Devious Theatre want you!

Recently I posted about Devious Theatre Company in Kilkenny having announced their new Dario Fo season. The lads are now looking for a team of people to help them in the creation of both Accidental Death of an Anarchist and Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay! Actors, Directors, Technicians, Designers are all needed for both productions. Having seen their recent production of Willie Russell’s Stags and Hens, I can assure anyone thinking of joining the Devious folks that they work hard to produce theatre of the highest quality - and they are all lovely too Tomorrow the Devious Theatre crew are hoping to hold open auditions for actors. To find out where and when please email [email protected] and you can read more about the two productions first here.

Get yourself on to the Telefís box with Glas Vegas

Have you got talent? Not afraid to give it a go? Think you’d face Simon and Louis down but couldn’t be bothered heading across to the UK like John and Edward, them Dublin - American twin wannabes? Then look no more. The TG4 variety show Glas Vegas… …is back for a fourth series, and it’s even bigger, louder and a little bit weirder than before! For one lucky talented performer or group, this Autumn will bring an adventure and opportunity most entertainers only dream of: Over 13 episodes, hundreds of acts will take to the stage, hoping to become the next big thing in the world of showbiz. Speaking Irish is not a requirement. Singers, musicians, sean nós dancers, acrobats, comedians and magicians – to mention just some of the acts on the show – will be giving the performance of their lives to impress the judges. The first stage … There’s more

All Ireland Talent Show

It looks like RTÉ are all set to make a second series of the ‘All Ireland Talent Show’. I can’t say I watched it earlier this year but over half a million people tuned in to watch the first episode and with county against county, you can be sure lots of people will get behind it again this season. And first prize is €50,000-surely that’s worth trying out for? They ask ‘Do you dance, tell a joke, juggle, play an instrument, sing, or perform with a pet? Can your party piece surprise and entertain us? Then we’d love to meet you at our open auditions.’ It seems like anything goes The open auditions are starting this Saturday in Dublin and moving round the country every Saturday after that til the end of September. DUBLIN Sat 29 August 2009 Griffith Conference Centre, Griffith Campus, South Circular Road, Dublin 8 For all … There’s more