'I am fascinated as to how Incantata is going to turn out'

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

ONE OF the major events in this year’s Galway International Arts Festival is the world premiere of the stage adaptation of Paul Muldoon’s great poem Incantata, which Muldoon wrote in memory of his close friend and one-time lover, artist Mary Farl Powers, who died from cancer in 1992 aged just 44.

Guitar great Johnny Gallagher for Monroe's

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

JOHNNY GALLAGHER, widely recognised as one of the finest guitarists in Ireland, returns to Galway for a show promising pure rock'n'roll through original material and Johnny's personal take on the classics.

Cinema review: Hereditary

Films Reviews Thu, Jun 21, 2018

HEREDITARY OPENS at a funeral, as Annie Graham eulogises her 78-year-old mother, Ellen, with whom she had a difficult relationship, something she is unsettlingly candid about.

Brad Bird's best animated family films

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

FROM HIS days with The Simpsons, to writing and directing with Pixar, Brad Bird has been at the forefront of animation for the past 30 years, and the Pálás Cinema is celebrating the man with a season of his films.

Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

THE WRITERS Eleanor Hooker, Nathanael O’Reilly, and Anne Casey, will read from their work at the Over The Edge Writers’ Gathering, in The Kitchen Café of the Galway City Museum on Friday June 29 at 8pm.

'It’s a proper night at the movies, not just a thesis on history'

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

BLACK 47, Lance Daly’s Famine-set thriller, will close this year’s Galway Film Fleadh on Sunday July 15. The western-tinged revenge drama is part of the festival’s ‘Galway on Film’ strand, a rich selection of films that features Galway and Galwegians.

David Keenan - 'not just another young lad with an acoustic guitar'

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

DAVID KEENAN'S live shows have been described as visceral, spiritual, and communal events, where Keenan moves between a 'one man and his guitar' monologue to fronting a band of serious intent.

A book which should be mandatory reading for short story fans

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

THE STINGING Fly magazine was born in 1998 with the specific aim in mind of providing a platform in Ireland for new short stories, some of which are nowe collected in Stinging Fly Stories, edited by Sarah Gilmartin and Declan Meade, and published by Stinging Fly Press.

Neil O'Connor's new 'old' album

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

NEIL O'CONNOR, a long standing figure in Galway's music scene, has released a new album, featuring old material that is at long last getting a chance to be heard.

Traidphicnic returns to An Spidéal

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

DE DANNAN, singer-songwriter Lisa O'Neill, sean-nós legend Seosamh Ó Neachtain and fiddle player Jesse Smith, are among those who will play the seventh annual Traidphicnic festival in An Spidéal.

The Belly Of The Whale to open Galway Film Fleadh 2018

Wed, Jun 20, 2018

THE BELLY Of The Whale, the debut film from director Morgan Bushe, and starring Michael Smiley, Pat Shortt, and Game of Thrones' Art Parkinson, will open this year’s Galway Film Fleadh.

One week left of The Deans Kickstarter campaign for new EP

Tue, Jun 19, 2018

THE KICKSTARTER campaign for the new EP by Galway roots-rock band The Deans ends on Tuesday June 26. Fans can buy an advance copy of the EP and be in for different reward bundles depending on the amount they donate.

'Even when we get fantastical it's still rooted in something we’re really feeling'

Thu, Jun 14, 2018

ONE OF the surefire musical highlights of GIAF 2018 is The Flaming Lips’ gig in the Heineken Big Top on Thursday July 26. Freewheeling, prolific, and endlessly inventive, the band remain as full of zip and ideas today as when they started out more than 30 years ago.

The Wedding Present - GIAF 2018 show at Monroe's

Thu, Jun 14, 2018

WHEN IT comes to albums by long-running British indie legends The Wedding Present, 1987's George Best and 1991's Seamonsters are the first to come to mind, while 2016's Going, Going... was a surprise, Indian summer, artistic triumph.

'She is a nasty piece of work....I love her!'

Thu, Jun 14, 2018

DECADENT THEATRE Company hit the Town Hall Theatre stage next week with a revival of one of its biggest hits; Martin McDonagh’s scabrously funny black comedy, A Skull in Connemara.

Album review: Dott

Music Reviews Thu, Jun 14, 2018

DOTT'S SECOND album has been a long time coming, but not only has it been worth the wait, it is also everything you want a follow-up to be, and everything you need it to be.

Rising star Andrew Ryan for Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Jun 14, 2018

ANDREW RYAN delivers "an hour of hilarious comedy” according to the Edinburgh Festivals magazine, while Timeout predicts he is “going to be a huge star”. He plays the Comedy KARLnival at Róisín Dubh next week.

Cinema review: Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom

Films Reviews Thu, Jun 14, 2018

THE ORIGINAL Jurassic Park is, in my opinion, one of the greatest films ever made. Based on the best selling Michael Crichton novel, it was an all-star team of great actors, with director Steven Spielberg at the absolute top of his game.

Ultan Conlon - the night owl takes flight

Thu, Jun 14, 2018

WHAT A year it has been so far for Ultan Conlon. His album, Last Days Of The Night Owl has won critical acclaim; his song 'The Measure' has hardly been off the radio; while more recently, Bryan Ferry has come calling.

The life and times of Scaramouche Jones

Thu, Jun 14, 2018

SCARAMOUCHE IS an arrogant, but cowardly and unreliable, figure in traditional Italian comedy. He was also name-checked in 'Bohemian Rhapsody', with Freddie Mercury asking him to "do the fandango", but what does he have to say for himself?

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