GUMS to stage classic seventies musical Pippin
Thu, Jan 31, 2019
PIPPIN, THE 1972 musical by Stephen Schwartz, best known for the musical Wicked, for the writing lyrics for the films Pocahontas and Enchanted, as well as composing the music and lyrics for The Prince of Egypt, will be performed in Galway.
Read more ...Comedy sketch play about 2019 Leaving Cert Irish orals
Thu, Jan 24, 2019
CAITH AMACH É, the hit comedy based on the Leaving Cert Irish Oral Picture sequences, and based on the 2019 Leaving Cert, is coming to An Taibhdhearc.
Read more ...Just Guff - hit local play returns
Thu, Jan 24, 2019
WHAT IS it like to be a dedicated member of a political party, working your way up through the ranks, believing in all the party stands for, before seeing that certainty shattered? Just Guff has the answer.
Read more ...Extra dates for Keith Barry's Deception
Thu, Jan 24, 2019
A THIRD, and final, Galway date, has been added for Keith Barry's latest show, Deception, running at the Black Box Theatre. The show will take place on Thursday February 21, Friday 22, and Saturday 23.
Read more ...New members appointed to An Taibhdhearc board of directors
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
TREVOR Ó CLOCHARTAIGH, originally from an Aird Mhóir near Cill Chiaráin, and Orla King from An Spidéal, have been appointed to the board of directors of An Taibhdhearc, the national Irish language theatre.
Read more ...'Theatre in Galway is made against the odds'
Thu, Jan 10, 2019
THEATRE57, a newly formed collective of independent theatre artists in Galway city and county, including Little John Nee, Fregoli’s Maria Tivnan, Aindrias DeStaic, Sarah O’Toole, and Moonfish’s Mairéad Ní Chroinín, will be officially launched this month.
Read more ...'Humanity Dick' and Lady Gregory at Ballynahinch Castle
Thu, Jan 10, 2019
RICHARD 'HUMANITY Dick' Martin, the pistol packing MP for Galway, and founder of Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and Lady Gregory, a leading light of Ireland's literary revival, are the subject of two plays at Ballynahinch Castle Hotel.
Read more ...Don those 'Fancy Pants' for The Dirty Circus
Thu, Jan 10, 2019
NEW YEAR'S resolutions are mostly about trying to do what you have so far failed to do, rarely are they about treating yourself, and they are never about indulging in anything remotely naughty.
Read more ...Galway Actors Workshop 2019 courses
Thu, Jan 10, 2019
GALWEGIANS LOOKING to get into acting in 2019, or actors who feel they need to brush up on their skills for stage or TV, should take a look at the new series of classes from the Galway Actors Workshop.
Read more ...Keith Barry - Deception comes to Galway
Thu, Jan 03, 2019
KEITH BARRY is bringing what he says will be his "biggest and most spectacular production yet" to Galway, when he presents his new show, Deception, in the Black Box Theatre on Friday February 22.
Read more ...Theatre highlights of 2018
Theatre Reviews Thu, Dec 27, 2018
AND SO ends another year of theatre-going, a year of big shows, small shows, professional shows, amateur shows, local shows, and visiting shows. Rather than doing a general review of the year past, I shall focus on the shows I enjoyed most from those I saw.
Read more ...Brú Theatre to present new show in 2019
Thu, Dec 20, 2018
SELVAGE IS the word for the self securing first and last line of knitting. It is also the title of a new theatre show from Galway's Brú Theatre about "the many avenues people trudge to try and calm their ‘gnaw’".
Read more ...Renmore Panto's Sleeping Beauty
Thu, Dec 13, 2018
RENMORE PANTOMIME will celebrate its 40th anniversary with Sleeping Beauty, specially scripted by Panto Dame Peter Kennedy, and directed by AIMS award-winning twins, Brian and Seán Power.
Read more ...Katherine Lynch is the Wicked Queen in Snow White
Thu, Dec 13, 2018
COMEDIAN KATHERINE Lynch takes on the role of the Wicked Queen in Snow White, this year’s panto at the University Concert Hall, Limerick, where she will be joined by Richie Hayes and Dancing with the Stars' Dayl Cronin.
Read more ...Theatre Fest seeks participants for Creative Europe project
Thu, Dec 13, 2018
GALWAY THEATRE Festival is accepting applications to participate in its Make A Move project, aimed at individual artists or collectives in contemporary movement-based theatre practices.
Read more ...Dirty Circus's 'Legendary Christmas Party'
Thu, Dec 06, 2018
SAUCE, SLEAZE, and all things 'naughty but nice', and with a hefty dose of body positivity and celebrating diversity, Galway's much loved burlesque and cabaret night, The Dirty Circus, is hosting its 'Legendary Christmas Party'.
Read more ...Tóraíocht an Yummy Mummy - An Taibhdhearc panto
Thu, Nov 29, 2018
EGYPT. 1928. Stanley and Oliver are searching for the rumoured tomb of the famous female Pharaoh Hatchetsoup. There have been many expeditions before, but none have been successful.
Read more ...Youth Ballet West present The Nutcracker
Thu, Nov 29, 2018
YOUTH BALLET West are staging Tchaikovsky's much love ballet, The Nutcracker, in the Town Hall Theatre on December 15 and 16 - but if you want to see it hurry, as the show is almost sold out.
Read more ...Furniture - hit arts festival play returns
Thu, Nov 22, 2018
FURNITURE, SONYA Kelly's smash-hit comedy play of this summer's Galway International Arts Festival, returns next year, for a two night run at the Town Hall Theatre.
Read more ...John B Keane's The Matchmaker returns
Thu, Nov 22, 2018
TWO OF Ireland's best loved actors, Mary McEvoy and comedian Jon Kenny, are coming to the Town Hall Theatre to star in John B Keane's much loved comedy, The Matchmaker.
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