The Assassination of Brian Boru

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

THE BATTLE of Clontarf is both a landmark event in Irish history and a fabled story passed down the generations, right up to our present day, 1,001 years after its occurrence. The famous battle provides the backdrop for an acclaimed new play, The Assassination of Brian Boru, by Lauren-Shannon Jones, which comes to the Town Hall Theatre on Monday April 13 at 8pm.

SBB Ina Shuí sa Town Hall

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

EVENING TIME on Irish TV in the early 1980s. A psychedelic animation of red lips against a green background, all soundtracked by Horslips’ ‘Sword Of Light’. SBB Ina Shuí was starting.

Noël Coward’s Private Lives in Oranmore

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

NOËL COWARD’S now classic 1930 comedy of manners, Private Lives, is being staged by Bualadh Bos - Oranmore Music & Drama Group next week.

International conference on intercultural theatre and performance

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

NUI Galway will host a major international conference on ‘Interculturalism and Performance Now: New Directions?’ from 10-11 April. The conference will feature leading scholars in intercultural theatre and performance studies from Australia, Canada, the United States, the UK and Turkey.

Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

THREE HOSTAGES, an Irishman, an Englishman, and an American, imprisoned in a cell in the Middle East ,is the setting for Frank McGuinness’s Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me.

The Women Among The Ice

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

THREE WOMEN leave their husbands in a scientific base in Alaska and huddled together re-account their final visions of what was once considered home.

Arthur Millar play at The Eye

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

ARTHUR MILLAR’S A View From The Bridge is being staged at the National Theatre London and will be broadcast live to the Eye Cinema.

Actors sought for play

Thu, Mar 26, 2015

NOROPES, A new Galway based theatre company, is seeking actors for its production of The Open Couple by Dario Fo and Franca Rame.

Compantas Lir return to An Taibhdhearc

Fri, Mar 20, 2015

Following a successful run in February, Carnmore/Claregalway group, Compántas Lir returns with their production of Shelagh Stephenson’s The Memory of Water. This will be performed in Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe from 25th-27th of March.

Palestinian dancers to perform at city dance festival

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

MEMBERS OF Ramallah’s El Funoun Dance Troupe, who work in refugee camps, villages, and cities throughout Palestine, will perform at the fourth Galway Dance Days festival.

Galway Actors Workshop beginner course

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

GALWAY ACTORS Workshop will hold another of its popular Introduction to Acting courses, starting March 23.

The classes take place on Mondays from 6.30pm to 8.30pm in the Anno Santo Hotel, Salthill, and run for 12 weeks. It is aimed at beginners and those who have not acted for some time. Classes will feature games, exercises, and improvisations focused on developing self confidence and stage confidence.

A St Patrick’s Dirty Circus

Thu, Mar 12, 2015

THE DIRTY CIRCUS returns for another night of burlesque, comedy, music, and cabaret, but a definite green tinge, at the Róisín Dubh on Monday March 16 at 9pm.

Galway Theatre Festival - now running in May

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

GALWAY THEATRE Festival has moved from being one of the last festivals in the city’s festival season, to one of its first - coming after Cúirt and the Galway Food Festival - as will now take place in May.

Druid Shakespeare details unveiled

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

DRUID THEATRE Company has announced details for one of its most ambitious undertakings, DruidShakespeare, a fitting project to mark the company’s 40th anniversary year.

Conversations on a Homecoming

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

TOM MURPHY’S Conversations on a Homecoming, will be staged by Kiltimagh’s Clann Machua Drama Group in the Kinvara Community Centre this Saturday.

A young person’s view on teenage reality

Wed, Mar 11, 2015

LOTUS: A Play in Four Acts, written, produced, and directed by Rosa Jones, and featuring young Galway actors, will be performed in the Nuns Island Theatre this Saturday and Sunday at 8pm.

Grimm delights with Galway Community Circus and Fidget Feet

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

THE FOLK and fairy tales gathered by the Grimm brothers have entranced readers and audiences for more than 100 years and the recent movie adaptation of Broadway hit, Into The Woods, attests to the stories’ enduring appeal.

A theatrical side to the St Patrick’s Day Parade

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

THERE WILL be a strong theatrical feel to this year’s Galway City St Patrick’s Day Parade, with theatre performers, costumes designers, and community groups involved in the preparations.

An Taibhdhearc to remember Máire Stafford

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

ON FRIDAY March 6 at 8pm, An Taibhdhearc will stage Oiche Mháire Stafford, an all-star commemorative evening in honour of the late Máire Stafford, who, for more than 60 years was involved with the theatre as an actor, director, translator, costume designer, and lyricist, fully earning her soubriquet ‘Queen of An Taibhdhearc’.

Joe Prop’s rugby dreams

Thu, Feb 26, 2015

FORGET THE Six Nations or the Rugby World Cup, the biggest rugby event of 2015 is coming to Moycullen, in Joe Prop, a play about a schoolboy whose life revolves around the sport.

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