Gulliver travels to the Town Hall

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

BRAY-BASED theatre company Wonderland Productions comes to the Town Hall Theatre next week with its acclaimed staging of Jonathan Swift’s classic of adventure and satire, Gulliver’s Travels,

As If I Am Not There @ The Eye

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

THE AWARD winning film As If I Am Not There will be screened at the Eye Cinema and its director Juanita Wilson will attend one of the screenings.

Miquel Barcelo mask workshop

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

MIQUEL BARCELO of The Gombeens will host a mask workshop in the Blue Teapot Theatre, Munster Avenue, on Saturday March 26 and Sunday 27 from 10am to 5pm.

This workshop is designed for actors to take them out of their comfort zone through constant theatrical provocations.

Opera live at The Eye

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

THE OPERA Lucia Di Lammermoor will be broadcast live from the Metropolitan Theatre in New York directly to the Eye Cinema this Saturday.

Show Me The Funny

Wed, Mar 16, 2011

THE THIRD heat of the Show Me The Funny competition takes place on Monday at The Kings Head.

All hail the O Emperor

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

O EMPEROR are on the crest of a wave. In less than two years they have become one of the highest profile alternative acts in the county, and one of the most acclaimed.

Dani Gill – injecting new energy into Cúirt

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

NEXT MONTH sees the 26th Cúirt International Literature Festival when writers and booklovers from far and wide will converge on Galway from April 12 to 17 , to enjoy this justly fêted celebration of the written word.

Paul Murray - Skippy Dies author for Cúirt

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

“THE 661 glorious pages of Skippy Dies,” said The Guardian’s Patrick Ness, “is one of the most enjoyable, funny and moving reads of this young new year.”

The darkest corners of the mind

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

A MURDERER who has dismembered an elderly man insists he is innocent and had good reason, but yet still hears the victim’s heart beat beneath the floorboards. An aristocrat encounters his doppelgänger, an encounter which can only lead to a deadly end.

Gulliver’s Travels at the Town Hall

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS is one of the great achievements of Irish literature in which Jonathan Swift, using the full power of his imagination, created a savage and hilarious satire of humanity.

Return of the Three Tenors

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

THE EVER popular Three Tenors are returning to Galway to play the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday March 19 at 8pm.

The Forge at Gort Festival

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

THE FORGE At Gort literary festival, organised by the Western Writers’ Centre, returns on Friday March 25 and Saturday 26 to the south Galway town.

Terry Reid - rock legend to play Kelly’s

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

HE COULD have been a member of Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple but he turned them down to pursue his own musical path.

Bluegrass sounds from The Molly Hicks

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

THE TOWN Hall Theatre will resonate to the sounds of Appalachian, bluegrass, country and gospel when The Molly Hicks take to the stage.

A Turtle’s Tale winners

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

THE WINNERS of family passes to A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures are: Marie Birkett, Galway; Leighanna Hosty, Galway; Mike McGrath; Laura Hogan, Galway; Aideen Ward, Galway; Olivia Coffey, Corrandulla; Sarah Melia, Moycullen; Kathy Leo, Galway; Evelyn Walsh, Oranmore; Cliodhna Connolly, Athenry; Pauline McNamee, Ballinasloe; Grainne Traynor, Athenry; Hanne Larsen, Headford; Alacoque Sullivan, Galway; Lorraine Nyland, Headford; Edel Abberton, Galway; Sinead Wright, Bearna; Bernie Holland, Oranmore; Yvonne Gibbs, Galway; Valerie Kiely, Galway; Aideen Healy, Galway; Eilis MhicGabhann, Galway; Ann Regan, Castlegar; Regina Kearney, Claregalway; Patricia Nikolaus, Galway; Deirdre Treacy, Loughrea; Muireann Ruane, Galway; Orlaith Devlin, Galway; Eabha Ni Fhlanagan, An Cheathru Rua; Gerry Mc Namara, Galway; Leon Schofield, Galway; Amanda Arthur, Galway; Sharon Ormond, Galway; Ciara Hourigan. Galway; Maria McNeela, Galway; Catherine Wall, Galway; Justine Delaney, Galway; Susie Seoighe, An Cheathru Rua; Claire Quigley, Galway; Maureen Cashen, Tuam; Peter Mannion, Lettermore; Peter Murray, Loughrea; Oisin Moughan, Claregalway; Seán Martin, Tuam; Aisling Lynch, Galway; Freda Joyce-Kelly, Tuam; Una Donovan, Claregalway; Patricia Sheppard, Galway; Caitlin Murphy, Gort; Allison Joyner, Williamstown.

TKO to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

DUBLIN SEXTET TKO have been called “one of the best live bands in the country” by Hot Press while Metro has praised their “well constructed songs and great live act”.

Planet of sound

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

Jonny Greenwood/Can - Norwegian Wood
OST (Nonesuch)

OST (Nonesuch)

TJ Miles exhibition and painting demonstration at Kenny's

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

ANTRIM ARTIST TJ Miles will host a new exhibition of his works at the Kenny Gallery and give a painting demonstration in aid of the Galway Hospice Foundation.

A sleepy bear music concert

Thu, Mar 10, 2011

GOODNIGHT MR BEAR, a family concert, from Adventures in Music, takes place this Sunday at the St Patrick’s Band Hall, near Ceannt Station, at 2pm.

The show, by Alan Preims and Nicola Geddes, is told through words and music, about a bear preparing for winter hibernation. The children will be asked to participate through song and story, and will learn about the instruments involved, which will be the cello, and various percussion, including a marimba and lots of other different drums.