Tom O'Mahony headlines the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

HE FIRST came to attention as Tarquin the toff on Damo & Ivor, and later as oddball neighbour Paddy d'Pervert in Bridget & Eamon, while the late, great, Rik Mayall called him a "psychotically funny bastard".

Irish debut for The New Half a Sixpence Musical

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

A MUSICAL from George Stiles, Anthony Drew, and Julian Fellowes, the team best known for adapting the classic Disney film Mary Poppins for the stage, will be performed in the Black Box in February.

Just Mercy - a timely story worth telling

Films Reviews Thu, Jan 30, 2020

JUST MERCY is the true story of the beginning of Bryan Stevenson's incredible career. Stevenson moved to the American South after graduating law school in Harvard to set up the Equal Justice Initiative to help people who were wrongly convicted.

Mango X Mathman - Irish hip hop pioneers to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

MANGO X MATHMAN have set new standards for Irish hip hop, which every other act in that genre now has to reach for, and which they will be compared to, and there are few more exciting acts in the country right now.

Colour, light, and the Galway landscape

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

LIGHT, AND how it affects the colours of the Galway landscape is at the heart of a new series of paintings by the artist Eileen Keane currently on show at the Town Hall Theatre bar.

Father Ted star for Show Me The Funny

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

PATRICK MCDONNELL, best known for his role as Eoin McLove on Father Ted and for his role in The Savage Eye, is the special guest at the third heat of Show Me The Funny.

Looking at the life of Walter Macken

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

WALTER MACKEN was one of the finest writers to emerge from the west of Ireland in the 20th century, and one of the most popular, but in recent decades his work has fallen into neglect.

Zeros & Ones to launch debut single

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

GALWAY ALTERNATIVE rock band Zeros & Ones release their debut single '15 to 1' (featuring Tiny Murder), to stream/buy on all standard online platforms on Friday February 7.

Mikel Murfi - two one man shows over two nights

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

THE MAN In The Woman's Shoes and I Hear You and Rejoice, Mikel Murfi's highly acclaimed one man shows, return to the Town Hall Theatre for what may be the final time.

Maria Kesselman to sing at the Viennese Strauss Gala

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

MARIA KESSELMAN, who starred opposite Michael Crawford in the celebrated Phantom of the Opera performances of the late 1980s, is coming to Galway to take part in the Viennese Strauss Gala.

Carvin Jones to bring the blues to Galway

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

CARVIN JONES can count two of the finest guitarists to ever play the instrument - Eric Clapton and Albert Collins - among his admirers, while Jimi Hendrix drummer Buddy Miles called him "the New King of Strings".

The music of two Irishwomen

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

TOMORROW BRITAIN formally - finally! - leaves the EU, which means we no longer have to pretend there are 28 EU member states or say the "remaining EU 27".

John B Keane's The Matchmaker returns

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

TWO OF Ireland's best loved actors, Mary McEvoy and comedian Jon Kenny, are coming to the Town Hall Theatre to star in John B Keane's much loved comedy, The Matchmaker.

Laughter in the Eyre - Comedy Carnival on RTÉ 2

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

THE VODAFONE Comedy Carnival Galway - Ireland’s biggest comedy festival - brings hundred of comedians and thousands of comedy fans to the city every October, and next week sees a chance to relive a bit of that hilarity.

Pálas to hold charity film screening for Australian Red Cross

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

THE ADVENTURES Of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the much loved 1994 Australian comedy film, will be screened at the Pálás Cinema to raise funds for the Australian Red Cross.

Uncut Gems - Adam Sandler excels in this hyper intense film

Films Reviews Thu, Jan 23, 2020

HOWARD RATNER is a diamond dealer with an office in the New York diamond district. He is also a compulsive gambler and seemingly on the edge of a nervous breakdown.

Could Galway win the Choice Music Prize?

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

TWO GALWAY artists, and two albums on an independent Galway record label, are among the 10 shortlisted for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year award.

Aussie Day bushfire fundraiser at The Skeff

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

TO MARK Australia Day, and as an act of solidarity with the country, as large parts of New South Wales have been devastated by bushfires, a fundraising event takes place this Sunday.

‘Galway can make a legitimate claim to be the capital of comedy’

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

THERE IS no such thing as 'easing into the New Year' for Karl Spain. Only three weeks into 2020 and the Limerick comedian has hit the ground running, with gigs in Dubai already under his belt.

Shane Todd - Down's funniest for the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

SHANE TODD, described by the Belfast Telegraph as "a modern-day king of comedy”, and a true gem of the Northern Irish comedy scene, headlines the Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday.

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