff that only happens ‘on the ground’ – for example, turns out that a fab arts centre in Dublin (= Project: GO SEE ANYTHING GOING ON THERE when you visit Dublin) is having problems in as much as the vogue for 90 minute plays without an interval means there ain’t a bar revenue at, well, the interval, and during the year they went from jan to march without a single interval!!! Bear this in mind next time you attend such a show, no matter where, and have a drink before or after – it all adds up to the theatre’s revenue and can make SUCH a difference!!
