NoRopes debuts with The Open Couple

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

NEW GALWAY theatre company NoRopes presents its debut production in the Town Hall Studio on Friday August 21 and Saturday 22, with The Open Couple, a three-hander whose fast-paced satirical style perfectly suits the studio setting.

An 'immersive' exhibition @ 126

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

A PERSON can be immersed in water, an idea, or a situation, be obsessed, overwhelmed, or have 'taken the plunge' into something new. Likewise with transformation, it can happen to the body, the mind, or be about a state leading to the ultimate transformation - transcendence.

Album review: Yo La Tengo

Music Reviews Thu, Aug 13, 2015

THIS IS not the first Yo La Tengo covers album, that was 2006's Yo La Tengo Is Murdering The Classics, featuring their take on artists as diverse as Yes and The Stooges. Stuff Like That There is a different, though equally eccentric, beast.

That’s So Gay! - public talk on gender and sexual stereotyping

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

THAT'S SO Gay! is the provocative title of a public talk about the history and evolution of gender and sexual stereotyping, which will be given by Tonie Walsh of the Irish Queer Archive in Electric this weekend.

Fregoli's Pleasure Ground at Town Hall

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

GALWAY THEATRE company Fregoli makes it debut on the Town Hall Theatre mainstage with Pleasure Ground, written by Jarlath Tivnan, who also features in the cast, and directed by Maria Tivnan.

Giveamanakick - reunion tour/Róísín Dubh show

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

THEIR LIVE shows were among the most incendiary and thrilling delivered by any Irish band in the noughties. At times it was hard to believe their furious, visceral mix of punk, hardcore, and metal, was the work of just two guys.

Watch out for the Cúirt Poetry Walls

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

ARTISTIC INTERPRETATIONS of work by Irvine Welsh, Philip Larkin, Dermot Healy, and Nikola Madzirov can be seen on Hertridge's Butchers, Lombard Street; the sides of buildings on Bowling Green; and in Newtownsmith carpark.

Clifden Arts Festival returns in September

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

MORE THAN 200 events, featuring international, national, and local artists will take place over the 11 days of the 38th Clifden Arts Festival which runs from September 17 to 27.

Peter Hodgins exhibition @ Renzo Café

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

GALWAY based graphic artist and designer Peter Hodgins is exhibiting his latest works in the Renzo Café on Eyre Street. The exhibition opened this week and runs until Sunday September 6.

Athru - exciting young trad band @ Monroe's Live

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

THEY ARE only together for a year, but in that time Belfast trad band Athru have won Derry's An Re Nua 2014 Competition, recorded their debut EP, and been winning critical acclaim.

Goldfish Syndrome @ Monroe’s Backstage Bar

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

GOLDFISH SYNDROME have been making a name for themselves across Europe, the USA, and South Africa, and Galway will soon to get a taste of what the Cork indie-rock band is about.

Public lecture on Colm Ó Gaora's revolutionary, Republican life

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

COLM Ó Gaora may not be as well known as other figures from that extraordinary period of Irish history between the foundation of the IRB and the creation of the Irish Free State, but he was an important figure nonetheless.

Steven and Katie's Big Gay Pride Gig

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

STEVEN SHARPE and Katie O'Connor, two of Galway’s most prolific and established gay musicians, will host their Big Gay Pride Gig upstairs in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 9pm.

Fiction writing classes for September

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

THE SHORT story writer and poet Susan Millar DuMars will host a series of creative writing classes in fiction, which will take place on Wednesdays, from 7pm to 9pm, and run for eight weeks, starting September 23.

Mick Hanly to play An Spidéal

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

FOR THE first time in 23 years, Mick Hanly, one of Ireland's greatest songwriters, plays An Spideál, with a show at the new upstairs venue os Tígh Giblin's on Thursday August 20 at 9pm.

Login Record Showcase @ The Loft

Thu, Aug 13, 2015

GALWAY/LONDON based electronic music label Login Records will hold a showcase at The Loft at Seven, tonight from 10pm, and headlined by label cofounder and owner, Qugas.

Cinema review: Fantastic Four

Films Reviews Mon, Aug 10, 2015

WHILE PIXAR'S latest, Inside/Out, could be the best film of the year, I have no doubt Fantastic Four WILL be the worst of 2015. It's rare you feel so cheated after spending money to see a film that is a miserable colourless mess with almost no redeeming qualities.

Galway's Pride Festival kicks off next Thursday

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

THERE IS lots to look forward to during this year's Galway Pride Festival which takes place next weekend. The entertainment begins on Thursday August 13 with Pride Youth Day, which is an alcohol free event in Fr Burke Park and features plenty of amenities for under 18s.

'Music has a way of getting into the soul'

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

CLASSICAL MUSIC trio The Priests will perform in the Galway Cathedral on Sunday August 16 at 8pm. The platinum-selling group, featuring three Roman Catholic priests from Northern Ireland - Fr Eugene O’Hagan and his younger brother Fr Martin O’Hagan, from the Derry village of Claudy, and Fr David Largy from Ballymena - perform as part of the Cathedral’s jubilee celebrations.

Seussical the Musical hits the Town Hall

Thu, Aug 06, 2015

THE EVER popular works of Dr Seuss are celebrated in the musical Seussical which runs at the Town Hall next week, in a production directed by Association of Irish Musical Society award winners Brian Power and Seán Power, with AIMS award winner musical direction by Shane Farrell, and choreographers Katie Upton and Declan Gardiner.

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