National TheatreLive

National Theatre Live presents ‘Jack Absolute Flies Again’ on screen at Whale Theatre on Thursday, July 23, at 7 p.m.

Tickets are €17.50 at whaletheatre.ie.

The play, written by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris, is based on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s ‘The Rivals’, and is set in 1940s British summertime.

Bean and Chris transpose the wit of Sheridan’s 18th-century comedy of manners to the year 1940, replacing aristocratic country gentlemen with RAF officers during the Battle of Britain. After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to rejoin his fearless young Hurricane squadron at RAF Fontwell.

Once back on British soil, Jack is shocked to find his old flame, Lydia, on the base. Setting his sights on winning her heart, Jack’s advances turn to anarchy when the young heiress demands to be loved on her own terms. With turbulence and hilarity never far away, his advances quickly turn to anarchy. Staged to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, this joyous farce is directed by Thea Sharrock (‘Me Before You’) and features a cast including Caroline Quentin and Richard Fleeshman. unteers.

A family carers’ support group meets on the third Friday of each month, also at St Patrick’s, from 11.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

This is a facilitator-led, peerto-peer support group.

Contact Wicklow Dementia Support at 089 4286928 for more information or details about any of the events.