BIGGEST RADIO COMEDY COMMISSION ENDS ...
RTÉ/BAI’s Comedy Showhouse 2017 – 2020
Between 2017 and 2020, Sideline emerged as Ireland’s biggest independent radio comedy producer, with RTÉ broadcasting an average of 24 x 30-minute shows every year. NB – RTE’s Comedy Showhouse (CS) was 80% funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), now Coimisiún na Meán, and gave a platform to Sean Hughes, Foil Arms & […]
Your next dance, please …
Thanks to everyone who came … and especially to the great crew at the Palas cinema, all the volunteers, and Heather from the GIFF for looking after us so well.
Adam Clayton’s message for the Galway Film Fleadh
Feature-length music film Ballroom Boom screens @ PALAS 1, Thursday July 9th, 1.15pm Limited tickets: https://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/project/ballroom-boom/ Editor credit – Justin McCarthy
Michaella Walsh, RIP.
The death has occurred peacefully of Michaella Walsh, Mountain View, California, and formerly of Derryharriff, Castlebar at The Stanford Hospital, California, on Sunday, the 28th of June. Such sad news. Michaella came from her native Mayo to join Sideline Productions at our offices then on Appian Way in Dublin in the 2010s and was a […]
Galway Film Fleadh Marketplace – Fri/Sat July 10th/11th
Sideline Productions will present two original projects at the Galway Film Fleadh marketplace in the Galmont Hotel on both Friday, July 10th, and Saturday, July 11th. NB All meeting slots are now booked up. In the decades after the 2nd World War, a million Irish people emigrated to Britain with a suitcase and a dream. […]
Galway Film Fleadh – European Premiere Thursday July 9th
Sideline Productions is honoured that the 38th Galway Film Fleadh has selected BALLROOM BOOM (hosted by U2’s Adam Clayton) for its European premiere. Booking link below. Ballroom Blitz (2 hours of TV) was originally commissioned by RTÉ’s Head of Factual Colm O’Callaghan but was geo-blocked on the RTÉ Player due to the amount of ‘commercial’ […]
Sideline in Berlin
Looking forward to 3 days of intensive workshops on The Art of Negotiating Agreements for Film and TV Always open to new skills, plus meet up and share knowledge with like-minded professional creatives from all over Europe. June 4-6, 2026, Berlin Organised by https://en.epi.media/ErichPommerInstitut
Ballroom Boom in Singapore
Always nice to receive ‘good news’—especially from Asia’s No. 1 indie film festival. That is the 11th award and laurel won so far by the RTE & Sideline feature-length doc. More information on the extraordinary success of Ballroom Boom, see earlier blogs and news. Your next dance please …
BALLROOM BOOM’s UK Premiere announced
After recent sellout screenings in New York and Toronto, Dublin-based Sideline Productions and Ireland’s pubcaster RTE are delighted to announce that the UK premiere of Ballroom Boom, the award-winning feature doc fronted by U2’s Adam Clayton, is confirmed for the Electric Ballroom in London on Monday, April 20th. This release follows a slew of international […]
Feck Old Age – Let’s Dance!
Sideline’s CCO is working part-time with the Bealtaine Arts Festival in 2026 as Performance Arts Curator. The nationwide month-long festival every May is organised under the auspices of Age & Opportunity & the HSE. FYI https://bealtaine.ie/festival-team/billy_mcgrath/ FYI, Bealtaine is the Gaelic for the month of May.