Language Unbecoming A Lady at Town Hall
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
IN A dressing room, an ageing drag queen reveals his life and loves, victories and defeats. This is the hit play Language Unbecoming A Lady.
Read more ...Core Theatre College to perform free show
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
GALWAY’S CORE Theatre College will present a showcase of its work in the Nuns Island Theatre on Sunday November 21 at 8pm.
Read more ...Leading Cuban musicians to play Kelly’s
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
FANS OF salsa music in Galway are in for a real treat when a host of Cuban musicians stage a salsa concert upstairs in Kelly’s Bar on Friday November 19 at 11pm.
For the night the musicians will come together as United Salseros, under the direction of Danilo Karell. Salsa is a based on traditional Cuban and Puerto Rican rhythms, and also incorporates jazz and Black music.
Read more ...Hip hop punk from Milk Kan @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
ENGLISH PUNK/hip hop trio Milk Kan have been described by BBC Radio 1’s Steve Lamacq as being “somewhere between Bob Dylan and Mike Skinner”.
Read more ...Fight Like Apes return to Róisín Dubh
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
THE MIGHTY Fight Like Apes are coming back to Galway next month to unleash their brilliant mix of wild indie-pop and mischievous mayhem.
Read more ...TULCA exhibition to ask ‘Do we have this in common?’
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
AS YOU walk around Galway city this month, you might notice some strange and slightly surreal images have been erected around the bus and bicycle shelters at Eyre Square and the Spanish Arch.
Read more ...Matthew Sweeney goes Over The Edge
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
THE POET Matthew Sweeney, whose work has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Award and The Irish Times/Poetry Now Award will be reading in Galway.
Read more ...Family fun concert with Frank McNamara
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
FRANK MCNAMARA is best known to Irish audiences for being The Late Late Show musical director from 1979 to 1991, but he is a highly accomplished musician who has performed across the world.
Read more ...Burke and Hare
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
This is just the best British comedy I have seen in ages where the gags are so dark that you find yourself laughing when you know you really should not, and that is what makes it great.
Read more ...Tommy Tiernan’s December Cuba* show
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
TICKETS FOR Tommy Tiernan’s new show Crooked Man, which takes place in Cuba*, Eyre Square, on December 8, 9, and 10, go on sale today.
With his latest show Crooked Man, Tommy ponders the perils of turning 40 in his characteristic style, full of honesty, integrity, and outrage.
Read more ...Howard Marks rolls into Róisín Dubh
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
DURING THE 1970s Welshman Dennis Howard Marks built up one of the most sophisticated drug smuggling operations in the world.
Read more ...Jerry Fish @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
IRELAND’S LEADING lounge lizard Jerry Fish plays Monroe’s Live on Friday November 19 as part of his The Naked Fish Tour.
Jerry will be bringing a very special full- band show to Monroe’s, playing stripped-down versions of his best known songs. He is also promoting his recently released single ‘Where The Sun Don’t Shine’. This will also be the last chance for fans around the country to catch Jerry this year.
Read more ...Galway Baroque Singers’ concert
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
THE GALWAY Baroque Singers will perform a concert in the Franciscan Abbey, Francis Street, on Wednesday November 24 at 8.30pm.
The programme will consist of excerpts from the Durufle Requiem and a selection of some of the choir’s favourite pieces together with new music. The singers will be accompanied by Galway organist David Grealy.
Read more ...Win Skyline film-tie in goodies
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
SCI-FI THRILLER Skyline opens in cinemas tomorrow and to mark the release the Galway Advertiser has three film tie-in goodie bags to give away.
Read more ...Making dents in ignorance
Thu, Nov 04, 2010
GALWAY WILL be the last date on dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip’s upcoming tour but despite their gruelling schedule, the band will deliver nothing less than one hell of a great night. After all Galway is a city for which they genuinely have affection.
Read more ...The Adventures Of The Wet Señor
Thu, Nov 04, 2010
ON SEPTEMBER 21 1588, a violent storm of tornado strength broke up three ships of the Spanish Armada and ran them aground on Streedagh Beach in County Sligo.
Read more ...Hit show makes its debut Galway visit
Thu, Nov 04, 2010
OEDIPUS LOVES You, the critically acclaimed drama and possibly the most toured production in Irish theatre history, comes to the Town Hall Theatre on November 15 and 16 at 8pm.
Read more ...Dora returns to The Druid Theatre
Thu, Nov 04, 2010
FOLLOWING ITS sell out three night run during the Galway Arts Festival, Dora, by the award-winning poet and playwright Shane Daly Hughes, returns to the Galway stage next week.
Dora will be performed in The Druid Theatre by the Galway University Players, a new group based in NUI, Galway.
Read more ...Farewell to Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Thu, Nov 04, 2010
CASIOTONE FOR The Painfully Alone, the brilliant solo electronic pop/singer-songwriter project of Owen Ashworth, play upstairs at the Róisín Dubh this Sunday at 9pm.
Read more ...Go Panda Go release debut EP
Thu, Nov 04, 2010
GALWAY BAND Go Panda Go have just released their debut EP El Troubador on Bluestack Records, featuring the band’s signature sound of melodic beats and haunting harmonies.
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