Six is the number at Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc innovative new production

Thu, May 19, 2022

You have to hand it to Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc for innovation. Their new production involves six short plays by six temporarily anonymous writers in six different intimate sections of the theatre.

Powerful dance and dramatic show to premiere at THT tomorrow

Thu, May 19, 2022

A powerful new show is to have its world premiere at Galway’s Black Box Theatre tomorrow Friday, May 20.

The Doris Day Story at the Town Hall

Tue, Mar 29, 2022

APRIL 2022 marks the centenary of the birth of Oscar-winning actress, Golden Globe, and Grammy Award winner, and lifetime animal activist, Doris Day.

Baile Beag Mór - a noir thriller as Gaeilge

Wed, Mar 23, 2022

BAILE BEAG Mór, the first of eight world premieres being presented by Fíbín as part of its first season in residence in An Taibhdhearc, continues into next month.

Town Hall to stage world premiere of Mairéad Folan’s Luke

Tue, Mar 22, 2022

THE WORLD premiere of Luke, written by Mairéad Folan, directed by Diarmuid de Faoite,and with dramaturgy by Little John Nee, takes place in the Town Hall Theatre from Thursday March 31 to Saturday April 2.

Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse at the Town Hall

Wed, Mar 16, 2022

VIRGINA WOOLF’S To The Lighthouse, adapted by Marina Carr, directed by Annabelle Comyn, and starring Derbhle Crotty is to be screened at the Town Hall Theatre.

Irish Student Drama Awards Festival 2022

Tue, Mar 15, 2022

THE IRISH Student Drama Awards festival returns to Galway this year from March 28 to April 8. Hosted by NUIG Dramsoc, colleges from across Ireland will submit their very best theatre productions for this two week competition.

Fibín welcomes you to Baile Beag Mór

Thu, Mar 10, 2022

A WORLD premiere by artistic director Philip Doherty will open Fíbín’s first season in residence in Ireland’s national Irish language theatre, An Taibhdhearc.

Free screening of Sonya Kelly’s Once Upon a Bridge

Thu, Mar 10, 2022

DRUID THEATRE Company will give a free ‘encore screening’ of Sonya Kelly’s acclaimed Once Upon a Bridge from Wednesday March 16 to Friday 18.

Aristophanes’ The Frogs to be staged at NUIG

Mon, Mar 07, 2022

ATHENS IS at war and it is not winning. The best playwrights in Greece are dead. Morale in the city is low. The time is right for a hero to step forward.

‘We took the risk of creating something new’

Thu, Mar 03, 2022

SOMETHING UNPRECEDENTED and utterly original will happen in Galway this month - a wild and thrilling fusion of live theatre, cinema, radio, rock concert, and the Irish language. This is Fiach from Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc.

International Women’s Day show at Town Hall Theatre

Thu, Mar 03, 2022

COURAGE, HOPE & Laughter is the title of a show taking place in the Town Hall Theatre to mark International Women’s Day on Tuesday March 8.

Who killed Michael Collins, and why?

Mon, Feb 28, 2022

AUGUST 22 2022 will mark the centenary of Béal na Bláth and the death of one of the most significant figures in modern Irish history - Michael Collins.

Fiach - a wild ride into the underworld

Mon, Feb 21, 2022

WHAT A time to be Galway theatre company Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc! Not only does it have a new show coming next month, but its artistic director has been getting rave reviews internationally for his debut film.

Also For Roaring - experimental theatre at Black Box

Thu, Feb 10, 2022

ALSO FOR Roaring - an experimental production “about nonsense as much as sense”, about breaking “away from any kind of cohesion”, is coming to the Black Box Theatre.

Steve Wickham in Breath at the Town Hall

Thu, Jan 27, 2022

THE WATERBOYS’ Steve Wickham, and actor Karl Quinn, will explore our recent experiences of life during a pandemic, with the ‘music play’, Breath.

Waterboys’ Steve Wickham at the Town Hall

Tue, Jan 11, 2022

THE WATERBOY’S Steve Wickham will join Carpet Theatre actor Karl Quinn in a new ‘music play’ at the Town Hall Theatre - Breath.

Galway Youth Theatre to stage Animal Farm

Tue, Dec 07, 2021

A REBELLION has taken place at Manor Farm. The animals have overthrown their human masters and assumed control.

Fibín to mark centenary of the Treaty with outdoor performance

Thu, Dec 02, 2021

ON DECEMBER 6 1921, the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed in London by Irish republicans and members of the British Government.

Gol - a show about the mná caointe

Thu, Dec 02, 2021

AN IRISH community and its culture are under siege. Ancient traditions and customs are dying out. The public act of keening is disappearing, and edicts for new ways of doing things are being handed down.

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