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Red Lizard Productions are back with a thrilling comedy called Brush With A Body, which will see 11 of Mullingar’s finest tread the boards in the Arts Centre this October.

It’s that time of year again, when Ballina Arts Centre presents the best of work by localY-based artists working in all media, with Perspectives 3: Ballina Open Exhibition 2008 coming in November.

It’s that time of year again, when Ballina Arts Centre presents the best of work by local-based artists working in all media, with Perspectives 3: Ballina Open Exhibition 2008 coming in November.

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A week long session of drama and bodhran classes will be held as part of the Soogroo Children’s Arts Festival during the Easter holidays in the Arts Centre, Charlestown. The cost per day is €3. Contact Cosgallen for more information.

A number of national and international artists will be visiting Ballina this weekend to support the campaign for a new theatre for the town. Part funding of €4.3 million was allocated for the new theatre from the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism; Mayo County Council; and Ballina Town Council at the end of last year. However, in order to secure this funding, a further €500,000 must be raised in the local community by July 2009. A fundraising committee was set up earlier in the year to build on the good work already done by previous interest groups and a number of fundraising events have already taken place.

Home composting workshops, organised by Westmeath County Council, are to be held in Athlone and Mullingar in the coming weeks.

EVELYN WAUGH said you should always give positive reviews to your friends, as it is terribly rude to give a bad review to a book you have not actually read.

This year Culture Night will take place on Friday September 25 and Ballina Arts Centre is presenting a programme of events and activities aimed at all ages, with hopefully something for all tastes. The programme includes Shortscreen Cinema, where a number of short films will be shown from 5pm to 6pm and 8pm to 10.30pm. Viewers can drop in and out of the cinema. Many of the films to be screened were made through the Filmbase Shorts scheme. Waiting Room, made by a number of local teenagers during a workshop at Ballina Arts Centre in 2007, will also be screened.

GALWAY’S SECOND annual theatre festival takes place from October 20 to 25 and details of this year’s programme were announced at its press launch recently in Massimo’s Bar.