Clem Jacob Hire and Red Kettle win major Award · Jun 25, 01:13 PM
Clem Jacob Hire and Red Kettle Theatre Company have won a prestigious Allianz Business to Arts Award for their collaboration in staging Russell Hoban’s Riddley Walker in November 2007.
Their success in the category Best Sponsorship by a Small to Medium Enterprise was announced at the Business to Arts Awards ceremony last Tuesday June 17th. Guest of Honour at the Awards was our new Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Martin Cullen.
Riddley Walker was the biggest production ever staged by Red Kettle and one of the biggest artistic undertakings in the history of arts events in Waterford. It was the product of a great partnership between one of Waterford’s best loved and established arts groups and one of the most successful hire companies in the South East. The participation of Clem Jacob Hire in this partnership genuinely enabled Red Kettle to stage this epic production, having begun with a cast, a lumpy field, a tent, and little else: no power for lights or sound, no heat, no dressing rooms, no toilets, security, machinery, or seats for the audience. Enter Clem Jacob Hire from stage left to provide the production with generators, three marquees, floors, heaters, a Teleporter, diggers, toilets, floodlights, fences, two hundred gold padded chairs… the list goes on …
The acclaim that this accolade brings to the partnership is significant, with the Arts in Waterford being recognized on a national level, and with Clem Jacob Hire achieving such success after only two years in business. There was stiff competition in this category from other nationally well-respected companies. Other Awards on the night went to Ulster Bank, Dublin Theatre Festival and AIB.
