John O'Conor - a Beethoven concert for Galway

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

AS THE year marking the 250th anniversary the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven begins to draw to a close, John O'Conor, one of Ireland's greatest pianists, will give a concert pertforming piano sonatas by Beethoven.

The Law Is A White Dog - TULCA 2020

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

A REFUSAL to be restricted by categorisation; the invention of new languages and forms of expression; and developing affinities with others is at the heart of TULCA 2020.

New exhibition at Renzo Café

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

THE WORK of two very different Galway artists - Geraldine O'Rourke and Sacha Hutchinson - is currently on display at the Renzo Café on Eyre Street.

'I picked up the guitar and rediscovered my own acoustic based music'

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

IT HAS been a long time since we have heard new music by Galway's Neil O'Connor, but lockdown - the original one, not the Level 3 currently in force - resulted in Frank Zappa-esque levels of productivity, with Neil set to releasing three new albums this week.

Album review: Future Islands

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 08, 2020

IT BEGINS with the call of birds in the wild and concludes with the sound of a cassette tape being switched off - a journey from the natural to the mechanical? More from the wilds to the security of a safe space.

A song recalling days at the Claddagh Palace

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

FOR MANY Galwegians, the Claddagh Palace in Salthill was "the first cinema we went to...a place of wonder, a doorway to everywhere", and a place still fondly remembered.

'Getting To Know...'

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A sunny day, a huge studio, good coffee, and lots of great people to collaborate with.

Ceiliúradh Eilís Dillon - celebrating a prolific Galway writer

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

Eilís Dillon, one of Galway’s most prolific and versatile writers, who published some 50 titles, for children and adults, between 1948 and 1992, will be celebrated and remembered in a series of virtual events this year.

Collective Whisper release new single

Thu, Oct 08, 2020

GALWAY-POLISH duo Collective Whisper return after a long hiatus with a new single, 'Some 1' which will be released tomorrow, Friday October 9.

Film review: Trial Of The Chicago 7

Films Reviews Tue, Oct 06, 2020

THIS WAS originally a Steven Spielberg project a decade ago. He had a personal interest in the story and asked writer Aaron Sorkin for a screenplay.

Life will be different - Rita Ann Higgins' Covid poems

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

ONE OF the most direct and immediate responses to the Covid crisis from any Irish artist, has come from the pen of Galway poet, Rita Ann Higgins.

48 Hour Film Challenge goes virtual for 2020

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

LITTLE CINEMA and Galway City of Film's 48 Hour Challenge is taking place again this year, but in a virtual fashion instead of a physical screening at the Town Hall Theatre.

Compassion and empathy, wrapped in shoegaze

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

IT BEGINS with a reversal of linear time - with a sunset, and sees the encroaching darkness, not as forbidding, but as a moment to take stock and be glad of what has been, and what is.

Galway Cartoon Festival 2020

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

AN EXHIBITION featuring more than 100 cartoons, taking in every aspect and angle of the Covid-19 pandemic, will be the centrepiece of the 2020 Galway Cartoon Festival.

‘We are determined and we will continue to work’

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

IT IS, as Stephen Fry noted at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, “a very dark time for the performing arts”, and just as venues re-opened and shows were taking place once more - albeit on a small scale - Galway stands on the brink of a county wide lockdown.

Virtual Galway band release debut single

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

A BAND, whose members have never met, are about to release their debut single. It would sound implausible were it not taking place during these strange times of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Baboró 2020 starts on Monday

Thu, Oct 01, 2020

Monday October 5 marks the start of the Baboró International Arts Festival For Children, two weeks of creative, theatrical, musical and artistic events for children to share with families, friends, and classmates.

Tom O'Mahony to headline the Comedy KARLnival

Wed, Sep 30, 2020

TOM O'MAHONY, described by the late, very grate Rik Mayall as "psychotically funny", and Jo Caulfield, “one of the finest female comics at work” according to The Observer, play the next Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh.

Studio@5 - Where Creative Minds Collide!

Wed, Sep 30, 2020

Located in Claregalway Corporate Park, Cue One Ireland's new studio and rehearsal space Studio@5 is where - Creative Minds Collide. Offering the ideal creativity incubator and work space for Artists, Musicians, Creators, Producers, and Technicians; Studio@5 is a multi-performance, show tech/build, co-working space & training facility designed for developing and finalising touring theatre, TV, Film, Radio & Music productions. Studio@5 is equipped with fibre broadband so you can stream any live events from the studio to the highest standard and resolution without interruption. Recent projects taken place at this new studio facility include the build of this years' Galway International Arts Festival's ''Mirror Pavilion'',  Galway Simon Community Virtual Sleep Out and Druid's fantastic theatre set for Cherry Orchard was constructed in the studio. 

Rocks - a realistic look at adolescence and poverty, that's also fun

Films Reviews Tue, Sep 29, 2020

SOMETHING A bit different this week - a movie in the cinemas that is not available via streaming. If you want to see this, and you should, you are going to have to go to a cinema.

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