Everyman artistic director blasts government inaction on reopening of live events

The future of institutions like the Everyman is hanging by a thread due to the shutdown, Sophie Motley said

Sophie Motley said the arts sector was not looking for special dispensation from Government, but merely a roadmap out of one of its most difficult ever periods. Picture: Denis Minihane

Some of Ireland's greatest breeding grounds for arts and culture are hanging by a thread and may not survive, as the live events sector waits patiently for a roadmap for opening, one of Cork's leading industry figures has said.

Artistic director of the Everyman theatre in Cork, Sophie Motley, said the arts sector was not looking for special dispensation from Government, but merely a roadmap out of one of its most difficult ever periods.