Ed Byrne @ Comedy Club

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

Ed Byrne (pictured) plays the Comedy Club at Cuba* this Sunday at 8.30pm as part of the Galway Arts Festival. One of the major names in Irish comedy, Byrne is a regular on RTÉ’s The Panel, Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats, and BBC2’s Mock The Week, he has also enjoyed sell out shows at the Edinburgh Festival. For tickets contact the Galway Arts Festival Box Office, 1-5 Merchants Road, on 091-566577. Online booking is through www.galwayartsfestival.com

Don’t miss final Laughter Loft shows

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

Gerry Mallon’s Laughter Loft in The Ruby Room in The King’s Head - part of this year’s Galway Arts Festival - continues for three more shows. Today sees Ian Coppinger (pictured) take to the stage, followed by Jarlath Regan tomorrow, and US comedienne Heather Le Roy on Saturday. Tickets are only available at the door which opens at 12.30pm and the shows begin at 1pm sharp.

Edinburgh previews @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

THERE ARE two more Edinburgh previews to go in the upstairs bar at the Róisín Dubh.

East meets West dance show

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

FLAMENCO IS a style of music and dance that is synonymous with Spain, yet its roots go back to Islamic and North African music.

Dr Suess characters to appear at Town Hall

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

THE WONDERFUL characters of Dr Seuss will gather at the Town Hall next month for a musical performance with The Cat in the Hat as the MC for the evening.

Sussical The Musical will be staged at the Town Hall Theatre from August 11 to 16. It will feature Horton the elephant, Gertrude the bird, JoJothe thinker, The Wickersham Brothers, the Sour Kangaroo, and all of the Whos.

Donkey Punch

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

Three gorgeous girls holidaying in the beach town of Mallorca meet four charming British boys and end up completely isolated on a luxurious yacht in the middle of the Mediterranean. After meeting the guys in a nightclub, the girls are determined to let their hair down and set off with them on the yacht to party.

The Dark Knight swoops into the Eye this weekend

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

IN THE 1960s TV series Batman was ‘The Caped Crusader’, but in the much darker films of more recent years, he is ‘The Dark Knight’.

Fantastical family adventure in 3D

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

JOURNEY TO The Centre Of The Earth takes the original Jules Verne novel as a point of departure, with three unknowing travellers following codes scribbled in the margins of a tattered copy of the book directing them to a hidden world far underground.

Preachers, pioneers, cowboys, and The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir

Thu, Jul 17, 2008

THEIR NAME was inspired by an eccentric preacher from Kansas, they play music brought by the Scots and the Irish to the Southern US states, but their view of the world is shaped by the pioneer spirit of the true melting pot of North America - Canada.

Out of Africa

Thu, Jul 17, 2008

THEY HAVE been described by The Guardian as “the best African band in the world”. Live, they have played support to The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. Their musical scope is such that in a recent interview Chris Martin said Tinariwen was a “great influence” on Coldplay’s new album Viva La Vida.

Theatre review: New Electric Ballroom (Druid Theatre Co)

Thu, Jul 17, 2008

DRUID’S EXCITING Galway Arts Festival season of Enda Walsh work got off to a compelling start on Monday with the Irish premiere of his “coiled, dark, glitter-dusted fable”, The New Electric Ballroom, which Walsh also directed.

The play was conceived as a distaff companion piece to Walsh’s Walworth Farce (which Druid also staged in 2006) and while it has clear parallels to that work, there are also echoes of authors like Beckett and Ionesco, and Tom Murphy’s Bailegangaire, in the way that storytelling forms such a huge part of the action.

Lunasa celebrate the story so far with Radisson show

Thu, Jul 17, 2008

IRISH TRAD band Lunasa have rightly been described as a ‘supergroup’ and considering it’s members include Trevor Hutchinson (ex Waterboys), Sean Smyth (Donal Lunny’s Coolfin) and Cillian Vallely (Whirligig, Paddy O’Brien’s Chulrua), it’s a verdict hard to argue with.

Mediaeval fun for children with Noah’s Ark

Thu, Jul 17, 2008

A GROUP of mediaeval townsfolk, led by Mr Bumpkin, must prepare for a play about Noah’s Ark and it has to be good or else the king and queen will chop off their heads!

Translations at Oranmore Castle

Thu, Jul 17, 2008

BRIAN FRIEL’S classic play Translations comes to the Galway Arts Festival next week in an innovative site-specific staging from Ouroboros Theatre Company at Oranmore Castle.

Little John Nee show at Nuns Island

Thu, Jul 17, 2008

LITTLE JOHN Nee’s new show Dead Rooster Blues will get its Galway premiere at Nuns Island Theatre on tonight and tomorrow at 11pm.

James Yuill - Nick Drake meets electronica?

Thu, Jul 17, 2008

THE ENGLISH singer-songwriter James Yuill has had critics, musicians, and independent labels stretching their imaginations in an effort to describe him and his music.

A feast of indie-rock’s finest at Underground Live!

Thu, Jul 17, 2008

MIRAKIL WHIP, 21 Outs, and an intriguing new musician called ODi are just some of the acts who will be play the next Underground Live! gigs in De Burgo’s.

Dirty Epics play Cuba*

Thu, Jul 17, 2008

Dirty Epics - SJ Wai (vocals), Cormac Farrell (guitar), Richard Power (bass), and Alan Delaney (drums) - play Cuba*, Eyre Square, this Saturday at 8pm. Hot Press said “the band exhibit a spiky punk pop sensibility that promises hit singles to come”. For more information contact 091 - 565991 or email [email protected]. See www.myspace.com/dirtyepics

Strange Brew Summer Shindig 4

Thu, Jul 17, 2008

THE STRANGE BREW Summer Shindig 4 takes place in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday July 31 at 8pm.

Carmina return with Crane Bar show and new album

Thu, Jul 17, 2008

THE BRITISH jazz-folk band Carmina return to Ireland to play The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Thursday July 24 at 9pm.

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