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Last Tuesday, Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis opted for some downtime, taking himself off to the theatre. The play he opted for was Happy Days by none other than Samuel Beckett. 

Asking comedians about their most memorable heckle is a sure-fire way to hear a funny anecdote. But for Tig Notaro the question dredges up an unpleasant memory of her first visit to Ireland, several years ago, at Kilkenny’s Cat Laughs Festival.

Black Box Theatre, Galway

Director Jimmy Fay has been a fan of James Joyce since his teens, when he read the partly autobiographical novel, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.