TODAY (Tues 14th)

Students studying Shakespeare’ s Romeo and Juliet should book in for the Long Overdue Theatre Company’s contemporary production at the Alley Theatre, Strabane to get a first rate handle on the plot. 8pm & Wed: 9.45am. Tickets: £9/£7. Tel: 02871 384444.

Percussionist Scott Foster, a former Northern Ireland Young musician of the year award winner, will be joined on stage at the Courtyard theatre in Newtownabbey by violinist Ciaran McCabe, member of London Chamber Orchestra and a Camerata regular.8pm. Tickets: £7/£5. Tel: 02890 848287.

On Eagles Wing, the Ulster/Scots emigration epic starring Peter Corry, opens at the Millennium Forum, Londonderry. 8pm.Tickets: opening night offer – all seats £17.50. Continues until Oct 18.Tel: 02871 264455.

TOMORROW (Wed 15th)

Funeral for a Friend, the Welsh post-hardcore band, will showcase their latest album Memory and Humanity at the Spring and Airbrake, Belfast. 9pm. Tickets: £15. Tel: 02890 325942.

Cinema lovers should head to Queens Film Theatre, Belfast to catch a rare screening of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, the sci-fi classic that has enthralled audiences since 1968. Intro at 5.30pm/ movie at 5.45pm. Tickets: £3-£5.50. Tel: 02890 971097.