'I feel like an outsider in every culture'

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

ONE OF the main events at the Galway Fringe Festival this weekend is Emigrant Elegy. This event is a juxtaposition of emigrant history and human desire to love and belong, in the form of words and music, bringing together the rich multiculturalism of the past and present in Ireland.

Are you ready Galway's Pride festival?

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

THERE IS less than a fortnight to go to the Galway Community Pride Festival, and yet in some ways, Pride has already started, with a host of pre-festival events taking place over the next week.

Photographic exhibition from Paul Dunne

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

THE PHOTOGRAPHER Paul Dunne will host an exhibition of original photographs showcasing his interpretation of the Irish landscape, in The Courthouse, Kinvara.

One night - all manner of metal

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

CELTIC FOLK-Metal, Trash Metal, Groove Metal, and alternative rock will sound loud and dangerous when Na Cruithne, Snowblind, Afterlife To Ashes, and Sixth Extinction, play The Cellar Bar.

Death Do Us Part - thrilling, sexy cabaret

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

A THRILLING, sexy cabaret show, featuring "the most nail-bitingly intense knife-throwing I've ever seen", according to the Pastie Bap website, is coming to Monroe’s Live next month.

GIAF 17 Reviews

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 27, 2017

A WEEK and a half into the 40th GIAF and the highlight so far for yours truly, and many others, was Kneehigh Theatre Company’s Tristan & Yseult. Emma Rice’s exuberant, funny, romantic and moving take on the story of a medieval love triangle was a joy from start to finish.

Hot Chip to DJ @ Electric fifth birthday

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

HOT CHIP front men Alexis Taylor and Owen Clarke DJ at Electric Garden & Theatre this weekend to mark the Upper Abbeygate Street venue's fifth birthday.

Humanity Dick: Hit one-man show comes to the Aran Islands

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

HUMANITY DICK, a hit show of the 2016 Galway Fringe Festival about the colourful life and times of Galway MP, humanitarian, and serial duelist Richard Martin, comes to the Aran Islands.

Freddie White - Monroe's Live gig in August

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

"THERE'S STILL nobody to match Freddie White at his best," said The Irish Times. His loyal followers know this well and will be waiting in anticipation for his upcoming show at Monroe’s Live.

Chekhov Technique acting classes

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

ACTING CLASSES using the Michael Chekhov Technique, will take place over four days in NUI Galway and explore atmosphere and how it affects the qualities and power of a character's agency in a play.

A classical concert for St Nicholas'

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

THE CHAMBER Philharmonia Cologne, one of Germany's finest classical music ensembles, makes its annual visit to Galway net week, to perform a concert in St Nicholas' Collegiate Church.

Emma Lohan - new music and Galway gig

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

GALWAY SINGER-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Emma Lohan has released 'Serekunda', the first single from her forthcoming album Black Atlantic, ahead of a home-town gig this weekend.

Brunch + Dancing @ Biteclub

Thu, Jul 27, 2017

CYRIL BRISCOE of 110th Street, Anthony Collins, and the Good Life DJs will be spinning the decks at the next Brunch + Dancing rooftop party at the Biteclub Streetfood Discotheque this weekend.

Jarlath Regan - stand-up show and live podcast

Wed, Jul 26, 2017

JARLATH REGAN has come a long way since his days of doing ice-cream ads on the TV. These days he runs the award-winning An Irishman Abroad podcast and recently supported Jack Whitehall on his arena tour.

Galway's Rofi James shortlisted for 2FM's Play The Picnic

Tue, Jul 25, 2017

GALWAY BAND Rofi James have been shortlisted for 2FM's Play The Picnic, and are calling on the public to vote for them, and put them in with a serious chance of performing at Electric Picnic this September.

A 'Yidlife crisis' and a hit show about Jewish identity

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

GEFILTE FISH and Chips, the award winning show by theatre maker, songwriter, producer, and broadcaster Daniel Cainer, opens tomorrow in The Cellar Bar, as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

Angels In America - Live at The Eye

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

ANGELS IN America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning, two-part play, running in Britain's National Theatre, will be broadcast live to Galway

Saint Sister - Róisín Dubh GIAF 17 gig

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

WHEN SAINT Sister play the Róisín Dubh as part of the Galway International Arts Festival, they will perform the recent single ‘Causing Trouble’, a song which says much about them and their music.

Album review: Japanese Breakfast

Music Reviews Thu, Jul 20, 2017

DESPITE THE name, Japanese Breakfast - vocalist, songwriter, guitarist, Michelle Zauner - is not Japanese, but Korean-American, and musically, this new album is indebted to the1990s lo-fi American alternative rock and British shoegaze movements.

HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

HEDY LAMARR was a Hollywood film star between the 1930s and 1950s, and an icon of beauty and glamour, but her greatest achievement is all around us, as her work as a scientist and inventor laid the grounds for much of our digital and internet technology.

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