Show Me The Funny

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

THE FIFTH and final heat of the popular Show Me The Funny II takes place this Monday at 8pm in The King’s Head.

Eight comic hopefuls will take to the stage to compete for a place in the grand final, with the eventual winner walking away with a coveted spot at the comedy stage at this year’s Electric Picnic Festival. Special guest on the night is Jarlath Regan. Gerry Mallon is the MC

Neil Delamere @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

NEIL DELAMERE, one of Ireland’s best and most popular comedians, will bring his new show, Restructuring, to the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday March 7 at 8.30pm.

Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 9.30pm.

The show is open to the public and comedians, and admission is free. Every week there is a lively crowd and a load of up and coming comedians performing. Each comedian is allowed seven to eight minutes for his/her set.

Brid Ní Neachtain on belief and Doubt

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

NEXT WEEK at the Town Hall Theatre sees the west of Ireland premiere of John Patrick Shanley’s powerful play Doubt: a Parable.

Norianna Kennedy - Australia, America, Galway, and me

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

NORIANNA KENNEDY, the Galway based singer-songwriter, whose music embraces Irish folk and trad as well as country, roots, and Americana, is about to take the next major step in her musical journey.

Rural Savage to launch debut album at Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

I FELL In The Bog And Saw God, the dramatically titled debut album by Donegal/Galway trio Rural Savage will be launched with a show at the Róisín Dubh on Saturday.

Rhino rampage at the Town Hall

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

SLIGO’S BLUE Raincoat Theatre Company make a welcome visit to the Town Hall Theatre this month with its acclaimed staging of Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist classic, Rhinoceros.

Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

ALAN BENNETT’S 1973 comedy, Habeas Corpus, will be performed by the Cortoon Lavally Drama Group in the Nuns Island Theatre tomorrow and Saturday.

Habeas Corpus follows the attempts of Dr Arthur Wicksteed to woo his attractive patient Felicity Rumpers. Wicksteed’s wife, Muriel, is, in turn, lusting after the charming head of the BMA, Sir Percy Shorter, who, as well as being Wicksteed’s old rival, turns out to be Felicity’s father. Expect confusion, farce, and many laughs.

Galway Theatre Festival seeks submissions

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

THE GALWAY Theatre Festival is inviting submissions from visual artists for the 2012 festival image/poster.

Nanci Griffith returns to the Town Hall

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

NANCI GRIFFITH one of the best loved country singers in the world, who also enjoys a devoted fan-base in Ireland, plays the Town Hall Theatre on Friday March 2.

Wingnut Records Fundraiser gig

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

A FUNDRAISING gig for the Wingnut Records record store in Bell Book and Candle takes place tomorrow at 9.30pm in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh.

Keywest @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

KEYWEST, THE Dublin pop-rock quintet, who have often played Galway both in city venues and busking on the streets, are heading west again.

Mister Ebby release debut album

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

PIANIST AND composer Eamon Brett, who goes under the stage-name of Miser Ebby, has released his debut album Wires.

The album features 12 pieces of music, all written by Eamon Brett. Eamon sings and plays piano, glockenspiel, melodica, and ‘piano percussion noises’ on Wires. Also on the album are vocalist Méadhbh Sullivan; Karl Hand (drums), Aongus MacAmhlaigh (cello), George Guilfoyle (bass), Nellie Murphy (voice), along with backing vocals from Kevin, Laura, Caoimhe, and Éanna Brett and Ed Moran.

Síomha Brock to launch debut EP with King’s Head gig

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

SÍOMHA BROCK is best known for being a singer with The Black Magic Big Band and covers band The Araby, but she also sings and writes her own original songs.

Citóg @ The Cellar

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

A DIVERSE line-up of acts will take to the stage at Citóg in The Cellar Bar tomorrow ranging from singer-songwriters to Soviet sci-fi and horror sounds.

Tedfest shenanigans @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

TEDFEST, THE annual celebration of all things Fr Ted and comedic returns to the Róisín Dubh next week with the Tedfest Toilet Duck Awards 2012 and The Stars Of Fr Ted night.

Cuba Libre to play final gig

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

AFTER EIGHT years, Galway based Latin and salsa band Cuba Libre are calling it a day and will play their final gig in KRCMA Slavic House, Salthill, tomorrow.

Hear the genius of Mozart in concert

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

THE MUSIC of Mozart will be performed in Galway next weekend, across two concerts and a film screening, celebrating the genius of the man Albert Einstein called “the greatest composer of all”.

Norman Villa Gallery exhibition

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

THE ITALIAN born, Galway based artist Laura Vecchi Forde will host an exhibition of her paintings at the Norman Villa Gallery, Salthill.

Novelist Chris Binchy to go Over The Edge

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

THE NOVELIST Chris Binchy will be among the featured readers at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday February 23 at 6.30pm.

Chris Binchy studied English and Spanish at UCD and later graduated from the master's course in creative writing at Trinity. To date he has published four novels. His debut, The Very Man, was shortlisted for Irish Novel of the Year in 2003. This was followed by People Like Us, Open-Handed, and Five Days Apart.

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