Why Doesn’t Ireland Produce Musicals?

“We aren’t lacking in raw materials, after all. Aren’t we the country that brought you Enya, Sinead O’Connor, Westlife and U2? … And it’s not as if we’re short of experimental playwrights, innovative directors or competent performers. … Yet sadly our island seems to be unable – or unwilling – to write, or indeed produce, their own works from the genre.”