Joyce's The Dead - 'Letting the music tell the story'
Thu, Jan 26, 2017
THE DEAD, James Joyce’s best-loved short story, has been given a thrilling new operatic treatment by the much-acclaimed company Performance Corporation, which is bringing it to the Town Hall Theatre, next month.
Read more ...Album review: Rose Elinor Dougall
Music Reviews Thu, Jan 26, 2017
IT DOESN'T matter if you remember the Pipettes or not, as there is no trace of their doo-wop revival style in former member Rose Elinor Dougall's second album, which instead brims with high end pop and sumptuous indie.
Read more ...Rock me Amadeus
Thu, Jan 26, 2017
LUCIAN MSAMATI, who has starred in Taboo, Game Of Thrones, and Luther, takes on the role of Mozart in an acclaimed new production of Peter Shaffer’s iconic play, Amadeus, which will be broadcast live to The Eye Cinema in Galway.
Read more ...Emma Heatherington to launch new novel this weekend
Thu, Jan 26, 2017
NOVELIST EMMA Heatherington launches her new book, The Legacy of Lucy Harte, a bittersweet story dealing with organ donation, at two events in County Galway this weekend.
Read more ...Tony Law - the King of post-modern nonsense'
Thu, Jan 26, 2017
TONY LAW might be the closest thing to experiencing nonsense nirvana. The Daily Telegraph crowned him "the King of post-modern nonsense", while The Guardian said he "takes post-modern stand-up to a dangerously funny new level".
Read more ...GUMS presents Urinetown: The Musical
Thu, Jan 26, 2017
GUMS, OTHERWISE known as the Galway University Musical Society present their 17th annual show, the Tony Award-winning Urinetown: The Musical, at the Black Box Theatre from Tuesday February 7 to Saturday 11.
Read more ...The French nurse and the nuns
Thu, Jan 26, 2017
AS WWII draws to a close, Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, comes to the aid of a group of nuns, many of whom have been violated by Soviet soldiers on their march west to Berlin.
Read more ...New art classes with Denise Hogan
Thu, Jan 26, 2017
A NEW series of one-day and weekend workshops in painting, along with a new spring term of weekly art classes, will be held in Galway and Mayo by the award-winning artist Denise Hogan.
Read more ...Show Me The Funny - Heat 3
Thu, Jan 26, 2017
THE THIRD heat of Show Me The Funny takes place in The King's Head on Monday January 30 at 8.30pm, where the special guest will be Operation Transformation star, the brilliant Karl Spain.
Read more ...A FEAST of psych, prog, indie, and punk
Thu, Jan 26, 2017
"IRISH-LANGUAGE psych-rock noise from outer space" is how Donegal band Tuath describe themselves, and Galway will see and hear why when they play the next FEAST gig at the Róisín Dubh.
Read more ...Rollin’ Empire - hard rock @ Seven
Thu, Jan 26, 2017
IMAGINE A band who were the child of The Black Keys and Queens Of The Stone Age, one that draws from blues and rock, but modern in its outlook and approach, and you have Rollin’ Empire.
Read more ...The loves of Brahms and the Schumanns
Thu, Jan 26, 2017
HE HAS played roles in National Treasure, Game Of Thrones, Blackadder, and Notting Hill, and now British actor Tim McInnerny is coming to Galway to take part in a show about the complex relationship of Brahms with Clara and Robert Schumann.
Read more ...A classical concert for charity
Thu, Jan 26, 2017
THE CONTEMPO Quartet will play New Beginnings, a charity concert for heart and stroke charity Croí and the Galway Music Residency, in Croí House, Moyola Lane, Newcastle, on Thursday February 2 at 7pm.
Read more ...Weekend gigs @ The Quays
Thu, Jan 26, 2017
THE QUAYS is hosting gigs by some of Galway and Ireland's most popular covers bands this weekend, with the venue also running an offer of free entry to gigs on Fridays and Sundays.
Read more ...Limmy - Scottish comedy sensation plays Galway in June
Wed, Jan 25, 2017
HE HAS been "reported to the FBI" after a recent Tweet about Donald Trump, and warned by some zealous right-wingers not to travel to the USA. So he's coming to Ireland instead this summer.
Read more ...Fleadh seeks feature films for 2017 festival
Tue, Jan 24, 2017
THE GALWAY Film Fleadh is now accepting submissions for dramatic, documentary, and animated feature films for this year's festival, which runs from Tuesday July 11 to Sunday 16.
Read more ...An Klondike - second season starts next week
Mon, Jan 23, 2017
AN KLONDIKE, the award winning Galway made western, returns to TG4 next month, continuing the story of the Connolly brothers as they struggle to forge an empire for themselves during the gold rush of the 1890s.
Read more ...Big Bobby, Little Bobby - dark, twisted humour
Thu, Jan 19, 2017
THE ACCLAIMED comedy-drama, Big Bobby, Little Bobby, written by Camille Lucy Ross and Kelly Shatter, who also directs, is coming to the Town Hall Theatre. The play, performed by Ross, enjoyed sell-out runs and rave reviews at the Dublin Fringe, First Fortnight Festival and Brighton Fringe; won the First Fortnight award; and received Best Performer and Little Gem Nominations at Dublin Fringe.
Read more ...All Tvvins - 'It's a good time to be playing this style of music'
Thu, Jan 19, 2017
2016 is not a year that will be looked back on fondly by many, but amid the international political turmoil, and high profile (premature) passings which began with David Bowie and concluded with Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, there was a need to grasp hold of any shaft of light which came our way.
Read more ...Dott - new EP and Galway gig
Thu, Jan 19, 2017
DOTT, THE brilliant Irish indie-pop/garage rock band, mark two milestones at their gig in the Galway Arts Centre this weekend - the fifth anniversary of their first show and their first Galway show since returning from a year living in Toronto.
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