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GLASWEGIAN SCOT McWatt is a Scottish contemporary folk singer/songwriter with political, pop and blues tendencies, and a distinctly working class outlook on life.

West of Ireland artist Olwen Fouéré, star of the play riverrun, has been awarded The Herald Archangel Award, one of the most prestigious awards of the Edinburgh Festivals.

By the late summer of 1861, the city of Houston had become a hive of activity, and excitement. Texas and a further 11 southern states had withdrawn, or seceded, from the United States. Now groups of volunteers crowded into Houston to answer the call to arms. As well as recruitment queues and military bands, there were concerts and parties. Ballrooms were packed. Apparently, southern girls never looked prettier, nor young men handsomer in their new uniforms. There was an air of intense animation, and pride. An officer class quickly emerged, many of them adding personal flourishes to their uniform. The new Confederate ‘Bonnie Blue’ flag was unfurled to cheers and impassioned speeches.

“IT IS impossible not to be moved by these stories of savagery inflicted on ordinary women”, said The Mail On Sunday about Breathless, described by The Herald as “an engrossing piece of work that features a resilient cast and a unique premise”.

The contrast between the Tuam workhouse and the vibrant colours, blue skies, and the smell of exotic food of New Orleans in the 1840s could not have been more dramatic. To the eyes, ears and senses of two young Galway children it must have been jaw-dropping.

SCOTLAND’S INTERNATIONALLY-feted Visible Fictions Theatre Company are en route to Galway for the Baboró Festival to bring their ebullient staging of the epic adventures of Jason and the Argonauts.

ONE OF the most talked about shows at last year’s Galway Arts Festival was Silent, written and performed by Pat Kinevane and produced by Dublin’s Fishamble Theatre Company.

NEIL DELAMERE will perform his new stand-up show Restructuring in the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday January 19 at 8pm.

A GROUP of friends sail around in search of things most people have never even seen, but when some of them become possessed by the ghost of a dead submarine captain, all hell breaks loose.

KEVIN BRIDGES, the Scottish comedian who is one of the star’s of Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and BBC One’s Live at the Apollo series is coming to Galway.