Book at the Town Hall for all Black Box events Blue Teapot Theatre Company Millennium Fable A return visit to the Black Box, after their sold out shows in March, for this colourful and lively show, directed by Hugo Seale. Thurs 15 June 8pm Tickets £5 The Wolfe Tones Tues 11 July 8pm Tickets £15 Altan Fonn 2000 - The Traditional Music Summer School, Galway, presented by the Galway School of Irish Traditional Music, opens on Saturday 12th August with a concert featuring one of Ireland's most successful and popular bands: Altan. Altan combine a rivetting and exciting brand of traditional music on fiddles and accordion with lead singer Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh's soulful interpretations of sean-nós song drawn from the traditions of their native Donegal. Sat 13 August 9pm Tickets £12.50 Dick Gaughan with Seán Tyrell, Tony Small, Don Stiffe, John Faulkner and Tim Lyons The Traditional Music Summer School turns its attention to the ballad as a medium of addressing issues of importance in society past and present. After a day long series of lectures and workshops, the day ends with a grand concert featuring some of Ireland and Scotland's leading singers. Weds 16 August 9pm Tickets £12.50

Steppenwolf (USA) Sideman World renowned Steppenwolf Theatre Company make their Irish debut with this critically hailed production of Sideman by Warren Leight. A hauntingly beautiful memory play that weaves jazz in and out of the story of a fractured family Sideman won the Tony Award for Best Play of 1998. Combining humour and grace with some incredibly beautiful music, the play traces the lives, through the eyes of their son, of a gifted jazz trumpeter and his lost and isolated wife. Steppenwolf's reputation as the premier theatre company in the U.S. is unchallenged. "Flawless. Steppenwolf remind us why they are one of the best theatre companies in the country" Theatre Chicago Tue 18 - Sat 22 July 8pm Tickets £14.50/£12.50 Matinees Wed 19, Fri 21, Sat 22 July 2.30 pm Matinee Tickets £12.50/£10.50 Beth Orton Fri 28 July 8pm Tickets £14.50/£12.50 Richard Thompson Sat 29 July 8pm Tickets £13.50/£11.50