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.

Bell X1 to play The Black Box in March

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

BELL X1 release their new album, Blue Lights On The Runway, on Friday February 20 and play the first night of their upcoming Irish tour in the Black Box on Wednesday March 25.

Pinter and Albee double bill in the Town Hall Studio

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

FROM MONDAY February 2 to Friday 7, Galway theatre-goers will get a rare chance to see works from the great writers, Harold Pinter and Edward Albee, when two of their best-known plays, The Dumb Waiter and The Zoo Story are performed in the Town Hall Studio.

The plays will be performed by four of Galway’s most accomplished actors; Frank Campbell, Duncan Lacroix, Liam Heffron, and Pat Collins, under the direction of Patrick McEneaney.

Galway actress to make directorial debut in Dublin next month

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

GALWAY ACTRESS Aoife Connolly will make her directorial debut with Marina Carr’s black comedy Portia Coughlan in The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin, next month.

Actors’ workshop takes place next month

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

GALWEGIANS WHO dream of following in the footsteps of Liam Neeson or Colin Farrell should take note that the acting for film andtTelevision workshop returns next month.

See Galway short film on YouTube

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

SECRET HIDING Place, a short film written, produced, and directed by Galway based filmmaker and comedian Emmet O’Malley in 2008 can now be seen on YouTube.

Set in rural Ireland in the 1980s, it tells the story of a gay man whose deepest secret begins to be revealed at the weekend of a family stations Mass. To see the film go to http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=nqQwaQ7xrog.

Psychedelic rockers Crystal Antlers to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

IF THE words ‘chimney sweep’ and ‘soul psychedelia’ don’t go together in your mind, they just may after you take a listen to Crystal Antlers.

Parisian trio dOP @ The Cellar

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

FOR YEARS, unlike the British, Americans, Irish, Swedes, and Germans, the French struggled to come to terms with rock, but once they hit upon dance and techno, they showed they could easily mix it with the best.

Walter Mitty & The Realists to play Strange Brew

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

“TALKING HEADS meets The Rapture.” This is how Hotpress’ Stuart Clarke described Walter Mitty & The Realists who play Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday January 29 at 9pm.

This Limerick/Galway based band are building up a reputation in Ireland as a great live act and are also gaining attention further afield.

The Zombies @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Zombies mainmen Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone (pictured) play the Róisín Dubh on Saturday at 9pm. They will perform songs from The Zombies’ classic 1968 album Odessey & Oracle, Zombies’ hits like ‘She’s Not There’, Blunstone’s solo hits, classic songs by Rod’s 1970s band Argent, and material from the albums arising from the duo’s recent collaborations. Tickets are available from the Róisín Dubh and Zhivago.

Galway Voice Studio students showcase

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

MORE THAN 20 speech level singing voice students from the Galway Voice Studios will be performing in The Quays on Sunday at 5pm.

The performers will range from all ages and will be singing songs by Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera, Leona Lewis, etc, with The Weightless Astronauts.

You having a laugh?

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Dave McSavage @ Comedy Club
Ireland’s most controversial comedian David McSavage (pictures) headlines the Comedy Club at Cuba* tomorrow. No other comic in Ireland divides public opinion quite like the unflappable McSavage. Yet here is no denying his undoubted talent and you will never leave one of his shows complaining that you were bored. Support is from Bob Hennigan. 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.

Two artists, one venue

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

AN EXPLORATION of the struggle between industry and the environment, as well as an exploration of the act of painting itself, make up the two new exhibitions which are to open in the Galway Arts’ Centre.

John Sikowski returns to Connemara

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

JOHN SIKOWSKI, a leading exponent of Scottish traditional dance, will be the featured dance teacher at the all-day jig workshop at the Féile Chóilín Sheáin Dharachin Ros Muc.

The workshop will take place in Colaiste Cuimhneachán An Phiasaigh across from the post office in the centre of Ros Muc on Saturday January 31 at 10am. At 4pm there will be an open dancing on the half-door and barrel exhibition in Pub Tigh Mhaidhcó.

Albert Niland @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

ALBERT NILAND, the Mountbellew born guitarist and songwriter, who shot to prominence with his cover of Kate Bush’s ‘Wuthering Heights’, plays the Róisín Dubh on Sunday at 9pm.

Susan Millar DuMars’ creative writing classes

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

THE GALWAY-based poet and short story writer Susan Millar DuMars will teach creative writing classes in both the Galway Arts Centre and the GMIT.

Choir auditions

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

THE GALWAY Boy Singers and The Galway Male Voice Glee Club are holding auditions for new members.

North Beach Poetry Nights

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

CORK POET Billy Ramsell will read at the next North Beach Poetry Nights in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Monday at 9pm.

The Wrestler

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

The glare of the spotlight has long since faded, the money has gone, and suddenly you’re past your prime; this is the gloomy life of Randy ‘The Ram’ Robinson, a self-confessed “broken down piece of meat”.

This gritty drama centres around the life of a retired professional wrestler who is no longer the big star he once was. Plagued with old and new injuries, a sense of failure, and plenty of regrets we watch as he tries to eke out a living at small-time wrestling shows held in front of a few crazy diehard fans in high school gyms and community centres for just a few bucks.

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