Ian Coppinger at the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

IAN COPPINGER is best known as a member of Stephen Frost's Improv All-Stars, but Galway will get a rare chance to see the man perform a solo stand-up show, at the next Comedy KARLnival.

Engage Art Studios - one street, two exhibitions

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

TWO EXHIBITIONS, both featuring work by artists who are part of Galway's Engage Art Studios, will be on show in two locations on Dominick Street - Just Art It and the Galway Arts Centre.

Songwriters to explain the art of writing lyrics at Cúirt

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

ARE MUSIC and literature separate art forms? Iron Maiden have drawn inspiration from Tennyson, Coleridge, and Robert Burns for their songs; Leonard Cohen was a poet as well as a songwriter, and novelist Polly Samson has written lyrics for David Gilmour and Pink Floyd.

Album review: Hinds

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 12, 2018

IT says something about the confidence of Hinds, that they come up with a riff most indie bands would have killed for to built a song around, but which the Spanish quartet are content to use merely as an interlude.

'The sea is huge for me'

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

MARINA, THE fine debut novel by Galway writer Aoibheann McCann which is published by Wordsonthestreet, will be launched in the Town Hall Theatre by the actor Little John Nee, on Thursday April 19 at 6pm.

Arts festival to bring hit circus show to Galway this summer

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

BACKBONE, the critically acclaimed new show from the award winning circus and physical theatre group, Gravity & Other Myths, has been announced for the 2018 Galway International Arts Festival.

4.48 Psychosis - theatre in a gallery

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

4.48 PSYCHOSIS, Sarah Kane's fearless, unorthodox, portrait of an experience of clinical depression, will be staged in the 126 Gallery, by new Galway theatre company, WestWorks.

Cinema review: A Quiet Place

Films Reviews Thu, Apr 12, 2018

A QUIET Place is directed by John Krasinski, who most people will know as Jim from The Office, but do not let that fool you - there are no fourth wall breaking smirks to the camera here.

Fangclub's 'take no prisoners rock' @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

FANGCLUB'S SINGLE 'Bullethead' had critics salivating upon its release. "123 seconds blasting your skull with a bludgeoning grunge rock riff that'll make you want to hit repeat," said Nialler9, while Joe.ie declared it "just glorious".

How to re-imagine the works of Wilde

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

IMAGINE A therapy class in a prison, where the therapist tests the prisoners’ patience and imaginations through the work of Oscar Wilde. This is Pan Pan Theatre's The Importance Of Nothing.

The Dark Shadows of The Famine

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

THE IRISH Famine, the greatest humanitarian disaster in Europe in the 19th century, leaving one million people dead, with another million fleeing the country, is examined in a new exhibition.

Charity comedy night @ NUIG

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

A CHARITY comedy night, to raise funds for the Truth For Danielle McLaughlin Fund, takes place in the Sult Bar, NUI Galway, next week.

Getting ‘out there’ with Milton Jones

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

TOUSLE-HAIRED laughmeister Milton Jones brings his unique brand of comic brilliance to Galway next week when he performs his new show, Milton Jones is Out There at the Town Hall Theatre.

Conal Gallen - Suckin' Diesel at the Town Hall

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

CONAL GALLEN, the Donegal comedian and entertainer, brings his one-man, two hour, stand-up show, Suckin' Diesel, to the Town Hall Theatre next week.

Scythian return to Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

THE SCYTHIANS were a group of Iranian people and Eurasian nomads who inhabited the western and central Eurasian steppes from the ninth to the first centuries BC. Scythian is also the name of a US roots-rock band.

One more time for That Same Old Story

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

THAT SAME Old Story, Espresso Productions' acclaimed music/theatre showing life and love in contemporary Ireland, returns to the Town Hall Theatre studio, next week.

Croí8 take One Step Closer with new album

Wed, Apr 11, 2018

AFTER A long hiatus, Galway folk-rock band Croí8 have released their new album, One Step Closer, the long awaited follow-up to their 2010 EP, Flying Through the Ash.

Joan As Police Woman to play Galway in August

Tue, Apr 10, 2018

TWO MONTHS after the release of her seventh album, Damned Devotion, Joan As Police Woman has announced a Galway show at the Róisín Dubh as part of her European tour this summer.

Tommy Tiernan - summer shows for the county

Tue, Apr 10, 2018

TOMMY TIERNAN is hitting the road again, road testing new material, in a series of intimate shows around the country including in counties Galway and Mayo.

Irish myth sucks in influences from Monty Python and Martin McDonagh

Theatre Reviews Tue, Apr 10, 2018

THE ANCIENT saga of Diarmuid and Grainne gets a zestful makeover from Fíbín Theatre Company in an entertaining Town Hall staging of Tóraíocht that is a leap-off for a national tour –rather like the cross-country epic of the play’s hero and heroine.

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