Arts festival box office opens in new location

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

The Galway International Arts Festival opened its box office this week, in the new location of The Cornstore, Middle Street.

'Music can access emotions and evoke atmosphere instantaneously'

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

A HIGHLIGHT of the 2014 Galway International Arts Festival was Moonfish Theatre Company’s richly imaginative staging of Joseph O’Connor’s novel, Star Of The Sea, which traced the journey of Irish Famine survivors in their flight to America.

Leading Irish comics for the 2019 Laughter Loft

Thu, Jun 20, 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.

Fleadh to screen world premiere of Irish documentary Jihad Jane

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

IN MARCH 2010, the arrest on terror charges of a blonde, blue-eyed, American, who called herself ‘Jihad Jane’ made headlines around the world. Her story is now a major new documentary to be screened at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Acclaimed folk singer Daoirí Farrell to play the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

THERE ARE few folk/trad musicians in Ireland today as acclaimed and admired as Daoirí Farrell. Indeed, Dónal Lunny has called him "one of the most important traditional singers to emerge in the last decade".

Over The Edge Fiction Slam

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

THERE ARE plenty of opportunities for poets to read their work in public, but far fewer for fiction writers, which is why the Over The Edge annual fiction slam, now in its 11th year, is such a valuable local institution.

Small Island - on stage and on screen

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

SMALL ISLAND, Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel, comes to the stage of Britain's National Theatre, and the Thursday June 27 performance will be broadcast live to The Eye, Wellpark, at 7pm.

Galway indie and electronic acts come together for Club Gardenia

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

CLUB TROPICANA, the amazing summer club night for people with intellectual disability, returns to the Black Box next week for its ninth annual outing, and has also been expanded to a three-day mini festival running from Wednesday June 26 to Friday 28.

The 'mesmerising' Her Crooked Heart

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

IN 2013, after two and a half years of marriage, Rachel Ries found herself touring a record around the world, accompanied by a stack of divorce papers in a pocket of her suitcase. She had taken a leap into the unknown.

A Japanese haunting at the Pálás

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

YUMIKO IS troubled by the notion that she brings death to people close to her. Following the loss of her grandmother and husband, she remarries, and begins to find happiness anew.

Hardy Buck's Martin Maloney - live in Galway

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

MARTIN MALONEY, the man behind Hardy Bucks' Eddie Durkan, will bring his new, blisteringly autobiographical ,comedy show, to the Róisín Dubh on Friday August 2 at 8pm.

Ye Vagabonds to play Traidphicnic

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

THE EIGHTH Féile Traidphicnic, the community-based festival of "music, art, and inclusion" takes place in and around the An Ceardlann Craft Village and Café, in An Spidéal, from July 5 to 7.

Ceara Conway's debut album Kickstarter campaign

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

CEARA CONWAY, the singer and visual artist from Connemara, is launching a Kickstarter fundraising campaign to help her record and release her debut album, which will be entitled Caoin.

The adventures of Jack and Adam

Literature Reviews Thu, Jun 20, 2019

Three years ago a new children’s book, Wanted - The Adventures of Jack & Adam, was published. This was followed in 2017 by second and third instalments of the series, The Widow and The Blaze, in 2018 by The Old Town, and more recently with Mischa’s Secret.

Galway Film Fleadh announce 2019 Masterclasses

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

Galway Film Fleadh have announced the subjects of their 2019 Masterclasses in the fields of Screenwriting, Directing and Acting. The annual series of Masterclasses will this year feature actor Will Forte, writer/director Allison Anders and writer/director Gurinder Chadha, imparting their experience to professionals and trainees in their field, as part of the 2019 Galway Film Fleadh (July 9-14, 2019).

Allison Anders Writers Masterclass at Galway Film Fleadh 2019

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

The 31st Galway Film Fleadh, in association with Gréasán na Meán Skillnet, are pleased to announce Allison Anders will be the subject of this year’s Writers Masterclass.

Gurinder Chadha Directors Masterclass at Galway Film Fleadh 2019

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

The 31st Galway Film Fleadh are pleased to announce Gurinder Chadha will be the subject of this year’s Directors Masterclass, supported by Screen Skills Ireland.

Hubbard Casting and Spotlight ‘Spotlight on Actors’ casting workshop at Galway Film Fleadh 2019

Thu, Jun 20, 2019

The 31st Galway Film Fleadh, in association with Hubbard Casting and Spotlight, are excited to announce the return of ‘Spotlight on Actors’, a unique casting workshop for Irish actors.

When social media takes a toll on a relationship

Wed, Jun 19, 2019

SOCIAL MEDIA can be about connection and interaction. It can also be a massive distraction, causing people too ignore the world around them, and neglect those closest to them.