`The Weir' in Paris

What a terrible title Anne Tognetti and Claude Baigneres have found for their French "adaptation" of Conor McPherson's The Weir. La Fille de Dublin, or "The Dublin Girl" is their title. It opens tonight at the Espace Pierre Cardin, under the direction of John Barlow, and one can only hope that the punters don't turn up expecting a singing and dancing show about Molly Malone, or something of the kind. Sadly, the press release is enough to have you roaring for the sick bucket. The role of "the Dublin girl", "this mysterious jeune femme", is highlighted in a way which misrepresents her catalytic role in the drama; McPherson is described as a "pure Irishman", whose biography "naturally resembles that of Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw, and more still that of Synge or O'Casey". Hopefully, the quality of the script will shine through all this bull.

The popular hit of the Dublin Theatre Festival Fringe, Corn Exchange's Car Show, which is played out in the back of four cars, is likely to become another theatrical export. It will play in Limerick in January, and probably go on to the outdoor Greenwich Festival in London later in the year.