A dramatist’s "treasure trove" of artefacts, some of which date to the Second World War and which are housed in farms around West Cork, is to be moved to a custom-built ‘coach-house’.

Theatre: The Walworth Farce

"What are we without our stories?" asks Dinny, the father of two young men in Enda Walsh’s bizarre homicidal drama, The Walworth Farce.

A major fundraising concert is to be held for a mother of two children who helped collect €1m for various charities but who now needs help herself after suffering a debilitating stroke.

Feverish preparations are under way for the influx of 3,000 fans to the tiny West Cork village of Rossmore which annually hosts the country’s biggest drama festival.

You almost couldn’t script it: Kilmeen Drama Group from West Cork has been crowned All-Ireland Champions for an unprecedented third time in a row, in a triumph that mixed joy and deep emotion following a tumultuous year.

THE passion for treading the boards on the amateur drama circuit will be documented in a new six-part series on RTÉ One, starting on Apr 16.

Bonfires lined the roads and hundreds of cheering supporters turned out to greet the victory cavalcade of a rural drama group which has won first prize in a prestigious national competition.

Kilmeen Drama Group were worthy winners of the RTE All-Ireland Drama Festival in 2011.

Comedian Frankie Boyle will have shows in Cork and Dublin next December.

A West Cork village is gearing up for an influx of more than 3,500 people next month as locals make final preparations for one of the most prestigious drama festivals on the national circuit.

CHAMPAGNE celebrations were the order of the day for the cast and crew of a west Cork drama group who clinched the top prize at the 2011 All-Ireland Drama Festival.

DRAMA groups from Co Cork towns Kilmeen and Charleville are set to compete for All-Ireland honours in a theatre of golden dreams.

GROUPS from Waterford and Clare won the two major awards at the 56th North Cork Drama Festival in Charleville.

THERE should be laughs galore at the 55th North Cork Drama Festival, which opens at the Community Hall in Charleville tomorrow night and continues until March 31.

Eddie Cassidy