Rodrigo Rodrigues wins “Best Designer: Costume” at Irish Theatre Awards
Unfortunately I’ve been up to my eyes since attending the Irish Times Theatre Awards so my apologies as this blog post is more then a little overdue. The Awards had a change of venue and a change in the running of the event, but the toned down and more “climate appropriate” version in Vicar Street was a credit to the Irish Times and the organisers none the less.
Of course the night was topped off with the fantastic news that Director/Co-ordinator of The Core Dublin and The Trojan Women, Rodrigo Rodrigues begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting, took home the very beautiful (and very heavy) award for “Best Designer: Costume”. A fantastic accomplishment!
It must be noted, that for many of us in the audience that night, the year ahead is one filled with enormous strain and uncertainty as the announcement of the Arts Council’s funding decisions for 2010 was ringing in our ears. However, it was addressed on the night that many of the smaller companies in particular had quick reaction to the crisis to thank for maintaining some level of success. Some recognition of this, I think, is the fact that on a budget of zero Rodrigo managed to work in a way that still achieved a level of production and design standard high enough to scoop an Irish Thearte Award. But overall the night was one to be enjoyed, and a huge achievement for Rodrigo and The Core Dublins first production.
Rodrigo took to the stage with Co-Director of The Trojan Women Alan King, and with a little beckoning from them, myself and Phyllis Carthy joined them on stage as Rodrigo accepted the award.
Congratulations and well done Rodrigo!!
Sarah 
