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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...KATS to stage Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
THE PILLOWMAN, by the award-winning dramatist and Golden Glode and BAFTA winning screenwriter Martin McDonagh, will be performed in Galway next week.
Read more ...Dr Suess’ characters in Athenry
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
THE CAT In The Hat, Horton the Elephant, Mayzie LaBird, and Yertle the Turtle are in Athenry for Seussical The Musical.
Read more ...Some country-blues with Charlie Parr
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
CHARLIE PARR is, for some, the alternative Seasick Steve, the man for whom Steve is, in a sense, making the paths straight.
Read more ...See ‘Nashville’s best kept secret’
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
THE MUSIC journalist and author Vic Garbarini has described American songwriter and guitarist Dana Cooper as “one of Nashville’s best kept secrets”.
Read more ...Rarely Seen Above Ground @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
RARELY SEEN Above Ground is quite unusual because he takes the entire notion of ‘the one man band’ into extreme and unusual places.
Read more ...If the shoe fits... at Halo
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
HALO WILL hold a special themed night on Friday March 6 at 11pm entitled If the shoe fits... inspired by the story of Cinderella.
Read more ...Start the St Patrick’s Day celebrations early at Campbell’s
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
TG4’S TRAD music programme Geantraí, returns to Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, tomorrow to record a night of music and craic, which will be broadcast on St Patrick’s Day.
Read more ...Patrick Kavanagh Award Winner for Over The Edge
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
THE PATRICK Kavanagh Poetry Award 2008 winner Geraldine Mitchell will be among the featured readers at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading.
The event takes place in the Galway City Library on Thursday February 26 at 6.30pm with Geraldine Mitchell, Hajo Quade, and Marie Cadden.
Read more ...You having a laugh?
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
For one night only on March 1, the Comedy Club at Cuba* reverts to its traditional Sunday night slot with a show from the dynamic and hilarious Jason Byrne (pictured), a master of improvisation and madcap buffoonery. There will be a full support bill and Gerry Mallon is the MC. Tickets are available in advance at Bar 903, The Cellar Bar, and at the door which opens at 8.30pm
Read more ...Leading vocal coach to give classes in Galway
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
WENDY PARR, one of only eight speech level singing master voice teachers, will be coming to Galway to give classes later this month.
Read more ...Charity night for Australian bushfire appeal
Thu, Feb 19, 2009
LOCAL DANCE club Galway Swing will hold a charity night this month to raise vital funds for those affected by the Australian bushfire disaster.
Read more ...The cream of comedy from Neil Delamere
Thu, Feb 12, 2009
THROUGHOUT THE past decade Offaly’s Neil Delamere has been one of the top comics on the Irish comedy circuit. After graduating from DCU in the late 1990s he decided programming computers wasn’t for him and instead he began to do open mic slots in Dublin circuit.
Read more ...Tommy Tiernan to play The Comedy Club in Cuba*
Thu, Feb 12, 2009
A PHENOMENON, a force of nature, and possibly the greatest comedian to ever come out of Ireland, Tommy Tiernan will headline the Comedy Club at Cuba* on Friday February 20.
Read more ...The unstoppable force that is Eddi Reader
Thu, Feb 12, 2009
EDDI READER is something of an unstoppable force. Despite repeated injuries to her back and ribs, the celebrated Scottish folk-rock singer is touring Ireland this month and has a new album set for release in April. As far as she is concerned, life is very good indeed.
Read more ...Opera Theatre Company presents Handel’s Xerxes
Thu, Feb 12, 2009
WITH ITS instantly recognisable opening aria sung to a tree (‘Ombra Mai Fu’) and a storyline bristling with thwarted passions, Xerxes is arguably Handel’s greatest opera.
Read more ...Breakdown Rambler to launch debut album in Róisín Dubh
Thu, Feb 12, 2009
GALWAY FOLK-rock band Breakdown Rambler will launch their debut album Witness By Moonlight in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 9pm.
Read more ...Jenny Mulvey to launch new album at The Crane
Thu, Feb 12, 2009
JENNY MULVEY is something of a Renaissance woman. She brought ladies’ Gaelic football into Trinity College, has been a teacher, has travelled the world, and is also a very fine singer.
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