Interviews
Declan O’Rourke - learning to trust and let go
Wed, Apr 14, 2021
‘GALILEO’ IS a song which has been good to Declan O’Rourke, opening many doors for him which remain very welcoming to this day - not least the door of Paul Weller.
Festivals & Events
RISE - Galway’s children co-creating events with artists
Thu, Mar 25, 2021
GALWAY CHILDREN will be dancing, leaping, learning, and playing with local and international artists this spring, as part of the exciting RISE programme of events.
Theatre
Druid announces new production about poet Eavan Boland, edited by Colm Tóibín
Thu, Apr 08, 2021
Druid has announced a new theatrical production, Boland: Journey of a Poet, which will be live streamed from The Mick Lally Theatre, Druid’s home in Galway, from Thursday April 22 to Saturday April 24.
Music
‘Better Than This’ - Tracy Bruen releases new single
Tue, Apr 13, 2021
“I LOOKED at you lately with a smile in your eyes, well it doesn’t get better than, better than this” - the opening line of the new single from Tracy Bruen.
Comedy
Friday night comedy - live from Galway and Edinburgh
Mon, Apr 12, 2021
FIVE WORLD class comedians, in two studios with multi-camera setups, in two different cities in two different countries, and a live virtual audience? It can only be the Online KARLnival.
Exhibitions
Mirror Pavilion goes on display in South Korea
Thu, Apr 01, 2021
JOHN GERRARD'S Mirror Pavilion, the key artwork of the Galway International Arts Festival 2020, is now on display at the 2021 Gwangju Biennale in South Korea, one of Asia’s leading visual arts events.
Literature & Readings
Summer poetry workshops with Kevin Higgins
Thu, Apr 15, 2021
STARTING May, Galway Arts Centre is offering aspiring poets a choice of three online poetry workshops, each taught by the poet Kevin Higgins.
Reviews
Promising Young Woman - an uneasy but important film
Wed, Apr 14, 2021
A YOUNG woman stumbles around a bar drunk. She is being checked out by three guys who laugh at her drunken state, and comment on how they could easily pick her up.