Cultural infrastructure must be made a key factor in Galway’s expansion, says Theatre 57

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

AFTER THREE years without funding, Theatre57 have successfully been awarded grants from the Galway County Council and the Arts Council for three separate strands of activity, which will support independent theatre artists in Galway city and county during the next nine months.

The Playboy of the Western World - The Musical comes to Coole Park in August

Thu, Jul 29, 2021

KATE O’TOOLE, daughter of the legendary actor Peter O’Toole, will be coming to Galway in August to narrate a special live performance of The Playboy of the Western World - The Musical.

Druid to film The Seagull at Coole Park for on demand viewing during arts festival

Mon, Jul 19, 2021

DRUID’S PRODUCTION of The Seagull may have sold-out, but Galway will still be able to see the internationally acclaimed company in action, as the shows will be recorded for streaming in September.

Life from the back of a flatbed truck...

Thu, Jul 01, 2021

“THERE ONCE was a man in the middle of his life and he lived in the middle of a small town. He had a grand wee business for himself...moving people's lives from one place to another. He was a removals man.”

Brú Theatre to host physical theatre workshops

Thu, Jun 24, 2021

IN AUGUST, Brú School will host a two-week physical theatre summer school for adult theatre makers, led by Phillipa Hambly from Arthaus Berlin and Brú’s James Riordan.

One Good Turn - live from The Abbey to Galway

Tue, Jun 22, 2021

ONE GOOD Turn, a new comedy play by Una McKevitt opened this week at The Abbey Theatre in Dublin, and this weekend it will be livestreamed to Galway.

Domhnall Gleeson to star in new Enda Walsh play at Galway International Arts Festival

Wed, Jun 02, 2021

DOMHNALL GLEESON, best known for his roles in the new Star Wars trilogy, and as the hapless Doofus in Frank of Ireland, will star in Medicine, the new play by Enda Walsh.

Druid to stage Chekhov’s The Seagull in Coole Park

Mon, May 31, 2021

DRUID THEATRE Company will return to Coole Park this summer for a series of live outdoor performances of Chekhov’s The Seagull, directed by Garry Hynes.

Fíbín to take over An Taibhdhearc for three years

Thu, May 20, 2021

For the first time, an independent theatre company is to take over the programming and administration of An Taibhdhearc, the national Irish language theatre.

Looking at the future of LGBT+ theatre in Galway

Thu, May 20, 2021

THE FUTURE of LGBT+ theatre in Galway, community-building, and making space for diverse stories on the Irish stage, will be the focus of an event taking place next week.

Deadline looms for Town Hall's Theatre Development Programme

Mon, May 17, 2021

THE DEADLINE is fast approaching for applications to the Town Hall Theatre's Theatre Development Programme which offers support and mentorship to emerging artists.

What does it mean to be a woman?

Thu, May 13, 2021

AWARD WINNING Galway theatre company, Eva’s Echo, is bringing a new one woman show, Uniform, to the Town Hall Theatre, from where it will be streamed to homes around Galway.

A one night stand with Ross O’Carroll-Kelly

Tue, May 11, 2021

“THE ROSSMEISTER General is coming to your gaff! And the lockdown isn’t going to stop me! That’s right, people! I’m taking my act from the stage into your bedroom! Or your living room! You could go totally mad and enjoy me in every single room in the house!”

DruidGregory scoops Business to Arts award for Druid and Aerogen

Thu, May 06, 2021

DRUID THEATRE Company and Aerogen won Best Small Sponsorship Award at the recent Business to Arts awards, for their partnership on the DruidGregory Education and Community programme.

Three young Galwegians chosen for Lasta young curators programme

Mon, May 03, 2021

LISA MANNION, Oisín Parslow, and Emily White - two NUI Galway students and an NUIG graduate - have been chosen for Lasta, the ground-breaking new national arts programme for young people by young people.

Town Hall Theatre seeks applications for 2021 Patron Donation Awards

Thu, Apr 29, 2021

The Town Hall Theatre is inviting applications for its 2021 Patron Donation Awards from artists, companies, or producers based in Galway city or county.

Drone Bone Jetty - Little John in a dystopian landscape

Thu, Apr 22, 2021

IN A dystopian future, where ‘art without artists’ is the desired reality, Puck roams a ravaged landscape, attempting to find meaning in a world divorced from nature and humanity.

Druid announces new production about poet Eavan Boland, edited by Colm Tóibín

Thu, Apr 08, 2021

Druid has announced a new theatrical production, Boland: Journey of a Poet, which will be live streamed from The Mick Lally Theatre, Druid’s home in Galway, from Thursday April 22 to Saturday April 24.

Galway Theatre Festival 2021

Tue, Mar 30, 2021

HOW THEATRE and performance is made, presented, and experienced has changed dramatically over the past 12 months, and the 2021 Galway Theatre Festival will explore this new relationship with creativity and space.

Town Hall Theatre open call for young curators

Wed, Mar 24, 2021

DO YOU have ambitions to create a new festival for Galway? Would you like to assist the Town Hall Theatre in drawing up a programme of events?

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