HAPPY DAYS ENNISKILLEN INTERNATIONAL BECKETT FESTIVAL The Berliner Ensemble make their first visit to Ireland, presenting ‘Warten Auf Godot’ (Waiting For Godot) at the Ardhowen this weekend and Adrian Dunbar returns back home as he directs ‘The Waste Land’ by T. S. Eliot.

The fourth Annual Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival continues until next Monday, August 3.

WARTEN AUF GODOT/ WAITING FOR GODOT Vladimir and Estragon, two men with no history, meet every day in the middle of nowhere, waiting for Godot.

They don’t know who Godot is, what he wants from them or what they should expect from him or indeed if he is going to show up at all.

They don’t know who Pozzo and Lucky are – one a master, the other a servant – and why they keep meeting them over and over again. “In this tremendous confusion only one thing is certain: we are waiting for Godot to arrive” says Vladimir to Estragon.

Founded by Bertolt Brecht, one of Germany’s foremost theatre companies, The Berliner Ensemble, will make its first visit to Ireland with their radical production of Beckett’s ‘Warten Auf Godot’ (Waiting for Godot) created by the legendary Hungarian-born playwright and director George Tabori.

It caused a storm when it was first produced by the Berliner Ensemble on the centenary of Beckett’s birth in 2006 and is considered by the Beckett Festival director Sean Doran to be the best production of Godot he has ever seen.

The cast comprises Michael Rothmann (Estragon), Axel Werner (Vladimir), Roman Kaminski (Lucky), Gerd Kunath (Pozzo), Peter Luppa (Boy) and performances take place at The Ardhowen on Friday, July 31 and Saturday, August 1, at 8.30pm and in Sunday, August 2, at 5pm.

THE WASTE LAND Acclaimed Enniskillen born actor and Festival Associate, Adrian Dunbar will curate a specially commissioned presentation of ‘The Waste Land’ to mark the 50th Anniversary of the death of the writer, T. S. Eliot.

Under Adrian’s direction, the presentation will feature newly scored music by Irish composer Nick Roth evoking the 1920’s, the era when the poem was written, woven with the text and complimented by images. Performances of ‘The Waste Land’ take place on Saturday, August 1, at 1pm and on Sunday, August 2, at 2.30pm.

Details of the full programme for the Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival can be found at www.happy-days-enniskillen.com.

CLUBSOUND Clubsound were the most successful showband group from Northern Ireland from the 60s to the 90s.

The band started life as a skiffle band and then a pop band known as The Monarchs before evolving into Clubsound – Ireland’s premier comedy showband.

The current line up features radio personality George Jones, Davey McKnight, Barry Woods, Alan McCartney and Jimmy Black.

On Saturday 8th August at 8pm, George and the boys will be performing classics like ‘Andy McFadden’, ‘Shankhill Airways’ and ‘Belfast, Belfast’ to name just three.

A great night of craic and fun is guaranteed.

COMING SOON South Bank Playhouse present a classic murder mystery, ‘Wanted One Body’, on Thursday, August 13, to Saturday, August 15, ‘The Man In Black’ pays tribute the legendary Johnny Cash on Saturday, August 22, followed by Holywood Players with the murder mystery farce, ‘The Murder Room’, on Thursday, August 27, and Friday, August 28 and Sean Keane performs on Saturday, August 29.