The Last Hurrah!

Can you believe it? After the months and months of planning, we're finally at the final weekend! The last bash! 'Once more with feeling!'

It's so strange that the end is now in sight (although I don't think any of our bodies would allow us to continue at this pace for much longer!). We've worked hard (and partied hard at the Festival Club), and now we find ourselves with the final few shows! How did that happen so fast?!

What's made it all even better is that we passed a huge milestone in the box office... For the first time in the Festival's history, the box office passed the €1 million mark in sales - so we celebrated accordingly with a glass of champagne (much to the surprise of the line of people queuing at our box office counters!) It was a huge moment in the history of the Festival and we're all so delighted that people have engaged so much with the programme and come to see so many of the shows in their droves!

We still have a small number of seats left this weekend. We've also had people waiting patiently at many of the venues each night hoping for returns (which many have got we're happy to announce) in a last-minute effort to get tickets shows that simply everybody is raving about.

So as we plan one last attack for the final weekend, we hope you to get to pack in one or two final shows also. And I'm sure there'll also be a few glasses raised to the wonderful success of the 50th anniversary in the Festival Club this weekend!

Ross Keane
Director of Marketing & Development