'It’s a crazy world working in retail'

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

WELCOME TO the world of fashion retail - a labyrinth of sequins, hangers, sales targets, and bunions where ‘the customer is always right’. Four shop employees. One day on the shop floor. A day so jam-packed it is bursting at the seams, and the workers feel as disposable as the clothes they sell.

Comedy Cocktails @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

THE COMEDY Cocktails Stand-up Showcase returns to the upstairs bar of the Róisín Dubh on Tuesday January 13 at 9.30pm.

The High Kings in concert in Salthill

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

THE HIGH KINGS are coming back to Galway to play a ‘Róisín Dubh presents...’ concert at the Seapoint Ballroom, Salthill, on Saturday January 17 at 8pm.

Galway Actor’s Workshop New Year courses

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

ACTORS LOOKING to improve their skills as well as those interested in taking up acting, should check out the new term from the Galway Actors Workshop.

Pearl Jam tribute @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

THE MUSIC of Seattle’s Pearl Jam will be celebrated in Monroe’s Live with a gig from tribute band Pearl Jem on Friday January 30 at 10pm.

Enter the jungle, hear the bass

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

JUNGLE, BASS, and dub will be the order of the night when DJs Welfare, Badmandeego, Seriaz, and Man-G play Puzzle at The Cellar Bar this Saturday.

Walking Dead star chooses portrait by Galway artist

Wed, Jan 07, 2015

THE WALKING Dead star Norman Reedus, who plays crossbow wielding Southern boy Daryl Dixon in the hit series, has chosen a portrait of him by a Galway artist for inclusion in his new book.

PLASTIK - Galway’s new experimental film festival

Wed, Jan 07, 2015

PLASTIK, A new festival centred on experimental film and artists’ moving images, the first such festival of its kind in Ireland, will be launched next week in Galway city.

Whole lotta classic rock @ Monroe’s Live

Tue, Jan 06, 2015

IF YOU have tickets to AC/DC in the Aviva in July but need to whet your appetite for some live acca dacca sounds before then, or if you love Led Zeppelin and know that the 2007 reunion is unlikely to happen again, then help is at hand.

She must be magic - Julie Feeney's new one woman show

Tue, Jan 06, 2015

JULIE FEENEY, the Athenry born composer, singer, producer, and orchestrator, is to perform shows in New York and Amsterdam, while her new one woman show is set for a 10 night run in Dublin.

Monroe’s Live to host Galway's Remembrance for Phil Lynott

Mon, Jan 05, 2015

TWENTY-NINE YEARS ago this week Ireland lost its most iconic rock musician and still greatest rock star, Phil Lynott. The Dublin singer-songwriter died on January 4 1986, but his extraordinary legacy continues and will be celebrated in Galway this week.

Theatre 2015 – Galway companies

Tue, Dec 30, 2014

DECEMBER 30, and as 2014 makes its valedictory bow, and takes its final curtain call, before tomorrow exiting the stage - to appreciative applause, naturally - while bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 2015 waits in the wings for its turn in the limelight.

Galway Arts Centre - what’s coming in 2015

Tue, Dec 30, 2014

THE NEW Year at the Galway Arts Centre will spring into life with a solo exhibition by Galway born, Dublin based, artist Gareth Kennedy, who came to international acclaim in 2009 representing Ireland, alongside Sarah Brown, at the Venice Biennale.

‘Panto has been fantastic. It’s so different from any other type of theatre I’ve done’

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

CINDERELLA, THIS year’s Renmore Pantomime, opens next week, and is sure to keep Galway audiences in festive humour throughout its two- week run from Monday December 29 to Sunday January 11.

Town Hall coming attractions 2015

Tue, Dec 23, 2014

THE TOWN Hall Theatre has just unveiled details of its programme for the first few months of 2015 and there is no shortage of exciting theatre shows to look forward to, from both local and visiting companies.

One of the first theatrical visitors to the venue in 2015 is Katie O’Kelly with her one- woman show, Counter Culture, on January 20. Depicting one day at a Dublin department store, O’Kelly portrays a wide array of characters and long-suffering employees in a strongly-performed piece directed by her father, Donal O’Kelly.

Karl Spain - comedy as a vocation and way to survive Christmas

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

KARL SPAIN can afford to wear that trademark mischievous smile. The last two years have seen the Limerick comedian enjoying the form of his life and truly hit his stride as anyone who has seen him at either this, or last year’s, Galway comedy festivals will testify.

Galway Advertiser’s Galway Musicians of the Year 2014

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

GALWAY BAND OF THE YEAR: So Cow
So Cow, the indie-rock/pop-punk trio led by Tuam vocalist and songwriter Brian Kelly are one of the great success stories in Galway music. Though resolutely underground and alternative, they have achieved the kind of peaks most bands never see - playing Barcelona’s prestigious Primavera Sound festival; having their albums favourably reviewed on Pitchfork; working with Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier; touring internationally.

When the party goes wrong for Dave...

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

DAVE IS an underachiever and general slacker. His girlfriend Sabine is a high-achiever. Their relationship is somewhat frayed, and throwing a party for their friends is not going to help.

The Nutcracker @ The Eye Cinema

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

THE NUTCRACKER, one of ballet’s greatest and best loved works, will be performed in Moscow by Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet, but Galway audiences can see it as well.

Creative writing classes at GTI

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

CREATIVE WRITING classes for beginners and intermediate levels take place in the Galway Technical Institute in January and bookings are now being accepted.

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