Second Age to stage Macbeth

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

IRELAND’S AWARD-winning classics company Second Age comes to the Town Hall Theatre next week with one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, Macbeth.

Galway Music Residency seeks apprentice ensemble

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE GALWAY Music Residency is seeking musicians interested in becoming its Apprentice Ensemble 2012 to submit applications for the coming season.

The apprentice ensemble programme offers a group of musicians dedicated tuition time and mentoring with the ConTempo Quartet and much more besides.

JOLT to host theatre workshops in April

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

JOLT WILL host a day-long workshop with THEATREclub’s Grace Dyas in the Town Hall Theatre studio in April.

Seachtain Na nGaeilge trad gigs

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THERE ARE plenty of great trad music and song events taking place across Galway city and county as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge.

Ultan Conlon @ Citóg

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

ULTAN CONLON, the very talented Loughrea singer-songwriter will headline the next Citóg gig, tomorrow night, in The Cellar Bar.

Oi Polloi - Scott’s Gaelic anarchist punk

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

PUNK ROCK and hard left politics go hand in hand - look at Crass, Conflict, or The Clash - but Punk’s lingua franca has long been English, yet one band begs to differ.

Brew up with Mr Scruff @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

MR SCRUFF, the British DJ, producer, cartoonist, and tea connoisseur, will play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh.

Scroobius Pip solo show @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

RAPPER AND spoken word artist Scroobius Pip will be performing in the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday March 13 at 8pm.

Pip (aka David Peter Meads) is no stranger to Galway, having performed here on numerous occasions, as one half of the brilliant English hip hop duo, dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip.

Two chances to see Tieranniesaur

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

TIERANNIESAUR, ONE of the most exciting new Irish indie bands, will play two shows at the Róisín Dubh this weekend.

The band play this Saturday at 9pm, with support from Dott and The Debutantes, followed by Disco Chúin, a silent disco for Seachtain na Gaeilge. Then on Sunday at 2pm, Tieranniesaur take to the stage for an all-ages family concert. Admission to both shows is free.

Guitar wizard Johnny Gallagher @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

JOHNNY GALLAGHER, the Irish guitarist regarded as one of the finest players of the instrument either here or in Britain, is coming to Galway.

Celebrate the music of Monsieur Debussy

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

MARCH 2012 marks the 94th anniversary of the death of Claude Debussy, the fin de siècle French composer who has inspired classical, avant-garde, and jazz musicians.

Exhibition of international print artists

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

A PRINT exhibition to coincide with St Patrick’s Day and to highlight Ireland’s cultural links with America, Australia, and New Zealand, opens tomorrow.

Lorg Fine Art Printmakers Galway in association with the Galway City Council will host an international print exchange exhibition in City Hall, College Road.

Made in Ballinasloe exhibition

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE BALLINASLOE artist collective Group 8 launch their third annual exhibition of art and writing, Made in Ballinasloe, this Saturday at 7pm in The Regency Room in Hayden’s Hotel.

Made in Ballinasloe is a collaborative work the group undertook around the theme of all the things that are made in the town and its environs. There will be sculpture, photography, installations, textile work, video and paintings.

Video game inspired exhibition opens today

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

GAME ON/Re-Newing Media Art, a screening programme of film and video works using imagery and media of video games, desktop interfaces, and online software, opens this in Galway evening.

A Scots/Irish concert from Maeve Cairney

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE KINVARA based soprano, Maeve Cairney, will perform a special concert of Irish and Scottish music this Sunday in Áras na nGael, Dominick Street.

See Le Corsaire live from the Bolshoi

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE BOLSHOI Ballet’s production of Le Corsaire will be broadcast live via satellite to The Eye Cinema this Sunday at 3pm.

The romantic swashbuckling tale of a beautiful slave girl, rescued from a forced marriage by a handsome pirate is one of the great classics of Russian ballet. It features lush romantic music by Adolphe Adam and the classic choreography by Marius Petipa, re-fashioned for this production by Alexei Ratmansky and Yuri Burlaka.

Family gospel choir concert on Sunday

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE GOSPEL Wedding Group will perform the next Adventures In Music concert in the St Patrick’s Brassband Hall this Sunday.

The Gospel Wedding Group features 12 singers who have been performing together for the past four years. The ensemble is made up of solo voices who specialise in lush harmonies, energetic performances, gospel music, and harmony singing, both a cappella and accompanied.

Canadian comic for the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

ONE OF Canada’s most outspoken and hilarious comedians Dana Alexander, the Maple Leaf nation’s only black female comic, plays the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday at 8.30pm.

Galway Film Centre/RTÉ Short Film Awards

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

THE GALWAY Film Centre, in association with RTÉ, will be granting two awards of €9,500 each as part of its 2012 Short Film Awards.

New eBook from Dick Byrne

Thu, Mar 08, 2012

A NEW book from the Galway author, playwright, and personality Dick Byrne, My Love Is On The Wind, is now available from Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing store.

E-paper

Read this weeks E-paper. Past editions also available from within this weeks digital copy.