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ANTONIN ARTAUD, the French playwright and theatre director visited Galway city and the Aran Islands in 1937 and an event is taking place to mark his visit.

“I used to run shows and gigs in the university, UCG as it was, and I remember Mike from that time as he was big man, but I first met him properly in the 1980s, when the Galway Arts Festival was starting to get a bit of recognition. Back then I had a secretary and I was running around on a bike. Then we applied to the Arts Council to give us a grant so that we could appoint an administrator.

ONTO the stage strides an enormously tall man. With his beard and long, long, sandy coloured hair, you’d swear Thor had just entered. In front of him are five guitars. What’s he’s about to do with them is like nothing you have ever seen before.