THEY say the play’s the thing.

We have 4,000 actors in this country, but most earn less than €12,000 per year. How do they survive? Colette Sheridan meets five actors and finds out

SIX of the eight races at Dundalk tonight are handicaps, which makes it a minefield for punters.

World renowned playwright Brian Friel joined the walk of fame at one of Dublin’s top theatres today.

A legal action to compel a company involving promoter Denis Desmond, to pay £5.3 million (€6.2m) relating to a deal for acquisition of the Mean Fiddler Music Group has been almost fully resolved after a bank draft for that amount was received last Friday.

A countrywide search began today for three young budding performers to star in a new musical.

“I THINK it’s a great honour,” said Ronnie Drew, the seventh luminary to make his Gaiety Theatre imprint.

The new Abbey Theatre will be built in Dublin’s docklands as part of a revamp of several of the country’s leading cultural institutions, the Government confirmed today.

The star of a critically acclaimed Broadway hit – I Am My Own Wife – said he has no idea how Irish audiences will react when he steps on to the Gaiety Theatre’s stage tomorrow night.

NIALL TÓIBÍN has ‘cemented’ his reputation as one of the leading actors of his generation by adding his hand prints to the plaza outside the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin.

A number of Dublin theatres and nightclubs are reportedly planning to appeal last week’s court ruling forcing them to stop selling alcohol at 3am.

NIGHTCLUB bosses have welcomed court orders which have allowed their premises to serve drink until 2.30am.

Dan Buckley

ANNA MANAHAN was delighted yesterday to receive recognition for her acting talents. Her handprints are immortalised on the forecourt of Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre, a distinction she shares with two other legends.