The wall is gone but the DDR shirt remains

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

THIS WEEK marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, but while the wall and the Deutsche Demokratische Republik are gone, memories and memorabilia of the DDR are still going strong.

The Clinic’s Gary Lydon in new Billy Roche play at Town Hall

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

CORK BASED Meridian Theatre Company is in the Town Hall on Monday November 16 at 8pm with its touring production of Billy’s Roche’s new play One Is Not A Number, featuring The Clinic’s Gary Lydon.

Set in a salty corner of Wexford town, “where the sea holds sway”, One Is Not A Number is a haunting, romantic, savage, tale of life-long loneliness and longing as Matty Larkin, the club-footed outcast, learns to adore Imelda - the girl with the “secretive smile” - from afar.

The Harlem Gospel Choir head west

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

THE HARLEM Gospel Choir is possibly the most famous choir in the world and the first one that comes to mind when we think of the great tradition of Black American gospel music.

Oliver! at the Town Hall

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

“PLEASE SIR, can I have some more?” is one of the most famous sentences ever uttered by a fictional charachter and it comes of course from Oliver Twist.

Oliver Twist, Charles Dicken’s second novel, published in 1838, tells the story of the boy who escapes a workhouse, joins a gang of pickpockets in London, but eventually finds a happy home with his aunt Agnes.

Theatrecorp to stage Cocteau’s The Human Voice

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

THE HUMAN Voice, a poetic, surreal, yet gut wrenching examination of an abandoned love, by the French playwright and film maker Jean Cocteau, will be performed in Galway next week.

KATS Hugh Leonard Trilogy

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

THREE ONE-ACT comedies by the late Hugh Leonard will be staged by Knocknacarra Amateur Theatre Society in the Town Hall Theatre and the Salthill Hotel.

Fugazi’s Joe Lally to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

JOE LALLY was inspired to take up the bass guitar after seeing Minor Threat and Dag Nasty in action. It also inspired him to form a band - Fugazi.

Some Way Out Of Town jazz at Kelly’s

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

WHEN JAZZ trio Way Out Of Town Trio start playing music they merge jazz, lounge, ambient, and hip hop to a point where free turns funky, and then funky gets swinging.

Get some Fresh Air with Donal Dineen

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

TODAY FM DJ Donal Dineen has unveiled plans to broadcast an innovative month long festival of new Irish music in November and he’s coming to Galway to give us a taste of FreshAir.

Design a new logo for Ham Sandwich

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

HAM SANDWICH have just released a new single ‘Out Of The Darkness’ and they will play Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday November 19 at 9pm.

Alex Kidd @ GPO

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

HARD DANCE DJ Alex Kidd returns to Ireland for a night of rolling basslines and thumping beats when he plays the GPO on Friday November 20.

Hats off gentlemen, a genius!

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

HATS OFF Gentlemen, A Genius! Does the title of this concert by the much admired young pianist Cedric Tiberghien sound as if he’s giving himself a massive pat on the back?

Claire Kilroy at Over The Edge

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

THE ACCLAIMED Irish novelist Claire Kilroy will read at the next Over The Edge in the Galway City Library, St Augustine Street, on Thursday November 19 at 6.30pm.

NUIG Society’s Music Week

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

NUI, GALWAY’S student societies will celebrate the newly refurbished student centre Áras na Mac Léinn by hosting the first Soc’s Music Week from Monday to Thursday of next week.

John Arden reading

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

THE AUTHOR and playwright John Arden will be reading from Gallows, his new book of short stories, this Saturday at 3pm in the Galway City Museum café.

Glass painting workshops

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

DENISE HOGAN at the Art Essence Gallery in Liosbán will hold a glass painting workshop on Saturday November 21 from 10.30am to 5.30pm.

Ann Sofi Sidén’s In Passing at TULCA

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

ONE OF Sweden’s most prominent contemporary artists, Ann Sofi Sidén, will deliver a profound reflection on the abandonment of newborn babies for her exhibition at TULCA.

Town-house Bar solo table quizzes

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

THE TOWNHOUSE Bar will hold quiz nights with a twist this Monday, next Monday, and the Monday after from 8.30pm to 10.30pm.

Cinema Review - The men who stare at goats

Thu, Nov 12, 2009

Psychic ‘Jedi’ new Earth soldiers passing through walls, controlling minds, and even killing goats by staring at them, sounds ridiculous but it’s just the type of nonsense that makes a great war comedy caper. Wonderful, wacky, and weird, this film is a must-see with brilliant performances from George Clooney and Jeff Bridges.

John Arden; a lifetime’s involvement with drama

Thu, Nov 05, 2009

THIS SATURDAY at the Galway City Museum, renowned playwright and novelist John Arden will launch his new collection of short stories, Gallows and other tales of Suspicion and Obsession.

Over an afternoon chat at his home in St Bridget’s Place, Arden reflected on his career and discussed his latest collection. It seemed a fitting occasion on which to interview Arden. His 79th birthday was just a few days previously and October 22 was the 50th anniversary of the premiere of his best-known play, Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance.

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