Joker - a troubling depiction of Batman's arch enemy

Films Reviews Thu, Oct 10, 2019

JOKER, ALSO known as Arthur Fleck, grew up the victim of abuse, and struggles with a type of Tourettes which results in his erupting in involuntary laugher when he is unhappy or uncomfortable.

Brave Giant - debut album, Róisín gig

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

WHITE, PINK + Blue, the debut album from Irish indie-folk band Brave Giant has just been released, and this weekend they will be in Galway to play the Róisín Dubh.

John B Keane’s Moll opens in Loughrea

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

MOLL, ONE of John B Keane's most popular comedies, will be staged in the Temperance Hall, Loughrea, on Thursday October 17, Saturday 19, and Sunday 20 at 8pm by The Seumas O’Kelly Players.

Keywest - three Galway appearances in three days

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

KEYWEST RELEASE their new album, Ordinary Superhero, and new single, 'C'est La Vie' tomorrow, and follow it up with a weekend of in-store appearances in Galway city.

Circus skills and acrobatics in How To Square A Circle

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

HOW TO Square A Circle, the new show from Aisling Ní Cheallaigh and Ronan Brady fusing circus skills, acrobatics, and physical theatre, comes to Galway this month.

Brother Dege - the Tarantino approved singer-guitarist

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

BROTHER DEGE, the American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his Grammy nominated track ‘Too Old to Die Young’ from Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, is coming to Galway.

Monroe’s Live welcomes Johnny Cash’s eldest grandson, Thomas Gabriel!

Mon, Oct 07, 2019

Thomas Gabriel makes his return to Ireland following his first appearance at Monroe's last year on the anniversary of his grandfather's infamous tour of 1963, and takes to the Monroe’s stage again on Sunday 27th October.

“Top-notch, instrumental wizardry” - The Moxie Strings at Monroe’s Live.

Mon, Oct 07, 2019

Fresh from the Kansas City Irish Fest, the musical geniuses that are The Moxie Strings play at Monroe’s Live on Sunday 27th October - the perfect addition to your Bank Holiday weekend!

Poet Stephen James Smith at the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

STEPHEN JAMES Smith, the Dublin poet, playwright, and spoken word artist, plays the last date of his Irish tour in Galway, before taking his verse around Britain.

Griselda - a rare chance to see a Vivaldi opera

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

KATIE BRAY, the English mezzo soprano who won the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize at the 2019 Cardiff Singer of the World competition, is coming to Galway to perform the title role in Antonio Vivaldi's Griselda.

A WWII drama set in the present day

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

WWII IS on the horizon and Georg has fled Germany for Paris. Assuming the identity of a famous but deceased writer, he plans to use the man’s documentation to obtain a transit visa to Mexico.

Three men walk into a comedy festival...

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

AN IRISH comedy legend, a British-Iranian superstar, and an ex-pat American as controversial as he is acclaimed, walk onto the stage of a comedy festival...this is not the start of a joke.

Hudson Taylor get set to play the Black Box

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

HUDSON TAYLOR, the Irish folk-pop/Americana duo of brothers Harry and Alfie Hudson-Taylor, are on a nation-wide tour that includes Galway's Black Box Theatre on Thursday October 10 at 7.30pm.

All aspects of Galway life

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

ALL ASPECTS of Galway life, from the city streets to visitors to homeless people to buskers, make up the images of Focus On Galway, the new exhibition of paintings from artist Bernard Dooley.

Album review: Kacy & Clayton

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 03, 2019

THE SASKATCHEWAN cousins 2018 album, The Siren's Song, was steeped in late 1960s British folk-rock, with clear nods to Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, and Anne Briggs.

Music For Galway unveils spectacular 2020 programme

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

MUSIC FOR Galway has announced its ambitious and expansive 39th Season, unfurling its music programme for Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture, and its Bookends autumn concert series.

The Goldfinch - big star cast cannot rescue bad adaptation

Films Reviews Thu, Oct 03, 2019

THIS IS the second film released in the last few months named after a painting. The first was The Souvenir, a beautiful low budget movie about a film student in 1980s London. This is the opposite - big budget (which unfortunately looks set to make an epic box office loss), all star cast, and based on a Pulitzer Prize winning novel.

Edwin Sammon headlines Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

EDWIN SAMMON is best known for his role as Fr Gabriel in the award winning Bridget and Eamon, now in its fourth season, and as the co-presenter of RTÉ's Republic Of Telly.

A green Galway Jazz Festival with rainbow appeal

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

THE 2019 Galway Jazz Festival takes place this week, and will be officially opened this evening at 6pm in the Kitchen Café of the Galway City Museum by Connemara environmentalist and educator Leo Hallissey.

Wet Paint - new play by The Young Offenders' Shane Casey

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

WET PAINT, written by and starring Shane Casey, best known for his role as Billy Murphy in the feature film and TV series, The Young Offenders, is coming to the Town Hall Theatre.

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