Today (Oct 21) and tomorrow night are the best times to see the peak of the Orionid meteor shower. The name comes from the constellation from which the Shooting Stars, or meteors, appear; in this case, Orion the Hunter.
The later at night you look the better - from 10:30pm you should begin to see the odd streak of light across the sky appearing anywhere in the sky zooming in an east to west direction.
With clear, dark skies and good horizons you may be able to catch about 20 shooting stars per hour.
The Moon rises after midnight and will be a natural light-polluting nuisance by washing out the light of the fainter meteors by about 2am - so I'd go to bed about then. ;-)
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