Extra dates for Keith Barry's Deception

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

A THIRD, and final, Galway date, has been added for Keith Barry's latest show, Deception, running at the Black Box Theatre. The show will take place on Thursday February 21, Friday 22, and Saturday 23.

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Bouts are back and in the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

BOUTS, THE Dublin indie-rock band, are back after a five year break with a new album, Flow, a new single, 'Love's Lost Landings (Part 2)', and a tour, which includes Galway.

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Dead Horse Jive's Hard Rock Soft Border Tour

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

WITH THE threat of a no deal Brexit looming as chaos reigns in Westminster, one Galway band have vowed to cross the border as many times as possible before any 'hard border' can be imposed on the country should the UK and EU fail to reach an agreement.

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Three pieces from a string trio

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

MUSIC BY Dvorák, Röntgen, and Mozart will fill the Emily Anderson Concert Hall at NUI Galway, when The Netherlands' Lendvai Trio take to the stage for the next Music For Galway concert.

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TG4 Young Musician of the Year to play Ballinderreen

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

CONOR CONNOLLY, the TG4 Young Musician of the Year 2019, will give a concert in the Ballinderreen Community Centre, this Saturday [January 26], at 8pm.

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A lunchtime classical concert

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

SUCH WELL known tunes as 'Sí Bheag Sí Mhor' and 'Greensleeves' will be heard at a lunchtime concert of 16th and 17th century music in the O’Donoghue Centre, NUI Galway.

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Nasty women, corrupt men, wedding disasters, and war

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

A POSSESSIVE woman, a screwball crime comedy, French workers versus capitalism, Finnish soldiers in WWII, corrupt politicians, and the bad tempered boss of a catering company - the Subtitle - European Film Festival is coming to town.

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The Delines - new album, Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

WILLY VLAUTIN, the lead singer and songwriter of the much-acclaimed Americana band, Richmond Fontaine, is making a welcome return to Galway as part of The Delines, who this month released their second album.

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Gerry Davis' dreamlike Procession

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

A DREAMLIKE journey through memory, identity, and the obstacles encountered by a contemporary practising artist, make up the paintings on display in Procession, the new exhibition by Gerry Davis.

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Ivan Brackenbury at the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

IF YOU watch 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown, you have seen Ivan Brackenbury, the hapless hospital DJ with the unwitting knack of playing the most inappropriate songs for the patients.

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EP Review: Dodie

Music Reviews Thu, Jan 17, 2019

SINCE SHE began uploading music from her bedroom at the age of 16, singer-songwriter Dodie - aka Essex native Dorothy Clark - has gone on to enjoy some level of success.

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Jon Kenny becomes the Crowman

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

JON KENNY, of D’Unbelievables fame, is touring with a new play, Crowman, that comes to the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday January 24. Written and directed by north-Cork writer Katie Holly, the play received standing ovations every night during its inaugural run in Cork Midsummer festival last year.

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New members appointed to An Taibhdhearc board of directors

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

TREVOR Ó CLOCHARTAIGH, originally from an Aird Mhóir near Cill Chiaráin, and Orla King from An Spidéal, have been appointed to the board of directors of An Taibhdhearc, the national Irish language theatre.

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Galway to mark centenary of the First Dáil

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

In the UK general election of December 1918, 73 out of 105 Irish seats were won by Sinn Féin, and in a move to assert Irish sovereignty and the right to self-determination, those 73 MPs refused to take their seats at Westminster.

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Alison Spittle - making a show of herself

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

ALISON SPITTLE, the star and writer of RTÉ's Nowhere Fast and Culchie Club, and the Tatler Comedian Of The Year, is bringing her new show, Makes A Show Of Herself, to Galway this month.

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The Voldemort String Quartet in concert

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

THE VOLDEMORT String Quartet, a group aged between 10 and 12, will perform along side quartets from DIT’s Conservatory of Music Drama and the Royal Irish Academy of Music, at a concert in Galway this month.

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Over The Edge to celebrate 16th birthday

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

OVER THE Edge will celebrate its 16th birthday this month at the Galway City Library, with readings from the poets Tim Cumming and Sarah Padden, along with Jonathan Harper, and the Skylight 47 contributors.

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Beautiful Boy - a run of the mill addiction story

Films Reviews Thu, Jan 17, 2019

THAT BEAUTIFUL Boy stars Timothee Chalamet means no one can accuse the title of false advertising. Chalamet plays Nic Sheff, a young boy who seems to have it all. He gets into every college he applies to, has a great relationship with his family, and seems kind and polite.

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Looking Up with Chris Kent

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

CHRIS KENT has spent the past year balancing his comedy career with being a stay at home dad, trying to grow a beard, and removing the word 'mate' from his vocabulary, as "it takes too much effort to say in an Irish accent".

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Peach to DJ @ Electric

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

PEACH, THE London based Canadian DJ, who shot to prominence last year, is coming to Galway, to spin the decks at Electric, Abbeygate Street, in a night organised with Gash Collective.

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