'I have a huge connection with Galway'

Thu, Jul 26, 2018

THIS SATURDAY afternoon, at the Heineken Big Top in the Fisheries Field, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra extend An Invitation To The Dance for this year’s Proms Concert, jointly presented by the Galway International Arts Festival and the Róisín Dubh.

Cinema review: Incredibles 2

Films Reviews Thu, Jul 26, 2018

PIXAR HAS had a pretty tumultuous few years. Its studio head John Lasseter has stepped down due to alleged sexual miscondonduct for "missteps" and "unwanted hugs". Now the studio, which was known for amazing original work, has just released its fourth sequel this decade, with two more to come in 2019.

Mongoose's musical and vocal 'melty-pot'

Thu, Jul 26, 2018

MONGOOSE CALL themselves "a musical melty-pot combining the vocals, instrument-playing and songwriting of four women". They play the Róisín Dubh this weekend as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Bingo, balls, and Bennett

Thu, Jul 26, 2018

THE BINGO!, a comedy bingo show that will be "weird and silly and a lot of fun" is coming to the Róisín Dubh, hosted by Irish Comedian Of The Year 2016 winner Steve Bennett and singer-songwriter Steven Sharpe.

Colours Of Stillness exhibition

Thu, Jul 26, 2018

"EXCEPT FOR the point, the still point, there would be no dance and there is only the dance." This line, from TS Eliot's Four Quartets, is the inspiration behind a new exhibition in Kinvara.

Sabina Niguez - casting a Spanish eye on Galwegian life

Thu, Jul 26, 2018

GALWAY HAS long prided itself on its historic Spanish links but an exhibition currently showing in the Black Gate makes a modern connection between Spain and the city. The work is by Spanish artist Sabina Niguez who hails originally from Alicante but has been living in Galway for the past four years.

Sons and Broken Noses - Galway premiere

Thu, Jul 26, 2018

COMEDIANS JASON Byrne and Eric Lalor star in Sons and Broken Noses, a new, Galway made film directed by Colin Fleming, and produced by Fleming and Nigel O'Brien, and written by Damien Aulsberry.

Chamber Philharmonia Cologne in concert in St Nicholas'

Thu, Jul 26, 2018

THE CHAMBER Philharmonia Cologne, one of Germany's finest classical music ensembles, make their annual journey to Galway, to play works by Vivaldi, Handel, Peter Tchaikovsky, and Niccolo Paganini.

Hip hoppers Slum Village for Monroe's

Thu, Jul 26, 2018

DETROIT RAPPERS Slum Village have carried the torch for the old-school funk'n'soul hip-hop of genre pioneers like A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul, enduring for almost 30 years, surviving changing tastes, and the departures and deaths of band members.

Irish Youth Wind Ensemble to play Galway on Sunday

Thu, Jul 26, 2018

MORE THAN 60 of Ireland’s finest young wind, brass, and percussion players have been selected to play in this year’s Irish Youth Wind Ensemble - a week long music course culminating in a series of concerts, one of which will be in Galway.

Seamus Kelleher - Galway guitarist's homecoming gig

Thu, Jul 26, 2018

HE TOOK up guitar as a teenager in the Galway of the 1960s, played in a band that supported Thin Lizzy, and more recently has enjoyed a solo career that has seen him tour across the USA.

Theatre reviews: Shelter, Furniture, Baoite, Wit

Theatre Reviews Wed, Jul 25, 2018

Shelter and Furniture (Druid Theatre Co, Mick Lally Theatre)

Arab Strap's Aidan Moffat and friends for GIAF 18

Thu, Jul 19, 2018

ONE-HALF of Arab Strap; a man not be confused with the founder of Scientology; and another, with a very common name but an uncommonly brilliant ability on guitar, are to appear in the Róisín Dubh.

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.

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