‘Exoticness, adventurousness, and curiosity’
Wed, May 19, 2021
“EARLY MUSIC is linked with the history and heritage of Galway. It’s exotic in some cases, and it has that adventurousness and curiosity that appeals to us about what music was then, how it sounded, and how people played it. Above all, it’s simply just good music.”
Read more ...Digital strategy plays key role in Town Hall Theatre response to Covid-19 crisis
Thu, May 13, 2021
When the Town Hall Theatre – the epicentre of Galway's cultural activity - later this month installs its own in-house live streaming equipment, it will mark yet another important milestone on the long and winding road travelled since the Covid-19 shutdown of March 2020.
Read more ...'Getting to Know...' Ros na Rún's Caitriona Ní Dhomhnaill
Thu, May 13, 2021
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A Covid-free world.
Why Galway needs a permanent community rehearsal facility
Wed, May 12, 2021
IN JUNE, a pilot scheme will begin which could have huge, and very positive ramifications for Galway's music scene, local musicians, and particularly young people, when a rehearsal space opens in the Nuns Island Theatre.
Read more ...'Getting to Know...' Kevin Murphy, theatre maker
Thu, May 06, 2021
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being able to create with friends and pushing each other to achieve our potential.
Theatre from Galway - direct to wherever you are
Wed, Apr 28, 2021
FROM FRIDAY, on screens in living rooms, home offices, and bedrooms around the country, the Galway Theatre Festival will be streaming, offering a feast of live theatre, works-in-progress, workshops, and talks.
Read more ...'Getting to Know...' Billy O'Callaghan
Thu, Apr 22, 2021
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A good day of writing, at that point when a story really starts to come together.
‘Nora is not always visible behind James Joyce. I wanted her in the foreground’
Wed, Apr 21, 2021
MENTION NORA Barnacle and four things come to mind: she was from Galway; she was sexually adventurous and advanced for her day; she was the partner and muse of James Joyce; and she never read a word he wrote.
Read more ...Declan O’Rourke - learning to trust and let go
Wed, Apr 14, 2021
‘GALILEO’ IS a song which has been good to Declan O’Rourke, opening many doors for him which remain very welcoming to this day - not least the door of Paul Weller.
Read more ...‘I find young people respond positively to Shakespeare’
Wed, Apr 07, 2021
PETE MULLINEAUX is rarely a man with little to do, being a poet, a playwright, and an active force in youth theatre and education in Galway.
Read more ...Getting To Know...Raquel McKee
Wed, Apr 07, 2021
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Never being bored.
'Getting to Know...' Sophie White
Thu, Apr 01, 2021
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Lying in bed, eating a chilled Terry’s Chocolate Orange, reading a brilliant book.
‘Working class voices are still struggling for representation in literature’
Wed, Mar 31, 2021
TO BE a Booker Prize winner is to be in a distinguished club of novelists working in the English language, but the 2020 winner Douglas Stuart is within an even more select group of recipients.
Read more ...'Getting to Know...' Natalie Haas
Wed, Mar 24, 2021
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A good book, a cozy fire, and a nice cup of tea!
‘I’m just at the beginning of what I can achieve’
Thu, Mar 18, 2021
STREETS IN My Mind, the debut album by Galway singer, songwriter, rapper, and producer Chris Haze, has been a long time coming, and for the artist, it represents “the end and a new start”.
Read more ...'Getting to Know...' Christopher Ellis
Thu, Mar 18, 2021
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Having a lifetime supply of cheese...
‘Cúirt will make you think, will entertain you, it won’t hold back’
Thu, Mar 11, 2021
MERE DAYS after the programme for the 2020 Cúirt International Festival of Literature was announced, the Republic of Ireland went into Lockdown. And yet, in the face of that unprecedented setback, Cúirt emerged triumphant.
Read more ...'Getting to Know...' John Patrick McHugh
Wed, Mar 03, 2021
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Snug in Tigh Neachtain's with friends and we’re all packed in like sardines.
‘The sound of the cello, it seems as if it’s coming up from the earth’
Wed, Mar 03, 2021
“THE CELLO can be bass, soprano or alto. Its endpin strikes the ground and it seems as if its power and deep sound are coming up from the earth. When played it lies between the musicians legs and they have to embrace it. It’s a very physical thing, it almost becomes part of their body.”
Read more ...'Getting to Know...' Máire Éilís Ní Fhlatharta
Thu, Feb 25, 2021
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Chilling in the sun.
