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.

‘Opera has been well ahead of the Zeitgeist in embracing gender fluidity’

Thu, Jul 12, 2018

IT WAS the chance purchase of a recording of Orfeo ed Euridice which led PE teacher Sharon Carty on a path that has seen her become one of Ireland’s finest mezzo-sopranos, performing across Europe to great acclaim. This year, she takes the lead role in the opera where, for her, it all began.

Paddy Hanna - GIAF 18 show @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jul 12, 2018

GIVEN STRANGE Brew Rekkids' releases to date have been firmly rooted in electronica, the sound of a gentle electric guitar, piano, and an oboe playing a melody faintly recalling Bette Midler's 'The Rose', is the last thing you expect to hear.

Marisa Tomei to attend screening of Behold My Heart

Thu, Jul 12, 2018

THE 30TH Galway Film Fleadh takes place this week and among the highlights will be the screening of Behold My Heart, starring Marisa Tomei, who will attend the screening at the Town Hall Theatre.

Lisa Casey - Irish Comedian Of The Year @ Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Jul 12, 2018

LISA CASEY, the reigning Irish Comedian Of The Year, is at the Róisín Dubh next week, headlining the latest instalment of the Dominick Street venue's Comedy KARLnival night.

Galway Fringe Festival 2018

Thu, Jul 12, 2018

THE EIGHTH Galway Fringe Festival runs from Sunday July 15 to Monday 30, with a programme boasting free and ticketed events across all art forms including theatre, visual art, music, film, comedy and spoken word.

Album review: The National

Music Reviews Thu, Jul 12, 2018

LIVE ALBUMS are very much a 1970s phenomenon, a chance to vicariously attend a concert by a band who would never play your town. They have also been among the classic 'contractual obligation' releases.

'Everyone can see a part of themselves in The Fall'

Thu, Jul 12, 2018

IN RECENT years South Africa has provided GIAF with some of its most memorable shows, such as Yaël Farber’s Molora and Mies Julie, to Brett Bailey’s Exhibit B. The Fall, from Baxter Theatre Centre and University of Capetown, is set to continue that trend in this year’s festival.

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