Relive the The Last Waltz at Monroe's
Thu, Sep 06, 2018
AT FIRST it was a concert, then a film of the concert, now it is a concert of the film! The Last Waltz, Martin Scorsese's celebrated documentary of the final concert by The Band, will be re-created in Galway.
Read more ...'I’ve always loved working with Garry'
Thu, Sep 06, 2018
REHEARSALS BEGAN this week for Druid Theatre Company’s production of Shakespeare’s Richard III, directed by Garry Hynes, and which runs at the Town Hall in the last week of September.
Read more ...Denise Hogan art classes
Thu, Sep 06, 2018
THE AWARD winning Galway artist Denise Hogan, joined by artist, filmmaker, and art teacher Gillian Christie, will host a new series of art classes starting in Roscam, the week of September 10.
Read more ...Two artists exploring childhood
Thu, Sep 06, 2018
PAINTINGS AND textiles, exploring different facets of, and ideas about, childhood, make up a new exhibition at the Kinvara Courthouse by the artists Brian Twomey and Diane Reid.
Read more ...Exciting Exhibitions at The National Museum of Ireland this Autumn
Thu, Sep 06, 2018
Immerse yourself in the unique stories, rich heritage and fascinating cultural traditions of our rural ancestors at the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life in Co. Mayo.
Read more ...A lusty line-up for Music For Galway
Wed, Sep 05, 2018
WANDERLUST - STRICTLY speaking it means a great desire to travel, although in the popular imagination, it can be equivalent to the saucy and licentious adventures of lusty trousered youth in the early 19th century.
Read more ...The 'luminous, life affirming' songs of Padraig Stevens
Theatre Reviews Mon, Sep 03, 2018
ON SATURDAY evening I finally made it to one of the Ollie Jennings-run Druid Sessions in the Mick Lally Theatre which have been proving a big hit with gig-goers over the past few months. This was the fifth gig in the series and featured Padraig Stevens with Leo Moran.
Read more ...Galway Designers Studio House - New reasons to love September!
Mon, Sep 03, 2018
September is the month to get the knowledge. Kids are back in school and college and even us grown-ups have time to actually get time to work on our own creativity.
Read more ...Dylan Moran and Dr Cosmos
Thu, Aug 30, 2018
“SOME PEOPLE have told me I’m grumpy; it’s not something I’m aware of. It’s not like I walk around poking children in the eye...not very small ones anyway." So says Dylan Moran, about himself.
Read more ...Launch of Ben Murphy poetry collection
Thu, Aug 30, 2018
FAIRHILL, THE Claddagh, the Spanish Arch, and Quay Street form the landscape and routes of On Nimmo's Pier, a collection of poetry by the late Ben Murphy, to be launched in Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, tomorrow at 6pm.
Read more ...Galway Actors' Workshop to stage Medea
Thu, Aug 30, 2018
FIRST PRODUCED in 431BC, Euripides' Medea is one of the major works of western theatre, and it is about to receive a new production in the Town Hall Theatre from the Galway Actors' Workshop.
Read more ...A French start to new Galway Film Society season
Thu, Aug 30, 2018
THE GALWAY Film Society's new season of screenings takes place in September, in the society's new home of the Pálás, with a new format and new start time.
Read more ...Blues-rock guitarist Eamonn McCormack returns to Galway
Thu, Aug 30, 2018
THE INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed Irish blues-rock guitarist Eamonn McCormack will next month play his first Galway show in almost a decade, as part of his first Irish tour in more than five years.
Read more ...Album review: Basement Revolver
Music Reviews Thu, Aug 30, 2018
THE SHOEGAZE revival has been continuing apace for most of this decade, but there is a key difference between its original late 80s/90s incarnation and its modern manifestation, namely the place of emotion.
Read more ...Jimmy’s Hall - The Abbey’s rollicking 'céilí play'
Thu, Aug 30, 2018
A HIGHLIGHT of the Town Hall’s autumn programme is the September visit of the Abbey Theatre with its rollicking stage adaptation of Ken Loach's critically acclaimed film, Jimmy’s Hall.
Read more ...Three chances to see Sean Lock
Thu, Aug 30, 2018
"I'M JUST organised. I always put a bit of butter on the knife before bed." That's how Sean Lock describes himself. The Times describes him as "gloriously intelligent, deliciously unlikely and hilariously funny".
Read more ...Cinema review: BlacKkKlansman
Films Reviews Thu, Aug 30, 2018
BASED ON the true story of Ron Stallworth, the first black police officer in Colorado Springs and who managed to infiltrate the Klu Klux Klan, BlacKkKlansman feels like a spiritual successor to director Spike Lee’s Malcolm X and Do The Right Thing.
Read more ...ConTempo's European lunchtime concerts
Thu, Aug 30, 2018
BREXIT HAS made Britain very unpopular. The EU's adherence to neo-liberal centrism has seen its reputation take a battering. The populist right is on the rise. Best take a break from our continent's awful politics, and concentrate on what it does best - culture.
Read more ...IN LiMBO between traditional and modern
Thu, Aug 30, 2018
STRADDLING THE worlds of traditional and contemporary, IN LiMBO takes a journey where few have gone within Irish step dancing, as Galway will see when the show comes to the Town Hall Theatre.
Read more ...'We’ve encoded our folk memory in language'
Thu, Aug 30, 2018
GLOBE-TROTTING Gaeilgeoir extraordinaire, Manchán Magan, brings two delightful interactive shows to the Town Hall Theatre next month, where he will invite audiences to explore and celebrate Irish language and culture.
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