Galway Actors Workshop - new six-week acting courses

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

THE GALWAY Actors Workshop will hold two six-week beginners’ level courses on Thursdays from 7pm to 10pm in the Anno Santo Hotel, Salthill, starting March 7.

Wake gives voice to female voicelessness

Theatre Reviews Tue, Feb 19, 2019

HANS CHRISTIAN Andersen’s The Little Mermaid was first published in 1837 and since then it has inspired countless adaptations in print, film, TV and theatre. The latest is Deirdre Sullivan’s dark west of Ireland spin on the story, Wake.

Sebastian Barry's On Blueberry Hill

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

"I FOUND my thrill, on Blueberry Hill, on Blueberry Hill, when I found you," sang Fats Domino on his classic 1956 hit, and this has song inspired the title of Sebastian Barry's 2017 play which is being revived and toured by Fishamble: The New Play Company.

Seumas O'Kelly Players are A Wake In The West

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

A WAKE In The West, the comedy play by Michael J Ginnelly, about wills, inheritance, and unusual requests from beyond the grave, will be performed by the Seumas O'Kelly Players.

Little John Nee to headline first Theatre57 event

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

LITTLE JOHN Nee's Small Halls and Potholes, an evening of eccentric songs and strange stories, will be the first show performed at T57@Electric next week.

NUI Galway Dramsoc’s Theatre Week 2019

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

PLAYS BY Tom Murphy, Julia Cho, and George Sheils will be performed and seen at Theatre Week, hosted by NUI Galway's Dramsoc, and running on campus from February 18 to 22.

Decadent returns with Conor McPherson’s Port Authority

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

THREE MEN confront their lives, examining the significance of loves lost and found, the consequences of big dreams, and the results of even the smallest choices. This is Conor McPherson’s Port Authority.

The Dirty Circus Valentine's party

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

A TASSEL swinging show, full of naughtiness, decadence, and glamour, awaits Galway when The Dirty Circus brings its saucy Dirty Valentine's show to the Róisín Dubh next weekend.

GUMS to stage classic seventies musical Pippin

Thu, Jan 31, 2019

PIPPIN, THE 1972 musical by Stephen Schwartz, best known for the musical Wicked, for the writing lyrics for the films Pocahontas and Enchanted, as well as composing the music and lyrics for The Prince of Egypt, will be performed in Galway.

Comedy sketch play about 2019 Leaving Cert Irish orals

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

CAITH AMACH É, the hit comedy based on the Leaving Cert Irish Oral Picture sequences, and based on the 2019 Leaving Cert, is coming to An Taibhdhearc.

Just Guff - hit local play returns

Thu, Jan 24, 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, before seeing that certainty shattered? Just Guff has the answer.

Extra dates for Keith Barry's Deception

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

A THIRD, and final, Galway date, has been added for Keith Barry's latest show, Deception, running at the Black Box Theatre. The show will take place on Thursday February 21, Friday 22, and Saturday 23.

New members appointed to An Taibhdhearc board of directors

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

TREVOR Ó CLOCHARTAIGH, originally from an Aird Mhóir near Cill Chiaráin, and Orla King from An Spidéal, have been appointed to the board of directors of An Taibhdhearc, the national Irish language theatre.

'Theatre in Galway is made against the odds'

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

THEATRE57, a newly formed collective of independent theatre artists in Galway city and county, including Little John Nee, Fregoli’s Maria Tivnan, Aindrias DeStaic, Sarah O’Toole, and Moonfish’s Mairéad Ní Chroinín, will be officially launched this month.

'Humanity Dick' and Lady Gregory at Ballynahinch Castle

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

RICHARD 'HUMANITY Dick' Martin, the pistol packing MP for Galway, and founder of Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and Lady Gregory, a leading light of Ireland's literary revival, are the subject of two plays at Ballynahinch Castle Hotel.

Don those 'Fancy Pants' for The Dirty Circus

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

NEW YEAR'S resolutions are mostly about trying to do what you have so far failed to do, rarely are they about treating yourself, and they are never about indulging in anything remotely naughty.

Galway Actors Workshop 2019 courses

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

GALWEGIANS LOOKING to get into acting in 2019, or actors who feel they need to brush up on their skills for stage or TV, should take a look at the new series of classes from the Galway Actors Workshop.

Keith Barry - Deception comes to Galway

Thu, Jan 03, 2019

KEITH BARRY is bringing what he says will be his "biggest and most spectacular production yet" to Galway, when he presents his new show, Deception, in the Black Box Theatre on Friday February 22.

Theatre highlights of 2018

Theatre Reviews Thu, Dec 27, 2018

AND SO ends another year of theatre-going, a year of big shows, small shows, professional shows, amateur shows, local shows, and visiting shows. Rather than doing a general review of the year past, I shall focus on the shows I enjoyed most from those I saw.

Brú Theatre to present new show in 2019

Thu, Dec 20, 2018

SELVAGE IS the word for the self securing first and last line of knitting. It is also the title of a new theatre show from Galway's Brú Theatre about "the many avenues people trudge to try and calm their ‘gnaw’".

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