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A THEATRE show produced by, and which premiered at the Galway International Arts Festival, has been impressing audiences at Edinburgh, where it also scooped an award.

TOM CREAN - Antarctic Explorer, the award winning, critically acclaimed, stage show on the life of the Irishman who served with Scott and Shackleton, returns to Galway.

The Galway Fringe Festival will take place from July 12 to 30 with a view to promoting the thriving local arts scene and providing a platform for emerging and established artists.

A testament of human fortitude against all the elements of Antarctica, Tom Crean – Antarctic Explorer is brought to life in this dramatic solo performance at the Watergate in Kilkenny.

AINDRAIS DE Staic has made the headlines in theatre internationally for his acclaimed one man shows, and his best known show is coming back to Galway.

THE BRILLIANT Jason Byrne, the manic, high energy comedian, and one of the very best in the business, is coming back to Galway.

Fresh from a sell out year at the Edinburgh festival Jason Byrne takes his fringe show Jason Byrne 2010 to all of his favourite Irish venues including Roscommon Arts Centre on Friday November 5. Jason Byrne is an exciting live stand up performer, as anyone who has seen him will testify.

AFTER SELL-out seasons in New York, London, and Paris and a sold-out seven week run at Ireland’s National Theatre and a run at the Olympia, Gúna Nua and Civic Theatre bring the smash-hit bittersweet comedy Little Gem to the Town Hall Theatre on Monday October 18 and Tuesday 19.

DRUID AND playwright Enda Walsh won the Edinburgh Fringe First Award for Penelope, which is currently running at the Traverse Theatre in the Scottish capital.

LORD BYRON once said “Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.” He was echoed in this by Doris Lessing who declared “Laughter is by definition healthy.”