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The 30th Cúirt International Festival of Literature opens on Wednesday April 22 with an official reception and a poetry reading.

In the closing two years of the war most Londoners thought that the worst of the bombing raids were over. Instead, for a brief and intense period, a more sinister chapter of death from the skies opened. Flying bombs, launched from occupied Europe, flew into London. They were pilotless and practically without sound, except for a wail as they descended. They terrorised a war-weary people.* Many, who had braved the previous raids, felt that this was a horror too far. They sought refuge in quieter rural areas.

One of the most celebrated, award winning musicals on stage today, Billy Elliot, will reach a whole new audience when it is broadcast live from London’s Victoria Palace Theatre on Sunday September 28.

The Importance of Being Wilde is a compelling documentary play on the life and extraordinary career of Oscar Wilde, one of the most flamboyant and brilliantly original Irishmen of all time.

“WHEN I wrote The Colleen Bawn, I invented the Irish drama. It was original in form, in material, in treatment, and in dialogue.” So declared Dion Boucicault of the play which has delighted audiences for more than 150 years and is about to get a new production from Druid.

THE IFTA winning Irish actor Martin McCann, who has appeared in Killing Bono, Shadow Dancer, and Clash of the Titans, is coming to Galway for the acting for TV and film course.

The Shamrock Lodge Hotel Athlone prides itself on offering a unique location for your wedding day. Tucked away on its own magnificent grounds with well manicured gardens and mature trees, there is no better backdrop for your wedding photographs.

Castlebar Rotary Club is holding a film premiere night for the new James Bond movie Skyfall on Friday October 26 at 7.30pm.

London Classic Theatre presents its wonderful new production of Oscar Wilde’s comedic classic The Importance of Being Earnest to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar for two special performances on Monday, October 8 and Tuesday, October 9 at 8pm.

“THE SWEENEY’S doin’ ninety, ‘coz they got the word to go, they get a gang of villains by the shed down at Heathrow.”