The Goldfinch - big star cast cannot rescue bad adaptation

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

This is the second film released in the last few months named after a painting. The first was The Souvenir, a beautiful low budget movie about a film student in 1980s London. This is the opposite - big budget (which unfortunately looks set to make an epic box office loss), all star cast, and based on a Pulitzer Prize winning novel.

Crow Black Chicken and Johnny Gallagher and the Boxtie Band coming back to Castlebar

Fri, Sep 27, 2019

Saturday week October 5 sees the welcome return to Garbos, Mayo Leisure Point Moneen, Castlebar of Crow Black Chicken and on Saturday October 19 the venue showcases Johnny Gallagher and the Boxtie Band - a man who first played here in the legendary Desperate Dans.

Do you have what it takes to take to the stage in Annie?

Fri, Sep 27, 2019

Auditions for Castlebar Musical and Dramatic Society’s fifth musical production, Annie will take place in the GMIT campus, Castlebar on Tuesday, October 8.

Ad Astra - the most realistic vision of the future yet depicted on screen

Thu, Sep 26, 2019

AD ASTRA is Apocalypse Now meets 2001: A Space Odyssey - I do not claim to be the first to make that comparison - but that is a pretty great combination of stories, and surprising it has not been done already.

Extra Ordinary - 'Ghostbusters meets The Van'

Fri, Sep 20, 2019

MAEVE HIGGINS plays Rose, a lonely, yet happy, shy, driving instructor in her thirties. Once a well regarded exorcist and paranormal investigator, she gave it all up after an accident involving her father which cost him his life.

Talk by award-winning nature and wildlife presenter

Fri, Sep 20, 2019

Nature and wildlife cinematographer and presenter Colin Stafford-Johnson returns to the Westport Town Hall Theatre as part of his nationwide tour telling the stories from his ongoing journey of discovery with "My Wild Atlantic Journey" on Friday, September 27 at 8pm.

Tramp Press to explore roots and identity at Ballina Fringe Festival.

Fri, Sep 20, 2019

Ballina Fringe Festival welcomes one of its own home to Mayo on Friday, October 11, with the appearance of Cross native Lisa Coen at this year’s Ballina Fringe Festival.

Wrong Jovi are coming to Castlebar

Fri, Sep 20, 2019

Wrong Jovi are the world's premiere Bon Jovi Tribute band! From greatest hits, to fan favourites.

The Souvenir - a unsettling depiction of an abusive relationship

Fri, Sep 06, 2019

JULIE IS a film student in London in the late 1980s. She is trying to escape her life of privilege, but lives in her parents' flat in Knightsbridge. Yet, her attempts to make a film in Sunderland about a working class family are honest and admirable.

No Crows in Garbo's

Fri, Sep 06, 2019

Folkism presents No Crows in Garbo's on Friday September 6.

Cliona Hagan at Westport Town Hall

Fri, Sep 06, 2019

Following on from her headline performance at Aiken Promotions’ Harvest Music Festival back in 2017 at Westport House, Cliona Hagan will perform at Westport Town Hall Theatre on Friday, September 20 as part of her Nationwide Theatre Tour.

Top USA Vocal Group to Perform in West of Ireland

Fri, Sep 06, 2019

The ‘The Newfangled Four’ vocal quartet will perform in Mayo this September as one of only five dates in Ireland. These young men hail from California, and with their brilliant comedy combined with their sublime voices, they are one of the best loved a cappella and barbershop singing groups on this planet. With a huge following also on Social Media, many of their videos have over one million Youtube views.

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