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This is the ninth in our series following a community arts project in Carlow which is an opera being crafted by conductor Fergus Sheil and written by the Belfast composer Brian Irvine in collaboration with the people of Carlow. Next May the opera will be staged in Carlow in one of Ireland's newest and most impressive new theatres - the George Bernard Shaw Theatre at Visual. The opera which is called 'Shelter Me From The Rain' will feature the stories and voices of Carlow town and county. The creative team have now selected the solo roles for the opera, we heard the auditions a couple of months ago and today we go back to the successful ones as they begin solo rehearsals. We get to know the people involved and what it means for them to be given the chance to perform on stage.