Entertainment at Birr Theatre

Birr Stage Guild presents the One Act Drama Festival from Friday, October 26 to Sunday, October 28 at Birr Theatre. The weekend event has become one of the most sought after festivals for award winning drama groups as they compete for a place in the All Ireland One Act Drama finals. The three nights of the Birr festival will provide wonderful entertainment of the highest quality with three plays per night. Looking to next week award-winning director Pat Collins collaborates with Donegal film-maker and writer Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde on the wonderfully enigmatic "Silence", screened by Birr Film Club season on October 30. A haunting meditation on those unseen aspects of the Irish landscape, free from the turbulent onslaught of modernity, and their effect on the human self, the story follows Eoghan O'Suilleabháin (Mac Giolla Bhríde), an Irishman living in Berlin. He has been commissioned to undertake an unusual project: to travel to the most remote areas in Ireland to record silence - as it may have existed before man's impact on the local geography. Next Wednesday, October 31, sees the beginning of Offaly's Children's Arts Festival Hullabaloo. Running simultaneously in Birr and Clara, this promises workshops in arts, crafts, dance, music, storytelling and much, much more during the mid-term break. Full information is available on www.birrtheatre.com and www.offaly.ie. Finally on Saturday week, November 3, cutting edge comedy trio "The Nualas" return to Birr Theatre with their show "One Night of Dignity". Expect original self-penned numbers, scintillating vocal harmony, ambitious choreography and a night packed solid with craic, laughter, tears and chat (not necessarily in that order). More information on all events is available by calling 057 0122911 or logging on to www.birrtheatre.com.