What's Dubh Got To Do With It?

Mon, Sep 21, 2015

NOT CONTENT with being the most exciting singer-songwriting talent to emerge in the city for many years, Steven Sharpe is turning his skills to that of host and MC of a new monthly music night in the Róísín Dubh.

Arcade Fire: The Reflektor Tapes @ The Eye

Mon, Sep 21, 2015

ARCADE FIRE: The Reflektor Tapes, the feature documentary on the making of Arcade Fire's No 1 album and its accompanying world tour, will be screened in The Eye Cinema Galway this Thursday [September 24] at 9pm.

A world of stories on the cinema screen

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

THE ARAB revolt against the Ottoman Empire, the facility reconstructed woman gets one up on her former husband; model families in crisis; and Spanish detectives coming up against a town where dictator Franco is still very much a hero - there is a world of stories to delve into at the Galway Film Society autumn/winter season.

Flirt FM to celebrate twenty years on air

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

FlirtFM, the student, alternative, and community radio station based in NUI Galway, will celebrate its 20 years on air this month with a series of events to mark the milestone, including radio shows, a silent disco, workshops, and a gala dinner.

'Words are more supple, they are quicker to respond to things'

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

Bill Bailey breezes into the Black Box Theatre later this month with his new show, Limboland, which has been getting rave reviews and is sure to be a real treat for audiences here. Ahead of his Galway visit the affable and popular comic, a familiar screen presence from numerous hit TV shows, took some time to chew the fat about youth, comedy, politics, music, and middle age.

Lucinda Sly – love, lust, and murder

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

IN MARCH 1835, 10,000 people crammed the streets of Carlow to see the public hanging of Lucinda Sly and John Dempsey, who had been convicted of the murder of Lucinda’s husband Walter.

Irish comedy favourites for Vodafone Comedy Carnival

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

ALL THREE Dylan Moran shows at the Black Box Theatre have sold out, as has Nina Conti’s Town Hall show, while only a few tickets remain for the incredible Stewart Lee at the Róisín Dubh. Fear not though, there are still plenty of great shows to see at the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

Hometown to play Seapoint

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

HOMETOWN, THE six-piece Irish boyband, who have enjoyed two No 1s with 'Where I Belong' and 'Cry For Help', play a 'Róisín Dubh presents...' concert at Seapoint Ballroom, Salthill, on Saturday September 26 at 7.30pm.

The Whistling Girl - evoking the world of Dorothy Parker

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

THE CAUSTIC wit, high times, eventful life, and inner shadows of writer Dorothy Parker are all evoked in The Whistling Girl, a new musical show featuring the combined talents of composer Trevor Knight and actor/singer Honor Heffernan.

Courses and classes for actors

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

Core Theatre College
CORE THEATRE College's new course, Core Theatre Performance I, runs throughout next month, concentrating on imagination, voice, body, text work, physical theatre, ensemble development, and the Chekhov and Lecoq techniques.

Philippe Cassard in concert in Galway

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

"PHILIPE CASSARD'S piano sound is rich in shades and colours, he has a light but firm touch and it seems his artistic personality is devoid of all extremes…the piano was virtually singing under his hands.”

Over The Edge open reading

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

RAFIQ KATHWARI, the first non-Irish recipient of the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award, will be among the featured readers at the Over The Edge: Open Reading in Galway City Library on Thursday September 24 at 6.30pm.

Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

AFTER ITS successful opening night last week, the second instalment of the The Róisín Dubh Comedy Clubh returns this Friday, with two stalwarts of the Irish comedy scene - Alison Spittle and Edwin Sammon.

The Rocky Horror Show - from the West End to the Eye

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

The Rocky Horror Show - from the West End to the Eye

When poetry, printing, and etching meet

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

THE MOUNTAIN Ash Broadside, an work combining a poem by Joan McBreen and an etching by Margaret Irwin-West, will be launched this Saturday in the Clifden Arts Festival gallery.

Music for Galway launch new series of Lunchtime classical concerts

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

IRISH VIOLINIST Gina Maria McGuinness and Swiss pianist Maki Wiederkehr will perform the first concert in a new series of lunchtime shows, taking place in the Hotel Meyrick in Eyre Square.

Auditions for Renmore panto

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

THE 37TH annual Renmore pantomime will be Jack and the Beanstalk, scripted by Peter Kennedy and directed by Brian and Seán Power, and auditions take place this weekend and next week.

Drama group Bualadh Bos to host open nights

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

Oranmore drama group Bualadh Bos is hosting a series of open nights to encourage people to join the society as actors, set designers, stage managers, playwrights, and directors.

Auditions for St Nicholas Schola Cantorum

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

ST NICHOLAS Schola Cantorum choir is looking for boys and girls aged between eight and 14, from all religious traditions and none, who are interested in singing, to audition and become members.

Space rock and metal @ The Cellar

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

WILD ROCKET, the Dublin space rock quartet whose improvisational, exploratory music has been compared to Hawkwind, Ozric Tentacles, Queens of The Stone Age, play The Cellar Bar tomorrow at 8.30pm.

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