Roger Casement, human rights, and 1916

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

ROGER CASEMENT was a human rights and progressive anti-colonial campaigner, also involved in the 1916 Rising, and will be the subject of a public talk in Galway next week.

Talking Michael Chekhov with Max Hafler

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

GALWAY THEATRE director and teacher Max Hafler is offering a series of weekend training workshops based on the theories and techniques of Michael Chekhov from Friday April 8 to 10.

The Shaker Hymn - 'top drawer' indie @ Strange Brew

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

THE SHAKER Hymn play the "kind of proud, unashamedly guitar-driven record debut that would once have been pounced on by an enlightened imprint such as Creation or Go! Discs”.

Is It About A Bicycle?

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

TOMORROW MARKS the 50th anniversary of the death of Flann O’Brien, a major figure in 20th century Irish literature and postmodern writing, and his life and work will be celebrated in Galway.

Legally Blonde - The Musical

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

LEGALLY BLONDE, the musical based on the hit comedy film, comes to the stage of the Town Hall Theatre in a new production from the Galway Musical Society.

Tudor Cinema Club - better than the real thing?

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

THE RÓISÍN Dubh does not normally book tribute bands so it is surprising to see Tudor Cinema Club, a tribute band to County Down's Two Door Cinema Club on their way to the Dominick Street venue.

Young Galway musicians are put to the test in youth music competition

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

YOUNG GALWAY musicians will be among the finalists in this year's Irish Youth Music Awards, which takes place in Dublin next month. The Irish Youth Music Awards is a competition where teams and youth centres from all over Ireland pick a representing act and an original song.

Daring vocals and pumping rhythms

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

CLASSICAL MUSIC goes clubbing next month when opera singer Salome Kammer, the Vogler Quartet, and DJ Cyril Briscoe join forces for a show at the Electric Garden & Theatre on Friday April 8 at 8pm.

The lively Celtic sound of Scythian

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

AMERICAN TV show, Nashville's Music City Roots, has called Scythian "what happens when rock star charisma meets Celtic dervish fiddling", as Galway will see when they play Monroe’s Live on Thursday April 7.

Dominick Street Sessions starts in April

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

PADRAIG STEVENS may originally be from Sligo but he is a legend within the idiosyncratic and brilliant music community of Tuam, and will headline a new music night in Galway.

Scoops @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

SCOOPS, THE Dublin band whose debut EP Scenes Of Joy went straight in at Number 2 in the iTunes Album charts behind Adele, play Monroe’s Live on Friday April 29 at 9pm.

Classical lunchtime with ConTempo

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

CLAUDE DEBUSSY'S String Quartet in G minor, Op 10, a watershed in the history of chamber music, will be performed in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Tuesday April 5 at 1.10pm.

SHUFFLE! but this time in Seven

Thu, Mar 31, 2016

SHUFFLE! DAVE Barry's nothern soul, funk, ske, rock'n'roll, blues, and reggae clubnight is back the Saturday of the May Bank Holiday weekend, but this time in The Loft @ Seven.

Children of the Revolution

Wed, Mar 30, 2016

REBELS AND patriots, soldiers for king and country, all kinds of political opinions and actions could be found among the students of University College Galway during the turbulent years of 1913-1919.

Paddy Cullivan - asking the big questions about 1916

Tue, Mar 29, 2016

FOR ITS own reasons, the State chose to celebrate the 1916 Rising a month shy of the actual date of the event itself, which took place in April 1916, not March.

Exmagician - Cashier No 9 duo's new venture

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

"LIKE EARLY Beefheart meets Add N To X" is how Belfast duo Exmagician describe their music, and Galway has a chance to hear that claim up close and personal when the band play the Róisín Dubh.

An Klondike looks to strike Gold for Galway at the IFTAs

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

AN KLONDIKE, the critically acclaimed Galway made western will be looking to strike gold next month having been nominated for nine awards at the upcoming Irish Film and Television Awards.

Album review: The Goon Sax

Music Reviews Thu, Mar 24, 2016

THE ESSENTIALS of Indie music - a sense of the fey and jangly; an appreciation for DIY punk, but softened by the melodicism of The Beatles and The Smiths; a regard for the slacker ethos; nerdy preoccupations, sometimes ambiguous sexuality; and always a deep strain of melancholy.

Maloney’s Dream - a story of the 1916 Rising accessible for children

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

SET DURING Easter Week 1916, Maloney’s Dream, the exciting new show for children from Galway-based theatre company Branar Téatar Do Pháistí, receives its world premiere at the Town Hall Theatre, with performances from Wednesday April 6 to Saturday 9.

Rita Ann Higgins - new book and Cúirt readings

Thu, Mar 24, 2016

LANGUAGE IS sometimes called a tongue, and language can impress, inspire, taunt, hurt, and frighten. Given the latter power, Galway poet Rita Ann Higgins has coined a new word, 'Tongulish'.

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