An informative and well-laid out Irish Theatre Handbook has been published by the Theatre Shop, and is available from bookshops at £10 . . . Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe will perform an Irish-language version of Verdi's Macbeth from Sunday - phone 091-562024 for information . . .
The West Cork Cartoon Festival runs in Skibbereen from November 6th-8th; information on 028-220990 . . .
On Saturday at 2 p.m., Temple Bar Gallery will host a studio debate on "Visual Arts Education at Third Level", a potentially incendiary topic: the panel will include Mick Wilson from Dun Laoghaire College of Art, Shirley McWilliam from the University of Nottingham, Ellen Hazelcorn from DIT, Niamh Ann Kelly, an M.A. student at NCAD and Debbie Frazer from the University of Ulster; phone 01-6710073 for information...
There will be open auditions on Monday for a new musical starring Rebecca Storm - if you're aged between 17 and 45, have a CV, photograph and sheet music for two contrasting songs - and can sing them - why not turn up at Andrews Lane Theatre at 10 a.m? . . .
Cerebral Palsy Ireland are holding a fund-raising evening of music and poetry with Kenneth Rice and the Ice Ensemble, with Petroc Trelawny of BBC Radio 3 making the links between Bach, Corelli and Britten's Simple Symphony, tomorrow night at St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street at 8 p.m.; tickets are available on 01-2695355
