'We met at a circus in Cork and decided to do some stuff together'

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

AHEAD OF their Absolute Legends gig at the Vodafone Comedy Carnival in Galway, Cormac Mohally, one half of comedic duo Lords of Strut, spoke to the Galway Advertiser about how he and Cian Kinsella are saving dance, their time on Britain's Got Talent, and Simon Cowell.

Graham Linehan is special guest at FÍS TV Summit

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

GRAHAM LINEHAN, the co-creator of Father Ted and Black Books, and the creator of The IT Crowd, will give a public interview at the FÍS TV Summit in Galway next week.

Exhibition explores the life of the hedgerow

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

THE DIVERSITY of plants, flowers, and wildlife found within hedgerows in Ireland, has inspired a new exhibition, Head In The Hedgerow by Hugh Barr, which is currently running at University Hospital Galway.

Met Opera returns to Eye Cinema

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

THE METROPOLITAN Opera in New York's 2017–18 season opens this Saturday at 5.55pm with a new production of Bellini’s masterpiece Norma, starring Sondra Radvanovsky as the druid priestess, and Joyce DiDonato as her rival, Adalgisa.

Gould Piano Trio to play NUIG

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

SINCE WINNING first prize at both Florence's Premio Vittorio Gui and the Melbourne Chamber Music Competition, the Gould Piano Trio has firmly asserted itself as one of the most outstanding piano trios of today and this year is marking its 25th anniversary.

Fiction Slam - read your story out loud!

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

THERE ARE many slam events for poets, but fiction writers never get the same look it. To rectify this, the ninth Over The Edge annual fiction slam returns to The Kitchen at the Galway City Museum next week.

Have one for the road with Seann Walsh

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

SEANN WALSH, “unquestionably the best observational comic of his generation", according to The Guardian, and "this generation’s Dylan Moran" in the view of Time Out, plays the Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh this week.

Tá scéal san mBéaloideas

Literature Reviews Thu, Oct 05, 2017

THE BLURB on the back of City of Streams - Galway Folklore and Folk life in the 1930s by Caitrîona Hastings, published by the History Press is clear and concise:

The Playboy Of The Western World – The Musical

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

A RAUCOUS and rollicking musical production of JM Synge's The Playboy Of The Western World, which raised the roof of the Town Hall Theatre when it ran there last November, returns this month for three performances.

The street cats of Istanbul

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

CAT LOVERS are in for a treat when Kedi, the 2016 Turkish film, about the street cats of Istanbul, is screened in the Town Hall Theatre this weekend.

Niall Murphy goes Bus King

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

NIALL MURPHY, lead singer and guitarist with Oh Boland, one third of indie band Half Forward Line, and one of the finest contemporary songwriters in County Galway, plays the next Bus King gig.

A soldier's tribute to Elvis

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

ELVIS PRESLEY served in the US army from 1958 to 1960, earning the rank of sergeant in a tank battalion of the 32nd Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Division. Now another soldier is stepping into the King's shoes for a tribute show to the boy from Tupelo.

Karl Spain’s Open Top Bus Tour

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

YOU KNOW what it’s like. You are waiting for a hop-on hop-off city tour bus, then one comes along with Karl Spain cracking jokes on the mic. Do you get on? Will you learn anything about Galway?

Theatre review: King of the Castle (Druid Theatre Company)

Theatre Reviews Wed, Oct 04, 2017

THOUGH WIDELY acknowledged as one of our foremost writers, Eugene McCabe is also, paradoxically, somewhat unsung. This may be explained by his output being less than prolific, with lengthy gaps where he focused on tending his farm, and that he wrote across different media – stage, television and fiction.

Jimmy Carr - Galway bound in 2018

Tue, Oct 03, 2017

JIMMY CARR, the comedian and presenter of 8 Out Of 10 Cats and 8 Out Of 10 Cats does Countdown, has announced a series of Irish dates for his The Best Of, Ultimate Gold, Greatest Hits Irish Tour.

Kill PHILL

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

BETWEEN STAND-UP and improv performances, dishing up exotic treats in Massimo, presenting a Flirt FM radio show, doing poetry readings on a bus, hosting art workshops and performing science-based comedy, the multitalented Phill Jupitis has an extremely busy Vodafone Comedy Carnival ahead of him.

Album review: Kitty, Daisy & Lewis

Music Reviews Thu, Sep 28, 2017

THE LONDON siblings' previous album, Third, found them branching out, for an eclectic, self composed set, encompassing rock'n'roll, soul, funk, pop, blues, and ska. Superscope scales back the diversity to concentrate more on rock'n'roll and blues.

Micah P Hinson - new album, Róisín Dubh show

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

WHETHER MICAH P Hinson was "raised by snake-handlers or worked at the local food court", his music "would still bleed authenticity". So wrote music critic Brian Howe about the Texan born indie Americana singer-songwriter.

One Night Stand – adapting Louis CK for Vodafone Comedy Carnival

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

REVERED US comic Louis CK’s Horace and Pete was a one-series webcast black comedy described as "Cheers on Prozac" and which won a Peabody Award. Written and directed by Louis CK, who also starred as bar-owner Horace, it featured such stellar supporting players as Steve Buscemi, Edie Falco, Alan Alda, and Jessica Lange.

Forty thousand expected to watch Macnas Halloween Parade

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

More than 40,000 people are expected to line Galway's city centre streets to see Port Na bPucaí - The Song of the Spirits, the 2017 Macnas Halloween Parade, which will wind it's way through the streets on Sunday October 29 at 5.30pm.

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