Baboró’s special brand of child’s play

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

GALWAY’S VIBRANT children’s arts festival Baboró has unveiled its line-up for this year’s programme and, as ever there’s a wealth of colourful, magical, and enthralling shows on offer that are sure to captivate audiences both young and old.

Dean Kelly to unveil his modus operandi in Kenny’s

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

“I AM impressed with the graphic skills as per usual, and also by the expressive power of the imagery. The work is strong, being both subtle yet positive at the same time.”

Experience the Found phenomenon at the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

ARE YOU a hoarder or collector? Do you wonder about the stories behind an old photograph, scrap of paper, or discarded letter that you might have come across?

New Galway theatre festival showcases local talent

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

IN RECENT years Galway’s theatre scene has witnessed the emergence of a raft of enterprising, talented, new companies such as Moonfish, Mephisto, Zelig and Selkie, who are doing much to carve out a niche for themselves with a series of strong productions.

Now the Galway Arts Centre is showcasing these companies in the inaugural Galway Theatre Festival which takes place in the Nuns Island Theatre from Wednesday October 22 to Sunday 26.

Reimagining Desdemona as a sexual libertine

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

DESDEMONA…A Play About A Handkerchief, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, will be staged by Galway’s Selkie Theatre in the Town Hall Studio next week.

In this comic re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Othello, Desdemona’s fate hinges on the whereabouts of the strawberry-embroidered handkerchief given to her by her husband. Vogel also portrays Desdemona as a volatile, sexually charged woman who, having slept with the entire encampment, enjoys boasting about it all to local prostitute Bianca.

Juliet Turner to play The Quays for ALâ

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

JULIET TURNER will play The Quays Bar, on Saturday October 11 at 7pm in a special fund-raising concert for ALâ Community Theatre.

Former Underworld man for the GPO

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

FORMER UNDERWORLD member and now successful solo DJ Darren Emerson, will be spinning the decks at the GPO, Eglinton Street, this Saturday.

Wokajo to release debut single

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

GALWAY HARD rock band Wokajo will release their debut single with a free gig in The Quays tonight at 9pm.

Clarinbridge Arts Festival starts tomorrow

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

ENGLISH BLUES rock, Gaelic poetry, and Italian food will all be part and parcel of the Clarinbridge Arts Festival which begins tomorrow and runs until Sunday October 12 - and many events are free!

French poet to read in the city

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

LEADING FRENCH poet Dominique Sorrente will read - in both French and English - for The Western Writers’ Centre at The Imperial Hotel, Eyre Square, on Wednesday at 8pm.

Sorrente was born in Nevers in 1953. In 1975 in Paris, he founded the journal Avalanche which he edited for four years with the novelist Michel Orcel. After studying political sciences and European studies in Paris and Bruges, he returned to Marseilles to devote himself to teaching.

The Refreshing Breeze… that is Debussy’s music

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

THE MAGNIFICENT, almost ambient, music of French composer Claude Debussy will be performed in Galway by one of the leading Debussy interpreters - Japanese pianist Noriko Ogawa.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A long sunny day on Galway Bay, a beach, and my family all around me.

Excellent performances, shame about the story

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

BY FAR the most notable - and already much noted - thing about new cop thriller Righteous Kill is that it stars Robert de Niro and Al Pacino.

Liam Neeson’s vigilante crusade

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

After reading numerous half-hearted reviews, there was an expectation of disappointment walking into the theatre to see Liam Neeson’s newest flick Taken. Surprisingly, however, the let down never came and after 90 minutes of energy-packed excitement I found myself ready for more.

An interestingly original concept, Neeson plays Bryan, a former CIA spy who must rely on his old skills and contacts when his 17-year-old daughter Kim (Maggie Grace)is kidnapped by sex traffickers while on vacation with a friend in Paris, France.

A Film With Me In It is coming to Galway

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

NEW IRISH movie, A Film With Me In It, starring Dylan Moran, Mark Doherty, David Doherty, Keith Allen and Amy Huberman, will open in the Omniplex and The Eye on Friday October 17.

Celebrating Lady Gregory - the Autumn Gathering at Coole

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

TOMORROW, SATURDAY, and Sunday, the fabled Coole Park plays host to the 14th annual Lady Gregory Autumn Gathering which, as ever, features a top-notch array of speakers and performers coming together to celebrate Lady Gregory and her world.

Conway Savage talks Bad Seeds, pianos, and cricket

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

WHEN NICK Cave asked Conway Savage to join The Bad Seeds, he said he would have to “think about it”. However the two men had already played together, performing a couple of impromptu Elvis numbers at a friend’s wedding.

Geoff Muldaur - the voice of white blues

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

“THERE ARE only three white blues singers, and Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them.” This praise for the American singer and guitarist came from no less a songwriter than Richard Thompson.

Stephen Brennan on Waiting for Godot

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

GALWAY THEATRE goers are in for a very special treat next weekend when Dublin’s Gate Theatre brings its world-renowned production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot to the Black Box, for one night only, this Saturday.

The Galway date is part of the Gate’s first ever all-Ireland tour, mounted to mark the theatre’s 80th anniversary, which sees Godot visit 40 venues across the country throughout September and October.