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As part of Roscommon Arts Centre’s Reel Thing programme of traditional Irish music and entertainment, the centre is offering a new opportunity for children and young people to learn to play the tin whistle or fiddle, under the guidance of well-known traditional musicians and teachers Fiona Doherty and John Wynne.

Filmed, a new initiative of Roscommon Arts Centre, presents an eclectic mix of films selected specifically for secondary school students (senior cycle and transition year). In conjunction with the Irish Film Institute, the Arts Centre is offering this exciting and educational six-week film programme throughout November and December. Introducing Irish-made films, foreign language films, historical documentaries, and a presentation by the award-winning Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, many of the selected films are accompanied by study guides.

As part of the Gate Theatre’s 80th anniversary celebrations, the acclaimed production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is currently on tour to 40 venues across the 32 counties of Ireland, playing for one night only in each venue.

An exhibition of selected works from the collection of Limerick City Gallery of Art opens on Saturday November 8 at Roscommon Arts Centre. The exhibition which can be viewed during box office opening hours continues until December 13.

Shortly after returning from their tour of Romania and Bulgaria, Tall Tales Theatre Company take to the Irish stage this December with another Irish Premiere, Maisy Daly’s Rainbow - a wizardly fusion of dance and theatre that offers something very different and special for all the family to enjoy during the Christmas season. They perform two shows at Roscommon Arts Centre on Saturday December 20 at 1pm and 4pm.

After the success of Car Show last January in Roscommon and at Boyle Arts Festival in the summer, Roscommon County Youth Theatre returns to Roscommon Arts Centre with a new production this December, Understanding Marcus by Veronica Coburn.

Roscommon Arts Centre hosts a talk and discussion with Leitrim-based artist Christine Mackey on Saturday December 6 from 3pm to 4.30pm.

Roscommon Arts Centre’s spring 2009 programme of events is set to hit letter boxes this week. But here’s a little sneak peek of the treats in store for you in the new year.

Following the success of its original run in Galway, the Blue Pig Theatre Company stages Shakers Re-stirred at Roscommon Arts Centre on Saturday January 24. The work of Bouncers writer John Godber in collaboration with Jane Thornton, Shakers Re-stirred again employs an ensemble cast to turn a critical eye on the world of pubs, clubs and nightlife.

The curtain will soon rise on the first ever stage adaptation of the book that Spike Milligan once vowed would be his ‘first and last novel’, as ‘this damn book nearly drove me mad!’. Big Telly performs an adaptation of Spike Milligan’s Puckoon at Roscommon Arts Centre on Tuesday February 3.