A Moment to change everything
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
MOMENT, THE explosive new drama by Deirdre Kinahan and Tall Tales Theatre Company, is coming to the Town Hall Theatre, from Tuesday April 26 to Saturday 30.
Read more ...Return of The Asylum
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
DUE TO phenomenal demand Keith Barry’s hugely popular show, The Asylum, returns for its final run in May.
Read more ...Chekhov/Lecoq workshop
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
A WORKSHOP exploring the Chekhov and Lecoq acting techniques will take place from Monday April 25 to Friday 29 from 10am to 5pm.
Read more ...Garvey’s comedy open mic night
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
THE WEEKLY Stand Up Open Mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 10pm.
Read more ...Galway Arts Centre poetry workshops
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
THE GALWAY Arts Centre will host poetry workshops in May, facilitated by the acclaimed Galway poet Kevin Higgins.
Each workshop will run for eight weeks and will take place on Tuesdays from 7pm to 8.30pm (first class May 3); on Thursdays from 2pm to 4pm (from May 5), and on Fridays from 2pm to 3.30pm (starting May 6).
Read more ...Janelle Monae plays Galway this summer
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
JANELLE MONAE, the American soul/funk/r’n’b singer, whose set at last year’s Electric Picnic, was considered one of the festival’s highlights, is coming to Galway.
Read more ...The Kanyu Tree release new single tomorrow
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
GALWAY BAND The Kanyu Tree will release their new single ‘Radio’ tomorrow. ‘Radio’ is the trio’s third single and their first for Sony Music Ireland.
Read more ...Steve Mason to play Róisín Dubh
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
SCOTLAND’S STEVE Mason was an essential part of The Beta Band and King Biscuit Time. These days he is a solo artist on tour and with a new single.
Read more ...Ger Wolfe to play Kinvara and Galway
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
CORK SINGER-songwriter Ger Wolfe has been described by his fellow Corkonian John Spillane as “the poetic soul of Ireland” while Christy Moore said his songs “always raise my spirits”.
Read more ...Elly O’Keefe @ Monroe’s
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
ELLY O’KEEFFE, the Cork based singer-songwriter plays Monroe’s The Backstage Bar this Sunday at 9.30pm.
Elly’s music mixes folk, pop, jazz and blues and showcases her raw and powerful vocals.
Read more ...The poetry book to bring everywhere with you
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
TIME WAS that British poetry was the preserve dusty old English professors and eccentric maiden aunts, with the occasional hippy chick in floral dress or angry young man in black French polo neck thrown in.
Neil Astley set about trying to change that when he began publishing poetry books in the northeast of England in 1978. His success has been spectacular. By presenting poetry in an imaginative way Bloodaxe has helped rescue it from the fringe elements who thought they owned it.
Read more ...Eat The Swans tomorrow evening
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
EAT THE Swans, the new collection of short stories by the Galway writers group, The Atlantis Collective, will be launched tomorrow.
Read more ...Five women artists at Kenny’s
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
AKIN: A Word in Your Eye, a mixed media exhibition, featuring work by five women artists, opens in The Kenny Gallery, Liosbán Retail Park, this Saturday at 3pm.
Read more ...A feast of world dance in Galway
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
THE DANCES of Asia, South America, and Europe will be performed at the second International Dance Festival Galway next month.
The festival, which was launched this week at NUI, Galway, will take place in the Radisson Blu Hotel on Saturday May 14 at 7.30pm. It has been organised by NUIG staff and the Sisters of La Retraite and it will raise funds for Special Olympics Ireland Connacht.
Read more ...Alan Carr - chatty man is Galway bound
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
IT COULD be the comedy event of the year in Galway - Alan Carr of The Friday Night Project and Chatty Man, will play the Black Box this summer.
Read more ...Colin Murphy @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
THE BRILLIANT and ever popular Colin Murphy (pictured) makes a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday at 8.30pm.
This Belfast comic is a natural performer, superb mimic, and proof that straight stand-up is hard to beat. Support is from Danny Dowling, Steve Benn, and John Lynn.
Read more ...Easter laughs with McSavage
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
DAVID MCSAVAGE, the man behind RTÉ 2’s The Savage Eye will play the Comedy Club at Kudos in Oranmore returns on Bank Holiday Saturday April 23.
The Irish Times recently described McSavage as “the bravest, most fearless comic working in Ireland today” and David comes to Kudos hot on the heels of a sell-out run at Vicar Street. Support comes from Gerry Mallon and admission includes free entry to nightclub after the show.
Read more ...Mediaeval mayhem with Your Highness
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
YOUR HIGHNESS, the mediaeval comedy-advernture starring Natalie Portman and Zooey Deschanel, has just opened in cinemas in Galway.
Read more ...Féile na Ceardlainne in An Spidéal
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
THE BEST of Irish craft and design will be exhibited in An Ceardlann in An Spidéal, for Féile na Ceardlainne, a free festival of art, craft, music, and dance.
Read more ...Galway Music Residency sax it up
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
THE GREAT saxophonist Stan Getz said the saxophone is “an instrument that sings” because “at its best it’s like the human voice.”
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