Film review: Belfast

Films Reviews Wed, Jan 19, 2022

WE ARE beginning to see some films coming out now that have been written and produced during the lockdowns. The first genuinely interesting one - to me anyway - is Kenneth Branagh’s autobiographical Belfast.

Connemara siblings to perform at TradFest Temple Bar 2022

Tue, Jan 18, 2022

CAOIMHE AND Séamus Uí Fhlatharta, the award winning singers and musicians from Connemara, will perform at TradFest Temple Bar 2022 later this month.

Kae Tempest - live at the Róisín Dubh

Mon, Jan 17, 2022

KAE TEMPEST, the award winning poet, spoken word artist, and Sunday Times bestselling author releases a new album in April, the same month they play the Róisín Dubh.

Bob Vylan - the ‘too extreme’ duo promoting ‘essential discussion’

Mon, Jan 17, 2022

FOR RAISING issues of “police brutality, racism, the widening gap between the rich and the poor, and fear mongering in the media”, Bob Vylan were deemed “too extreme”.

MfG midwinter festival concerts to be live streamed

Mon, Jan 17, 2022

MUSIC FOR Galway’s midwinter festival, Stanford, takes place this weekend, and all shows in the Town Hall Theatre will be live streamed as well as in person.

'Getting to Know...' Christopher Bowen, tenor

Thu, Jan 13, 2022

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Afternoon sun on a hillside after a morning's walk. Lunch and possibly a nap if it is warm.

Poets and playwrights go Over The Edge

Thu, Jan 13, 2022

POETS AND playwrights, and the launch of issue 15 of Skylight 47, will make up the first Over The Edge: Open Reading of 2022.

Galway piper releases debut solo album

Thu, Jan 13, 2022

UILLEANN PIPER Pádraic Keane, from Maree, County Galway, a former TG4 Young Musician of the Year, has released his debut solo album - In Full Time.

Penelope Isles - Galway gig in February

Thu, Jan 13, 2022

PENELOPE ISLES, the alt-rock/indie/electro/psychedelic band centered around siblings Jack and Lily Wolter, will play the Róisín Dubh on Friday February 4.

Galway filmmaker wins prize at literary award

Thu, Jan 13, 2022

AMY-JOYCE Hastings, the County Galway actor and filmmaker, won third prize for her script, Perspective, in the screenplay category of the 2021 Hammond House Publishing International Literary Prize, awarded by the University Centre Grimsby.

Film review: Licorice Pizza

Films Reviews Wed, Jan 12, 2022

PAUL THOMAS Anderson has a new movie out. Which is the best news. I do not think any director working in the English language is as constantly interesting as he.

‘When a teacher creates enthusiasm, that rubs off on the performer’

Wed, Jan 12, 2022

SOMETIMES A chance event can dictate the entire course of a life, one random instance can establish a pathway and a pattern to follow.

George Murphy to play Galway in March

Tue, Jan 11, 2022

GEORGE MURPHY will play an intimate show at Galway’s Mick Lally Theatre on Saturday March 12 as part of his upcoming nationwide tour.

Waterboys’ Steve Wickham at the Town Hall

Tue, Jan 11, 2022

THE WATERBOY’S Steve Wickham will join Carpet Theatre actor Karl Quinn in a new ‘music play’ at the Town Hall Theatre - Breath.

Bajazet - a tense, politically charged opera

Mon, Jan 10, 2022

VIVALDI’S OPERA Bajazet, a tense thriller set in a politically charged environment, will be performed in the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday January 25 at 5pm.

Is Galway in line for another Choice Music Prize win?

Mon, Jan 10, 2022

COULD ANOTHER Galway based musician scoop the Choice Music Prize when the awards are announced in Vicar Street on March 3?

Could you be Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year 2022?

Thu, Jan 06, 2022

IRELAND’S YOUNG Filmmaker of the Year 2022 - as part of the Fresh International Film Festival from March 28 to April 2 - is seeking entries from budding filmmakers aged between seven and 18.

'Getting to Know...' musician John Finucane

Thu, Jan 06, 2022

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Peace and quiet in the countryside.

Alan Carr - in Galway in May

Thu, Jan 06, 2022

ALAN CARR, correctly described by The Sunday Telegraph as "belly achingly funny", who delivers "sheer entertainment,” says the Evening Standard, is coming to Galway in May.

‘Stanford was masterful in the way he wrote for orchestra’

Wed, Jan 05, 2022

CHARLES VILLIERS Stanford is one of the greatest composers to have ever come out of Ireland. Yet in Ireland, both the man, and his music, continue to go somewhat under the radar - certainly in comparison to his predecessor, John Field.

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