GIAF 2019 takes wing

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

BRIGHT SUNSHINE, as it always seems to do, greeted the Monday evening commencement of the 42nd Galway International Arts Festival, and there was a full house at the Black Box for the festival’s first show, the world premiere of Least Like the Other - Searching for Rosemary Kennedy.

Citysong - seeing the beauty in the everyday

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

A DEFINITE highlight of week two of GIAF is Dylan Coburn Gray’s acclaimed new play, Citysong, a poetic chorus of voices showing us three generations of a Dublin family on one day.

Macy Gray headlines Big Top this Sunday

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

MEMORABLY DESCRIBED by MOJO magazine as "the Marge Simpson of soul", Macy Gray's distinctively gravelly, soulful tones, will be heard at the Heineken Big Top as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Daily lunchtime laughs at The King's Head

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

THE BIGGEST laughs in the smallest room? It can only be that much loved Galway International Arts Festival institution - Gerry Mallon's Laughter Loft at The Ruby Room in The King's Head.

Tough times for Karl Marx

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

LIFE IS tough for Karl Marx. He is on his uppers with a family to support, he is ravaged by boils, and writing The Communist Manifesto is proving much harder than anticipated. He has a lot on his plate.

Kinvara's kaleidoscopic exhibition

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

A KALEIDOSCOPE of colour, form, and styles will be on display at the Courthouse Gallery in Kinvara, for the, appropriately named, Kaleidoscope exhibition featuring work by Lily Johnston and James Dorrian.

Poetry, song, and storytelling

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

THE AWARD winning author, poet, and playwright, Anne Marie Kennedy, and the much admired Galway folk singer-songwriter Don Stiffe, will join forces for a show at the Galway Fringe Festival.

Lisa O'Neill and Junior Brother at the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

THE LAST 12 months have been significant for Irish singer-songwriters Lisa O'Neill and Junior Brother, and both will share the stage of the Róisín Dubh as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Galway Art Club annual exhibition 2019

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

GALWAY ART Club's Annual Exhibition for 2019 is currently running at St Patrick's School, Lombard Street.

Prodigal - can father and son reconcile?

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

A FATHER and son must face each other following a family tragedy. After Séan takes his own life, Andy and his estranged father are reunited at the funeral. Can their shred grief lead to reconciliation?

Pete Higgins releases new album

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

PETE HIGGINS, the Galway singer-songwriter, has just released his new single, 'The Great Divide’, and his second full-length album Adrift In A Sea Of Apathy, with both available now on all major streaming services.

Mazars announces partnership with Druid

Thu, Jul 18, 2019

MAZARS IRELAND has announced it will become Druid Theatre Company’s leadership partner and support its programme of activities, with an initial focus on its 2019 programme.

Monroe’s GIAF line-up

Tue, Jul 16, 2019

The Galway International Arts Festival 2019 line-up is here and Monroe’s have a star-studded

Huun-Huur-Tu - throat singing and trad from Tuvan

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

IT PROMISES to be one of the most exciting, and utterly different, musical events at this year's Galway International Arts Festival, when the extraordinary tradition of Tuvan/Mongolian throat singing comes to the Róisín Dubh.

Get laughing with Anna Clifford and Brian Gallagher

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

THOUGH IRISH born and bred, it was in Vancouver that Anna Clifford's comedy career began, when she won the One Hitter Quitter Comedy Showdown! It was only the start of an upward career curve.

Joe Hogan - the willow man

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

"I BECAME a basketmaker because I was attracted to the idea of growing my own willow and being involved in the whole process from harvesting willow through to making a basket."

Get ready for NUIG's Summer Drama Festival

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

LEADING GALWAY theatre practitioners, such as Little John Nee, Gerry Conneely, and Hot Potato Productions, have shows at the new Summer Drama Festival in The Cube, NUI Galway, from July 19 to 27.

A fleadh film with a Brendan Bowyer connection

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

CLODAGH BOWYER, daughter of legendary Irish singer Brendan Bowyer, will star in The Ferry, which premieres at the Galway Film Fleadh tomorrow at 11.45am in the Town Hall Theatre.

'Rosemary’s story is still incredibly relevant'

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

THE OPENING show of this year’s Galway International Arts Festival is the Irish National Opera and GIAF co-production of Least Like The Other, which explores the tragic life of JFK’s eldest sister Rosemary Kennedy.

Album review: Kyle Craft

Music Reviews Thu, Jul 11, 2019

IN SOME corner of a foreign field - Portland, Oregon, to be precise - it is forever 1972. David Bowie is always Ziggy Stardust and T.Rex's glitterburst boogie is the soundtrack to everyone's teenage years.

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