‘Huge loss to the theatre’

A CLASSICALLY trained actor, Kathleen Barrington began to find herself sidelined as soon as she reached 30.

She said; “Most female actors when they reach beyond their 20s have to start scrambling around looking for work, it’s as if suddenly they are not a person anymore.”

In Ms Barrington’s case she was “lucky” — as a full-time Abbey Theatre employee she turned to promoting acting, becoming the Dublin theatre’s first education officer.