Aristophanes’ The Frogs to be staged at NUIG

Mon, Mar 07, 2022

ATHENS IS at war and it is not winning. The best playwrights in Greece are dead. Morale in the city is low. The time is right for a hero to step forward.

‘We took the risk of creating something new’

Thu, Mar 03, 2022

SOMETHING UNPRECEDENTED and utterly original will happen in Galway this month - a wild and thrilling fusion of live theatre, cinema, radio, rock concert, and the Irish language. This is Fiach from Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc.

International Women’s Day show at Town Hall Theatre

Thu, Mar 03, 2022

COURAGE, HOPE & Laughter is the title of a show taking place in the Town Hall Theatre to mark International Women’s Day on Tuesday March 8.

Who killed Michael Collins, and why?

Mon, Feb 28, 2022

AUGUST 22 2022 will mark the centenary of Béal na Bláth and the death of one of the most significant figures in modern Irish history - Michael Collins.

Fiach - a wild ride into the underworld

Mon, Feb 21, 2022

WHAT A time to be Galway theatre company Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc! Not only does it have a new show coming next month, but its artistic director has been getting rave reviews internationally for his debut film.

Also For Roaring - experimental theatre at Black Box

Thu, Feb 10, 2022

ALSO FOR Roaring - an experimental production “about nonsense as much as sense”, about breaking “away from any kind of cohesion”, is coming to the Black Box Theatre.

Steve Wickham in Breath at the Town Hall

Thu, Jan 27, 2022

THE WATERBOYS’ Steve Wickham, and actor Karl Quinn, will explore our recent experiences of life during a pandemic, with the ‘music play’, Breath.

Waterboys’ Steve Wickham at the Town Hall

Tue, Jan 11, 2022

THE WATERBOY’S Steve Wickham will join Carpet Theatre actor Karl Quinn in a new ‘music play’ at the Town Hall Theatre - Breath.

Galway Youth Theatre to stage Animal Farm

Tue, Dec 07, 2021

A REBELLION has taken place at Manor Farm. The animals have overthrown their human masters and assumed control.

Fibín to mark centenary of the Treaty with outdoor performance

Thu, Dec 02, 2021

ON DECEMBER 6 1921, the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed in London by Irish republicans and members of the British Government.

Gol - a show about the mná caointe

Thu, Dec 02, 2021

AN IRISH community and its culture are under siege. Ancient traditions and customs are dying out. The public act of keening is disappearing, and edicts for new ways of doing things are being handed down.

An Taibhdhearc Christmas panto returns

Thu, Dec 02, 2021

AFTER TWO years of closure due to the Covid crisis, An Taibhdhearc will reopen its doors with a Christmas panto - Jeacaí agus an Fathach Mór Dána, an Irish language version of Jack and the Beanstalk.

Katie O’Halloran is Marie Mullen Bursary award recipient for 2021-22

Thu, Nov 25, 2021

KATIE O'HALLORAN, a Dublin-based interdisciplinary theatre director and creator, was recently chosen as this year’s recipient of Druid’s Marie Mullen Bursary award.

KATS return with supper theatre

Thu, Nov 25, 2021

KATS, THE Knocknacarra Amateur Theatre Society is back and will stage two comedy one act plays in the Galway Bay Hotel from December 1 to 3.

Applications open for Theatre57 Nuns’ Island residencies

Thu, Nov 25, 2021

THEATRE57 is seeking applications for residencies at its pilot artist-led theatre hub in the Nuns’ Island Theatre between January and March 2022.

Nutcracker Sweeties - a fresh take on a festive Ballet classic

Tue, Nov 23, 2021

ON CHRISTMAS Eve, Ciara and Fionn wander off from their parents during a shopping trip in Dublin, only to discover the Nutcracker doll and the Sugar Plum fairy, who lead them to the Kingdom Of The Sweets.

Little Shop Of Horrors - musical theatre is back with a bite

Thu, Nov 11, 2021

LITTLE SHOP Of Horrors, the comedy rock musical about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on humans, is coming to the Town Hall

Jungle Door - ex-girlfriends seek to rekindle a friendship

Thu, Nov 04, 2021

MICHELLE AND Louise are former girlfriends, and across a year of joyous events, disheartening experiences, and somehow, hope, they manage to rekindle their friendship.

‘Rollicking musical’ The Iron Annie Cabaret at Town Hall

Tue, Nov 02, 2021

IN THE criminal underworld of Dundalk, two women are determined to offload ten kilos of cocaine swiped from a rival.

Pan Pan Theatre make a welcome return to Galway with 'The First Bad Man'

Thu, Oct 21, 2021

Pan Pan Theatre make a welcome return to Galway with The First Bad Man - a live performance based on a reading of The First Bad Man, a novel by Miranda July on October 26th & 27th at the Black Box Theatre.

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