Les Misérables goes Beyond The Barricade

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

BEYOND THE Barricade, Britain’s longest running musical theatre concert tour, featuring past principal West End performers from Les Misérables, arrives in Galway next week as part of its is 20th Anniversary celebrations.

Auditions for Renmore panto

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

AUDITIONS ARE about to be held for Aladdin, the 41st annual Renmore pantomime, with parts available for principal roles, the chorus, and solo guest singers.

Just Guff on Inis Oírr

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

WHAT IS it like to be a dedicated member of a political party, working your way up through the ranks, believing in all the party stands for, and then, to see that certainty and belief shattered?

New adaptation of Ionesco’s Rhinoceros at Town Hall

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

EUGENE IONESCO'S classic 1959 avant-garde play Rhinoceros, will be presented in a new adaptation by John Rogers, and performed by the Galway Actors Studio.

Examining motive and memory in TAPE

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

JON AND Vince, two former schoolfriends, reunite in a dingy motel room. Over the course of the evening, differing perceptions of a past event involving their friend Amy are called into question.

Branar Téatar do Pháistí selected for IPAY 2020 showcase

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

BRANAR TÉATAR Do Pháistí acclaimed show for children, How To Catch A Star, has been selected for the IPAY International Showcase, which takes place in January 2020 in Philadelphia.

Druid and the Gate Theatre present the world premiere of The Beacon by Nancy Harris this September

Tue, Sep 03, 2019

Continuing their year of new writing, Druid presents the world premiere of The Beacon, a new play by Nancy Harris, in a co-production with the Gate Theatre, Dublin.

Druid to stage world premiere of The Beacon

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

A MYSTERIOUS accident. A dead husband. People are talking. Secrets are resurfacing from the depths. Is the past ever truly dead? Not in The Beacon which receives it's world premiere in Galway.

Father, daughter, and blindness

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

THE DYSFUNCTIONAL relationship between a blind father and his sighted daughter is at the heart of the award winning, irreverent, comedy, My Dad’s Blind, which comes to the Town Hall Theatre next month.

Playwrighting workshop with Marina Carr

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

TO MARK the 25th anniversary of the annual Lady Gregory-Yeats Autumn Gathering at Coole Park and Thoor Ballylee, the playwright Marina Carr, and academic Melissa Sihra, will conduct a playwriting workshop at Thoor Ballylee.

Foxy P Cox at The Dirty Circus

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

THE SUMMER may be coming to a close, but temperatures are set to sore and sizzle when Foxy P Cox, one of Ireland's leading burlesque performers, takes to the stage of The Dirty Circus.

Joxer before the Paycock

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

JOXER DALY is not the kind of man you want your husband to be friends with. Then again, 'Captain' Jack Boyle is not the man any woman should have to endure as a husband.

Twin Productions bring the magic of Peter Pan to Town Hall

Thu, Aug 15, 2019

A regular highlight of the Town Hall’s August programme is Twin Productions’ summer musical, and next week sees Seán and Brian Powers’ company stage Piers Chater Robinson’s captivating musical version of Peter Pan, running from Wednesday August 21 to Sunday August 25.

Peter Pan to fly into the Town Hall

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

PETER PAN, the boy who is determined never to grow up, will take centre stage in Galway when Twin Production’s bring Peter Pan - The Musical to the Town Hall Theatre this month.

Dance show and workshop

Thu, Aug 08, 2019

TWO CAN Do, a dynamic dance performance, winner of the Most Innovative Show award at the Limerick Fringe festival, comes to Galway next week as part of an Irish tour.

Exploring teens and social media in Typing

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

The fraught world of social media and messaging apps as it impacts on the lives of teenagers is explored in Typing, a timely play by young writer/director Eibhleann Caffrey coming to the Town Hall studio.

Demand rises for An Post site to become cultural hub for city

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

THE NUMBER of cultural political voices calling for the vacant space at the rear of the An Post building - currently housing the arts festival flagship exhibition In The Flesh - to become a cultural hub for Galway city, has increased.

GIAF Reviews: Dead Dog in a Suitcase, Epiphany

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 25, 2019

KNEEHIGH THEATRE Company's Dead Dog In A Suitcase was one of the hottest tickets at this year's Galway International Arts Festival. Adapted by Carl Grose and composer Charles Hazlewood, it was a raucous adaptation of John Gay’s 18th century classic, The Beggar’s Opera.

A weekend of theatre and acrobatics

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

THEATRE OFTEN provides the most memorable highlights of the Galway International Arts Festival, and with the final four days to go, tickets are still available for three outstanding shows.

Clodhna Hallissey chosen for 2019 Marie Mullen Theatre Bursary

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

GALWAY BASED designer Clodhna Hallissey was this week announced as the recipient of the 2019 Marie Mullen Theatre Bursary, which supports women theatre artists working in Ireland in the fields of design, directing and dramaturgy.

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