Springtime for Hitler

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

HOW TO perpetrate a theatrical get-rich-quick scheme: Find the worst play ever written; hire the worst director and worst actors in town; raise $2 million, officially to ‘stage the show’, but in reality for the producers to pocket; see the play close after opening night; then take the money and run for Brazil.

Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant Leo Bloom believe this is a fail-safe plan to make them very rich men. They are certain Springtime for Hitler: A Gay Romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden written by Franz Liebkind, a Nazi hiding out in New York, cannot but fail to insult Jews, the gay community, and anybody who isn’t a Nazi or a Homophobe.

Remembering Seamus Heaney

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

ALMOST SIX months have passed since the death of the much-loved poet Seamus Heaney and Galway will commemorate his life and work in a gala event at NUI Galway’s Bailey Allen Hall on Wednesday February 26.

Gift Grub Live 3 is coming to Galway

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

MARIO ROSENSTOCK, one of Ireland’s greatest satirists, impersonators, and comedians is bringing his new show Gift Grub Live 3 to Galway.

The Rising, And By Way Of Interludes World War I

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

THE GALWAY City Council’s bulging-at-the-seams title of a new play - The Rising, And By Way Of Interludes World War I - bulges at the seams with some of the key events from Irish history.

What’s D’Scéal at An Taibhdhearc?

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

ROS NA Rún’s Macdara Ó Fatharta and Anne-Marie Horan will launch An Taibhdhearc’s 2014 programme at What’s D’Scéal at An Taibhdhearc?, on Monday February 17 at 6pm.

The event will feature live music and performances, and see the official naming of An Taibhdhearc’s new patron, the internationally acclaimed playwright Tom Murphy.

The Dirty Circus - a saucy Valentine’s party

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

A VALENTINE’S night of burlesque and cabaret, set to tease, titillate, and delight, comes to the Róisín Dubh tomorrow night, in the form of The Dirty Circus.

Digging up the secrets between men

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

IN SOME parts of rural Ireland, graves are dug, not by professional gravediggers, but by friends and neighbours of the deceased.

Bluegrass, tattoos, and struggles

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

ELISE RUNS a tattoo shop while Didier plays banjo in a bluegrass band. When they meet, it is love at first sight.

Advanced Fiction classes

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

THE SHORT-story writer and poet, Susan Millar DuMars, will host a new series of creative writing classes for those serious about writing short or long fiction.

KATS seeks actors

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

THE KNOCKNACARRA Amateur Theatrical Society is holding auditions for its production of Bernard Farrell’s comedy Say Cheese.

Actresses sought for Lorca play

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

HOURGLASS THEATRE Company is seeking actresses for a Spanish language production of Federico Garcia Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba.

English folk duo to play two Galway shows

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

THEY HAVE been praised for “gorgeous vocals...[and]...harmonies complementing each other beautifully” by For Folk’s Sake, while the BBC called them “upbeat and kinda a lot of fun”.

Lisa O’Neill to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

SHE HAS played support at David Gray and Glen Hansard’s recent Galway concerts, but next week Lisa O’Neill takes top billing when she plays the Róisín Dubh.

Get ready to Shuffle

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

LEADING SOUL DJ Dave Barry returns with another of his excellent Shuffle nights to the Róisín Dubh on Friday February 21 at 11.30pm.

Kygo @ Electric tonight

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

NORWEGIAN PRODUCER and DJ Kygo, who caught the attention with his remix/edit of Marvin Gaye’s ‘Sexual Healing’, plays Galway tonight.

Kygo has a knack for taking chart hits past and present, and completely transforming them, applying the ‘Kygo effect’ to songs by The xx, Ellie Goulding, and Ed Sheeran.

Keith McDonald to launch new album

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

JAZZ AND swing singer Keith McDonald releases his new album Vida this month, ahead of shows in the Caribbean, Shanghai in March, and Irish shows in May.

The Hive @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

THE HIVE clubnight returns to the Róisín Dubh tomorrow from 11.30pm for a Valentine’s Night of music and dancing.

Share the Love Masquerade Party

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

DON YOUR masks and disguises for the Share the Love Masquerade Party, taking place in HALO, tomorrow, for St Valentine’s Day.

Skeletal rattlings in St Nicholas’

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

SERIOUS GERMANIC utterances, colourful French character pieces, an amusing Danse Macabre, and ‘skeletal rattlings’ from Wagner and Beethoven, the new concert season from St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church has it all.

Billed as ‘coffee concerts’, the shows will take place in the church from 11am on February 22, March 8, and March 22.

An cat dána and the pirate girl

Thu, Feb 13, 2014

A BADLY behaved cat and a young pirate girl are the main characters in two new books for children from County Galway based publishers Futa Fata.

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