The Opacas - the Lego video
Mon, Apr 12, 2021
THE OPACAS, the Galway/Leeds 'virtual’ rock band whose catchy singles and quirky videos have brought much joy during the pandemic, are back - and this time with a Lego video.
Read more ...Druid announces new production about poet Eavan Boland, edited by Colm Tóibín
Thu, Apr 08, 2021
Druid has announced a new theatrical production, Boland: Journey of a Poet, which will be live streamed from The Mick Lally Theatre, Druid’s home in Galway, from Thursday April 22 to Saturday April 24.
Read more ...‘I find young people respond positively to Shakespeare’
Wed, Apr 07, 2021
PETE MULLINEAUX is rarely a man with little to do, being a poet, a playwright, and an active force in youth theatre and education in Galway.
Read more ...Getting To Know...Raquel McKee
Wed, Apr 07, 2021
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Never being bored.
'Getting to Know...' Sophie White
Thu, Apr 01, 2021
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Lying in bed, eating a chilled Terry’s Chocolate Orange, reading a brilliant book.
Over The Edge Fiction Slam 2021
Thu, Apr 01, 2021
THE ANNUAL Over The Edge Fiction Slam, where fiction and prose writers have a chance to read their work to the public, returns on Friday April 9 at 8pm.
Read more ...Karl Clews - jazz-funk bassist releases new album
Thu, Apr 01, 2021
KARL CLEWS, the bass player, session musician, and founder of the Galway jazz-funk-fusion band, Earthship, has just released his new album - Navigator.
Read more ...Mirror Pavilion goes on display in South Korea
Thu, Apr 01, 2021
JOHN GERRARD'S Mirror Pavilion, the key artwork of the Galway International Arts Festival 2020, is now on display at the 2021 Gwangju Biennale in South Korea, one of Asia’s leading visual arts events.
Read more ...Films to watch on Netflix this week
Films Reviews Wed, Mar 31, 2021
DESPITE THE Oscars being so close, there have been very few good films released recently, so I decided to browse Netflix and see what might be worth your time watching there.
Read more ...‘Working class voices are still struggling for representation in literature’
Wed, Mar 31, 2021
TO BE a Booker Prize winner is to be in a distinguished club of novelists working in the English language, but the 2020 winner Douglas Stuart is within an even more select group of recipients.
Read more ...Galway Theatre Festival 2021
Tue, Mar 30, 2021
HOW THEATRE and performance is made, presented, and experienced has changed dramatically over the past 12 months, and the 2021 Galway Theatre Festival will explore this new relationship with creativity and space.
Read more ...‘Dreams’ marks start of new releases from rapper Crescent Moon
Tue, Mar 30, 2021
AN ‘OLD skool’ style hip hop on a very contemporary theme - this is ‘Dreams’, the debut single from Galway hip hop artist and producer, Crescent Moon.
Read more ...NewDad - debut EP, Róisin Dubh show
Mon, Mar 29, 2021
FOLLOWING THE release of their debut EP, Galway indie quartet NewDad have announced a series of Irish shows in November.
Read more ...Passio - a concert for Good Friday
Thu, Mar 25, 2021
ARVO PÄRT’S Passio, one of the best-known choral works of the late 20th-century, will be performed live from St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Galway on Good Friday.
Read more ...RISE - Galway’s children co-creating events with artists
Thu, Mar 25, 2021
GALWAY CHILDREN will be dancing, leaping, learning, and playing with local and international artists this spring, as part of the exciting RISE programme of events.
Read more ...'Getting to Know...' Natalie Haas
Wed, Mar 24, 2021
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A good book, a cozy fire, and a nice cup of tea!
Town Hall Theatre open call for young curators
Wed, Mar 24, 2021
DO YOU have ambitions to create a new festival for Galway? Would you like to assist the Town Hall Theatre in drawing up a programme of events?
Read more ...Last Livefeed Online youth gig this Friday
Tue, Mar 23, 2021
YOUNG GALWAY musicians Sarah Brookfield, Stevie Healy, Daniel O'Malley, and Jayden Murphy will perform at the final Livefeed Online gig this Friday, March 26, at 8pm.
Read more ...Róisín Dubh Comedy - live from London and Galway
Tue, Mar 23, 2021
ON FRIDAY April 2, Karl Spain’s Comedy KARLnival is coming live from two venues, in two cities, in two different countries, and all on one livestream.
Read more ...‘Feels So Real’ - The Clockworks release first single of 2021
Mon, Mar 22, 2021
GALWAY is their origin, but London is now their base of operations, and the experience - the good, bad, inspiring, and repellant - of one of the world’s major cities is captured in The Clockworks’ new single.
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