'A mountainscape of pianos'

Wed, Jul 12, 2017

PERHAPS THE hottest ticket in GIAF 2017 is Woyzeck In Winter, in which some of Ireland’s foremost theatre-makers combine to present a thrilling fusion of two timeless German classics; Georg Büchner’s play Woyzeck and Franz Schubert’s Winterreise song cycle.

'The show is about being human'

Tue, Jul 11, 2017

RENOWNED AUSTRALIAN circus troupe Casus makes its second visit to the Galway International Arts Festival with Driftwood. It previously played the festival in 2013 with international smash hit Knee Deep, which won Best Circus & Physical Theatre awards at both the Adelaide Fringe and Avignon festivals.

'Music that makes people feel stronger'

Tue, Jul 11, 2017

BRIAN WILSON is not the only veteran of thrilling 1960s harmony-based singing coming to the Absolut Big Top in this year’s GIAF. Ladysmith Black Mambazo are flying in from Durban with their world-renowned celebratory sounds of South Africa.

Galway actor joins new Channel 4 comedy series

Mon, Jul 10, 2017

GALWAY ACTOR Nicola Coughlan, and Galway based comedian Tommy Tiernan, are set to star in a new comedy series from the producers of Father Ted - Derry Girls, which comes to Channel 4 later this year.

Pet Sounds - made for all times

Mon, Jul 10, 2017

MAY 16, 1966, was the day The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds was released to the world. It is an album which still tops many ‘best ever’ lists yet it was initially greeted with dismay and bafflement by its label Capitol Records, and even within The Beach Boys opinion was divided on its merits.

Marwa Al-Sabouni - ‘The Power of Home’

Mon, Jul 10, 2017

WITH HER country still convulsed by war and destruction, the visit to GIAF of Syrian architect Marwa Al-Sabouni, for a First Thought Talk, will surely prompt keen interest. Al-Sabouni, with her husband and two young children, has continued to live in her home city Homs throughout the war, even as much of it was destroyed in the conflict.

'The Cure is my family, it's never not going to be'

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

WHEN DID The Cure begin? Was it December 1976 when the band played their first gig? Was it 1972 when the original line-up, in their early teens, held a jam session? Or was it 1964, when seven-year-olds Robert Smith and Lol Tolhurst sat beside each other on the bus to school?

'The thing I’ve always been most drawn to is telling stories'

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

THE ARTS festival has long had a flair for presenting shows in which artists from different backgrounds combine to fruitful effect, and Cover My Tracks, by playwright David Greig and singer-songwriter Charlie Fink, is very much in that tradition.

Gerry Mallon's Laughter Loft is back

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

GERRY MALLON'S Laughter Loft, the annual lunchtime comedy shows in the Ruby Room of The King's Head, is a Galway International Arts Festival institution, and returns for another run this month.

Loner Deluxe to launch new album at Citóg

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

THE RELEASE of Loner Deluxe's second album, Songs I Taped Off The Radio, should be a red letter day, but given this album is being released on July 12 that makes it very much an 'orange' occasion.

Westside Arts Festival open-mic

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

THE WESTSIDE Arts Festival/Over The Edge Summer open-mic - possibly the biggest literary open-mic of the year - returns to the Westside Library, Seamus Quirke Road, on Wednesday July 12 from 6pm to 8pm.

Galway film Wild Fire Nights to premiere @ Fleadh

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

WILD FIRE Nights, a hard-hitting contemporary drama written and directed by Galway actor Emma Eliza Regan, receives its world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh when it is screened as part of the Way Out West strand.

Galway film Sanctuary opens nationwide tomorrow

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

SANCTUARY, the Galway made film, starring actors from Munster Avenue's Blue Teapot Theatre Company, with a screenplay by Galway writer Christian O'Reilly, opens in cinemas tomorrow.

Stockton's Wing - as long running as the arts festival

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

TWO IRISH cultural phenomena celebrate their 40th birthday this year, and they celebrate it together when Stockton's Wing play this month's Galway International Arts Festival.

Galway director's new short for the Fleadh

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

QED, A new short film by Galway actor, writer, and director Amy-Joyce Hastings - exploring the theme of sacrificial love, and asking the question 'What won't love do?' - has its world premiere at the 29th Galway Film Fleadh.

Leading Galway trad musicians to play Spirit Of The West

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

SPIRIT OF The West - traditional music, songs, and dance, a new show produced and directed by folk singer Matt Keane, along with Colm Naughton, comes to The Claregalway Hotel this month.

The black comedy of Mayo's struggle to win Sam

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

WHEN THE victorious All-Ireland Mayo football team won the Sam Maguire in 1951 they passed through Foxford on the journey home. However they failed to wait quietly for a funeral cortège to pass by.

Bounce - a clubnight for ID young adults

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

BOUNCE CLUB Night - the event which creates a fun, safe, and accessible space for young adults with intellectual disabilities to socialise, listen to music, and dance in a club environment - returns to the Róisín Dubh.

Waterboys headline the Carrick Water Music Festival 2017

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

THE 13TH annual Carrick Water Music Festival, staring July 12, and running for five days, will be headlined by the legendary Scottish folk-rock and roots band The Waterboys.

Ireland’s ‘Singing Soldier’ to play the Town Hall

Thu, Jul 06, 2017

DAVID MARTIN, known as Ireland’s ‘Singing Soldier’ takes to the stage of the Town Hall Theatre with his A Night At The Opera show, to perform an array of classical favourites.

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