The honeymoon solo

I'M half Irish and I've got lots of Irish relations, I'm acting in Ireland for the first time, and I'm on my honeymoon it's just wonderful." A look of ecstasy passes over the face of the actor Brendan Christopher, who is performing in Buchner's Woyzeck with Larks Theatre Company at Andrews Lane Studio at 6 p.m. Then he adds: "My wife isn't with me, that's a bit of a disappointment."

It seems the romantic devil auditioned for the part because he thought he could dovetail it with a honeymoon and he took time off from rehearsals to tie the knot. Before you start cackling about marriages in showbiz not lasting a couple of weeks, let me reassure readers that Brendan's wife is flying in on Sunday.

Brendan's plight is in the half penny position, compared with that of Andrew (not his real name), who seems to have completely forgotten his family and spends all day hanging out in Andrews Lane Theatre out of an obscure sense of belonging, although he has not been cast in any role. A black and white spaniel with the eyes of a doe, he does not talk but can obviously read, because he arrived at the theatre on the day the US company, Usual Suspects, opened with Dog Man. If you recognise Andrew from his description, phone Andrews Lane on 01 6797760 and bark loudly.

You can practise your barking tonight at the Festival Club in Dublin Castle's lovely Coach House (the entrance is on the left off Ship Street, seek and ye shall find). Macnas, who are performing Balor at the Olympia and are first into the club every night, have got so bored waiting for the other clubbers to turn up, that they have devised a plan to rock the place. They will perform music from the street show they brought to Bogota, Colombia, which so far has been deemed too wild for this hemisphere, a deadly mixture of Latin and Galwegian, or, in the words of the group's projects manager, Gary McMahon, "Macnas's greatest hits, with a few cover versions".

Look out for the actor sitting alone with a lovestruck expression and a bucket of champagne and the black and white spaniel having an identity crisis.