Literary dolmens

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

SLOWLY BUT surely the men and women e writings made Ireland one of the greater global cultural centres from the 1960s to the 1990s are gradually passing on.

Book launches at Sheridan’s

Thu, Mar 05, 2009

TWO DIFFERENT books, both from Salmon Poetry, will be launched in Sheridan’s Wine Bar, Church Yard Street, on Friday March 13 at 8pm.

John O’Conor returns for family concert at Town Hall

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

Renowned pianist John O'Conor is making a welcome return to Galway’s Town Hall Theatre on Friday March 6 as part of Adventures in Music's fifth anniversary celebrations. Known around the world as ‘a true poet of the piano’, John O'Conor is also the professor of piano for the Royal Irish Academy of Music. On this occasion he will be performing a family concert which not only promises to delight the most avid classical music fan but will also be an inspiration to the younger members of the audience.

A double dose of ceól agus craic for Seachtain na Gaeilge

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

SEACHTAIN NA Gaeilge is not really a ‘seachtain’ na Gaeilge, but a dhá sheachtain of events, featuring music, singing, dance, quizzes, speed-dating, heaps of fun, and positive ways to celebrate our native teanga and culture.

Seachtain na Gaeilge runs from Monday March 2 to Tuesday 17. It will be officially launched on Monday by TG4’s Síle Ní Bhraonáin in Club Áras na nGael, 45 Sráid Doiminic, at 1pm. Events culminate with the St Patrick’s Day parade on March 17.

Re-live Father Ted at the Laughter Lounge

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

FATHER TED ran from 1995 to 1998 but more than a decade after both the show ended and the tragically early passing of the great Dermot Morgan, it still holds a vice like grip on the Irish psyche.

Is it ironic or apt that Father Ted has become almost a religion among so many Irish people? Either way Galway will get to celebrate Father Ted and enjoy some of the comedians who appeared on that legendary show with a series of events for Tedfest 09.

Krapp’s Last Tape returns to Town Hall Theatre Studio

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

Samuel Beckett’s Krapp's Last Tape returns to the Town Hall Theatre Studio by popular demand following a sell-out run last year. The acclaimed production will be performed from Tuesday March 3 to Saturday March 7 at 8.30pm and on Friday March 6 in a special late evening performance at 10.30pm.

The Importance of Being Earnest at Nuns Island Theatre

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

THE IMPORTANCE Of Being Earnest is Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated and best loved play. Galway will get to see this classic of mistaken identity when it is staged here next week.

Karen Underwood brings hit Nina Simone show to Town Hall

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

The spellbinding music of Nina Simone is thrillingly recreated in American singer Karen Underwood’s hit solo show The Nina in Me which comes to the Town Hall for one night only next Thursday, March 5.

Turn the magic on with Messiah J & The Expert

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

MESSIAH J & The Expert are on a roll at the moment. Their second album From The Word Go has been nominated for a Choice and Meteor award and they are about to undertake an Irish tour.

Christy Moore approved songwriter to play The Crane

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

“EVERY NOW and again I encounter a singer who gives me a glimmer of hope. Jim Page carries that light.”

Cathy Sharp Dance Ensemble’s Two-Way Split

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

TWO-WAY Split, the latest production from the Cathy Sharp Dance Ensemble, will be performed in the Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday at 8pm.

Aideen Barry’s adventures in space

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

IN 2007 the Galway based artist Aideen Barry visited NASA, she was able to see the new technologies it is developing, and experience zero-gravity.

Annual Junior Orchestra Festival in Gort

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

THE SECOND Annual Junior Orchestra Festival will take place in the Lady Gregory Hotel, Gort, on Sunday at 3pm.

Celebrate International Women’s Day with Caramel

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

CARAMEL, THE award winning Lebanese film will be screened in NUI, Galway’s O’Flaherty Theatre on Wednesday at 8pm to celebrate International Women’s Day.

Éigse an Spidéil 2009

Thu, Feb 26, 2009

ÉIGSE AN Spidéil 2009, the annual festival of traditional music, dance, sean-nós singing, art, and poetry, takes place from Thursday March 5 to Wednesday 11.

The festival, which is part of Seachtain na Gaeilge, begins at 8pm in the Park Lodge Hotel with an arts show by students in the traditional arts course at NUI, Galway. There will also be music and song, finishing with a session in Hughes Pub in the village.

Ibsen classic Enemy Of The People gets innovative new Galway production

Thu, Feb 19, 2009

ONE OF Galway’s brightest young theatre companies, Moonfish, have teamed up with An Taibhdhearc to present a new staging of Namhaid don Phobal - an Irish-language version of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy Of The People. The production will have English subtitles.

Imelda May takes the liberty of following her own path

Thu, Feb 19, 2009

WHEN OTHER girls her age were listening to Wham, A-Ha, and Bros, Imelda May was extolling the virtues of Elvis, Eddie Cochrane, and Gene Vincent.

The Revellions to bring their sixties sound to Bar903

Thu, Feb 19, 2009

THE REVELLIONS are inspired by 1960s rock and make garage rock that sounds fresh and original. What’s more they are coming to Galway this weekend.

Conscience Of The King in Town Hall studio

Thu, Feb 19, 2009

VERSAILLES 1670. Louis XIV, King of France, has fallen madly in love with Madame de Montespan. He discovers, to his horror, that she has betrayed him and everything he stands for.

John O’Conor to play Town Hall

Thu, Feb 19, 2009

THE GREAT Irish pianist John O’Conor will play the Town Hall Theatre as part of Adventures in Music’s fifth year anniversary celebration.

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