Abbey Theatre to undergo “root and branch” reform

The 22-person committee gave the go-ahead to measures that will lead to its effective dissolution.
The National Theatre Society, which has run the theatre since 1904, is to be broken up and replaced by a limited company without shareholders. The theatre is also to be moved to a new site near the Irish Financial Services Center on Dublin’s George’s Dock
The moves come only weeks after a report by independent auditors at KPMG found gaping holes in the theatre’s accounts. It suffered a shortfall of