Croi8: bringing Blackadder to the stage
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
AS PART of a cunning plan to raise money for Comic Relief, local company Croi8 Productions is presenting the Irish stage premiere of classic TV comedy Blackadder at the Town Hall next week.
Local audiences can look forward to experiencing again the dimness of Baldrick, the utter patheticness of Lord Percy Percy, Lord Melchett’s diabolical practical jokes, and the firm fruitiness of Nursie in glorious Galway-vision.
Read more ...The Galway Sessions returns this month
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
KEVIN CRAWFORD, Beóga, Dermy Diamond, and Kathleen Loughnane are among those who will play The Galway Sessions, the annual festival of Irish trad, from Sunday June 12 to Sunday 19.
Read more ...The Tinker’s Curse returns
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
WRITER AND performer Michael Harding makes a welcome return to the Town Hall Theatre next week with his powerful and much-acclaimed drama The Tinker’s Curse.
The play was developed in collaboration with Irish Travellers and is based on their real-life experiences. It brings to the stage the character of Mikey Rattigan, a traveller broken by the loss of his child. Tormented by his crimes, he seeks some kind of atonement on the summit of Croagh Patrick where he unfolds his emotionally riveting tale.
Read more ...Eastenders writer writes for Blue Teapot
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
LEN COLLIN, who has written scripts for Eastenders, Casualty, The Bill, and Soldier Soldier, is writing a film screenplay for Blue Teapot’s ensemble actors.
Read more ...New performance of Kilroy’s The Dreaming House
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
THE DREAMING House, Thomas Kilroy’s play based on the life of George Moore, has only been performed once - more than 20 years ago.
Read more ...Limited places left for Core Theatre College course
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
CORE THEATRE College is opening its doors for 10 students to participate in its 11-week intensive part-time Main Course.
Read more ...Irish film The Runway to get advance screening at The Eye
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
THE RUNWAY, a major new Irish film, will receive an advance screening in The Eye Cinema in Wellpark on Tuesday June 7.
Read more ...Daithi O Dronaí to play Body & Soul Festival
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
THE HUGELY talented Daithi O Dronaí will be among the acts taking part in this year’s Body & Soul Festival 2011 in Ballinlough Castle, Co Westmeath, on June 18 and 19.
Read more ...Intinn @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
TOMORROW NIGHT from 9pm Monroe’s Live will be pulsing to the reggae, dub, drum’n’bass, and Celtic trad, when Intinn take to the stage.
Read more ...Rusted Rail acts play Citóg
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
CITÓG WILL host a night of music by Loner Deluxe, The Driftwood Manor, and Yawning Chasm, all acts on the Rusted Rail label, tomorrow in DeBurgos from 9pm.
Read more ...Peter Delaney @ Kelly’s
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
PETER DELANEY, the Limerick born singer-songwriter who draws inspiration from traditional and folk music as well as Hawaiian song, plays Kelly’s tonight at 9pm.
Read more ...Aerial thrills for Galway dance-lovers
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
Dance and theatre enthusiasts are in for a treat when Moongate Dance Theatre presents the world premiere of The Boy, The Kite, and The Wind at the Black Box Theatre tonight at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Galway Choral Association charity concert
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
GOOD MUSIC and a good cause will come together next weekend in the Galway Choral Association Summer Musical Celebration concert.
Read more ...NUIG graduates reform for choral concert
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
FORMER MEMBERS of the NUI Galway Choral Society have reformed for a concert in the University College Chapel this Saturday at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Our Breton exiles
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
IN THE years immediately following the end of the Second World War, Ireland was host to a small but significant number of Breton refugees who found their way here, for the most part, through either Wales or England.
Read more ...Testify! @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
THE NEXT Testify! night of poetry, spoken word, and song upstairs at the Róisín Dubh on Monday June 6 at 9pm.
Read more ...Poems that cross all boundaries
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
IN THE early 1980s Eva Bourke was an active participant in Galway Writers’ Workshop, when the group used to meet in a room above Taylor’s Bar.
Her debut collection, Gonella, was the very first book published by Salmon Poetry. The most important idea to emerge from that long gone room above Taylor’s is that you do not have to be dead to be a poet.
Read more ...The Parting Glass
Thu, May 26, 2011
DERMOT BOLGER’S acclaimed recent play, The Parting Glass comes to the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday May 31 and Wednesday June 1. This one-man play, performed by Ray Yeates, about a returned emigrant’s experience of contemporary Ireland in the boom to bust years, has been a hit in Dublin and New York, and now embarks on a tour of Ireland.
Read more ...Tales of Galway; exploring the ebb and flow of Galwegian life
Thu, May 26, 2011
NEXT WEEKEND at the Town Hall Theatre, there will be an intriguing new play which conjures up 50 years of local history amid a story of typical Galway life and enduring friendship.
Read more ...Gold Panda @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, May 26, 2011
GOLD PANDA is, according to The Guardian, “armed with an ear for a skilful beat and an array of weird samples”.
Pitchfork described his music as “top-shelf pieces of spliced together beat science” while MOJO praised his “wonky beats and shimmering twisted tech melodies”.
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