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.

Peter Parker grapples with a post Endgame world

Films Reviews Thu, Jul 11, 2019

IN A post-Avengers: Endgame world we catch up with Peter Parker who is back in school and who is trying to come to terms with the death of his mentor, Tony Stark.

Pillow Queens - rising Irish indie band to play GIAF

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

“IF I could rewind 10 years, and if I saw a band like us on stage, I would be obsessed." So says Pillow Queens' drummer Rachel Lyons, and while modesty may not rest easy on this band's shoulders, they have every reason to walk tall right now.

Gerry Mallon's Laughter Loft - week one

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

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

Landscape, as seen by Blaise Drummond

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

CHAGRIN FALLS, an exhibition of new work by Blaise Drummond, comprised primarily of landscape paintings, is running at the Engage Art Studios gallery, Churchfields, Salthill.

Craic, jig, reels, and mackerel

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

THE RENT is unpaid. The last of the drink has been consumed. Three folk musicians are on their uppers, and they need to turn around their fortunes ahead of the mackerel season.

'The fire and the spike and the spoke'

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

FOLLOWING ITS triumphant GIAF debut in 2017 with Tristan & Yseult, Kneehigh Theatre Company return with Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs), based on John Gay’s The Beggar's Opera.

Saharan Blues - Tinariwen headline the Big Top

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

TINARIWEN, THE Grammy-winning Saharan blues band, make a welcome return to the city to play the Galway International Arts Festival's Heineken Big Top in the Fisheries Field on Tuesday July 16 at 7pm.

Exploring the Elements in Oughterard

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

ELEMENTS II, an exhibition showcasing work by Andrew Hopkins, Jackie Jefferson, Jane Williams, Norah Brennan, Judy Lawlor, and Pat Flannery, will be on display in the Oughterard Courthouse.

Metal, punk, and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

WHEN ARNOCORPS finished their ferociously entertaining show - their concerts are so much more than a gig... - singer/front-man Graf Holzfeuer bellowed out in true Schwarzenegger fashion: "We'll be baaaack!"

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