Album review: Pixies

Music Reviews Thu, Sep 12, 2019

WHEN YOU have created the albums Surfer Rosa (1987) and Doolittle (1989), seen them achieve classic status, and their songs continue to find new generations of fans via TV, film, and indie clubnights, there can only be one thought: follow that.

'Vibrancy, vitality and great story-telling'

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

THIS MONTH, Druid Theatre Company presents the world premiere of The Beacon by Nancy Harris, at the Town Hall Theatre. Directed by Garry Hynes, the play is a co-production with Dublin’s Gate Theatre and is Druid’s second world premiere of 2019, following Epiphany at Galway International Arts Festival.

Les Misérables goes Beyond The Barricade

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

BEYOND THE Barricade, Britain’s longest running musical theatre concert tour, featuring past principal West End performers from Les Misérables, arrives in Galway next week as part of its is 20th Anniversary celebrations.

Little Hours - debut album, Galway gig

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

LITTLE HOURS, the stage name of Killybegs multi-instrumentalist and songwriter John Doherty, will release his debut album on the same day he plays a headline show at the Róisín Dubh.

Three Irish comics at the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

HE HONED his comedy skills Off-Broadway in New York, before returning to Ireland, becoming a regular host and headliner in some of Dublin's most prestigious comedy clubs.

A choir, Shaun The Sheep, and the Pálás

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

THE BLUE Notes Choir will be singing at the Pálás Cinema for Culture Night on Friday September 20, when there will also be a preview screening of Shaun The Sheep 2: Farmageddon.

Susan Millar DuMars' fiction writing classes

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

ADVANCED FICTION writing classes with the short story writer and poet, Susan Millar DuMars, will start on October 4, taking place each Friday from 2pm to 4pm, running for eight weeks.

It: Chapter 2 - an uneven adaptation

Films Reviews Thu, Sep 12, 2019

FIRST OF all, do not go see this movie if you have not seen the first one, as it is a direct sequel and you will not have a clue as to what’s going on. In Chapter 2 catch up with the gang from Chapter 1 27 years later.

'With the live show we have gone the full hog'

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

WITH CLASSIC headlines like ‘Jesus Not Coming Back by the Looks of it, Admits Vatican’; ‘Dozens Injured in a Stampede as Second Checkout Opens in Lidl’; and ‘North Korea Lands First Ever Man on the Sun’, Waterford Whispers News is everybody’s favourite source of online satire.

Anne O'Byrne's painting classes in GTI

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

AUTUMN IS a good time to try something new, or something you have long had a desire to get involved in. Those thinking about taking up painting should check out a new series of classes at the GTI.

Leading women in jazz and improv in concert

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

TRISH CLOWES, a leading member of the new wave of young British improvising jazz musicians, and the pianists Kaja Draksler and Eve Risser, play headline shows at next month's Galway Jazz Festival.

Auditions for Renmore panto

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

AUDITIONS ARE about to be held for Aladdin, the 41st annual Renmore pantomime, with parts available for principal roles, the chorus, and solo guest singers.

A night of royal rock with Qween

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

SEEING QUEEN tribute band Qween in action is “as close to the real thing as it gets!” according to illusionist Keith Barry, while Radio Nova's Pat Courtenay declared, "Phenomenal. I was left speechless" after one of the their shows.

Get singing with Ad Hoc Choir

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

IF YOU like to sing at home, in the shower, or in the car, have not sung with other people, but like the idea of doing so, check out the Ad Hoc Choir's new term of workshops.

Just Guff on Inis Oírr

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

WHAT IS it like to be a dedicated member of a political party, working your way up through the ranks, believing in all the party stands for, and then, to see that certainty and belief shattered?

Galway musicians to celebrate the music of Dolores O’Riordan

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

DREAMING HER Dreams 2 - Remembering Dolores O’Riordan, where songs of the late leader of The Cranberries will be performed by Galway musicians, returns to the Rósín Dubh.

Rodney Owl - new single, Galway gig

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

THE GALWAY singer-songwriter Rodney Owl will launch his new single, 'The Rain On A Wave' with a gig in the Róisín Dubh this Sunday at 8pm.

Through the Decades Quiz: In Aid of Galway Simon Community

Wed, Sep 11, 2019

St. Anthony’s & Claddagh Credit Union are hosting a Table Quiz Night on Thursday, 19th of September at The Skeff Late Bar & Kitchen with the theme of ‘Through the Decades: 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s & 00’s.

Jason Byrne - Wrecked but Ready for the Comedy Carnival

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

HE IS the barely-in-control master of audience mockery and mayhem. He fires on all cylinders from the moment he bounds onto stage. He has been through real trauma with the breakup of his 20-year marriage, but comic genius Jason Byrne is ‘Wrecked but Ready’.

Saint Sister return to the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

SAINT SISTER, the brilliant Irish "atmosfolk" duo of Belfast's Morgan MacIntyre and Dublin's Gemma Doherty, make a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh this month.

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