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A lifetime in activism

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When Sabina Higgins welcomes you into her private office before a long-scheduled interview, immaculately turned out in an azure, roll-neck woollen dress with anti-war and global sustainability badges pinned to her shoulder, you know she means business.

Old Lady of Tara Street revamped by Galway girl

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Waiting outside the office of the Irish Times’ managing director, one might expect a snotty Moneypenny to usher you into a dark, wood-panelled study where a stern Judi Dench as M, in James Bond, will be enthroned at a leathered desk, waiting to receive, with a thousand-yard death stare.

2024 Music Network tour begins in Galway

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The national Music Network’s spring 2024 season begins next month with a quartet of highly acclaimed traditional musicians invited to showcase their skills in Co Galway.

Renowned Joe the Magician is set to perform illusion show in the Dean Crowe Theatre

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Mark Sunday, November 26, in your family calendar as RTÉJr’s Joe The Magician performs his spectacular children’s comedy magic and illusion show in the surrounds of the Dean Crowe Theatre.

Slinky pop from Sorcha Richardson at Róisíns

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Sorcha Richardson’s debut album First Prize Bravery was the culmination of her experiences throughout young adulthood, when she ventured from home in Dublin to New York, Los Angeles and then back again.

Deadline looms for Blue Teapot’s search for new stars

With the search for new acting talent for local troupe, The Blue Teapot Theatre Company, set to come to a close at noon on Monday, November 13, aspiring actors are being urged to throw their hat in the ring.

Galway’s triumph in the 1923 final

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This game was not actually played until September 1924 when Galway faced Limerick in a ‘dour hour’s hurling’. “Physical strength, fitness and courage were the dominating factors. The play was strenuous if fitful and an exciting period followed the interval when Limerick made determined efforts to wipe off the arrears. Galway finished with great dash and were clearly superior on the day’s form.” These were the words of PD Mehigan who reported on the game for the Irish Times.

Lost Lear for one night only at Town Hall

How do staff at a nursing home facilitate the care of an ageing actress facing the inevitability of dementia? They play along with her delusions to explore her happy memories of rehearsing for a performance of Shakespeare’s King Lear of course.

Blue Teapot searching for new actors

Blue Teapot Theatre Company has launched a search for new actors aged 18 and over to join its full-time theatre ensemble. The award-winning Galway theatre company is looking to expand its talent pool by inviting aspiring actors with an intellectual disability to audition for a permanent place within the resident company of artists. This positive development is part of an overall expansion, aligned to the company’s Strategic Arts Plan (2023-2027).

Midlands region participants being sought for new RTE TV consumer rights programme

Eoin McGee (How To Be Good With Money) returns with a brand new Consumer show on RTÉ and wants to hear from potential participants from the Midlands region!

 

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