Alan McMonagle to read at Utter Word

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

THE WRITERS Alan McMonagle and Nicole Flattery, and the artist Dolores Lynn, will headline the next Utter Word, the series of literary events at the Oranmore Library, which takes place on Wednesday August 9 at 7.30pm.

Titus Andronicus live at The Eye

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

SHAKESPEARE WAS never afraid to have plenty of violence and killing in his plays, but Titus Andronicus, which is being staged by The Royal Shakespeare Company in London, just may be his most bloody.

Jason Byrne - he has three brains you know

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

JASON BYRNE has three brains which kick into action when he hits the stage. His left brain scans the audience, looking for improv moments. His right brain collates stand-up material and stunts, while his centre brain wants to push him to the limit.

World premiere of new Little John show

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

THE WORLD premiere of Radio Rosario, the new show by writer, actor, theatre-maker, musician, entertainer and, in the words of Irish Theatre Magazine, “a unique talent”, Little John Nee, opens in The Mick Lally Theatre next month.

‘Nothing was ever planned in The Undertones’

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

NEARLY 40 years after they announced their arrival with their classic debut single ‘Teenage Kicks’, The Undertones remain an exhilarating live act and next week sees the quintet breeze into the Roisín Dubh.

Week two GIAF 17 play reviews

Theatre Reviews Thu, Aug 03, 2017

DRUID'S GIAF offering this year was Mark O’Rowe’s unsettling 2003 play Crestfall, directed by Annabelle Comyn. Designer Aedin Cosgrove sets the action in a corrugated red box resembling a shipping container where three female prisoner-protagonists, wearing plain smocks, relate their stories.

Collective Apathy @ Oughterard Courthouse

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

REFUSE AND waste are having a devastating effect on the environment, particularly the use of plastics; the overuse of fossil fuels is contributing the global warming - the greatest threat to our continued existence.

Nadia Reid to play Strange Brew

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

NADIA REID has been called "a remarkable talent" with "a devastating youthful wisdom that gives her songs a feeling of lasting profundity" by The Guardian. Galway will have a chance to see why later this month.

Album review: Mermaidens

Music Reviews Thu, Aug 03, 2017

WHEN IT comes to describing New Zealand rock music, associations tend towards either the melodic post-punk/indie of The Chills or The Clean (both linked with the Flying Nun label) or the melodic, sophisticated pop-rock of Crowded House.

Druid seeks submissions for New Writing and FUEL

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

DRUID THEATRE Company is seeking submissions for its New Writing programme, and its artist residency programme, FUEL. Both initiatives are designed to support artists and enrich the company’s artistic programme.

Dance workshops with Pride

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

GALWAY DANCE Project, with Galway Community Pride and Electric Garden and Theatre, present a special Vogue workshop with dancer Russell Brown, on Friday August 11 in the Abbeygate Street venue.

Baile An Salsa return to Monroe's Live

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

FOLLOWING AN extensive tour of the USA earlier this year, Baile An Salsa return to Galway to deliver their exciting fusion to traditional Irish and Latin American musics to Monroe's Live.

Poetry on the political end of the spectrum

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 03, 2017

THE NEW poetry collections by Karen J McDonnell, This Little World published by Doire Press, and Butterflies Of A Bad Summer, by Karl Parkinson, published by Salmon, have two things in common.

Poetry workshops at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

THE POET Kevin Higgins will give a series of poetry workshops for beginners, intermediate, and advanced, at the Galway Arts Centre, starting in September.

Country singer Riah to play Monroe’s

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

SHE GREW up listening to The Dixie Chicks, Garth Brooks, and Randy Travis and today is gaining public and critical notice for her own country and roots songs. She is County Galway singer-songwriter Riah.

Richard Ford's happy book

Literature Reviews Thu, Aug 03, 2017

ONE OF the main reasons readers are reverting to reading physical books as opposed to the Kindle is that, despite all its conveniences, the Kindle cannot provide the full book experience.

Second wave of acts announced for Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway

Mon, Jul 31, 2017

FOIL ARMS & Hog, Ardal O’Hanlon, Rich Hall, Francesca Martinez, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience have been added to the already impressive bill of acts coming west to play the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway 2017 from Tuesday October 24 to Monday 30.

Strange Brew Summer Shindig #13

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

IT IS always one of the main indie nights of the year, a chance to see and hear some of the best rising and emerging Galway and Irish bands around. It is the Strange Brew Summer Shindig in the Róisín Dubh.

The Second Violinist - 'Is this just happening in his head?'

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

IMAGINE AN opera where the main character is not allowed to sing, nor allowed have any lines. He may not even utter the slightest sound. Such an opera has just opened at the Galway International Arts Festival.

Album review: School Damage

Music Reviews Thu, Jul 27, 2017

YOU COULD be forgiven for thinking this was a lost album, recorded sometime between 1978 and 1981, but only issued this year, given that it sounds as if the world post-1981 (or C86 at a stretch) had not existed.

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