Dance inspired by the lives of refugees and people in direct provision

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

ASYLUM SEEKERS and Irish people will join forces for a dance show, coming to Galway, which has been inspired by the lives of refugees and people in direct provision.

Life and death through the eyes of a child

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

A 10-year-old girl struggles to come to terms with her younger brother’s diagnosis, leading her to the big questions in life, and an exploration of loss, hope, and being a big sister.

Dirty Dusting - hit comedy comes to the Town Hall

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

IS IT funny? Yes. Is it crude? Yes. If you love Mrs Browns Boys, then meet the show that can rival it - a group of 70-something cleaners who set up a phone sex service.

A Valentine's special from The Dirty Circus

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

THE DIRTY Circus will hold its first show of 2020 on St Valentine's Day - Friday February 14 - with a cast of leading Irish burlesque and cabaret performers taking to the stage of the Roisin Dubh.

KATS auditions

Thu, Feb 06, 2020

KNOCKNACARRA AMATEUR Theatre Society is holding auditions for its spring production in Joyce's Meeting Rooms, Knocknacarra from 8pm to 9pm.

An Taibhdhearc to host world premiere of Song Of The Yellow Bittern as Gaeilge

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

SONG OF The Yellow Bittern, a love story and a ghost story, set against the background of an 1828 paternity lawsuit by a Protestant woman against a Catholic priest, comes to An Taibhdhearc in a new Irish language version.

Irish debut for The New Half a Sixpence Musical

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

A MUSICAL from George Stiles, Anthony Drew, and Julian Fellowes, the team best known for adapting the classic Disney film Mary Poppins for the stage, will be performed in the Black Box in February.

Looking at the life of Walter Macken

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

WALTER MACKEN was one of the finest writers to emerge from the west of Ireland in the 20th century, and one of the most popular, but in recent decades his work has fallen into neglect.

Mikel Murfi - two one man shows over two nights

Thu, Jan 30, 2020

THE MAN In The Woman's Shoes and I Hear You and Rejoice, Mikel Murfi's highly acclaimed one man shows, return to the Town Hall Theatre for what may be the final time.

John B Keane's The Matchmaker returns

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

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.

Bosco brings new show to the Town Hall

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

FIRST BROADCAST on RTÉ in June 1979, Bosco was an Irish children's television phenomenon and a shared cultural experience for a generation, and the legend continues - these days on stage.

Branar Téatar to stage a world premiere for 2020

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

SRUTH NA Teanga, the new show from Branar Téatar do Pháistí, which aims to "re-ignite a sense of wonder and a sense of pride" in the Irish language, receives its world premiere in March as part of Galway 2020.

Theatre shows at Ballynahinch Castle

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

HUMANITY DICK, the acclaimed one-man show about the colourful life and times of Galway MP, humanitarian, and serial duellist Richard Martin, will be performed in what was once his home.

Song Of The Yellow Bittern as Gaeilge

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

SONG OF The Yellow Bittern, a love story and a ghost story, set against the background of an 1828 paternity lawsuit by a Protestant woman against a Catholic priest, is coming to An Taibhdhearc in a new Irish language version.

An Dara Réalt - An Taibhdhearc Christmas panto

Thu, Dec 12, 2019

WHAT HAPPENED to Peter Pan when he finally grew up? He found a wife, had a child, got a job and a mortgage, and became no craic at all. And then along comes Captain Hook, who threatens to take his daughter away....

The Celtic Nutcracker at the Town Hall

Thu, Dec 12, 2019

THE CELTIC Nutcracker, a fusion of Tchaikovsky's celebrated ballet score with Irish traditional music, comes to the Town Hall Theatre on Monday December 16 and Tuesday 17.

The Dirty Circus Christmas show

Tue, Dec 10, 2019

SANTA IS making that naughty or nice list, and, as the song goes, "he's checking it twice", so let's hope he averts his gaze from The Dirty Circus where all things saucy and naughty will be going on.

Druid 2020 - Chekhov and a Galway tour of Irish plays

Thu, Dec 05, 2019

CHEKHOV'S MASTERPIECE The Cherry Orchard, and a tour of Galway as part of the 2020 Capital of Culture events, featuring one-act plays by Lady Gregory and Seán O’Casey, make up Druid's programme of events for next year.

Branar's 'magical' ’Twas The Night Before Christmas'

Thu, Dec 05, 2019

"'TWAS THE night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there..."

Keith Barry - Insanity in January

Thu, Dec 05, 2019

INSANITY, BILLED as Keith Barry's "most daring and audacious show to date", is going on tour across Ireland, and will come to the Black Box Theatre on Friday January 3 and Saturday January 4.

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