A unique insight into the lives of Gaza’s people
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
MOHAMED ALTAWIL could have been another Palestinian youth throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers and tanks, but it was his father who encouraged him to seek a different path.
Read more ...NoCrows @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
THEY HAVE played Glastonbury, they have a fan in Sharon Shannon, and The Waterboy’s Steve Wickham is among their members. They are NoCrows.
Read more ...Be part of Dead Cat Bounce’s new album
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
THE BRILLIANT Irish comedy sketch and music group Dead Cat Bounce will be recording their new album at two shows in the Róisín Dubh.
Read more ...Wrong curtain’s Cíosa Le Gear - not your traditional play
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
ONE OF the most intriguing stage shows in the Town Hall Theatre in January is Wrong Curtain Theatre’s Cíosa Le Gear which runs at the studio space next week.
Read more ...Jason Byrne to play Town Hall this month
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
THE BRILLIANT Jason Byrne, the manic, high energy comedian, and one of the very best in the business, is coming back to Galway.
Read more ...Be Amongst Friends next weekend
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
“THOUGH EVERYTHING else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God.”
Read more ...Romeo and Juliet - fast and furious
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
ROMEO AND Juliet, Shakespeare’s “star crossed lovers” whose families are embroiled in a vicious feud in Verona, is coming to Galway, but this production promises something a bit different.
Read more ...Adventures in Music’s school of rock
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
JACK BLACK turned an entire classroom onto rock music in the brilliant comedy film School of Rock and Adventures in Music is looking to do the same.
Read more ...Over The Edge returns for 2011
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
THE OVER The Edge readings will begin 2011 - it’s eight year in existence - with readings from Michael Coady, Dani Gill, and Sarah Griffin, next week.
Read more ...Cinema Review: Meet The Parents - Little Fockers
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
Thirty minutes into this third installment of the Meet The Parents franchise I was still waiting to laugh out loud but it never happened, in fact I’m pretty certain that all the good gags were used up in the trailer just to suck you in but then leave you bitterly disappointed.
Read more ...Galway Film Centre’s actors’ workshops
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
TV DIRECTOR Anne McCabe and actor/director Sarah O’Toole are coming to the Galway Film Centre this month to host a series of actors’ workshops.
Read more ...Win The King’s Speech goodie bags
Thu, Jan 13, 2011
ENGLAND’S GEORGE VI suffered from a speech impediment and found himself king after his brother had unexpectedly abdicated.
Read more ...Be Amongst Friends with Music For Galway and Barry Douglas
Thu, Jan 06, 2011
MUSIC FOR Galway presents a trusty antidote to the darkness and cold of January in the form of a heart-warming weekend of great chamber music running from Friday January 21 to Sunday 23 at the Town Hall Theatre.
The theme this year is Amongst Friends, reflecting the intimate setting for which chamber music was and is written and performed, as well as the friendships made amongst musicians as they come together to play, and last but not least the bond created through the communal experience of listening to music.
Read more ...Women, men, and Cuban music - Galway Film Society’s winter/spring season
Thu, Jan 06, 2011
FILMS CELEBRATING women, the relationships between grandfathers, fathers, and sons, the sounds, style, and cultures of Cuba, Burlesque strip-tease performers will all feature in The Galway Film Society’s winter/spring season 2011.
Read more ...A laugh from the Róisín Dubh - on your telly
Thu, Jan 06, 2011
THE VERY best names in Irish and international comedy - performing stand-up shows in the Róisín Dubh - will feature on your TV screens over the next few weeks.
Read more ...Keith Barry’s The Asylum returns for final run
Thu, Jan 06, 2011
THE ASYLUM, Keith Barry’s acclaimed live show, returns to the west of Ireland in January, as part of its final Irish run.
The Asylum is coming to the Black Box Theatre in Galway on January 14 and 15 and it promises to be Keith’s most outrageous, controversial, and funniest show to date.
Read more ...Dusty Banjos classes and sessions return
Thu, Jan 06, 2011
THE DUSTY BANJOS traditional music class is back this month with classes taking place upstairs in the Western Hotel, Prospect Hill, on Thursday evenings.
Read more ...Get creative in the New Year
Thu, Jan 06, 2011
BUDDING ARTISTS and people with creative urges take note, the Galway Arts Centre’s programme of winter classes starts this month.
Galway Arts Centre’s Winter Classes Programme starts again this January. The children’s classes begin on January 22 with the Saturday workshops. Children will get to explore and respond to the current exhibition using the medium of drawing and painting.
Read more ...Learn to dance sean-nós in Áras Na nGael
Thu, Jan 06, 2011
Conradh na Gaeilge's popular sean nós dancing classes under the expert tuition of Connemara sean-nós dancer Pádraig Ó h’Oibicín, return on Monday January 17.
Sean nós is an ad-hoc style of solo Irish dancing which survived the strict regulation of traditional dance in the 1930s. Over the last 15/20 years it has enjoyed a major revival.
Read more ...The Certain Three tour comes to Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jan 06, 2011
WINDINGS, THE Ambience Affair, and We Cut Corners, will play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday January 13 at 9pm as part of The Certain Three 2011 Tour.
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