Classical and trad concerts in Nuns Island

Thu, Feb 05, 2009

THE NUNS Island Centre will host a concert of Irish trad tonight while on Monday there will be a classical music concert with music performed on a piano owned by composer Clara Schumann.

Japanese and Irish poetry reading

Thu, Feb 05, 2009

MOST PEOPLE have heard of the Japanese form of poetry known as haiku, but tanka is a much older form, and Galway will get to experience it on Saturday.

Revolutionary Road

Thu, Feb 05, 2009

If there ever was a film to portray the boring monotonous hell of life in surburbia, or should I say disturbia, then Revolutionary Road is it. Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet are back together again and on form as their characters struggle to do the unthinkable - do what they want to do, not what society demands.

Fake Dog Films’ second annual party

Thu, Feb 05, 2009

GALWAY’S FAKE Dog Films will throw the second annual Fake Dog Party in the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday at 8pm with proceeds going to Cancer Care West.

On the night, Fake Dog Films - Dara, Paul, and Gearoid - will screen their short films like Crackdown and Crackdown 2, music videos for The Butterfly Explosion and Vancougar, and Fake Dog’s own sitcom, A Dog’s Life.

Pappy’s Fun Club - a very English kind of good–natured silliness

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

IT’S HARD to top English comedy, but that nation’s approach to humour falls into two distinct categories, the dark, such as The League Of Gentlemen and One Foot In The Grave, or the wonderfully silly, like Monty Python.

The Datsuns - around the world with rock’n’roll

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

THEY NAMED themselves after a Japanese car. They play rock’n’roll, but also new wave and psychedelica. They’re from New Zealand but strangely don’t follow rugby. They are The Datsuns.

An Armada Corazon for Luis Asturias

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

GALWAY MUSICIANS and DJs will gather in the Black Box Theatre on Saturday February 7 from 6pm for Armada Corazon, a major fundraising show for the Spanish born, Galway based, musician Luis Asturias.

Cecelia Ahern’s onstage blend of ice cream and romance for Town Hall

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

HER BOOKS are sold in more than 40 countries; her debut novel – PS I Love You – has been filmed and others are already optioned, and she is the co-creator of hit US TV series Samantha Who?

Second Age bring King Lear to Town Hall

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

SECOND AGE Theatre Company makes its annual visit to the Town Hall in the first week of February with its production of one of the greatest of Shakespeare’s plays; King Lear.

Amusement Parks On Fire - ‘magical and intense’

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

AMUSEMENT PARKS On Fire’s music has been described as “atmospheric punk rock space blues for the 21st century” and this young English band are set to unleash something special tomorrow when they play the Róisín Dubh at 9pm.

Mundy gets the run of the country

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

OVER THE past 18 months Offaly has very much been thrust into the international spotlight as the ancestral home of Barack Obama. Prior to the new US president though, the Faithful County’s best known ambassador was singer-songwriter Mundy.

Fr Ted stars for The Comedy Club

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

TWO STARS of Fr Ted will perform in The Comedy Club in Cuba* tomorrow, when Patrick McDonnell and Tommy Tiernan take to the stage.

Jokes at the ready - it’s the Stand-up Show Down

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

SIXTEEN LOCAL comedians will take part in The Stand-up Show Down event in the Róisín Dubh on Saturday January 31 at 9pm.

The object is that the comedian who survives elimination and continues to make the audience laugh, will emerge the overall winner. Those taking part are:

NUIG arts festival Múscailt returns in February

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

THE WORD mùscailt means to celebrate and inspire and the arts will be celebrated at Múscailt, NUI, Galway’s spring arts festival, from Monday February 9 to Friday 13, with plenty of concerts, exhibitions, talks, and events to inspire both the campus and wider public.

Poetry book showcase at Sheridan’s Wine Bar

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

THE 2009 Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase takes place at Sheridan’s Wine Bar, 14-16 Church Yard Street, on Friday February 6 at 8pm.

Every Galway-based poet who published a new collection of poems during 2008 will read three poems from the collection in question.

Dutch masters to indulge in some wind wizardry

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

“HERE ARE five souls playing as one. These are masters!” So declared Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf about the Amsterdam based Calefax Reed Quintet, who are coming to Galway.

Cinema Review - Valkyrie

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Honourable, brave, decisive, and a fierce love for his country, these are all the qualities of the very complicated and heroic Col Claus Von Stauffenberg who dared to attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, however, Tom Cruise’s performance takes away from the otherwise good plot line.

Calling all budding Coppolas and Spielbergs

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

BUDDING FILMMAKERS or those with an idea for a film or documentary, should check out the Galway Film Centre’s new courses and workshops.

The Galway Film Centre programme of courses and workshops for spring 2009 include a story development and pitching forum, where participants get an insight into how to mould their idea to industry requirements.

Extra strings, strange positions, and surfing

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

REDMOND O’TOOLE plays a most unusual guitar in a most unusual way. The Limerick born classical guitarist performs on an eight-stringed version of the instrument and he doesn’t play it across his lap. He plays it upright, as though it were a cello.

‘Tiger’ coming to tea at the Black Box

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

BASED ON the best-selling children’s picture book written and illustrated by Judith Kerr, The Tiger Who Came To Tea has been made into a captivating children’s theatre show which comes to the Town Hall next week as part of an extensive tour of Ireland and Britain.

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