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Fright Night @ Karma

STUDENTS OF Loughrea Youth Theatre will present WinterMix 09 in The Temperance Hall, Loughrea, this weekend.

WHILE OUT for a walk, a poet is accosted by a giant hag and hauled before the court of Queen Aoibheal, where he is condemned for being unmarried and Irish men and priests are given the thumbs down not satisfying the sexual needs of the women of Ireland.

THE SECOND annual Oliver St John Gogarty Literary Festival will be held in Renvyle House - the former house of the writer - in Renvyle, Connemara, and will run from Thursday November 6 to Sunday 9.

Galway’s Heart’N’Crown Theatre Co are bringing William Golding’s award-winning classic Lord Of The Flies to the Black Box Theatre next week, on Monday November 17 and Tuesday 18.

A RE-IMAGINING of The Alice In Wonderland story and two one-act comedies from the USA will be presented by ALâ Community Theatre in the Town Hall Studio next week.

Puss in Boots is bringing down the Community Hall in Castlecomer this week as the Deenside Players delight the audience with their annual pantomime.

STEVEN SPIELBERG’S classic film ET and the family comedy The Princess Bride will be screened by the Solstice Arts Group at Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, Headford, this Sunday.

HER BOOKS are sold in more than 40 countries; her debut novel – PS I Love You – has been filmed and others are already optioned, and she is the co-creator of hit US TV series Samantha Who?

Sir William Gregory, a wealthy widower was 60, 35 years older than Augusta, when he first met her. It was at a cricket match at her home at Roxborough in the summer of 1877, to which he was invited. He was late, and sat at the only vacant place left at the table, beside Augusta. ‘Augusta wore a fashionable dress bought at Bon Marché in Paris, and a black and white straw hat decorated with corn ears and poppies. The usually plain, quiet, girl was noticeable and pretty.’ By the end of the day Sir William was smitten.