Jessamine O’Connor - a new, powerful, lyrical poetic voice

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

OVER THE last 10 years, women’s poetry in the west of Ireland has re-energised itself. Taking its cue from the pioneering work of Rita Anne Higgins, Mary O’Malley, Eva Bourke, and Anne Kennedy, it seems to have matured on to another level, adding a new dimension, energy, and maturity to the female poetic voice.

Gerry Conneely relives the Battle Of Loos

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

ON SEPTEMBER 25 1915, 75,000 British soldiers rose from their trenches to attack German lines on Loos-en-Gohelle. By the end of the day, some 10,240 would be dead, with the six British divisions in action suffering more casualties per unit than on the first day of the Somme.

A night for female DJs @ Electric

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

GASH COLLECTIVE, which provides a platform for female-identifying DJs and producers to create, share, and collaborate together in the field of electronica, is coming to Electric.

The Dirty Circus' 'No Pants' party

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

IT'S CALLED the 'No Pants' party, but this is not an invitation to turn up with no trousers on to the next Dirty Circus at the Róisín Dubh. It just means you had better have a good excuse to justify whatever will be covering your legs on the night!

Rolling Stones tribute @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

THE STROLLING Homes, the Galway based tribute band to "the greatest rock'n'roll band in the world", the Rolling Stones, play Monroe's Live next weekend.

Max Hafler's Michael Chekhov technique workshops

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

ACTOR'S WORKSHOPS centring on the Michael Chekhov technique will be taught by the actor, director, and teacher Max Hafler, in NUI Galway, during weekends in March, April, and May.

Nashville producer to play Ballinderreen

Thu, Feb 08, 2018

JIM ROONEY, the acclaimed Nashville producer and musician, is coming to County Galway to play a concert with guitarist Arty McGlynn and 4 Men & A Dog's Mick Daly.

Stephen Frost Improv Allstars @ the Róisín Dubh

Wed, Feb 07, 2018

BIG, BALD, bushy browed, and an improv maestro - Stephen Frost is something of a comedy legend and he will be leading his Improv Allstars into action at the Róisín Dubh next week.

Meet the men who caught Pablo Escobar - and inspired Narcos

Wed, Feb 07, 2018

JAVIER PENA and Steve Murphy, the US Drug Enforcement Agency agents who captured the notorious drug lord, Pablo Escobar, and the Cali Cartel, and the inspiration behind the hit Nexflix series, Narcos, are coming to Galway.

Gavin James returns to Galway International Arts Festival

Mon, Feb 05, 2018

GAVIN JAMES, the Irish singer-songwriter who has amassed half a billion streams on Spotify, sold more than two million singles worldwide, and played more than 500 shows to over 3.2 million people at festivals and sold out tours across the world, is coming back to Galway.

Galway Arts Centre's Carnival Ball

Thu, Feb 01, 2018

THE GALWAY Arts Centre, Dominick Street, will hold a fundraising carnival ball next week, and is promising the event will be a "pre-Lenten Bacchanalian celebration of life".

Glenn Wool - 'jaw-hurtingly funny'

Thu, Feb 01, 2018

GLENN WOOL, the comedian described as "side-splittingly, jaw-hurtingly funny” by Time Out, Sydney and as “one of the best comics in the business," by Chortle.co.uk, who also advised, "go and see him now!”, returns to Galway.

Album review: Anna Burch

Music Reviews Thu, Feb 01, 2018

ALTHOUGH A debut solo album, Michigan native Anna Burch is not a new entry to indie-rock, given she was a member of Frontier Ruckus, and has appeared on their albums since 2008.

Michelle Doyle to exhibit at Galway City Library

Thu, Feb 01, 2018

PAINTINGS OF Galway, Cork, Tralee, and even Florence, will be on display in the Galway City Library, which is about to host an exhibition by the artist Michelle Doyle.

'It’s about what human beings can be, and can be for each other'

Thu, Feb 01, 2018

DECADENT THEATRE Company is set to revisit one of its most acclaimed productions, Frank McGuinness’s Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, in a new staging, directed by Andrew Flynn, at the Town Hall Theatre.

Baile An Salsa - new album, Galway gig

Thu, Feb 01, 2018

BAILE AN Salsa, the Latin American/Irish trad fusion band, led by Uruguayan vocalist Andres Martorell, will launch their new album, ÉRIU, with a show in Monroe's Live.

'It feels like a new band. It feels like a new beginning'

Thu, Feb 01, 2018

"WE'VE ALWAYS wanted to make dance records played by live human beings." So declares Franz Ferdinand bassist Bob Hardy, and their new album, Always Ascending, finds the Scottish art-rockers realising that vision to an unprecedented extent.

If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You

Thu, Feb 01, 2018

MIKEY AND CASEY are stuck on a roof, hoping the gardaí will stop circling the house. Yet, 20 feet up in the air they find some truths cannot be climbed down from.

Neil McCarthy - 21st century troubadour

Literature Reviews Thu, Feb 01, 2018

I FIRST heard Neil McCarthy read his poems in 1998 at the open-mic in the now long defunct Apostasy Café, Dominick Street, back when Neil was a university student, Bertie Ahern was popular, and history had temporarily ended.

Show Me The Funny #3

Thu, Feb 01, 2018

KEVIN MCGAHERN, the former presenter of Republic Of Telly will be the special guest at heat three of Show Me The Funny in The King's Head on Monday February 5 at 8pm.

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