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Consider yourself invited to 9Arch Musical Societies eighth annual production which opens with the Tony-award winning musical, Oliver, on November 18 in the Town Hall Theatre.

“PLEASE SIR, can I have some more?” is one of the most famous sentences ever uttered by a fictional charachter and it comes of course from Oliver Twist.

THE HUMAN Voice, a poetic, surreal, yet gut wrenching examination of an abandoned love, by the French playwright and film maker Jean Cocteau, will be performed in Galway next week.

THE TWILIGHT Saga: New Moon, is the second chapter in the film versions of Stephanie Meyer’s novels about the romance between mortal and vampire.

The Coole Park Winter Programme of events continues tomorrow from 8pm to 9pm when Athenry Drama Group perform two Lady Gregory one-act plays: The Workhouse Ward and Dave. Athenry Drama group is more than 100 years in existence, having performed on the local and national circuit it has had many successes with several renowned plays.

GALWAY’S ONE Shot World Productions bring their dark version of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice to the Black Box Theatre shortly in a run that will see the hard-working cast present 10 performances in just four days from December 7 to 10, with starting times of 11am, 2pm, and 8pm.

At last, vampires are back, bolder and more sexy than ever, and the werewolves are not half bad either. Whether you’re into action or romance Twilight New Moon manages to take all the best parts of an otherwise average book and turn it into something thrilling. A serious improvement on the first film this second installment of the Twilight saga should appeal to avid fans of the book as well as entice new followers.

The Royal Theatre is welcoming back Ballet Ireland and its performance of Cinderella. This captivating show is one for all the family. The tale starts after the ball and the most famous incident of a lost shoe in fictional history. The story continues on past the wedding scene to the perhaps not quite so 'happily ever after' Cinderella and Prince Charming. The ultimate hero and heroine duo struggle to overcome their differing backgrounds and Cinderella's humble beginnings as she settles in to being the princess. We have some hilarious scenes to open the ballet as Buttons and the Ugly Sisters prepare for the homecoming of the couple.

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Druid has this week won two awards at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards, rounding off an incredible 2009 for the Galway theatre company.