National Opera House

I'll bring that to you on the Monday edition of the Morning Mix.

Major investment in lighting in the state-of-the-art National Opera House.

But before I meet my next guest, I think we like a little bit of nostalgia from time to time.

This will bring back a memory or two.

And so I took the job running the Theatre Royal in Waterford and I took that job in order to um really do the refurbishment of the theater um it was in a sad state and i um with with the board of the theater we raised the money and we did we restored it to its bijou victorian glory um which i was very pleased about but we we then um when i left there um I started the company Four Rivers in Wexford, which we have had for a number of five or six years now.

And we operate out of the Wexford Arts Centre and the National Opera House.

So we collaborate with both venues.

And it's a very happy arrangement.

Mm.

And then we're gonna do the National Opera House with the show.

It'll be the final date of the show will be in the National Opera House in Wexford.

In the Jerome Holmes Theatre.

In the Jerome Holmes.

Uh, maybe you, uh, were more into Maurice or the rest of the crew.

But I'm joined by Aengus McAnally, who has got another wonderful event coming to the National Opera House, or N- sorry, the National Concert Hall.

Um, was bringing them to Wexford.

I hope it'll come to Wexford as well at some stage.

Yeah

... pay tribute to Barry Gibb now, Aengus? And you've ch- you've chosen the National Concert Hall.

I hope you bring it to the National Opera House if, if the opportunity presents itself as well.

Yeah, we'd, we'd love to.

I think audiences have started to see, audiences from around the world have made friendships here.

They come into the foyer of the National Opera House and they see friends.

They start to recognize each other and it's such a warm welcome.

What goes on behind the scenes is the most committed staff and team of volunteers working throughout the year for two very special weeks where 75 events take place.