WHERE'S THE RIVERDANCE MOVIE?

No, this is not a joke. If there's one international success story in the Irish arts it's Riverdance. Every summer it returns (despite last year being the farewell performance!) and it's as popular as ever. Lots of foreign tourists queuing up outside the Gaiety to see the show. So when will there be a movie verison? We're making films out of crap plays (Disco pigs, Studs), books (P.S. I love you, Frankie Starlight), TV shows (Spin the bottle), literature (Bloom) yet after fifteen years there's still no Riverdance movie? Laugh all you want - a movie version of the show would be a box-office smash and would definitely pick a few awards at the IFTAs. So what's the problem? Lack of ambition? Afraid of ridicule? Or are we just too busy funding Sean Penn movies that are persuaded to be made here? Ouch!