Galway actresses perform in US theatre festival

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

GALWAY BASED Jasango Theatre has been invited to take part in the Celtic Classic Festival in Pennsylvania, USA.

Galway Theatre Festival fundraising event

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

A MUSIC Bingo, Spelling Bee, and Yes No Interlude will be held to raise funds for the Galway Theatre Festival which runs from October 25 to 31.

These fun events will take place on Thursday October 7 from 8pm in the Galway Arms, Dominick Street, and finger food will be provided.

A promise of great songs from Marc Roberts

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

SINGER, SONGWRITER, DJ, and broadcaster, Marc Roberts grew up listening to American country classics and British and Irish pop in his native Crossmolina, County Mayo.

English folk legends for The Crane

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

FORMER MEMBERS of Pentangle, as well as Beverly Martyn and Mary Coughlan are part of a very exciting line-up of gigs in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, in the coming weeks.

Former Pentangle guitarist John Renbourne and vocalist Jacqui McShee, play next Wednesday at 9pm. Through albums such as The Pentangle (1967) and Basket Of Light (1968), the group developed an innovative fusion of jazz and folk (before Van Morrison recorded Astral Weeks, an album tends to get all the credit for the jazz/folk fusion!).

Guitar, farewells, and French flair @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

OCTOBER STARTS tomorrow and is a feast if you are a comedy and/or theatre fan with both the Galway Comedy Festival and Galway Theatre Festival taking place.

General Fiasco to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

NORTHERN IRELAND is on a musical roll these days, with Two Door Cinema Club, Not Squares, and Japanese Popstars - showing that some of the best Irish bands right now are from up north.

DJ Shadow plays Radisson on Saturday

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

DJ SHADOW, one of the world’s leading and most innovative DJs, will play the Live Lounge in the Radisson Blu Hotel this Saturday at 8pm.

Shadow (aka Josh Davis) is widely credited as a key figure in developing the experimental instrumental hip-hop style associated with the London-based Mo’ Wax label.

The best of world cinema for Indreabhán

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

THE GIRL With The Dragon Tattoo will kick start an impressive season of European films to be shown in Seanscoil Sailearna, Indreabhán, this autumn.

Jinx Lennon @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

JINX LENNON, the Co Louth agit-folk troubadour, will bring his hard hitting and witty rants against mediocrity, racism, and the current state of society, to the Róisín Dubh tomorrow.

Opera Theatre Company’s The Diary of Anne Frank

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

ON THURSDAY October 7 at 8pm, the Town Hall Theatre will present Opera Theatre Company’s production of The Diary of Anne Frank.

Moving and dramatic, this Irish premiere of Grigory Frid’s opera features acclaimed Armenian-American soprano Ani Maldjian making her Irish debut in the title role.

Clarinbridge Arts Festival starts tomorrow

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

CLARINBRIDGE ARTS Festival takes place this weekend and will feature a reading with Australian poet Robyn Rowland and a concert from Sweden’s Choir Klampare.

Take a chance on art on Mainguard Street

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

THIS SUNDAY, Colours Street Theatre Company will present an exhibition of art and performance on Mainguard Street.

The best of English @ Galway Comedy Festival

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

IF YOU are ever asked ‘What have the English ever done for the world?’ you can resist the temptation to mention such vile things as imperialism and X-Factor, and reply instead: comedy.

Have your say on the Manhattan Short Film Festival

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

GALWAY FILMGOERS will join with audiences in 203 cities across six continents to view and judge the next generation of filmmakers for the 12th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival.

Jeff O’Connell’s literature lectures

Thu, Sep 30, 2010

JEFF O’CONNELL, the author and Galway Advertiser columnist, will give a series of six talks on poets and novelists in Johnston’s Hall, Kinvara.

Literature Matters: A Look at Six Poets and Novelists will take place on Tuesdays on October 5, 12, and 19, and November 2, 9, and 16 at 8.30pm. The poets will include Greek poet Constantine Cavafy; Welsh poet, playwright, and short story writer Dylan Thomas; and the later poetry of WB Yeats.

Rita Ann Higgins - the fearless poetic voice

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

RITA ANN Higgins has been one of the most individual and outspoken voices in Irish poetry for the last 25 years and her poetic journey continues with the publication of the ‘part essay, part rhyme’, Hurting God, a fascinating refection on family, religion, memory, and community.

Maeve Higgins @ Galway Comedy Festival

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

MAEVE HIGGINS, one of the best and most popular comedians on the Irish circuit will play two shows at next month’s Galway Comedy Festival.

Arden at eighty

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

ON FRIDAY October 1 the Town Hall Theatre is presenting a tribute to author John Arden to mark the writer’s 80th year.

John Arden first came to prominence as one of the much-feted Royal Court playwrights in the late 1950s. His best known play, Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance, shocked the critical establishment when it premiered in 1959 and Arden’s radical stance has been consistent ever since.

Burn The Bad Lamp returns to Town Hall

Thu, Sep 23, 2010

AN AGEING owner of an antique shop sits astride the tumble down remains of a life's work...this is the setting for Burn The Bad Lamp, a play adapted from the short story by Kevin Barry.