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ANTON CHEKHOV’S timeless classic Uncle Vanya is among the highlights of this year’s Galway Arts Festival in a much-praised co-production by two of Bristol’s foremost companies - the Bristol Old Vic and Shakespeare At The Tobacco Factory.

THE CAUCASIAN Chalk Circle, Bertolt Brecht’s play about a peasant girl who steals a baby but becomes a better mother than its natural parents, is to be read in Kelly’s.

FAME - THE Musical, Ireland’s musical theatre talent show, which went on air on RTÉ 1 in April, is now touring the nation and is coming west in September.

TWO MORE spaces are available for Core Theatre College’s 10 week professional theatre training course, which starts in September.

A WEEKEND workshop in the Michael Chekhov technique and Anne Bogart’s Viewpoints takes place in the Anno Santo Hotel on Saturday July 3 and Sunday 4 from 10am to 5pm.

SHAKESPEARE’S MEASURE For Measure will be the subject of an actors’ masterclass from Theatrecorp actor and director Max Hafler.

A FEAST of comedy, magic, farce, imagination, and poetry, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is deservedly one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays.

This year, Galway is going to get its first professional part-time theatre school. Amazingly, Galway does not have such a school despite its international theatrical reputation. Core Theatre College offers a serious 10-week foundation course for actors with 20 hours training per week in core theatre subjects such as voice, movement and acting technique. There will also be masterclasses in skills like Commedia Dell’Arte, mask work, singing, directing and stage combat.

Kildare group, Silken Thomas Players, were crowned All Ireland Champions last Saturday May 8 as the 2010 RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival drew to a close. Adjudicator Tom Doherty awarded the top prize to the group whose energetic production of Alan Bennett’s school drama The History Boys swept audiences away with their masterful performances and slick scene changes. Producer Sean Judge picked up the award for Best Director, while the group also collected the awards for Best Set, Best Lighting, and Best Stage Management.

CRUCIFIED IRELAND, a new Forum Theatre presentation will be staged by Galway community theatre ALâ in the Town Hall studio from May 19 to 22 at 8.30pm.