In 2016, two new co-directors were brought into the Abbey Theatre from Scotland, in a bid to reinvigorate Ireland’s national theatre. Five years later they departed, satisfied with their artistic and financial achievements - but their relationship with their board had sundered, amid rancour and legal complaints over a HR investigation into one of them.
Productions of classics appeared to be aimed at long-time theatregoers, yet this year the Arts Council warned of a decline in young people attending plays
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