Husbands, Hats and Grants

'Husbands and Hats - A Revival of Two Classic Plays' went on at Lunchtime Theatre @ Kelly's Bar from the 19th to the 21st April, followed by a speedy reprise the following week at Lunchtime Theatre's Lucky Dip of Theatrical Delights. Audiences liked it and we'll add a bit more spit n polish for another outing in the near future.

So husbands and hats there are aplenty, but grants, alas, are none. We applied to Culture Ireland for funds to take ourselves off to Brighton, where we are performing The World's Wife (yay!) next week. In feedback, CI told us we were unsuccessful because the Brighton Festival Fringe is uncurated and that Irish companies that have performed there found it difficult to attract audiences. So we're off on a wing and a prayer (a van and a ferry actually) and doubters be damned!

Then...the biggie. Arts Council Project Awards. We scoured the application guidelines, we had online-submission-technological-nervous-breakdowns, we had last minute dashes across Dublin with vital letters of recommendation. We had no luck. But we sleep easy, knowing we put in the best application we could have and that there are reasons decisions are made that have nothing to do with us, and everything to do with resources, regional balances and...oh, some other R word, like recession or something.

So now that the fanstastic project has gone the way of all flesh before ever it was made flesh, we have the time and space (if not the money) to consider other plans...and make other grant applications. We'll keep you posted...