Promising Young Woman - an uneasy but important film

Films Reviews Wed, Apr 14, 2021

A YOUNG woman stumbles around a bar drunk. She is being checked out by three guys who laugh at her drunken state, and comment on how they could easily pick her up.

Declan O’Rourke - learning to trust and let go

Wed, Apr 14, 2021

‘GALILEO’ IS a song which has been good to Declan O’Rourke, opening many doors for him which remain very welcoming to this day - not least the door of Paul Weller.

‘Better Than This’ - Tracy Bruen releases new single

Tue, Apr 13, 2021

“I LOOKED at you lately with a smile in your eyes, well it doesn’t get better than, better than this” - the opening line of the new single from Tracy Bruen.

Amhráin - celebrating Galway in song

Tue, Apr 13, 2021

TRACY BRUEN, Steven Sharpe, Field Trip, Katie O’Connor, Eoin Dolan, and an array of other stellar talents from Galway’s vibrant music scene, will appear in a short film celebrating Galway music and the city itself.

Imelda May to play Galway in 2022

Tue, Apr 13, 2021

IMELDA MAY has announced that she will play Lesiureland, Salthill on May 5 2022 as part of her Made To Love Irish and British tour.

Friday night comedy - live from Galway and Edinburgh

Mon, Apr 12, 2021

FIVE WORLD class comedians, in two studios with multi-camera setups, in two different cities in two different countries, and a live virtual audience? It can only be the Online KARLnival.

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.

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.

‘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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

‘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.

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.

‘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.

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.

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.

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