Gearóid Farrelly - Alchemy

Thu, Feb 13, 2020

IN THE mediaeval world, those who practised alchemy sought to turn lead into gold, and believed that everything around us contains a universal spirit, and that all metals were spiritually and physically immature form of higher metals such as gold.

A Valentine's Club GASS

Thu, Feb 13, 2020

CLUB GASS - the Great and Secret Show, Galway's main LGBT clubnight will be getting all loved up this weekend at its Valentines's Special with another night of top dance tunes and the always brilliant drag show.

Show Me The Funny - final heat

Thu, Feb 13, 2020

THE LAST two places in the final of Show Me The Funny will be up for grabs in the fifth heat of the popular comedy competition takes place at The King's Head on Mon February 17.

Anthology challenges Irish poetry’s official version of itself

Literature Reviews Thu, Feb 13, 2020

THERE HAS been much tweeting lately about inclusivity in Irish poetry publishing and reviewing, particularly in relation to women poets. I’m all in favour of giving platforms to poets who are not white heterosexual males.

Parasite - horror and comedy combine in a Korean masterpiece

Films Reviews Thu, Feb 13, 2020

THIS IS the fifth year in a row the bookies favourite did not win best picture at the Oscars. This is not always a good thing, Green Book was one of the worst ever winners of the award.

Amhrán Mór rehearsals - new members sought

Thu, Feb 13, 2020

AMHRÁN MÓR, Oranmore’s intergenerational choir, returns to rehearsals this Sunday, from 2pm to 4pm in Scoil Mhuire Hall, ahead of its performance at the Oranmore Arts Festival 2020.

Loughrea interactive table quiz

Thu, Feb 13, 2020

LOUGHREA TOASTMASTERS, the leadership and public speaking club based at the Loughrea Hotel, is hosting an interactive table quiz on Monday February 17 at 8.30pm, in the Lir Bar, Loughrea Hotel & Spa.

Bad Boys For Life - does what it says on the tin

Films Reviews Mon, Feb 10, 2020

It has been 17 years since Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) were last seen causing unmitigated chaos on the streets of Miami in the name of justice but the two decade wait for the third installment of the Bad Boys franchise has been worth it with plenty of jokes, explosions, and high speed chases.

Druid presents Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard In a version by Tom Murphy

Mon, Feb 10, 2020

Times are changing.
An old way of life is dying out.

Bernard Casey headlines Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

BERNARD CASEY has been called "a wonderfully well-crafted performer with a great old school style of storytelling”, by no less a comedian than the great Tommy Tiernan.

A strange biopic of a man you never heard of

Films Reviews Thu, Feb 06, 2020

THIS FILM - loosely based on a profile for Esquire in 1998 by Tom Junod, entitled Can You Say… Hero? - follows a fictional journalist called Lloyd, who has a lousy reputation for writing hit pieces on the people he profiles.

Ultan Conlon - new single, Galway gig

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

SPARKS OF The Divine', Ultan Conlon's new single, and the first offering from his eagerly anticipated fourth studio album, There’s A Waltz, is released tomorrow, via DarkSideOut Records.

The Godfather II starts 'I Can't Believe You Haven't Seen...' screenings

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

THE GODFATHER II is a classic of American cinema, and also that very rare thing - a sequel which surpasses the original, and there will be a rare chance to see it on the big screen next week.

Dance inspired by the lives of refugees and people in direct provision

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

ASYLUM SEEKERS and Irish people will join forces for a dance show, coming to Galway, which has been inspired by the lives of refugees and people in direct provision.

Blaze of glory - Galway 2020 begins on Saturday

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

UACHTARÁN NA hÉireann, Michael D Higgins, will officially open Galway 2020 at the European Capital of Culture's opening ceremony, which takes place this Saturday in South Park, the Claddagh.

'This white orchard, that she can’t let go of, that she can’t keep'

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

WHEN DERBHLE Crotty takes to the stage as Madame Ranevskaya in Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard this month, it will mark her first appearance with Druid since 2015 and its acclaimed DruidShakespeare production.

Steve Bennett - laughing through the disaster

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

CLIMATE CHANGE, Trump, Bolsonaro, the Alt.Right, the Manosphere, Brexit, the coronavirus - the world is in bad shape. No wonder comedian Steve Bennett has called his new show Everything is F*@$!d.

Opera and musicals at the Pálás

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

AN ARRAY of opera masterworks and popular musicals will be broadcast and screened at the Pálás Cinema, including La Bohemé, Don Giovanni, and the world premiee of Marson and Scarlett.

St Patrick's Brass Band to make Town Hall debut

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

ST PATRICK'S Brass Band, a Galway institution, will make, astonishingly, its debut appearance at the Town Hall Theatre, as part of a gala concert produced by Twin Productions.

Life and death through the eyes of a child

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

A 10-year-old girl struggles to come to terms with her younger brother’s diagnosis, leading her to the big questions in life, and an exploration of loss, hope, and being a big sister.

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