There Will Be Rain is the brainchild of writer and actor Marc McCabe, who was one of the quartet in the play Working Late, one of the biggest successes of this year’s Dublin Gay Theatre Festival. When they finished the week-long run of Working Late, Marc approached the play’s writer, director and producer, Rebecca Walsh, to see what she thought of his script.

Just when you are ready to give up on the summer and get your winter head on, up pops Limerick Pride to get you back into those shorts one last time – rain be damned!

Limerick Pride 2010 runs from Sept 5th to Sept 12th, so why not get out there and get involved?

Last Saturday was the first chance I’d had to head along to Mother, a club night in aid of GCN Forever. As I was coming from a friend’s birthday, we arrived in dresses and tuxes, so were somewhat overdressed for the night as it gets quite hot in there…

As you all know, there was much hype here on Gaelick last week surrounding RIP (Rock.Indie.Pop), which took place last Friday in the Button Factory in Templebar. I, of course, had to head along and see if it could measure up to expectations. I was delighted that the night not only lived up to the hype, but managed to surpass it.

There are a few new nights starting up over the coming weeks, as well as some great one off events, so we here at Gaelick thought it would be a good idea to put them all into the one post for ease of your social lives!

It’s still not easy to be gay in this country, and even less so if you live in a rural area. What do you say to a venue manager who won’t let you book and event cause they say they are Catholic? Who do you turn to to get a fair hearing and a sense of inclusiveness?

As mentioned previously in our competition for 2-for-1 entry to the night, the second Rock.Indie.Pop, Dublin’s newest alternative gay night, takes place this Friday. Gaelick met with Scarlett Nymph, driving force with Sedition Industries and one of the DJs at this Friday’s installment.

Pride parades are all about getting out there and expressing yourself. In some parts of the world that takes more courage than usual. As a result it was wonderful to see so many take part in EuroPride 2010 which was hosted by Warsaw.

The folks over at RIP have offered Gaelick readers an exclusive offer for their next event, which takes place on Friday the 23rd of July. They are giving Gaelick readers two entries for the price of one at the door. To avail of this, you are just asked to comment on this post using a either a full name (or first name and last initial), by 3pm on Friday 23rd and you”ll be added to a Gaelick two-for-one list.

Is the reason most major gay pubs/clubs don’t try to attract lesbians down to the simple fact that we lesbians don’t represent a large enough percentage of the LGBTQ community who get out there and party? Or are lesbians their own worst enemy, or are the clubs just not giving us what we want?

Having previously posted on MILK Music Festival, I thought I should tell Gaelick readers to get themselves down to the Academy tomorrow night, 9th July, to get some MILK with their caKe!

There are five more Pride festivals to come around Ireland, including Kilkenny’s Out For the Weekend, running over the last weekend in August, Friday 27th to Sunday 29th. As if you needed an excuse to visit one of Ireland’s most beautiful and fun cities.

Five lucky ladies got their mitts on free passes and drinks vouchers for tonight’s opening of Pussy Wagon in The George. Pussy Wagon is a new, monthly ladies’ night which will be in HQ on the first Friday of every month from now on.

Holy gay BMW Region, Batman! There are only a couple of days to go until the Joint Disco hosted by Gay Clare, with OutWest and Gay Westmeath on Saturday, 3rd July in the West County Hotel, Ennis, Co Clare. Doors 10:30pm. Admission €10.

We love you so much we have free stuff for your pleasure. Friday is the opening night of Pussy Wagon, the George’s new, monthly ladies’ night, and we have not only free passes but also free drinks coupons. Interested?

Here at Gaelick towers, we care about our readers, and we also want to make sure that You. Are. Well. With a rake of Pride festivals, we feel it is important that you go forth entirely prepared. So we’ve come up with a list of essential items that you will need. If we’ve left anything out, let us know in the comments!

Yes, Panti and pals are pulling out all the stops for Pride: street party, food including barbecue, extra bars, extra staff, extra urinals for the lads. But what about the ladies? No extra cubicles for the leslies are being provided, but you can get some funnels to do the job.