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IN A real treat for Galway ballet lovers, Ireland’s prima ballerina Monica Loughman brings her Irish Youth Russian Ballet Company to the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday February 20, with its production of the classic French ballet, Giselle.

An epic weekend of camogie unfolded as the two under-21 Roinn A semi-finals in the St Canice’s Credit union camogie championship plus the Leinster Intermediates were decided. The action began on Saturday as Mullinavat and Clara produced an all-time classic as they clocked up a staggering 15 goals between them in the first semi-final played in Ballyhale last Saturday afternoon.

DRUID THEATRE will celebrate its coral anniversary - the 35th anniversary of its founding in Galway city in 1975 - with a major performance featuring excerpts from the great Irish plays, performed by many of this country’s finest actors and actresses.

IRELAND’S LEADING ballerina, Monica Loughman, brings her Irish Youth Russian Ballet Company to Galway on Thursday February 18 at 8pm with its production of La Sylphide.

DRUID’S EXCITING Galway Arts Festival season of Enda Walsh work got off to a compelling start on Monday with the Irish premiere of his “coiled, dark, glitter-dusted fable”, The New Electric Ballroom, which Walsh also directed.

AND SO the curtain falls on another year of playgoing and diverse theatrical activity; a year that saw much impressive work from both visiting and locally based companies.

There’s plenty in store this season at Backstage Theatre, Longford to keep you entertained through those cold, dark nights. With everything from drama and music to comedy and dance, there’s something to suit your every need.

CHRISTY MOORE, Liam Clancy, Virginia Kerr, Druid Theatre Company, and Opera UK are among the highlights in Town Hall Theatre’s programme for the coming months.

DRUID THEATRE Company’s award-winning production of Enda Walsh’s blistering New Electric Ballroom comes to the Town Hall shortly for a brief run as part of a national tour.