A woman in her fifties has been admitted to University Hospital Galway after overdosing on culture in the city centre earlier this evening.

Witnesses say the woman had been attending as many events as possible for Galway’s Culture Night before she collapsed during a post-show discussion with the cast of ‘Star of The Sea’ at Taibhdhearc Theatre. Reports say the woman had been racing between events all day, beginning with a felt workshop with Anjelica Dunne, before racing to a Wild Atlantic Way walk, then attending a performance of Twentieth Century classical music at Westside library. During a theatre workshop at Blue Teapot Theatre witnesses say the victim looked pale and flushed, and had trouble following direction during an improv session. Things finally culminated at Taibhdhearc Theatre when she collapsed from her seat and began to foam from the mouth during an in-depth Q&A with the actors.

A friend of the victim, who wishes to remain anonymous, claims that she had been in the throes of cultural withdrawal ever since the end of Galway’s festival season. “She hadn’t gone a day without a cultural event all summer. It began with the food festival and Cúirt literature festival. Then there was the theatre festival, the arts festival, the Galway races and the film festival. But during the past few weeks, during the cultural drought, she was visibly struggling to cope. I should have seen this coming.”

Gardai have issued a warning to anyone participating in Culture Night 2015 to be vigilant for any bad culture that may be circulating.