Screen acting course for adults

Thu, Feb 02, 2012

The acting for film and television course returns to Galway and will take place in The Harbour Hotel from Tuesday February 15 to Thursday 17 from 7pm to 11pm.

The course will teach participants how to correctly slate to camera, match continuity between shots, cold-read for films, audition for commercials, be your own agent, use 10 x 8 headshots, network with casting directors, and compile a show reel.

A touch of Debussy in the night

Thu, Feb 02, 2012

THIS YEAR marks the 150th birthday of the marvellous French composer Claude Debussy and two of his works will be on the programme for the next Music For Galway concert.

Máirtín O’Connor to play trad for children

Thu, Feb 02, 2012

A FIRST-RATE line-up of trad musicians will take to the stage of the St Patrick’s Bandhall on Sundays for the first in a new series of Adventure’s In Music’s ‘Gigs for Families’.

Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase

Thu, Feb 02, 2012

THE 2012 Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase takes place on Friday February 10 at 8pm at The Kitchen in the Galway City Museum.

Exploring the unintended monuments

Thu, Feb 02, 2012

NINETY NINE Percent for Art, an exhibition featuring new work by Carol Anne Connolly and Jim Ricks, opens in The Dock Shed at the Galway Docks next week.

Forge at Gort literary festival returns in March

Thu, Feb 02, 2012

THE FORGE at Gort literary festival, organised by the Western Writers’ Centre, returns on Friday March 30 and Saturday 31.

Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s

Thu, Feb 02, 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. 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.

When all hell was let loose

Thu, Feb 02, 2012

OVER THE last 12 months or so, the number of books available on our website has grown to 5.5 million. I say this because it underlines how drastically the whole business of bookselling has changed with the now not so new revolution in technology.

New dawn patriotism and one woman’s personal Jesus

Thu, Feb 02, 2012

AMERICA, WHERE Eamonn Wall has been resident since the early 1980s, is, as we know, a place where the Irish tend to become very Irish indeed.

However, in terms of his writing style, Wall’s biggest influences are the American Beat writers of late 1950s and afterwards, and this can clearly be seen in his new collection Sailing Lake Mareotis (Salmon Poetry).

Lisa Hannigan - the journey of a passenger

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

IT IS good to be Lisa Hannigan these days. Her second album Passenger, released in October, has enjoyed critical and public acclaim and her recent appearances in America have also been well received. Now 2012 starts on a bright note, with a Meteor Choice Award nomination for the Meath singer-songwriter.

The Hen Night Epiphany at Town Hall

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

FIVE WOMEN, one hen night, and too many secrets. These are the key ingredients of Jimmy Murphy’s latest play, The Hen Night Epiphany, which comes to the Town Hall next week in a production from Dublin’s Focus Theatre.

Show Me The Funny returns on Monday

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

SHOW ME The Funny 2, the competition which seeks to unearth Irelands freshest and most original comedy talent, is back, starting this Monday at 8pm.

Orion’s Belt debut with hit comedy

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

ORION’S BELT is a group of three bright stars in the Orion constellation. It is also the name of a new Kinvara-based theatre company which makes its Galway bow in the Town Hall studio next week.

Gerry Kennedy album launch and concert

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

GERRY KENNEDY is known to many as a teacher in The Bish, but he is also a singer-songwriter who is about to release a new album and play a charity concert for The Lions Club.

The Salad Circus @ Citóg

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

GALWAY BAND The Salad Circus, Cork’s Trumpets Of Jericho, and Donegal’s Eyes Of Vegas play Citóg in The Cellar Bar, tomorrow night at 10pm.

Róisín Dubh Comedy

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

TWO OF the best and most popular Irish comedians - Barry Murphy and Andrew Maxwell - play the Róisín Dubh this Wednesday at 8.30pm.

Barry, best known for being one-third of the sports/media satirical team Après Match, will be the MC for the evening, while Andrew Maxwell will headline. Andrew’s confidence in articulating socio-political issues or taboo subjects, with both intelligence and boyish charm makes for a highly appealing and hilarious experience.

Western Writers’ Centre writing course

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

THE WESTERN Writers’ Centre will hold its lunchtime creative writing classes, from 1.05pm-1.55pm, starting St Valentine’s Day, Tuesday February 14.

Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s

Thu, Jan 26, 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.

Soul in the Blue

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

SOUL IN The Blue, a DJ night of some of the finest soul and funk ever made, returns to The Blue Note this Saturday from 9pm.

A Cajun night at Kelly’s

Thu, Jan 26, 2012

CAJUN MUSIC has its origins in the music of the French colonial settlers who made Louisiana their home after leaving Quebec in the 1700s.

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