7 Things to do this week...
1 JASON BYRNE - WRECKED BUT READY: One of Ireland’s most renowned and off the wall comedians is set to take to the National Opera House stage on Saturday night. Jason Byrne brings his hilarious new show ‘Wrecked But Ready’ to the model county for an evening of hilarity. The Ireland’s Got Talent judge says he’s had a hard year, but he doesn’t want to talk about that! He’s wrecked and ready. Ready for a laugh. He describes the show as a ‘triumph over adversity’ and ‘a celebration of the fact that everybody’s got their own crap going on and they don’t need to listen to someone else moaning about their problems. So people are encouraged to leave their worries at the door and dive on in to the mad mind of Jason Byrne who has been described as ‘The Outright King of Live Comedy’. Often controversial and always outrageous, the Dubliner’s improvised shows are a thing to behold! Tickets for the show are priced at €25 and are available from www.nationaloperahouse.ie or by calling the box office on 053 9122144. Taking place the day after Valentine’s Day, this could be just what the doctor ordered for all you love-sick puppies out there.
2 SHOT & CAUGHT: This coming weekend will see a major fundraising event taking place in Ballywilliam and Rathnure. The annual Shot & Caught food and traditional Irish music festival will begin on Friday, February 14, with a poker classic in O’Neill’s, the Top Place, Ballywilliam, at 9 p.m. The following day the John Wickham Memorial 30-bird sporting will take place in Rathnure at 1 p.m. On Saturday, February 15, a tractor run will take place from Rathnure at 1.30 p.m. and that night there will be a music session in Conran’s Pub, Rathnure at 9 p.m. where there will also be free wild food cooked and served. The event is being organised in aid of Wexford Hospice Homecare.
3 VALENTINE CARD MAKING SESSION: Gorey Library is giving you a special opportunity to celebrate St Valentine’s Day with your loved ones on Saturday, February 15, with a storytime and crafts session from 11.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. which is suitable for children aged five to eight years and their parents and guardians. After a fun story session, all will get together to use the supplies to make cards. Book your place by calling 053 9421481.
4 CELEBRATION OF IRISH MUSIC: CUMAS trad music group is performing in a special variety concert in St Michael’s Theatre, New Ross, on Saturday at 8 p.m. celebrating Irish music. The band’s ten members will perform a lively set and will be joined by talented musicians from across the south east including. People can expect a fantastic show celebrating Irish culture. Tickets are on sale for €10 at St Michael’s Theatre box office.
5 DREAMLAND: Award-winning Ballycogley Players will present Dreamland by Jim Nolan in the Jerome Hynes Theatre at the National Opera House from Friday, February 14 to Sunday, February 16 at 8 p.m. each night. The play is set in the fictional coastal town of Seafield in June 1934. Johnny Kinnane, a returned ‘Yank’ has plans to create a Theme Park around the bones of a giant whale washed up on the seashore. A cast of characters display their hopes, disappointments and enduring goodness. The complex and thoughtprovoking play is heart-warming and entertaining.
6 KEITH BARRY: Internationally acclaimed Mind Magician, Keith Barry, brings ‘INSANITY’, his most daring and audacious show to date, to The National Opera House on Friday, February 14. Keith has been blazing a trail across the globe for many years and his mindblowing skills have been showcased in over forty international television shows. Featuring crazy and insane mind-reading, escapology and magic experiments designed to shock, amuse and amaze blurring the lines between sanity and insanity. “INSANITY” will push boundaries, and astonish even the most sceptical audience members.
7 DIRTY DUSTING: Dressing Room 1 Productions is delighted to bring their hilarious play ‘Dirty Dusting’ to the beautiful National Opera House on Sunday night. Starring the inimitable Mary Byrne of X-Factor fame this hilarious show has gained rave reviews nationwide. It follows a trio of 70-something cleaners who face the axe. Instead of taking threats of redundancy lying down, they set up a phone sex service and that’s when the fun begins. These three ladies will have you rolling in the aisles and you’ll be shocked, delighted and amused by the only chat-line girls with dusters, attitude and their own bus passes! Tickets for the show are priced at €25 from www.nationaloperahouse.ie.
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