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A miscarriage of justice which saw a Galway man being wrongly convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl could now cost the State up to €1 million in compensation.

GALWAY BASED actor, poet, and songwriter Pete Mullineaux will host his next series of acting classes in the Galway Arts Centre, starting Wednesday January 20.

ACTOR CONOR Lovett of Gare St Lazare Players, best known for his acclaimed stagings of Beckett’s prose works, makes a welcome return to the Town Hall the week after next with his latest one-man show; Herman Melville’s classic tale Moby Dick.

NO OTHER composer has been so often quoted, written about, adopted for political and revolutionary causes (ranging from Marxism to fascism) and painted, but who was the real Beethoven? Who was the man behind the romantic image of the tortured artist with the unruly hair, unhinged personality, and furrowed brow?

The Claregalway-Carnmore drama group Compántas Lir were celebrating this week after their production of the classic Elmer Harris play Johnny Belinda finished second in the All-Ireland drama finals in Waterford.

Druid’s production of Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple Of Inishmaan has received 11 nominations from such prestigious New York theatre awards as Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, and Drama Desk.

The amateur drama movement is a fundamental and integral part of Irish society and the RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival has re-affirmed Athlone’s position as the Mecca for all theatre enthusiasts the length and breadth of the country.

Mickey’s stylish comeback

TOWN HALL audiences are in for a real treat next weekend when feted Australian entertainer David Scheel brings his widely-acclaimed show Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player to the venue for one night only.

The Great Hargeisa Goat Bubble, a radio play by Galway author and singer Julian Gough, will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 tomorrow at 2.15pm.