Cinema Review - I Love You, Man

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

How can a man be the perfect boyfriend and hang out with the guys or be in tune with his feminine side without being a complete wimp? That’s the question that Peter Klaven, a lovely but socially inept, real estate agent desperately needs to find answers to. With plenty of laughs, cringy moments, and even a few revelations, this is one of the best comedies about male friendship to come to the screens in a while.

Joe Rooney for the Laughter Lounge

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

JOE ROONEY, who recently appeared in the Town Hall Theatre at Whose Line Is It Anyway? sporting a dapper moustache any 19th century gentlemen would have been proud of, is returning to Galway.

Auditions for Cripil Inis Meáin

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

AN TAIBHDHEARC will hold auditions for an Irish-language version of Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan, today and tomorrow.

Book now for ConTempo’s spring school

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

THE CONTEMPO spring masterclasses will take place on May 2 and 3 in NUI Galway and will be open to string players of grade four and over.

Take a voyage into mediaeval music this May

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

TAKE A voyage from Ireland to Cyprus, through waters alive with mermaids, sirens, sailors, and romance, as part of the 14th Galway Early Music Festival from Friday May 15 to Sunday 17.

The festival, along with its new website, will be launched today at 1pm in Sheridan’s On The Docks. The theme for this year is Islands and the Waters Between and performers include Andrew Lawrence-King, The Harp Consort, Ensemble Unicorn, and Malcolm Proud.

A trilogy of views on Galway

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

“THERE ARE always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.” So said American landscape photographer Ansel Adams, and this idea forms the backdrop to a new exhibition which opens this week.

Take a musical trip to Venice

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

IF YOU are not planning to, or cannot, go to Venice for your holidays this year, then do the next best thing by taking in a concert by the Quartetto di Venezia and Italian pianist Roberto Nosè.

Proust Questionnaire Sean

Thu, Apr 23, 2009

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Sitting on the settee reading, with my partner, and the cat and dog.

Sitting on the settee reading, with my partner, and the cat and dog.

Philip King - examining the relationship between Ireland and America in story and song

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

THROUGHOUT THEIR careers, both musician/broadcaster Philip King and writer Joseph O’Connor have documented the development of Irish consciousness and sense of identity.

From the delving into the psyche of the Irish male at home and abroad by O’Connor to King’s groundbreaking Emmy Award winning series Bringing It All Back Home which traced the influence of Irish music and song around the world we have gained a better understanding of ourselves.

Peter Wessel - the music of poetry, the poetry of music

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

WHEN DANISH poet Peter Wessel presents his Polyfonías Poetry Project in Galway as part of this year’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature, it will be a unique aural experience. It features poetry and music, but is not a poetry recital or a concert. It is instead an interaction between voice, verse, music, and languages, to create a new poetic-musical sound.

GYT’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

THE WORLD is in chaos. The climate is changing, and the seasons are askew. An uneasy peace has settled on Athens after a war. In the forest, Oberon and Titania, King and Queen of the Fairies, argue bitterly.

Get dancing at Cúirt

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

CÚIRT IS primarily a literary festival, but it always makes room for other events and this year’s festival promises a truly original contemporary dance show in the form of The Word Is Moving.

The Word Is Moving will be staged in the Town Hall Theatre on Monday at 8pm. The show is produced and curated by Galway’s Dancer in Residence Tanya McCrory in collaboration with Cúirt.

Blake Morrison on football and Irishness

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

AMONG THE host of outstanding writers converging on Galway for this year’s Cúirt festival is the English poet, novelist, and memoirist Blake Morrison.

Cúirt Over The Edge showcase reading

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

FIVE WRITERS will read at this year’s Cúirt Festival Over The Edge showcase reading in the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday April 23 at 11am.

The featured authors are Orla Higgins, Noelle Lynskey, Noel Harrington, Jenny McCudden, and Val Nolan.

ALâ seeks volunteers

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

ALÂ COMMUNITY Theatre is seeking volunteers to help with it’s upcoming performances of The Stinky Cheeseman in the Town Hall and for the Volvo Ocean Race.

To celebrate the company’s fifth anniversary, ALâ will stage The Stinky Cheeseman in the Town Hall from May 27 to 30. It will also be performed on the streets of Galway on May 30 as part of Volvo Ocean Race and in Waterford on June 6.

Disconnect 4 and Lost Chord to play IMRO Showcase

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

DISCONNECT 4 and Lost Chord are just two of the five acts that will be taking to the stage of the Róisín Dubh on Saturday at 8pm for 2009 IMRO Showcase Tour.

Líadan to play The Crane

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

LÍADAN, THE all-female Irish trad group will play The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Thursday April 23 at 9pm as part of their tour to promote their new album Casadh Na Taoide.

The Enemy @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

WHEN THE Enemy released their debut album We’ll Live And Die In These Towns in 2007, it went straight to Number 1 in the British albums chart.

Phil Nichol @ The Laughter Lounge

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

GERRY MALLON and the Róisín Dubh have joined forces to present a very special night of comedy with the Scottish born, Canadian based Phil Nichol on Sunday at 8.30pm.

Song for Mickey Finn on YouTube

Thu, Apr 16, 2009

JOHNNY FINN has written a song about his brother, the late fiddle legend Mickey Finn, and put it on YouTube.

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