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“THE MOST wasted of all days is one without laughter,” said the poet e e cummings, so don’t let the October Bank Holiday Weekend go to waste, as there are seven days of laughter to be had at the Bulmers Galway Comedy Festival.

“THE MOST wasted of all days is one without laughter,” said the poet e e cummings, so don’t let the October Bank Holiday Weekend go to waste, as there are seven days of laughter to be had at the Bulmers Galway Comedy Festival.

NEIL DELEMARE, one of Ireland’s most popular comedians, and four emerging names in Irish comedy, will present new shows at the Róisín Dubh.

THIS YEAR marks the 50th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest singers of the 20th century - Edith Piaf - and her music is to be celebrated in the Town Hall Theatre.

AMONG THE many exciting authors making their way to Galway for next month’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature, is the much-praised American fiction writer Ben Marcus.

TOM STADE, described as “part devil, part dude” by The Scotsman, brings his show Tom Stade Totally Rocks! to the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday March 6 at 8.30pm.

THE LAST time I interviewed playwright Tara McKevitt was in 2010 when Mephisto Theatre Company was about to stage her debut play Grenades.

SCOTTISH STAND-UP Alan Anderson seems sure to be one of the most popular acts at this year’s Bulmer’s Galway Comedy Festival with his show, Whiskey Fir Dafties, which includes free samples of fine single malts for lucky audience members.

AUSTRALIAN COMIC Sammy J and his erstwhile sidekick, the purple puppet Randy, are coming to the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday at 8.30pm.

BERNARD O’SHEA delivers “left-field imaginative, but not up its arse, lovely comedy” according to Hotpress, and it is what audiences can expect at his Róisín Dubh show next Wednesday at 8.30pm.