7 Things to do this week...
1 TEN SONGS TO DIE FOR: Wexford Arts Centre will provide the setting for an intimate comedy show on Saturday, October 6, at 8 p.m., that could very well lead people to contemplate the soundtrack to their lives. Owen O’Neill decided to think about what songs are important to him and why and whittled it down to ‘10 Songs to Die For’. In the show he takes the audience on his life journey from age 5 to 45 and uses songs that have been integral to every aspect of his life along the way - from the tragic moments to the joyful. Among other things the audience will hear how he had an acid-trip fight with garden gnomes and caused chaos at his school Feis Ceoil by singing an inappropriate song in front of the Bishop of Derry. Tickets for the show are now available from the Wexford Arts Centre box-office on 053-9123764.
2 JACK&JILL HILL WALK: Carrigbyrne Hill is the venue for the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation `Up the Hill for Jack & Jill’ fundraising walk on Sunday, October 7, at 5 p.m. Leinster and Ireland rugby player, the `Tullow Tank’ Sean O’Brien has gotten behind the Jack & Jill team in asking people throughout Ireland to climb a hill between October 7 and October 14 to raise money for home nursing and respite care for sick children. Currently there are 21 Wexford children under the care of the Jack & Jill Foundation. Registration is now open for `Up the Hill for Jack & Jill’ at www.jackandjill.ie/upthehill at a cost of €16 which funds one hour of home nursing care for a sick child.
3 FUTURE IS BRIGHT DINNER DANCE: It will be all glitz and glamour at The Riverside Park Hotel on Friday night as a special dinner dance is hosted in aid of Slaney Search & Rescue. People are encouraged to pick up a ticket, get on the gladrags and dine in style at the newly refurbished Hilton Edwards Suite. Afterwards, they will be treated to some wonderful live music by Stephen Murphy’s newest venture, The Big Party Rockabilly Band, followed by a DJ who will ensure that the fun goes on until the early hours. Tickets are priced at €50 and are available by calling 0879605869 or 0879008145. All money raised will go directly towards helping Slaney Search & Rescue and there will also be door prizes and a raffle on the night.
4 AN EVENING WITH AUTHOR PAUL LYNCH: Gorey Library invites people to an evening talk with critically acclaimed writer Paul Lynch, author of bestselling novel ‘Grace’. He will be in Gorey Library on Thursday, October 4, at 7 p.m., to discuss ‘Grace’, which is a poetic evocation of the Irish Famine. The novel was published in 2017 and it was met with huge acclaim, winning the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2018. Booking is essential, call Gorey Library on 053 94 21481.
5 ALL FOR ME GROG - THE SONGS & STORIES OF THE DUBLINERS: It looks set to be a special night in The Presentation Centre this Friday night as The Liberties present a tribute night to Ireland’s greatest ever folk act - The Dubliners. The group remarkably and faithfully recreate some of the best-known and loved hits from the original Dubliners line-up of Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna, Ciaran Bourke and John Sheahan. Among the songs covered will be The Black Velvet Band, The Irish Rover, Seven Drunken Nights and many more. Tickets are priced at €20 and are available from The Presentation Centre on 053 9233000 or www.presentationcentre.ie.
6 RATE ME: The Bare Cheek Theatre Company will be arriving in Wexford town on Monday, October 8, to begin a three-night run of its latest production in Wexford Arts Centre. ‘Rate Me’, which is rated 14 upwards, follows the lives of four young women growing up in a small town in 21st Century Ireland. The play was devised from a series of workshops with young Wexford women and the cast is composed of 20 girls aged between 13 and 18. It was written by Marnie McCleane-Fay. Tickets for the show - which will begin at 8 p.m. each night - are available from Wexford Arts Centreon 053-9123764.
7 CHARITY RUN: This year’s Integer (Lake Region Medical) 4 Mile Run and 2 Mile Walk takes place on Sunday, October 7, in the JFK Arboretum. The day will commence from 12.30 p.m. with a Kiddies Dash and entertainment, and the main run and walk event at 1.30 p.m. Every year two charities are selected via ballot by employees, for which funds are raised on their behalf. This year’s chosen charities are St. Patrick’s Special School and Educate Together School. Online registration is at http://www.lakeregionmedical4mile.com/ and on www.facebook.com/LakeRegionFunRun.