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A tribute to Bernie Walsh, the acting production manager of Druid Theatre Company, who was tragically killed some weeks ago in…

A tribute to Bernie Walsh, the acting production manager of Druid Theatre Company, who was tragically killed some weeks ago in a traffic accident, has been organised for Saturday, September 19th, in the Town Hall Theatre: the Saw Doctors, Lunasa, Sean Tyrell, Steve and Joe Wall, (formerly of The Stunning), Mick Lally and Ray Mc Bride will be among the performers, and Little John Nee will be MC - phone Fergal McGrath on 091-562611 for information . . . Barabbas Theatre Company's hit, The Whiteheaded Boy has now confirmed its dates at the Majestic Theatre for the Brooklyn Academy of Music's New Wave Festival - it will run from October 6th-9th next year . . . Seamus Heaney reads from his new selection of poetry, Opened Ground: Poems 1966-96, on Sunday at the Piccadilly Theatre, London, in aid of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture - phone 0044-171-3691734 . . . The Saga Prize for new fiction by black writers in Britain and Ireland has been won by the London police officer, Ike Eze-Anyika - he wrote Canteen Culture (to be published by Faber next year) during a period when he was dismissed from the force, following a false accusation of assault, of which he has since been cleared.