Solpadeine Is My Boyfriend

Thu, Jan 17, 2013

ONE OF the most talked-about plays at last year’s ABSOLUT Fringe Festival in Dublin was Stefanie Preissner’s Solpadeine Is My Boyfriend which got rave reviews, was nominated for two Fringe Awards, and marked its author as one Ireland’s brightest young theatrical talents.

NUIG’s Babel public lectures returns

Thu, Jan 17, 2013

HARRY POTTER, Rainer Maria Rilke, and the international language that is body language will be discussed in a series of public lectures taking place in the Town Hall Theatre.

Stephen James Band @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 17, 2013

STEPHEN JAMES has been described by Olaf Tyaransen as an “amazing talent” and by Declan O’Rourke as “the real thing”.

Fiddle classes with Frankie Gavin

Thu, Jan 17, 2013

FRANKIE GAVIN, one of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians and fiddle players is taking enrolments for his fiddle master classes.

Rat Republik @ HALO

Thu, Jan 17, 2013

RAT REPUBLIK are coming back to Galway to play HALO Live tomorrow night.

Julie Feeney - awards and nominations

Thu, Jan 17, 2013

ATHENRY VOCALIST/composer Julie Feeney has seen 2013 get off to a great start with her latest album Clocks being nominated for and winning prestigious Irish awards.

Not Squares @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 17, 2013

THE CURRENT burst of musical creativity in Northern Ireland has produced a host of exciting new bands these past few years, among them Belfast’s Not Squares.

Win tickets to I Give It A Year

Thu, Jan 17, 2013

GIVE It A Year, the new romantic-comedy starring Bridesmaids’ Rose Byrne and One Day’s Rafe Spall will receive an advanced screening in The Eye Cinema.

Galway Film Society opening film

Thu, Jan 17, 2013

THE GALWAY Film Society’s winter/spring 2013 season opens this Sunday at 8.15pm with French film The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

Art and healing workshop

Thu, Jan 17, 2013

GALWAY ARTIST and teacher Denise Hogan and Reiki teacher Arja Sweeney are hosting a weekend workshop, entitled The Art and Reiki, on January 26 and 27 from 10am to 5.30pm.

Comedian Dave Young @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 17, 2013

HE HAS been called “flat-out hilarious” by the Irish Independent, “thrilling to watch” by America Today, and he can count Billy Connolly among his fans.

Ó Riada’s Mass re-imagined

Thu, Jan 17, 2013

SEÁN Ó Riada’s Mass, in a new arrangement by Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky, will be performed in St Nicholas Church on Friday January 25 at 8pm.

‘Comedians are megalomaniacs!’

Thu, Jan 10, 2013

NEIL DELAMERE, one of the biggest names on the Irish comedy scene, is coming to the Town Hall Theatre this month with his acclaimed new show, Delamere Mortal.

Three months, ten films, and a world of cinema

Thu, Jan 10, 2013

FILM STARS Marion Cotillard and Gael Garcia Bernal; leading directors like Nadine Labaki and Jacques Audiard; settings ranging from French vineyards to Lebanese villages; and genres as diverse as thrillers and romances - all make up the new Galway Film Society season.

Family puppet shows at An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Jan 10, 2013

CLANN LIR, a re-imagining of the Irish folktale through music, puppetry, and storytelling, is in An Taibhdhearc this Saturday.

A Vibe For Philo @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 10, 2013

SONGWRITER, SINGER, poet, bass player, band leader, Black Irishman, icon - Phil Lynott is all of these things and Galway will pay tribute to the late master this week.

Des Keogh in The Love Hungry Farmer

Thu, Jan 10, 2013

THE INIMITABLE Des Keogh makes a welcome return to the Town Hall Theatre next week with his much-feted one-man staging of John B Keane’s The Love Hungry Farmer.

Martin McDonagh play for Town Hall

Thu, Jan 10, 2013

MARTIN MCDONAGH is enjoying great success as a film-maker in recent years, most recently with his tour-de-force black comedy Seven Psychopaths.

Thurston Moore to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 10, 2013

FOR THE past 30 years, as a member of Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore has been one of the key and iconic figures in alternative rock, and next week he plays Galway.

Uptight! is back @ Massimo

Thu, Jan 10, 2013

DJ Dave Barry will be lugging the crates of vinyl down to Massimo for his monthly outing of party funk, soul, boogaloo, Jamaican ska and more. Black music aimed at the feet is the order of the day but you could hear anything at an Uptight! night. Get there early to secure your patch on the dancefloor. Free as always and late bar.

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