Birdsong - a concert of songs about birds

Thu, May 21, 2015

THE BIRDSONG Project, a concert of trad songs about our feathered friends takes place in St Nicholas' Collegiate Church this Saturday at 8pm, and is the Bealtaine Festival's flagship performance.

Natty Wailer to bring the reggae to Monroe's Live

Thu, May 21, 2015

NATTY WAILER, the Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter who worked with Bob Marley, returns to Monroe's Live on Thursday May 28 at 10pm.

Basement Project @ The Cellar

Thu, May 21, 2015

FRESH FROM his headline set at Phase One, former Disco Nouveau crew member Murch will headline the next Basement Project in The Cellar this Saturday from 9pm.

Theatre review: DruidShakespeare

Theatre Reviews Wed, May 20, 2015

IN RECENT years Druid Theatre Company has shown itself the master of largescale theatrical projects with both DruidSynge and DruidMurphy. Yet in both cases it was dealing with playwrights in whose work it already had a deep grounding, writers and plays that could be said to be part of the company’s DNA.

Alt.Folk, Americana, and Mná Mná

Wed, May 20, 2015

LEFT-FIELD folk, Bluegrass, and Americana, will all be heard in the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh when Laura Mulcahy, Wilde Ida, and Rivers & Crows play the next Mná Mná Music night this Thursday [May 21] at 8.30pm.

Captain A & The Commercial Monsters to launch debut album

Tue, May 19, 2015

CAPTAIN A & The Commercial Monsters, the Galway band whose sound mixes the diverse influences of prog, Bill Withers, and Big Tom, will launch their debut album Dreams at the Citóg night in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow [May 20] at 9pm.

Helen Mirren, and culinary worlds colliding

Mon, May 18, 2015

HELEN MIRREN stars as the rather less than friendly owner of a posh restaurant who does not like the idea of an Indian restaurant opening opposite hers in The Hundred-Foot Journey which is being screened in the Town Hall Theatre this evening at 8pm.

Cinema review - Mad Max

Films Reviews Mon, May 18, 2015

THE TRAILER for Mad Max: Fury Road is the best 2 minutes 30 seconds YouTube has to offer, indeed it is the best trailer I’ve ever seen. In the past I’ve been burned by great trailers. A good trailer can build up what you think will be a great movie and deliver only a good or sometimes a terrible one - I’m looking at you Godzilla and crappy Miami Vice reboot. So does Mad Max live up to the best trailer ever? Oh yes.

'When you work with puppetry the detail is paramount'

Thu, May 14, 2015

YOUNG PLAY-goers in Galway are in for a treat when Branar Téatar and Denmark’s Theatre Refleksion bring their captivating version of Oliver Jeffers’ The Way Back Home to the Black Box Theatre this Saturday and Sunday at 1pm and 3pm.

Book review: Claire-Louise Bennett's Pond

Literature Reviews Thu, May 14, 2015

"THERE WERE lines across the pages but they were imperceptible because of how dark it had become and once a word was written it was irretrievable, as if abducted. I went on, sinking words into the pages, perhaps wondering what or who was taking them in. And, then, for the first time that day, just as it was ending, I knew where I was – I was beneath the ground. I was far beneath the ground at last, and my blood thronged and my heart flounced back and forth bewitchingly. The pen came to settle in the seam of my notebook. Sooner or later, I thought, you’re going to have to speak up.”

A mediaeval opera, a masterpiece, 'but one with catchy tunes'

Thu, May 14, 2015

ON ONE day of the year, the teenagers were let run riot in the monastery, adolescent apprentice monks could dance, sing, clap their hands, shake their tonsures, boss around their elders, play cards in church, and stage a riotous show where an altar could explode, hide and seek games ran into the wee small hours, and the elders had no choice but to let them away with it.

Don McLean - Galway concert in September

Thu, May 14, 2015

DON MCLEAN, the singer-songwriter whose 'American Pie', 'Vincent', and 'And I Love You So' are standards in the great songbook, not just of America, but of the world, comes to Galway in the Autumn.

Paintclub - a new art happening

Thu, May 14, 2015

PAINTCLUB IS a new monthly art event in An Púcán for people who want to explore their artistic side but do not know where to start or who are just looking for a fun night out with friends.

Poet leaves Enniscorthy to drive around America

Literature Reviews Thu, May 14, 2015

EAMONN WALL has, over the past two decades, written a body of work that has made him one of Ireland’s leading diaspora poets, though he is nothing like as famous as he should be.

Francie Brady rides again

Thu, May 14, 2015

FOLLOWING A highly successful tour of Ireland last year which saw the production receive standing ovations for every performance, An Grianán Theatre is once again touring Pat McCabe's classic Frank Pig Says Hello.

KATS to stage Dancing at Lughnasa

Thu, May 14, 2015

DANCING AT Lughnasa, Brian Friel's most famous play, and one of his greatest, will be staged in An Taibhdhearc, by the Knocknacarra Amateur Theatre Society from Wednesday May 20 to Saturday 23 at 8pm.

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis for Strange Brew

Thu, May 14, 2015

KITTY, DAISY, & Lewis have always done things their own way. Long before the rock'n'roll/rockabilly revival became hip, the then teenagers were recording on old analogue equipment to give their rock and blues an authentic 1950s vibe.

Stephanie McLaughlin exhibition

Thu, May 14, 2015

GALWAY BASED artist Stephanie McLaughlin is hosting an exhibition of her work in the Town Hall Theatre gallery/bar, which will run until June 2.

Moonfish Theatre - Thrice upon a time

Thu, May 14, 2015

THE GALWAY Music Festival, which takes place this weekend, is never complete without a free family show from Moonfish Theatre Company, and this year's event is going to be Grimm.

King Creosote to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, May 14, 2015

HE IS Scotland's most acclaimed, and most prolific, contemporary singer-songwriter, a man who, the Mail On Sunday, said uses folk music "for its finest purpose: connecting the past to the present, and making both come alive in the moment of hearing".

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