Bohermore Youth Drama Group wonder What If?

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

NEXT WEEK, in NUI Galway’s Bank of Ireland Theatre, the Bohermore Youth Drama Group take to the stage for two nights only with their new show, What If?

DruidMurphy returns next week to Town Hall

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

DRUID THEATRE Company is coming back to the Town Hall Theatre next week to present a new staging of it’s DruidMurphy event.

Roddy Doyle’s War @ Town Hall

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

RODDY DOYLE’S three act play War will be staged at the Town Hall Theatre tomorrow and Saturday by the Dunmore Amateur Dramatic Society.

Shadows and Dust @ Monroe’s

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

ART, FOLKLORE, film, and various other creative mediums, have all contributed to inspire the musical sounds of Shadows and Dust.

The band play Monroe’s Backstage Bar this Saturday at 9pm. Their debut EP is currently in the final phases of production.

A burlesque night with The Dirty Circus

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

THE GLAMOUR, style, and decadence from Weimar-era Berlin will be on show in Kelly’s Bar with a night of burlesque and cabaret from The Dirty Circus.

In Their Thousands @ Monroe’s

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

DONEGAL TRIO In Their Thousands play Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Friday April 12 at 11.30pm

John Smith to play Strange Brew

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

ENGLISH GUITARIST and singer-songwriter John Smith has just released his new album Great Lakes and is coming to Galway as part of his current Irish tour.

John will play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday April 11 at 9pm. Great Lakes is the Devon man’s fourth album and since his 2006 debut The Fox and The Monk. He has been called “brilliant” by MOJO; “spellbinding” by Time Out; a “guitar genius” by The Sun; and tipped for greatness by The Sunday Times.

Andy Elwell to play Monroe’s

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

WHEN IT comes to Minneapolis, its most famous musical sons are Prince and Hüsker Dü, so could singer-songwriter Andy Elwell become another celebrated Minneapolite?

Bring your banjo to Clarinbridge

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

FOLK LEGEND Pete Seeger, former US presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, and classical music great Yo Yo Ma, are among banjo player Michael J Miles’ fans.

The ‘bewitching’ Julie Hawk @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

GALWAY BORN, London based, singer-songwriter Julie Hawk will play a hometown show in the Róisín Dubh this Sunday at 9pm.

Julie is currently promoting her new EP The Value of Gold, released in February, and will perform songs from it on the night. The EP includes a cover of The Smiths’ ‘This Charming Man’.

Athenry Music School’s MEGA Concert

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

THE ATHENRY Music School’s fifth annual MEGA Concert will be held in the Galway Cathedral on Sunday April 14 at 3pm.

A European crossroads at Cúirt

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

WRITERS FROM the Vilenica International Literary Festival in Slovenia are coming to the Cúirt International Festival of Literature as part of the Crossroads of European Literature project.

The official launch of the Crossroads project takes place in City Hall, College Road, on Tuesday April 23 at 12 noon, followed by a literary outing and reception at Moran’s of the Weir, Kilcolgan.

Lick My Stereo @ HALO

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

LICK MY Stereo will bring their exciting and energetic sound to the stage upstairs at HALO Live tomorrow night.

Printmaking exhibition on the docks

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

SIXTEEN IRISH and international artists will display their work at a new exhibition, opening next week at The Shed, Middle Pier, Galway Harbour.

An artistic look at ‘my place’

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

MY PLACE, an art exhibition focusing on memories and everyday life, will be launched this Monday in the Foyer and Arts Corridor of University Hospital Galway.

Cúirt Grand Slam deadline approaches

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

THE DEADLINE for submissions to take part in the Cúirt Grand Slam 2013 is this Monday, April 8.

An Inspired photography exhibition

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

INSPIRED IS the title of a new photography exhibition which opens in the Galway City Centre Library on Thursday April 11.

A spiritual odyssey

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

DURING THE late 1970s when we had a bookshop in Maynooth, there is a memory of a young student who was the wittiest, most cynical, and most laid back person I had ever met. He was the quintessential bohemian and seemed to be totally at ease with, and somewhat disdainful of, the world around him.

It became quickly evident though that Michael Harding was not the relaxed, confident, person he appeared to be. Behind the quick repartee, the easy way of the man about town who knew exactly who he was and where he was going, there was a restless spirit looking for a spiritual identity that was eluding him.

Sharon Olds: poems not afraid to get naked

Thu, Apr 04, 2013

THE GUARDIAN has described Sharon Olds as “America’s greatest living poet”. There are others who have claim to that title – Charles Simic, Gary Snyder, and John Ashbery spring to mind.

‘It’s that inability of men in particular to communicate…’

Thu, Mar 28, 2013

IT WAS the undoubted theatrical highlight of 2012 and it was named Best Production in The Irish Times Theatre Awards. Now DruidMurphy returns for a national tour commencing in Galway’s Town Hall Theatre.

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