The Secret Garden at Nuns Island Theatre

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

A YOUNG girl must leave India to live with her reclusive uncle in his great, empty, mansion in England. It would be very lonely there but for a magical and mysterious secret garden.

Journey into sound with God Is An Astronaut

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

POST-ROCK BANDS may be 10 a penny these days and there are only very few that truly have the class and skill to stand out from the rest.

All hail the O’Emperor

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

O’EMPEROR have been hailed by Hotpress as “nothing short of genius”, Futuresounds compared them to Fleet Foxes, while Totally Dublin said they “have ticked off the right boxes to create a post-rock classic”.

Cinema Review - Sherlock Holmes

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

Guy Richie has managed to claw his way back from the film industry rubbish heap to be once again on top of his game with this exciting and innovative take on the much loved character of Sherlock Holmes. Gone is all that ‘Elementary, my dear Watson’, nonsense and welcome a fast thinking, bare-knuckle punching, slightly mad (but in a good way) detective that is so fun to watch you will be itching for a sequal.

This latest offering by Richie will help seal his position as one of the best British directors currently in the industry. The success of the film is helped greatly by the unbelievable chemistry between the two main actors, Robert Downey Jr (Sherlock Holmes) and Jude Law (Dr John Watson). Downey Jr has, in my opinion, always been a great actor but his full potential was never reached, until now that is. He manages to give Holmes all kinds of interesting layers; there is no question that the detective is a genius but he has so many flaws, namely his bouts of depression, his inclination for experimenting on himself and the poor dog, his need for danger, and his ‘bro-mantic’ attachment to Watson. Law, on the other hand, has never impressed me but here his performance is excellent, it just works. Watson is clearly just as clever as his famous partner and just as gifted, being an ex-soldier, at fighting off the enemy.

Get creative with Galway Arts Centre classes

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

THE GALWAY Arts Centre’s Winter Classes Programme starts again this month with classes for children and adults. So if you want to get creative in 2010 here is your chance.

Is The Da Vinci Code a cod?

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

NO DOUBT there are people out there who really believe that Jesus’ descendants were running around the south of France for centuries and that the Illuminati are in control of everything.

Get writing for the New Year

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

IT IS said that everyone has at least one novel in them. The challenge is to sit down and write it from start to finish - but what skills do you need to learn to help you get your story on paper?

Music for Children That Can’t Sit Still

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

CHILDREN THAT Can’t Sit Still is the title of the next Gigs for Families concert from Adventures in Music and it takes place in the St Patrick’s Bandhall on Sunday January 10.

Fred Johnston translates work by French poet

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

TRANSLATIONS OF the French poet, Colette Wittorski, by the Galway based poet, author, and critic Fred Johnston, have just been published by Lapwing Poetry, Belfast.

A European odyssey

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

I REMEMBER standing in the middle of Charles Bridge the only time I visited Prague and having this overwhelming sensation of being in the very heart of Europe.

Sideways wit and the best kind of subversion

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

THE SPIN-DOCTORS of the poetry world so often reach for the term “long-awaited” when describing a new collection of poetry that its meaning has mostly been drained away.

Celebrating the people behind Galway’s equestrian traditions

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

Galway has a long and proud equestrian tradition, from the world renowned Connemara pony to the Galway Races. A Way With Horses by Niamh Ó Dochartaigh highlights 10 Galway people who were instrumental in upholding that tradition over the past century.

“Ha, ha…ho, ho….!”

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

STAND-UP comedy in Ireland has become more and more popular in recent years and going to a comedy club show is an essential part of any social calendar.

The emergence of the Irish comedy scene began in the 1990s when Sean Hughes, Dylan Moran, and Tommy Tiernan won Perrier awards at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Comedy writers Arthur Matthews and Graham Linehan created the much loved sitcom Father Ted in 1995, and over the following three years it propelled comedians Dermot Morgan, Frank Kelly, Ardal O’Hanlon, Graham Norton, and Pat Shortt into the limelight.

Jenny Huston on why Irish rock is In Bloom

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

THE IRISH rock, indie, and singer-songwriter scene has never been healthier or more vibrant yet there is still a feeling that many of our best bands are still ‘local heroes’.

Expect some Bethlemayhem from So Cow and friends

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

BETHLEMAYHEM 09, a night featuring some of the best local and new indie bands takes place upstairs in the Róisín Dubh tonight at 8pm.

PASG’s panto The Frog Prince

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

THE PERFORMING Arts School Galway’s annual panto takes to the boards next week and this year’s offering is The Frog Prince.

Renmore Panto’s Mother Goose

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

IT WAS all the way back in 1979 that Renmore staged its first panto and in the decades since the show has gone from strength to strength and today it is one of the highlights of Galway’s Christmas season.

John O’Callaghan at the GPO

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

MONDAYDECEMBER 28 will see John O Callaghan take to the decks at the GPO nightclub Eglinton Street, Galway.

Christmas charity music event

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

Club De Burgo will host a special Christmas fundraiser for Galway based charity CD's Helping Hands on Wednesday December 30.

New Year creative writing classes

Wed, Dec 23, 2009

THE POETS Kevin Higgins and Susan Millar DuMars will host creative writing classes in poetry, fiction, and memoir writing in the GTI and GMIT in the New Year.

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