The Merry Wives of Windsor at The Eye

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

WRITTEN BY Shakespeare in about 1597, The Merry Wives of Windsor, the bard's comedy of middle-class English life, is set to receive a contemporary setting in a new performance by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Danny O'Brien - Prison, motorcycles, and to Australia and back

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

DANNY O’BRIEN has been in prison. No, he has not been incarcerated, nor has he committed any misdemeanours. The comedian was performing stand-up sets for in-mates of Mountjoy and Wheatfield gaols - an experience which has inspired his latest show, Lock-In.

Phil Jupitus - the Renaissance man of British comedy

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

IS PHILL Jupitus the Renaissance man of British comedy? He is a poet, stand-up comedian, improviser, actor, artist, radio presenter, TV stalwart, and DJ. He certainly is a man with many strings to his bow.

The pleasure and danger of chocolate

Literature Reviews Thu, Sep 06, 2018

FOR THE Love Of Chocolate is an attempt at an entire history of chocolate across the 4,000 years since the Mokaya people, in what is now Mexico and Guatemala, began cultivating the cacao tree, the beans of which produce chocolate.

Baboró 2018 - a feast of family fun

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

A feast of family fun involving theatre, puppetry, dance, music, exhibitions, film, literature, talks, and workshops await Galway when the 22nd Baboró International Arts Festival for Children returns from October 15 to 21.

Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill return to the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

MARTIN HAYES and Dennis Cahill may be one of, if not the greatest, partnership in Irish trad. The duo, going strong since meeting in Chicago in the 1980s, return to Galway this month to play the Róisín Dubh.

Rhys Darby bring his Mystic Time Bird to Galway

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

GALWAY AUDIENCES have a chance to become part of comedy history as Flight of the Conchords star, Rhys Darby, is shooting his live comedy special in the Town Hall Theatre this October.

Cinema review: Upgrade

Films Reviews Thu, Sep 06, 2018

SET IN the not too distant future, Grey Trace is a technosceptic, stay at home car mechanic, who specialises in old fashioned muscle cars in a world of driverless iPhone like vehicles.

Portumna’s Shorelines Arts Festival returns next week

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

PORTUMNA'S SHORELINES Arts Festival returns to the east Galway town from Thursday September 13 to Sunday 16, with concerts, film screenings, arts and crafts workshops, and readings.

The Whileaways are coming to Kinvara

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

THE WHILEAWAYS, the Galway based folk, roots, and Americana trio, acclaimed for their songwriting abilities and captivating three-part harmonies, will play Kinvara.

Brexit's coming and the pub landlord has something to say about it

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

WHEN COMEDIAN Al Murray launched his political bid against Nigel Farage at the 2015 British general election, he declared: “It seem to me that the UK is ready for a bloke waving a pint around, offering common sense solutions.”

Hear stories from the Westside Writer's Group

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

GALWAY'S 'WRITE On' Westside Writers Group will host an evening of literary entertainment in the Westside Library this month, with members reading extracts from their short stories, poems, flash fiction, and memoirs.

A Ballinasloe book launch and art exhibition

Thu, Sep 06, 2018

BECOMING BELLE, the new novel by Nuala O’Connor, and MAPS, a visual arts exhibition from Group 8, will both be launched in Ballinasloe Library next week.

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.

'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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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