COMEDY

It’s Wine O’Clock: 17 November: You are invited to Kildare’s Moat Theatre for the funniest wedding of the year. Farmer’s wife Vera is thrilled her son Seamus is getting hitched, but not everything is going to plan. A riotous rabble of familiar characters will join Seamus and his blushing bride for a shindig fuelled by a booze-mobile filled to the brim with cheap supermarket wine. Ireland’s greatest wedding band, Keep ’er Lit, will provide a tune or two on the dancefloor. Special guests include the bridesmaids, the grannies and local farmers Pat and Eamon. You will recognise everyone at the wedding of the year. Don’t miss this smash-hit comedy. See www.moattheatre.com for more information.

MUSIC

Johnny McEvoy Song and Story: 15 November: Come join Johnny McEvoy in the heart of Ireland at Birr Theatre and Arts Centre, Co Offaly. Having always been highly acclaimed for his excellent shows, Johnny’s current nationwide concert tour is getting a huge response from his legion of fans. This nostalgic evening of song and story features many of Johnny’s hit songs, including Muirsin Durkan, Boston Burglar and Those Brown Eyes, plus some songs from his new album. His songs are haunting, evocative and beautifully presented, with many in the folk and ballad style. Johnny McEvoy has been one of the most enduring singer-songwriters in Ireland for the past 50 years. See www.birrtheatre.com for ticket information.

Sligo International Choral Festival: 16-18 November: The Sligo International Choral Festival is an annual festival of music that is recognised nationally and internationally for its high calibre of choral singing. Hosted in IT Sligo’s Knocknarea Arena, this is the 30th edition of the festival and it features a stellar programme of singing events, featuring choirs from all around the world, both in the form of competitions and also traditional concerts. The highlights of the festival include Acapella in the City, Sing Alleluia and Sing For The Hell Of It, some of the non-competitive events that make choral singing so fun. There are competitions too, bringing choirs from all around the world to the northwest. See www.sligochoralfest.com for further details.

FILM

The Workshop: 16 November: The scene is set one summer in La Ciotat, a town near Marseille, once prosperous thanks to its huge dockyard but in decline since its closure 25 years ago. It is in this context of quiet desperation that a writing workshop has been set up to help a group of seven young people integrate into the world of work. The participants are asked to write a noir fiction. Session after session, one of them, a boy named Antoine, stands out. Provocative and aggressive, he gets noticed by his systematic opposition to all. Even more alarming is the story he has devised, one he seems all too familiar with. See www.entertainment.ie for trailers and more.

THEATRE

Before: 17 November: Siamsa Tire, Co Kerry, welcomes Before, a new play set in Clery’s of Dublin on the very day this iconic department store shuts. Pontius is inside, trying to choose a gift for his estranged daughter, whom he hasn’t seen for almost 20 years. This father’s journey is both beautiful and strange, from the isolation of his midlands home to the madness of O’Connell Street. Written and performed by Pat Kinevane, this production will evoke emotions in everyone familiar with the iconic store. See www.siamsatire.com