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<\/a>Virginia\u2019s hilarious one-woman show is based on her book \u2018Growing Old Disgracefully.\u2019 The show, which is taking place at the festival marquee on Friday, 26 September, arose from performing at literary festivals to publicise her book, \u2018No I Don\u2019t Want to Join a Book Club!\u2019 and in it, she explains why unlimited free drugs, fun funerals, grandchildren and sex \u2013 or even better, no sex \u2013 make the sixties the best and funniest time of your life.\u00a0 Directed by Nigel Planer, this show guarantees to be a laugh a minute so hurry and buy your tickets before they sell out again! Tickets cost \u00a310 \/ \u00a39 concession.<\/p>\nPopular local journalist Alf McCreary has also had his Aspects event capacity increased due to demand!\u00a0 At this event, taking place at Bangor Library on Friday 26 September, Alf will read from his newly released autobiography \u201cBehind The Headlines,\u201d a highly personal account of the renowned journalist\u2019s life, from his birth and family ties in Bessbrook during the 1940s, through his long, distinguished and sometimes turbulent career in the Northern Ireland media. Tickets for this event cost \u00a36\/\u00a35 concession.<\/p>\n
Now in its 23rd<\/sup> year, this year\u2019s Aspects programme has something for everyone.\u00a0 Other festival highlights include; Falkland\u2019s War Veteran Simon Weston OBE in conversation with Gerry Kelly, actor Ian McElhinney will perform a dramatic monologue \u2018A Better Boy\u2019 Paolo Hewitt in conversation with celebrity hairdresser Paul Stafford, broadcaster Martin Bell in conversation with Gerry Kelly and so much more!<\/p>\n For the full line-up, please download a programme at www.aspectsfestival.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tickets for these events are now on sale at www.aspectsfestival.com<\/a> or from the festival Box Office at North Down Museum (028 9127 1200) and from Bangor Visitor Information Office (028 9127 0069).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Due to popular demand, more tickets have been released for the incredibly popular Virginia Ironside and Alf McCreary events at this year\u2019s Aspects Festival which is taking place in Bangor from 25 \u2013 28 September. Virginia\u2019s hilarious one-woman show is based on her book \u2018Growing Old Disgracefully.\u2019 The show, which is taking place at the … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8023,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8021\/revisions\/8023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}