Dylan Thomas: Return Journey at Town Hall

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

DYLAN THOMAS: Return Journey will be staged in the Town Hall Theatre on Monday and Tuesday at 8pm.

KATS to stage O’Casey and Friel plays

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

THE KNOCKNACARRA Amateur Theatre Society will stage three one-act comedy plays in the Town Hall Studio in November.

What do men want?

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

WHAT IS it men want? If you could probe into their psyche, what would it reveal? Perhaps that question can be answered by an little indulgence in the world of male fantasy.

Think about it - a luxury penthouse in Rio de Janeiro, where you live happily with Eva Longoria who lavishes her undivided attention on you; a library full of great literature and books on politics and history; widescreen HD TV with stereo surround system.

West Side Story at The Black Box

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

WEST SIDE Story, one of the great American musicals, will be staged in The Black Box theatre by Encore Theatre Company from November 7 to 14 with a matinee and evening performance on Sunday 9.

Halloween fun @ Central Park

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

CENTRAL PARK will hold two parties for Halloween while Halo will have a Halloween costume party of its own.

Halloween @ The Skeff

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

THE SKEFF Bar will become a hangout for ghoulish beings, angels, devils and superheroes tonight and tomorrow for Halloween.

Former Oasis guitarist Bonehead to play The Crane

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

IN THE mid-1990s rock was in a perilous state as manufactured groups Take That, The Spice Girls, and Boyzone dominated the charts but a group of Mancunians called Oasis were about to bring guitar-based music back.

One Day International @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL may be named after a type of cricket test-match but none of the members of this Irish band is actually interested in cricket.

Planet of sound

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

FOR THE best part of 20 years AC/DC have been a major part of my life and for my money they are second only to The Beatles in terms of greatness.

Galway Choral Association to perform Mozart

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

MOZART’S MISSA Brevis will be performed by The Galway Choral Association, under director Mark Keane, in St Augustine’s Church this Saturday at 8.30pm.

The programme will also include Mozart’s Ave Verum and Laudate Dominum, for which the GCA will be joined by soprano Joan O’Malley, the gold medallist winner at Dublin’s Conservatory of Music.

Oliver St John Gogarty Literary Festival

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

THE SECOND annual Oliver St John Gogarty Literary Festival will be held in Renvyle House - the former house of the writer - in Renvyle, Connemara, and will run from Thursday November 6 to Sunday 9.

Oliver St John Gogarty was born in Dublin in August 1878 and was a poet, surgeon, soccer player, and a member of the Senate. He would later become the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in James Joyce’s Ulysses.

The Spirit of Voice set to soar for November

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

THE SPIRIT of Voice festival - a celebration of the human voice through song, story, poetry, and communication - takes place in Galway city from Thursday November 6 to Sunday November 9.

Visual DJing at Tulca 2008

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

DETAILS OF this year’s Tulca Visual Arts Festival were unveiled at a reception in the House Hotel last Friday.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being in the fits of laughter with a close friend.

Genuinely funny Gervais vehicle is surprisingly heartwarming

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

GHOST TOWN initially looks like an awkward proposition. Ricky Gervais stars alongside Greg Kinnear in what looks suspiciously like a romantic comedy.

A sugary sweet farewell to our favourite high schoolers

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

FOR THOSE who have been living in a massive bubble and have not heard of the High School Musical films, a little explanation is necessary before stepping into the theatre.

What Liam Neeson and Susan Sarandon think of home

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

HOME, A thought-provoking documentary, exploring the meaning of ‘home’ for someone living abroad, will be screened in the Station House Cinema in Clifden on Friday November 7 at 8pm.

Win Tommy Tiernan’s Bovinity DVD

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

BOVINITY, THE new DVD from Tommy Tiernan captures the comic on his outrageous recent tour of Ireland of the same name and we have six copies to give away.

The DVD features one of the three shows performed in the Marquee in Cork and highlights from shows in Castlebar, Dublin, etc. It also features subtitles in Irish and Polish.

The Spirit Of Voice and the music of Clannad’s Moya Brennan

Thu, Oct 23, 2008

FROM FIRESIDE family music sessions in a little tavern in Gweedore, Co Donegal, in the 1960s and 1970s to major international success with ‘Theme From Harry’s Game’, ‘Robin (The Hooded Man)’ and ‘In A Lifetime’ in the 1980s, Clannad came a long way.

From The Chalets to Talulah Does The Hula

Thu, Oct 23, 2008

PAULA CULLEN and Caoimhe Derwin rose to prominence as the glamorous, brunette pair of ‘saucy pieces’ who fronted The Chalets. The Chalets are no more - having closed their shutters earlier this year - but the girls have not gone away. They’re back, as Talulah Does The Hula.

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