Interviews
Part of the Furniture
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
ONE OF the highlights of last year’s Galway International Arts Festival was Druid’s production of Sonya Kelly’s scintillating comedy, Furniture. A big hit with critics and audiences, it makes a welcome return to the Town Hall Theatre next month as part of a national tour.
Theatre
NUIG to stage world premiere of Spring Awakening
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
THIRD YEAR drama and theatre studies students at NUI Galway, will perform the world premiere of a newly devised adaptation of Frank Wedekind’s classic 19th century coming-of-age play, Spring Awakening.
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Music
Slyrydes launch 'Mental Health' single with Róisín Dubh gig
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
SLYRYDES HAVE been called "pertinent", "urgent", and "brilliant" by Today FM's Paul McLoone, while Nialler9 said of their songs: “Listen to this when you’re really angry”.
Cinema
Two chances to see a Danish thriller
Thu, Mar 14, 2019
DEMOTED TO deskwork, and waiting a disciplinary hearing, Asger is working the night shift in an emergency call room when he receives a message from a woman who has been abducted.
Comedy
What's The Story, Rory?
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
FROM COMEDY sketches about life in the GAA, to more serious issues about mental health, if you are a regular user of Facebook, you are likely to have come across the work of Rory O'Connor.
Exhibitions
Galway artist exhibits at RHA Ashford Gallery
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
THE ROYAL Hibernian Academy, Dublin, is hosting, In A Landscape, an exhibition by Cecilia Danell, the Galway based Swedish artist. The show is in the RHA's Ashford Gallery throughout March and April.
Readings & Events
A evening of poetry and prose
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
THE WRITERS Mark Roper, Aelmuire Mullaney, and Anne Donnellan, will be the featured readers at the next Over The Edge: Open Reading in the Galway City Library on Thursday March 28 at 6.30pm.
Reviews
Under The Silver Lake - obnoxious and crass
Thu, Mar 21, 2019
UNDER THE Silver Lake has been billed as The Big Lewbowski mixed with Blue Velvet. It is directed by David Robert Mitchell, director of It Follows, my favourite film of 2014. It also boasts a quality cast and a really great trailer.