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ONE OF Ireland’s greatest comic talents, Jon Kenny, joins much-loved Irish actor Mary McEvoy in a new revival of Michael Scott’s iconic production of John B Keane’s The Matchmaker which comes to the Town Hall Theatre.

The finest amateur drama talent in the country will head to Claregalway from tonight (Thursday) March 14 when the Claregalway Drama Festival gets under way at the local leisure centre.

Claremorris Drama Festival

The countdown to the RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival has begun. The event, which is now in its 58th year, will kick off at the Dean Crowe Theatre, Athlone on Friday April 30 and will run for nine nights finishing on Saturday May 8.

The 2009 Roscommon Drama Festival is gearing up to be another unmissable event with nine nights of fantastic drama and competition kicking off on Friday March 6 in Roscommon Arts Centre.

The 2009 RTE All Ireland Drama Festival will get off to a flying start on Friday May 1 next as Kilmeen Drama Group from Cork take to the stage with Jimmy Murphy's touching play The Kings of the Kilburn High Road. Successfully adapted for film as Kings, this award winning work, which tells the tale of a group of Irish emigrant workers who meet up 25 years after they first set off seeking employment in England, will set the standard at this year's festival.

The amateur drama movement is a fundamental and integral part of Irish society and the RTÉ All Ireland Drama Festival has re-affirmed Athlone’s position as the Mecca for all theatre enthusiasts the length and breadth of the country.

Passionfruit Theatre Company presents the wonderful play by Marie Jones, A Night In November. This highly entertaining one-man show, featuring Ollie Hegarty and directed by Fidelma Nixon, has just finished a very successful run in Kiltoom, Co Roscommon. Following the rave reviews, Passionfruit Theatre Company has the pleasure of an exclusive performance by Ollie on Friday November November 27 for all those local theatre goers who missed out.