The Plough and The Stars

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

IF YOU are in or near Limerick and are interested in theatre generally or Sean O’Casey in particular, then a new staging of The Plough and The Stars should be worth seeing.

A feast of Latin dance in November

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

AS THE dark winter months are rolling in, it is good to know that a celebration of Latin music and dance will brighten up a weekend in November.

The Bachata Open Galway 2012 event takes place in the Radisson Blu Hotel from Friday November 9 to Sunday 11. Bachata is a style of dancing that originated in the Dominican Republic. This will be the first Bachata championship in Ireland, the winner will go to Murcia, Spain, representing Ireland at the championship.

Call for artists’ submissions

Thu, Oct 18, 2012

THE GALWAY University Hospitals Arts Trust is seeking submissions for its 2013 exhibition programme.

The GUH Arts Trust is interested in artists/curators who wish to engage with their audience by including artists’ talks, workshops, etc, as part of the exhibition. Artists/curators should keep in mind when submitting a proposal that the trust programmes for an acute hospital setting with vulnerable people and this will be considered in selecting exhibitions.

Jason and The Argonauts set sail for Baboró

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

SCOTLAND’S INTERNATIONALLY-feted Visible Fictions Theatre Company are en route to Galway for the Baboró Festival to bring their ebullient staging of the epic adventures of Jason and the Argonauts.

The Faulty Towers Dining Experience

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

INTERNATIONAL COMEDY sensation, The Faulty Towers Dining Experience, is making a welcome return to Galway as part of the Bulmers Comedy Festival to unleash its trademark blend of comic mayhem on diners and theatre-goers.

Set List – Irish premiere in Galway

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

THERE IS a treat and something of a coup in store for the Galway comedy audience at the Bulmer’s Galway Comedy Festival this moth, when the Set List phenomenon comes to town.

From drag to trad

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

Kellys bar is the venue for a night of fun, frills, fizzy pop, frollicks, hair disaster, fantastic trad and to the most amazing musicians Galway has to offer on Saturday, 20 October. Of course, the outstandingly beautiful Drag-Queens of Galway will also be in attendance. The night is in support of St. Jame's HIV unit and is dedicated to raising much needed funds for the cause.

Bottle’s on the rampage in new Who Needs Enemies?

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

EOIN HANCOCK has the worst friends imaginable, who get him into scraps that are both illegal and near life threatening, and they are about to throw him into more mayhem.

The Star Wars trilogy - in one hour

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

EOIN HANCOCK has the worst friends imaginable, who get him into scraps that are both illegal and near life threatening, and they are about to throw him into more mayhem.

The Star Wars trilogy - in one hour

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

A LONG time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away, an epic intergalactic battle between good and evil took place, and at its centre was a father who needed to be helped to redemption by his son.

Paul Brady to play the Raddison

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

PAUL BRADY has been one of Ireland’s most outstanding songwriters of the past 40 years, a position only really challenged by Van Morrison and Phil Lynnot.

The ‘Amazing’ Toby Kaar @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

TOBY KAAR “is making me want to get torn up and fight a chair. Amazing.” so said Nialler 9 about the Corkornian electronica producer and live performer who plays the Róisín Dubh tomorrow.

Go to MASS @ HALO

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

MASS NORMALLY means worship in a church but tomorrow night at HALO it means a great night’s entertainments with one of country’s best covers bands.

City secondary schools to sing with Irish Chamber Orchestra

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

FOUR OF Galway city’s secondary schools will join the Irish Chamber Orchestra for a concert featuring music by Philip Glass and Schubert.

New exhibition from Dagmar Drabent

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

GERMAN BORN, Galway based, artist Dagmar Drabent is hosting an exhibition of photographs in Áras na Mac Léinn, NUI Galway.

New feature film being shot in Headford

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

member Paddy Courtney lead the cast of micro-budget feature The O’Brien’s, which is currently shooting in County Galway.

Theatre review: Sanctuary (Blue Teapot Theatre Company)

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

THE TICKLISH subject of sexual and romantic relationships between intellectually disabled people receives a sensitive and thought-provoking treatment in Christian O’Reilly’s fine new play Sanctuary, presented by Blue Teapot Theatre Company.

Silent comedy with The Boy With Tape On His Face

Thu, Oct 11, 2012

HOW CAN stand-up comedy be performed by a man with tape stuck across his mouth rendering him incapable to speech?

Rites - The epic sound of Galway Doom Metal

Thu, Oct 04, 2012

WHEN BLACK Sabbath’s Tony Iommi struck the opening G5 chord on his Gibson SG on the song which bore his band’s name, during a recording session in London in 1969, he not only created a new genre of rock, but a sub-genre as well.

That song, ‘Black Sabbath’ would come to define the newly emergent genre of heavy metal, of which the Sabs are arguably the leading pioneers. Yet that same track, which would open their debut album, equally laid down the DNA for a trend in metal which would take another 20 years to be fully realised.

‘Funny, lyrical and poignant’ - Garret Keogh on Port Authority

Thu, Oct 04, 2012

ONE OF the definite highlights of the current Town Hall Theatre season is Decadent Theatre Company’s new staging of Conor McPherson’s Port Authority which starts a five-night run next week.

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