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Everyone loves a good thriller and there is none better than an Agatha Christie thriller.

It is the biggest single cause of sickness, disability and loss to industry with almost half the population suffering in any given year.

Athlone Little Theatre’s latest production is the wonderfully lavish period drama The Heiress.

As Downton Abbey returns to our screens, Athlone Little Theatre will be putting on a show to match Julian Fellowes’ hit series.

When you look in the mirror what do you see? An upright person with perfect posture or a stooped individual with hunched shoulders and drooping chin who looks years older than his/her age?

Athlone Little Theatre’s latest play The Lonesome West opens this Sunday February 24 and runs until Saturday March 2 next.

Richard Brennan is the author of seven books on the Alexander Technique. He has appeared on BBC and RTE television, as well as on national and local radio and newspapers, and is in Castlebar for the first time for a workshop on posture and pain.

Many people think that the Alexander Technique involves improving posture by ‘sitting up straight’. Nothing could be further from the truth. It involves releasing unconscious tension from our body to allow us to move through life with greater ease. It can dramatically help or prevent backache, arthritis, insomnia, and a whole range of physical aches and pains. By learning the technique you may find that your confidence and self-esteem naturally grow. You may also find a natural spontaneity, a greater contentment, and a deeper love of life.

A one day course in the Alexander Technique, aimed at musicians and actors, will be given in Galway by Richard Brennan, in the Alexander Technique Centre, Kirkullen Lodge, Tooreeny, Moycullen on Friday October 16.

The HSE is counting the cost of the Big Freeze with a large number of hospitals reporting increases of up to 70 per cent in the number of people presenting with fractures recently.