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.

Japanese Film Festival - eight days of cinema

Thu, Apr 05, 2018

EIGHT DAYS of the very best and latest films from Japan will be screened at both The Eye and Pálas cinemas, when the 10th annual Japanese Film Festival comes to Galway.

Johnny Candon next up for the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Apr 05, 2018

HE HAS toured Britain with Ricky Gervais and John Oliver, was a founding member of the acclaimed Robin Ince’s Book Club, and has performed regularly with Russell Brand and Stewart Lee.

Album review: Frankie Cosmos

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 05, 2018

THE MELODY and manner in which Frankie (aka Greta Kline) sings the opening line of opening track 'Caramelize', her stretching the words, making them rise and fall, as though on some blissful roller-coaster, should send a frisson of excitement through any true indie-fan.

Little Hours to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 05, 2018

FOLLOWING THE release last month of the single 'Heavy On You', Little Hours - aka Donegal singer-songwriter John Doherty - are set to tour Ireland, stopping off at the Róisín Dubh next week.

Daughter Of The Dagda

Thu, Apr 05, 2018

DAUGHTER OF The Dagda, a multimedia exhibition exploring the female and the feminine in Irish mythology and iconography, is currently running in the foyer of the Arts Millenium Building at NUI Galway.

'I want to make songs that are timeless, with good melodies and hooks'

Thu, Apr 05, 2018

WHEN I meet Ultan Conlon in the House Hotel on Saturday afternoon I find him in the best of humour; he has just learned his current single ‘The Measure’ has reached Number 1 on RTÉ’s charts and he is clearly enjoying the affirmative glow of its success.

The perils of getting Glutened

Thu, Apr 05, 2018

AMONG THE many sparkling offerings in this year’s Galway Theatre Festival is Glutened, a new play written and performed by Caitríona Ní Chonaola, which shines a funny and insightful light on coeliac disease.

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