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Win tickets to see The Comedy of Errors at the Abbey Theatre

When was the last time you were at the theatre? What about Dublin’s Abbey Theatre? What do you mean you’ve never been?

Well, here’s your chance – win two tickets to see William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors in the Abbey Theatre on Thursday, April 2.

**EDIT** this competition is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered!

What meanest thou when thou sayest thou has never seen Shakespeare performed since thine Certificate of Leaving?

What the play is about:

Two sets of identical twins are separated in childhood. Years later, they all show up in the same place at the same time. THE COMEDY OF ERRORS tells the story of a father, mother, brothers, sisters, masters and servants, all of whom find themselves confused, baffled and bewildered by the events of a single day.

One man is sentenced to death, another finds love. One wife finds her long lost husband, another finds she has two husbands… let confusion reign!

The blurb from the Abbey:

The Abbey Theatre is delighted to present a major new production of William Shakespeare’s mischievous and farcical tour de force, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. This production is directed by Jason Byrne, who was also at the helm of the hugely popular ROMEO AND JULIET (2008), and JULIUS CAESAR (2007).  THE COMEDY OF ERRORS continues what is now an annual staple of the Abbey’s programme, a large-scale production of one of the works of William Shakespeare.

Opening on Tuesday 31 March 2009, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS boasts an exceptional cast of 15 actors – Charlie Bonner, Simon Boyle, Joanne Crawford, Jon Cronin, Peter Daly, Susannah De Wrixon, John Kavanagh, Damien Kearney, Gerard Kelly, Rory Nolan, Helen Norton, Ciarán O’Brien, Natalie Radmall Quirke, Deirdre Roycroft and Karl Sheils.

What you have to do for the tickets:

It’s quite simple really -  I’d like these tickets to go to someone who has either never been to the Abbey either for ages or ever!  If that’s you, just comment and the tickets will be drawn at random from the entrants. We will ask for a short review afterwards. You don’t have to write it Shakespearian style if you don’t want to.

Winners will be chosen on the afternoon of Monday March 30 and this is open to all readers and posters on Culch.ie except the administrators. Just to be fair, in sooth.

**EDIT** this competition is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered!

Thanks to David at the Abbey for the tickets.

Just FYI, Rory Nolan, acting in this play, was the actor introducing the Best Arts and Culture blog in the Irish Blog Award intro videos.