RTE in Crisis

Behind the scenes: The short life and slow death of the doomed Toy Show musical

Lack of transparency, communication and ticket sales fuelled the downfall of the €2.2 million loss making project

Toy Show the Musical: the production ran for just 27 shows in December 2022 and used just 41 per cent of capacity at the National Convention Centre where it was staged

A damning report into Toy Show the Musical has found that the recording of the show's sponsorship money was "not in line with generally accepted accounting practices" and that the board of RTÉ at the time should have been far more rigorous in its scrutiny over the failed enterprise.

However, the long-awaited review also charts the conception and demise of the failed production and mapped out how a lack of transparency and external scrutiny fuelled ...