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Michael Quinn

Michael Quinn

Obituaries Editor

Biography

Michael Quinn is obituaries editor for The Stage. Michael has been contributing to The Stage since 1989 and became obituaries editor in 2014. A former theatre director and BBC Radio Drama producer, he also writes about classical music, opera and Irish traditional music. Programming consultant to Northern Ireland’s newest arts centre, Portico, in Portaferry, County Down, he is editor for SOMM Recordings and previously deputy editor of Gramophone and Classic FM magazines.

Recent Articles

Rachel Tucker and Adrian Dunbar join protest against Northern Ireland cuts

Rachel Tucker and Adrian Dunbar join protest against Northern Ireland cuts

West End star Rachel Tucker and actor Adrian Dunbar are backing an Equity campaign against a proposed 10% budget cut to the arts in Northern Ireland
Arts in Northern Ireland braced for 10% cuts to funding

Arts in Northern Ireland braced for 10% cuts to funding

Theatre and arts organisations in Northern Ireland are bracing for 10% cuts in funding following advice from the region’s Arts Council
Northern Ireland Opera stops show after complaints about audience behaviour

Northern Ireland Opera stops show after complaints about audience behaviour

Northern Ireland Opera was forced to abandon a performance of Into the Woods last week following complaints about unruly audience behaviour, it has been reported
Northern Ireland theatres given green light to run without social distancing

Northern Ireland theatres given green light to run without social distancing

Theatres and performance venues in Northern Ireland are to be allowed to play to full-capacity audiences from today, following a relaxation of social distancing rules
£5m fund to support individual arts workers in Northern Ireland

£5m fund to support individual arts workers in Northern Ireland

Individual arts workers in Northern Ireland are to benefit from a new £5 million recovery fund, aimed at helping recipients to continue working in the creative sectors following a turbulent 18 months
Northern Ireland’s theatres given green light to reopen

Northern Ireland’s theatres given green light to reopen

Northern Ireland’s theatres and concert venues have been granted permission to resume performances with live audiences from 6pm on July 27
The ‘English Elvis’: Tommy Steele’s 65 years in the spotlight

The ‘English Elvis’: Tommy Steele’s 65 years in the spotlight

Sculptor, rock’n’roll singer and stage star – as well as a Guinness World Record holder – Tommy Steele has been a fixture of the entertainment world since the 1950s. The author of Steele’s new biography Sebastian Lassandro tells Michael Quinn more
Chief executive Ian Wilson: ‘Belfast Grand Opera House was built to entertain the masses. We’re continuing that’

Chief executive Ian Wilson: ‘Belfast Grand Opera House was built to entertain the masses. We’re continuing that’

Belfast’s Grand Opera House closed for refurbishment in January 2020, after postponing three times it is finally preparing to reopen. Chief executive Ian Wilson tells Michael Quinn about reimagining Frank Matcham’s original ideas for the 21st century
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