Waking the Feminists awakens excitement in Irish theatre
With good luck and talent, it will translate into more diverse programming and a more diverse audience
As 2017 dawns, there is a sense of great excitement about the future of Irish theatre. The year was dominated by the Waking the Feminists campaign, which saw grassroots activism bring the idea of gender equality to the forefront of all artistic conversations.
The impact was not just discursive. By September, the Abbey Theatre, whose controversial programme of commemoration for the 1916 Easter Rising sparked the debate about gender equality, had set in ...
