Roll up, Roll up! Come to where a red lamp glimmers atop a black piano, lit at the beginning of each show to announce an evening of magic. The Cáca Milis Cabaret has been running as a "vaudevillian evening of the Arts" in Ireland's Wexford Arts Centre and further afield since it kicked off in in 2009. Adapting the old Music Hall format to present original work from contemporary musicians, poets, writers, songsters, mime and circus performers, film-makers, comedians and dancers, it has thrived - presenting around 400 artists thus far. To mark its five-year anniversary, a splendid anthology of writing and poetry is published by Tara Press - presenting a selection of work from the writers and poets who have participated in the Cáca Milis Cabaret down the years. The dazzling gamut of writing, from short fiction to poetry, humour, sci-fi musings and satire makes it an eclectic and entertaining read. The range of contributors also adds to its attraction, featuring both local and international, emerging and established contributors, from established Irish authors like Dermot Bolger, Eoin Colfer, Emer Martin or Peter Murphy, to emerging authors like Susan Lanigan and a first fiction piece from popular comedian, Paul Tylak. Finally, the fabulous introduction by internationally-renowned writer Patrick McCabe ("The Butcher Boy"), captures the impromptu spirit of the Cabaret - which the reader may consider worth a visit after finishing the tome! Thirty-nine works feature, from Irish, international, emerging and established contributors. The anthology is edited by Helena Mulkerns, who is also the Hostess and Founder of the Cabaret itself.

Foreword Table of Contents
Preface
The Jump - Paul Tylak
Cut - Patrick Chapman
Lifeguard - Drucilla Wall
The Loan - Susan Lanigan
Birthday Poem - Anthony Jones
The Gardener - Stephen James Smith
I sing of beauteous Dublin town - Emer Martin
Only us - Jim Maguire
The Full Experience - Kate Dempsey
The Sounds of the River: ¿A Lost Anthology - Peter Murphy
While We Sleep - Dermot Bolger
Love and Loss - Niall Wall
Christmas 1947 Preliminary Design for a Universe Circling Spaceship - Oran Ryan
Hamburg Woman's Song - Philip Casey
Community Matters - Clare Scott
The Seal's Fate - Eoin Colfer
Facepainting - Erin Fornoff
No rain in the desert - Simone Mansell-Broome
The Wex Factor - Jackie Hayden
Recycled - Paul Harris
Autumn, in a time of Climate Change - Kevin Connelly
The Impossible Lasagna - Dave Lordan
Loose Haiku - Maeve O'Sullivan
The Day Off - Billy Roche
In the centre - Chris Ozzard
Watermarks - Suzanne Power
Mare Rubrum - Helena Mulkerns
Lines Inspired by Flamenco Sketches - Tom Mooney
Asylum - Margaret Hawkins
you asked if the cold weather reminded me of home - Sarah Maria Griffin
Mary's Bar - Dominic Williams
Wobble - Paul O'Reilly
The Need for Leadership - Ross Hattaway
Crepuscular - Patrick Kehoe
Danse Macabre - Annie Bell-Davies
Finders, keepers - Maggie Breen
A Derelict Site In An Imaginary Town - Eamonn Wall
Revolutionaries - Waylon Gary White Deer
Neurotic Girl - Westley Barnes
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