Vodafone Comedy Carnival 2018 - what are you going to see?

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

AFTER JUST two days of the Vodafone Comedy Carnival, all signs point to this year’s being the largest festival of fun to date. Sales are set to surpass 2017's record numbers with queues out the door for most shows so far.

What we do (and see) in the shadows...

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

TAIKA WAITITI and Jemaine Clement’s comedy-horror mockumentary, What We Do In The Shadows, will be screened in the Pálás Cinema as part of the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

James Joyce meets Italia ’90 in Portrait of the Artist

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

ROUGH MAGIC Theatre Company hit the Town Hall Theatre next week with Arthur Riordan’s vibrant version of James Joyce’s Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man. Stephen Dedalus's spiritual rebellion and restless search for artistic self-expression becomes a thrilling theatrical odyssey, which The Irish Times called a "fast-paced, fun and refreshingly unconventional".

Album review: Value Void

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 25, 2018

THERE HAVE been many terms coined over the ages to describe falling in, and being in, love, so it is some achievement for London based trio Value Void to have come up with a new one.

Delorentos to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

2018 HAS been a very good year for Delorentos, with their latest album, True Surrender, winning critical acclaim, and throughout this month and next they tour Ireland, taking in a show in Galway.

A poetry night at Galway City Library

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

THE POETS Louis Mulcahy, Susan Lindsay and Maurice Devitt, all published by Galway based publishing house Doire Press, will conclude their A Crack In Everything literary tour, with a reading in the Galway City Library.

Oughterard artist shortlisted for Savills Prize

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

OUGHTERARD ARTIST Gordon Harris has made the shortlist for Ireland’s most significant contemporary arts award, the Savills Prize, at the Vue Contemporary Art Fair 2018 at the Royal Hibernian Academy.

Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is coming to Galway

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

"IT'S GREAT to be going to Galway as it's rare that people on that side of the world get to see a world class rugby player up close!" Clearly Ross O'Carroll-Kelly has not been keeping up with Connacht Rugby over the past five years.

Late Night KARLnival lineup revealed

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

FINALLY, WE can reveal the line-up for what has become an institution, and the unmissable show, of the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway - the Late Night Karlnival in the Róisín Dubh, hosted by Karl Spain.

Playing gender roles in Men At Play

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

GENDER - Is it something you are born with, or is it a social construct, a set of behaviour and attitudes, imposed on, and expected from individuals simply because of the genitalia they were born with?

First Man - the space race without the American jingoism

Films Reviews Thu, Oct 25, 2018

FIRST MAN is an adaptation of the book by the same name by James Hansen. A biography of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, it tells the story of his personal life leading up to the Apollo 11 mission.

The Murder Capital - Strange Brew bound

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

THERE IS a lot of excitement about Dublin punk/garage/shoegaze band The Murder Capital right now, and Galway will get a chance to see why when the quintet play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh.

Maelíosa Stafford - 'A big trip down memory lane'

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

A STAR-studded line-up of Taibhdhearc performers from past, present – and future - come together for the gala celebration Taibhdhearc@90 tomorrow, Friday October 26, and Saturday October 27, to mark the 90th birthday of ‘the grand old dame of Middle Street’.

A lunchtime date with Debussy

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

CLAUDE DEBUSSY is the starting point of modern music. As music critic Roger Nichols wrote: "If one omits Schoenberg...a list of 20th-century composers influenced by Debussy is practically a list of 20th-century composers tout court."

The Tuam man and the president

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

TOMORROW IS not only the day on which the presidential election takes place - or, as looks virtually certain, the presidential re-election - it is also the day a new EP comes out, named after a former Irish president.

Sos #4 - all ages music night

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

DYLAN MURPHY, the Galway based blues-rock singer-songwriter and 60 Watt Girl will play Sos #4 - a celebration of Galway city and county's diverse original music community - at the Nuns' Island Theatre.

Emma Lohan - debut album out today

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

EMMA LOHAN, the Galway singer-songwriter, releases her debut album, Black Atlantic, today, in association with Citóg Records. The album features the singles 'Three Sparrows', 'Wander Free', 'Serekunda'.

A night of Mongolian music in the Town Hall

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

QUGE ULAN Muqir, from Inner Mongolia, in the People's Republic of China, will perform a night of traditional Mongolian music in the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday November 4 at 8pm.

Conal Gallen's Off Your Trolley

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

CONAL GALLEN, one of Ireland's most popular comedians is coming back to Galway with his new play, Off Your Trolley, which will be performed at the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday November 3 at 8pm.

An evening with Siren and Dave Rock

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

AN EVENING songs and poetic firework, laughter, magic, and harmonies, takes place this Saturday from 7.30pm to 10.30pm in the Granary Therapy Centre, The Granary Suites, 58 Lower Dominick Street.

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