Skulduggery Pleasant and other treats at Cúirt

Thu, Mar 26, 2009

GALWAY CHILDREN and youth will be handsomely catered for at this year’s Cúirt Festival Of Literature from April 21 to 26, with a packed programme of events aimed at them.

The Skulduggery Pleasant books of Derek Landy, featuring the adventures of a skeleton detective and his young sidekick, are proving a hit with young readers and the critics. On Tuesday April 21 at 11am in the Town Hall Theatre, Derek Landy will read from his latest book Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones.

Arden and D’Arcy to read at the Forge At Gort festival

Thu, Mar 26, 2009

JOHN ARDEN and Margaretta D’Arcy will treat theatre lovers to a ‘skeleton version’ of Arden’s 1960 play The Happy Haven, as part of the Forge At Gort Literary festival.

Can theatre improve your life?

Thu, Mar 26, 2009

HOW THEATRE Can Improve Your Everyday Life is the subject of a public talk that takes place tomorrow at 8pm in Bar No8, The Docks.

NUIG Chamber Orchestra concert

Thu, Mar 26, 2009

THE NUI Galway Chamber Orchestra will give a Spring Concert this Sunday at 8pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.

GMIT creative writing classes

Thu, Mar 26, 2009

A COURSE in creative writing for beginners will take place in the GMIT under the supervision of the poet and short story writer Susan Millar DuMars.

Cinema Review - Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Thu, Mar 26, 2009

An overweight, sugar dependent, and over-dutiful mall cop who suddenly comes face to face with actual criminals might seem like the formula for a really good comedy but Paul Blart: Mall Cop just falls a little short as there are just not enough chuckles.

Waveriders to get preview screening in Galway

Thu, Mar 26, 2009

WAVERIDERS, a new Irish film telling the untold story of surfing pioneers all linked to Ireland, will be released on April 3.

However Galway audiences will be among the first to see the film as there will be a preview screening in The Eye on Tuesday with a Q&A afterwards with two of the surfers featured in the film - Richard Fitzgerald and Gabe Davies.

Go 3D @ The Eye on Saturday

Thu, Mar 26, 2009

THE EYE Cinema in Wellpark will become the first cinema in the west of Ireland to offer audiences the ultimate 3D experience.

Bavaria Beach Party in Coyotes

Thu, Mar 26, 2009

COYOTES WILL throw a Bavaria Beach Party on Wednesday April 1 and Sunday 5 in association with Holland’s Bavaria Premium Beer.

There will be Bavaria promotions, giveaways of beach kits with tops, shorts, and towels to the first 100 people in on the night. For more information and for bookings contact [email protected] or

Galway to become Europe’s literary capital during Cúirt

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

FROM THE author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin to the writer of Divorcing Jack, and from Canadian rappers to South African poets, the Cúirt International Festival of Literature has it all and it’s all in Galway city from April 21 to 26.

Eleanor Shanley on life with De Dannan, John McGahern, and Ronnie Drew

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

KESHCARRIGAN IN Co Leitrim is nestled between the Shannon and Lough Erne. Its landscape has been farmed for thousands of years and has also provided the inspiration for the novels of the late John McGahern.

Okkervil River to play Galway in September

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

WITH THE exception of Electric Picnic, the only Irish show the great Okkervil River will play this year is in the Róisín Dubh on Monday September 7 at 9pm.

The 3volution of Lucia Evans

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

LUCIA EVANS was born and raised in Zimbabwe but it was Galway where she received her musical education and fell in love with blues, jazz, and soul - the music that will dominate her new show 3volution.

Pink Floyd The Wall

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

THE 30TH anniversary of Pink Floyd’s The Wall will be celebrated with a major theatrical presentation of the work in Galway next week.

Genesis Theatre Group will stage The Wall in Leisureland from Thursday March 26 to Saturday 28. The show promises to be a spectacular display of music, sound, and lighting.

Pink Thunderbird at the Town Hall

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

SELIKE THEATRE presents James McLure’s Pink Thunderbird at the Town Hall Studio Theatre, from Wednesday March 25 to Saturday March 28 at 8.30pm.

Clarinbridge Drama Group

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

THERE WILL be plenty of laughs to be had in south Galway this weekend when the Clarinbridge Drama Group perform two one-act comedies.

The CDG will perform the family comedies Fledged and Flown and Curses, Foiled Again in the Parish Hall, Clarenbridge tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday at 8.30pm.

Jurassic 5’s Akil to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

Hip hop may have begun in the Bronx and Brooklyn in the late 1970s but by the end of the 1980s its epicentre was Los Angeles - more specifically South Central LA.

West Coast Big Band

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

THE WEST Coast Big Band are approaching their fifth anniversary and they play a residency in Morgans Bar in the Forster Court Hotel, every Thursday night.

Liam Ó Maonlaí @ Town Hall

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

LIAM Ó MAONLAÍ is coming back to Galway to play the Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday at 8pm where he will perform songs from his new album To Be Touched.

Guitarist Philip Donnelly to play Kinvara

Thu, Mar 19, 2009

THE GREAT Irish guitarist Philip Donnelly, who has worked with such legends as Towns Van Zandt and Gary Moore, is coming to Galway.

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