Eric’s stolen carefree streets

Thu, Jun 03, 2010

RONAN LEE was born in Galway in 1976 and it is in the Galway of the mid-to-late 1970s that his novel Let Dreams Be Dreams (Trafford Publishing) begins.

Five female poets to read in a field

Thu, Jun 03, 2010

THE POETS Maighread Medbh, Mags Treanor, Susan Millar DuMars, Elaine Feeney and Mary Mullen will be reading in the open air this weekend.

The hunt for Liam and Sam

Thu, Jun 03, 2010

ALTHOUGH SOME matches have already been played in May, it is during June that the campaigns for the Liam McCarthy and Sam Maguire cups really get underway.

Keb Darge - spinning discs and doing flips

Thu, May 27, 2010

HAD KEB Darge not picked a fight with a kid in school he would never have discovered taikwando, which means he possibly would never have heard Northern soul, never searched out for the records, and never got a chance to DJ them.

Keb’s journey from growing up in the Scottish Highlands to his position as one of the worlds’ leading DJs is a long strange trip, but a fascinating one as well.

Moonfish stage Mad Sweeney for Galway Early Music Festival

Thu, May 27, 2010

As part of this weekend’s Galway Early Music Festival, Moonfish Theatre Company are presenting a new stage version of the famous old Irish saga, Mad Sweeney/Buile Shuibhne. The story relates how a cleric puts a curse of madness on the Ulster king Sweeney who, there after, spends his days roaming, bird-witted, through the treetops of Ireland, shunning human company and enduring nakedness, hunger and loneliness. At every stop in Sweeney’s flight through Ireland, he pauses to give a poem on the location and his plight, with his descriptions of the countryside and nature, as well as his pathos, being both vivid and moving.

Female vocals groups to show the devil doesn’t have all the best music

Thu, May 27, 2010

GEORGE HARRISON sang “My sweet Lord”. St Augustine said: “To sing is to pray twice”, while Islamic Sufis and Native American holy men dance and sing themselves into trances, leading to religious ecstasy.

Core Theatre College: First professionally run theatre training in west of Ireland

Thu, May 27, 2010

This year, Galway is going to get its first professional part-time theatre school. Amazingly, Galway does not have such a school despite its international theatrical reputation. Core Theatre College offers a serious 10-week foundation course for actors with 20 hours training per week in core theatre subjects such as voice, movement and acting technique. There will also be masterclasses in skills like Commedia Dell’Arte, mask work, singing, directing and stage combat.

Core founder Max Hafler, widely known as a gifted director and teacher, explains the thinking behind the course; “Ever since I came here I have been thinking about starting a professional theatre training course,” he declares. “There is no doubt that there is a serious need for such training in the west of Ireland. What we’re trying to do with Core is starting with a part-time course but one that is very intensive. It’s for people who really want to improve their theatre skills and are perhaps considering going on to full-time training. By doing a course with Core in that very intensive way you’re more likely to to acquire the necessary core theatre skills.”

Keb Darge - spinning discs and doing flips

Thu, May 27, 2010

HAD KEB Darge not picked a fight with a kid in school he would never have discovered taikwando, which means he possibly would never have heard Northern soul, never searched out for the records, and never got a chance to DJ them.

Popular London Irish group play at The Crane

Thu, May 27, 2010

THE LONDON Lasses and Pete Quinn have made a significant contribution to the London Irish music scene and they are returning to Ireland to play a gig at the Crane on Tuesday. The internationally renowned traditional Irish band are touring Ireland on the occasion of their 10th anniversary.

WE HATE DJS

Thu, May 27, 2010

Catch the We Hate DJs experience in Massimos Bar this Saturday from 10pm. Expect a wide variety of electronic music including lots of left-field, electro, progressive house, techno and classics.

Perry plays Róisín Dubh before album release

Thu, May 27, 2010

EIGHT DAYS before he releases his new solo album, Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry will play the Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 9pm. Perry’s new album ‘Ark’ is a definitive individual effort with the musical artist writing all lyrics, playing all instruments, and remaining the sole creative force across the eight tracks.

Aslan return to Monroes

Thu, May 27, 2010

VETERAN IRISH rockers Aslan are arguably Ireland’s hardest working live act and they return to Galway to play Monroe’s Live this evening.

John Walsh to launch new collection of poetry

Thu, May 27, 2010

CHOPPING WOOD With TS Eliot, the third collection of poems from John Walsh, will be launched in the Galway City Museum this Saturday at 1pm.

Printmaking Graduate Exhibition to be held this week

Thu, May 27, 2010

This year’s Printmaking Graduate Exhibition will be held in the Quadrangle Building Art Gallery, NUIG. The official opening is on May 28 at 8pm, doors will be open from 6pm. Siobhan Piercy artist and head of the printmaking department in the Cluain Mhuire campus of GMIT will be officially opening this year’s exhibition.

Baroque singers in Leisureland

Thu, May 27, 2010

ON THURSDAY June 10, the RTE Concert Orchestra will join Galway Baroque Singers for their annual concert in Leisureland at 8pm. This year’s programme is Durufle’s ‘Requiem’ and Puccini’s ‘Messa di Gloria’ that should prove very popular with the audience as it is full of contrasts, darkness and light, pathos and thrilling, exhilarating passages.

Lemon lounge @ The Warwick Hotel, Salthill

Thu, May 27, 2010

GALWAYS NEWEST clubbing experience, Lemon Lounge, is now open for business every Saturday night at the legendary Warwick Hotel in Salthill.

Winter in Wartime

Thu, May 27, 2010

A slow start but once Winter in Wartime really gets into its rhythm it is impossible to look away from the faultless filmmaking, impressive acting, and a plot with real meaning, that is of a teenaged boy who learns about the brutal realities of war.

FIRST FRIDAY COMEDY CLUB AT THE CO-OP

Thu, May 27, 2010

FOLLOWING THE spectacular launch in early May, the monthly 'First Friday' Comedy Club at the CO-OP Moycullen continues on the Bank Holiday weekend with another strong line-up on Friday June 4. Stand-up comic,voice over artist,writer and actor Joe Rooney has many strings to his huge and acomplished bow.

The Laughter Lounge in the Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 27, 2010

This Wednesday June 2 The Laughter Lounge presents Perrier Award winner Phil Nicol with Damon Blake, Biddy O'Loughlan and Paddy Courtney

Michael Mee headlining a new night of comedy

Thu, May 27, 2010

On Saturday May 29 John Donnellan and Danny Dowling will showcase a night of new jokes, spoofs, and sketches at the Comedy Comedy gig in the Róisín Dubh. Headlining will be Michael Mee who has been described by Time Out New York as ‘Woody Allen with a Cork brogue’. The Irish Times described his performance as simply ‘hilarious’.

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