Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

Forget the monkey suits from the 1970’s original, even the 2001 remake has not a patch on this newest offering which I found not just surprisingly entertaining but also emotionally touching in places. I never thought I’d say this but the Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a great watch.

From bouncing baby to perky Teddy

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

Arriving at the Town Hall theatre to meet Rod Goodall for this interview, I find him hunkered on the steps outside and feeding bits of sandwich to a hungry young gull flapping eagerly around his feet. It could easily be an image of Faith Healer’s Teddy, the cockney showbiz agent who Goodall portrays in the play, auditioning a new performer. Teddy, after all, informs the audience that his roster of talent has included a bagpipe-playing whippet and a woman who can speak to pigeons, so a sassy seagull would fit right in. And Goodall’s convivial ease with the bird mirrors the sociable warmth of Teddy’s character.

Clifden Arts Week launches on Monday

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

Clifden Community Arts Week, the west of Ireland’s most prominent and longest running community arts festival, will return this September for its 34th year of artistic celebration. Taking place from September 15 to 25, the festival boasts an impressive line up of national and international talent with a jam-packed programme that covers all spectrums of the arts from literature and music to theatre, film, and comedy, as well as inspirational talks and lectures and a dedicated schools’ programme.

This year’s highlights include readings from presidential candidate and politician Michael D Higgins and Ireland Professor of Poetry Harry Clifton with Leanne O’Sullivan. The impressive literary programme also includes poets Dermot Healy, Louis DePaor, Tom Paulin and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, and Eilean Ní Chuilleanan and Macdara Woods, who as husband and wife are great pioneers for modern Irish poetry. Playwright and novelist Thomas Kilroy will also read as will Hennessey New Irish Writer of the Year and local Clifden woman Siobhan Mannion.

Weekend concerts on Inis Óirr

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

LEADING IRISH figures in blues, trad, and folk, will be heading to the Aran Islands this month to play the Inis Oírr Music Festival.

‘And poured out the imagined shapes, observed that place and made it familiar’ –the short stories of Jim Mullarkey

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

THE ABOVE quote comes from the preface to And, the debut collection of short stories from Galway-based author Jim Mullarkey which will be published next month by the Doire Press. It’s a quote that accurately reflects what Mullarkey achieves with the stories, in which the reader is frequently immersed in the fluid thoughts and sense-impressions of his various characters, creating distinctive and vivid portraits of their lives and predicaments.

Children’s workshop at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

GALWAY ARTS Centre will take to the skiess next week with an aeronautical extravaganza children’s workshop. Filled with birds, butterflies, spaceships, angels, fairies, mythical creatures, monsters and anything else that can be scattered by the four winds and the imagination.

Concert to celebrate the songs of Gillian Welch

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

THE GREAT American country and folk singer-songwriter Gillian Welch recently released her new album The Harrow & The Harvest.

Actors wanted for Bo Leictreach

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

Bo Leictreach debuts at Birr Theatre and Arts Centre, Co Offaly from September 9 to 11 and is looking for actors to perform in a rehearsed reading of new 10 minute greenplays on Saturday September 10 at 8pm. The auditions take place at the theatre on Monday and Tuesday from 7pm to 9pm. Auditions are open to all ages and CVs and headshots are welcomed but not required.

Pavlov’s Dogs @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

PAVLOV’S DOGS, named after the celebrated experiments of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, play Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 10pm.

Cherish The Ladies @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

CHERISH THE Ladies, whose take on Irish trad The New York Times has described as “passionate, tender, and rambunctious” play Monroe’s Live on Wednesday.

Poetry workshops with Kevin Higgins at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

STARTING IN September, Galway Arts Centre is offering aspiring poets a choice of three poetry workshops, all facilitated by poet Kevin Higgins, whose best-selling first collections have been shortlisted for awards and discussed in The Cambridge Introduction to Modern Irish Poetry.

Stop/Run: Galway - an experimental music night

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

GIVE A group of musicians a diverse range of hand made instruments and let them freely explore the instrument and the sound it makes - this is the idea behind Stop/Run: Galway.

Belfast artists respond to the experience of Galway

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

FIELD WORK is the title of a new group exhibition - based on the experience of coming to Galway - which opens at The Niland Gallery, Lower Merchants Road, this evening at 6pm.

Galway Youth Theatre wants you

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

GALWAY YOUTH Theatre is recruiting new members for its one year part time performance course starting in September.

Trad music concerts in St Nicholas’

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

ST NICHOLAS’ Collegiate Church will host the next Tunes In The Church gig tomorrow from 8pm to 9.30pm.

Brendan Grace @ Town Hall

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

IRELAND’S FAVOURITE funnyman Brendan Grace will play two nights at the Town Hall Theatre tomorrow and Saturday at 8pm.

Brendan’s latest show will feature new material alongside some old favourites from his vast repertoire over the last 40 years. Brendan will also do a ‘meet and greet’ with fans after the show.

Come back to school with Lisa Joyce

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

CAN YOU recall your schooldays and laugh about the experience? Well that’s exactly what comedian Lisa Joyce is doing as she takes her new comedy show, Back to School, to the west of Ireland. Lisa commenced her comedy career while studying in NUI Galway and now performs stand up all around the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Win tickets to Cowboys & Aliens @ Omniplex

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

1873. ARIZONA TERRITORY. A stranger (Daniel Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution do not welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford). It is a town that lives in fear. But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known.

Little Cinema Club @ Kelly’s

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

THE LITTLE Cinema Club returns to Kelly’s, Bridge Street, this Tuesday at 9pm, for another night of screenings of short movies, directed by local filmmakers.

Raise a laugh and a few euros at Garvey’s

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

TONIGHT SEES a special instalment of the popular Get Up, Stand Up comedy event in Garvey’s hotel and bar in Eyre Square. This week’s event is a charity fundraiser for Cancer Care West.

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