ALT Last year we brought together a superb company of artists to present a very important piece of work called An Octoroon by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. This play examines the complex subject of race representation, stereotypes and unconscious bias. Our beautiful production was critically celebrated across the media with a host of 4 and 5 star reviews. Following the announcement of the Irish Times Theatre Award nominations, there have been discussions within the industry around omissions in general and race representation and bias in particular. These conversations highlight the fact that we as an industry need to work harder to ensure more diversity and better representation in all critical platforms and panels moving forward. The Abbey Theatre is, and will continue to be, completely committed to this conversation through our programme and our wider engagement.