Grace Dyas, the playwright and director, was the first woman to go public with allegations against the former director of the Gate Theatre, Michael Colgan. Grace Dyas, the playwright and director, was the first woman to go public with allegations against the former director of the Gate Theatre, Michael Colgan. She alleged that when she went for an interview for a job with the Dublin Theatre Festival, Colgan was on the interview panel. Since then, more women came forward, publishing their accounts of their interactions with Michael Colgan, that vary from rudeness and hostility to allegedly inappropriate behaviour. Michael Colgan has not responded to these women's allegations and he did not reply to calls or text messages from this newspaper.

Source: Irish Independent November 05, 2017 22:52 UTC