Red Bird seeks new members

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

THE RED Bird Youth Collective, the Galway city arts organisation that endeavours to be run by youths for youths, is seeking six new members to participate in its 2014 projects.

Calling young songwriters for the IYMAs

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

GALWEGIANS AGED between 12 and 19 who love music and write songs are being sought to take part in The Irish Youth Music Awards.

Hannah Arendt and Adolf Eichmann

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

HANNAH ARENDT, author of the famous book Eichmann in Jerusalem, will be the subject of the next screening of the Galway Film Society.

Coyote Factor quarter finals

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

THE QUARTER finals of the Coyote Factor take place tonight with four rounds of contestants singing to get into the semi-final.

Galway Actors Workshop new classes

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

THE GALWAY Actors Workshop starts a new series of classes covering acting techniques, improv, voice, and even film making at the Anno Santo Hotel, Salthill.

The Little Cinema as Gaeilge

Thu, Jan 30, 2014

THE LITTLE Cinema will be celebrating Seachtain Na Gaelige this year, in association with Conradh Na Gaelige, by screening Irish language films in Kelly’s Bar.

Newton Faulkner - going against the grain

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

NOTHING ABOUT Newton Faulker is orthodox; neither his guitar style, his route to the instrument, the path that led him to become a songwriter, nor the making of his last album. It has done no harm though - the Englishman one of the most visible acoustics guitarists of recent years.

Newton Faulkner - going against the grain

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

NOTHING ABOUT Newton Faulker is orthodox; neither his guitar style, his route to the instrument, the path that led him to become a songwriter, nor the making of his last album. It has done no harm though - the Englishman one of the most visible acoustics guitarists of recent years.

The guitar skills and the songs which have made his name will be on display in Galway next month when Newton plays a ‘Róisín Dubh presents...’ concert at the Seapoint Ballroom, Salthill, on Saturday February 8 at 8pm.

Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

SAMUEL BECKETT’S classic play Happy Days, comes to the Town Hall Theatre on Monday February 3 in a production by London-based The Godot Company.

New exhibition from Jennifer Cunningham

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

JENNIFER CUNNINGHAM, one of Galway and Ireland’s leading young artists, will host her latest solo exhibition Collective Pleasures in the Galway Arts Centre.

Meeting Mr Foley, with Theatre Lovett

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

THEATRE LOVETT, one of Ireland’s most exciting companies for young and old alike, invite you into a world of radio waves, sorrowful partings, and hilarious slapstick comedy in Mr Foley, The Radio Operator which comes to the Town Hall Studio on Saturday February 1 for two afternoon performances.

Interloper @ Town Hall

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

INTERLOPER - THE word conjures up images of spies and espionage, and people involved situations where they are not wanted and do not to belong.

New playwrights, new plays

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

SCRATCH SCRIPTS, an evening of readings of extracts from new scripts by a range of writers, takes place at the Town Hall Theatre studio this Sunday at 7pm.

Men sought for Evita

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

MEN ARE needed to join the chorus for the Galway Musical Society’s upcoming production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Evita.

The Chekhov Technique for comedy

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

THE CHEKHOV technique for actors is often associated with performing tragedy and intense situations, but it can be used for comedies as well.

Core Theatre College will host a series of classes on ‘Comedy and Chekov Technique’ given by theatre director Max Hafler and actress Sarah O’Toole from March 11 to April 10, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 6.30pm to 9.30pm. The classes will examine the plays The Importance of Being Earnest, Jerusalem, and Cloud Nine and explore various skills needed for comedy.

The return of Jason Byrne

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

AFTER SPENDING much of last year cooped up in the BBC writing and recording his new sitcom Father Figure, Jason Byrne is unleashed back on the live circuit for 2014.

Deuces Wild @ The Quays

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

A NIGHT of rock and pop classics and current hit songs will be on the menu when Deuces Wild play The Quays tomorrow at midnight.

Show Me The Funny

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

THE THIRD heat of Show Me The Funny, with eight comedians going into battle against one another, takes place in The King’s Head, this Monday at 7.30pm.

Last few tickets remain for John Grant

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

JOHN GRANT, the American singer-songwriter, whose albums Queen Of Denmark and Pale Green Ghosts have won him admiration and acclaim, is coming to Galway.

The Rascals @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 23, 2014

GALWAY FOLK-rockers The Rascals take to the stage of Monroe’s Live Backstage Bar this Sunday at 10pm.

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