Terry Alderton: The Musical - live in Galway

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

THERE ARE few, if any comedians, quite like Terry Alderton, whose multi-voiced, multi-personality, shape shifting sets are as unforgettable as they are hilarious. Now the man has turned his life into a musical!

Album review: Body/Head

Music Reviews Thu, Jul 19, 2018

THE SECOND studio album from Body/Head - Sonic Youth co-founder Kim Gordon and guitarist Bill Nace - is less a savage beast than their 2013 debut Coming Apart, but is no less confrontational, no less challenging.

Galway screening for new Irish film Lost & Found

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

LOST & FOUND, the award winning new Irish feature film starring Moone Boy's Norma Sheahan, Games of Thrones' Anthony Morris, and Foil Arms & Hog's Seán Flanagan, will be screened in The Eye Cinema from tomorrow, July 20.

Outflow - a GIAF18 exhibition

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

AN EXHIBITION exploring "the beauty, the fragility and the violence of being" on one hand, and intersections and conflicts between science and philosophy, make up the exhibition Outflow.

'I’m always trying to create an eerie atmosphere in my work'

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

SINISTER, ABANDONED, fairgrounds; iconic Galway buildings, sharp and in detail, against the haze of a multi-coloured mist; young girls wandering in places where nature and urban landscapes share space uneasily - this is After The Future.

'Everyone who comes to see Class gets lots of laughs of recognition'

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

AMONG THE theatre highlights of next week’s schedule of shows from Galway International Arts Festival is Class, co-written and directed by Iseult Golden and David Horan, and presented in association with the Abbey Theatre at An Taibhdhearc.

The 'cultural force' of Galway International Arts Festival celebrated at launch

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

THE GALWAY International Arts Festival was officially launched at the Galmont Hotel on Tuesday evening amid a wave of great music and good vibes. This is the festival’s 41st year and, if that makes it middle-aged, it still exudes enviable levels of energy and imagination.

Playing gender roles in Men At Play

Thu, Jul 19, 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?

Get Totally Wired at the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

TOTALLY WIRED, described by The Irish Times as "Ireland’s answer to Flight of the Conchords", but who describe themselves as "Ireland’s oldest and least successful boy band", are coming back to the Róisín Dubh.

Tranquillity - new exhibition from Pat Flannery

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

TRANQUILITY, THE latest exhibition by Galway artist Pat Flannery, whose work focuses on the connection between emotions and the hidden stories within, will be officially opened tomorrow, in the Portershed, Eyre Square.

Fairy doors to Snapchat in Eyre Square

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

IF YOU and the children are around Eyre Square during the Galway International Arts Festival, you might happen to notice a series of tiny doorways on the trees around the square - they mark the places where fairies live.

Declan O'Rourke to open Inishbofin summer concerts

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

THE ANNUAL Inishbofin Concerts return this month to the Connemara island, with a line up including Declan O’Rourke, My Fellow Sponges, The Frank and Walters, and Luan Parle.

Knowing me, knowing you...ah ha!

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

DANNY IS still trying to find the perfect spot for his Man United 1999 treble-winning team poster. April struggles to get through her last semester of college. They bond over a bad night out in The Wicked Chicken.

Engage Art Studios exhibition

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

CONVERSATIONS ON Making, an exhibition of work by members of the Engage Art Studios, opens this evening at 7pm in the studio space on the top floor of The Cathedral Building, Middle Street.

Indie music showcase at Galway Fringe

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

INDEPENDENT GALWAY musicians, from singer-songwriters, to punks, indie rockers, prog-rockers, and avant-gardists, will gather over four nights for the Indie Label Showcases as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

Beardyman @ Monroe's for GIAF 18

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

“A CROSS between a DJ, a comedian, and a human sound-sample library," is how The Guardian described Beardyman. It could have also added front-rank improv artist and entertainer to that description.

Dylan Murphy - new single, Galway gig

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

DYLAN MURPHY, the guitarist with Steven Sharpe's band The Broke Straight Boys, releases a new single next week, and joins forces with Galway singer-songwriter Eoin Dolan, for a gig.

'Til They're All Broken - Galway gig

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

GALWAY TRIO 'Til They're All Broken fuse vocal led funk-rock stylings, a dose of instrumental jazz, and a dollop of world music, as the ciuty will hear when they play live next week.

Claire Guinan's portraits of Irish musicians

Wed, Jul 18, 2018

THE CORONAS, PAUL BRADY, The Dubliners' John Sheahan, and Mick Flannery, are among the musicians portrayed in a new exhibition by the Irish artist Claire Guinan, which opens in Galway next week.

Cinema review: Black 47

Films Reviews Mon, Jul 16, 2018

THE CLOSING film of this year's Galway Film Fleadh was the much anticipated Black 47, the Great Famine-era western, with a big budget, an international cast, and it was filmed in our own back yard here in the west of Ireland.

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