Linda Welby to play Town Hall Theatre
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
A SINGER, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and a mother of eight, she is Linda Welby and she plays the Town Hall Theatre on Monday February 7 at 8pm.
Read more ...Actions - daring dance show for Town Hall
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
“DARING PHYSICAL feats? Check. Competitiveness? Check. Underlying, shrugged-off, affection? Check...wonderfully enjoyable, skilfully paced, and full of small surprises.”
Read more ...The Vaccines are Róisín Dubh bound
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
THERE IS a hell of a lot of fuss about London band The Vaccines at the moment and they are hotly tipped to be one of the breakthrough bands of 2011.
Read more ...Daft Funk and Dmau5 @ Kelly’s
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
A DOUBLE headline gig featuring two leading tribute acts to two of the best ever electronic acts is coming to Kelly’s on Friday February 4 at 10pm.
Read more ...Freddie White to play The Forge
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
FREDDIE WHITE is about to depart to live in Australia but before he does, he is treating his Irish fans to a series of gigs around the country.
Read more ...The Silent Disco is back
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
THE FIRST Silent Disco of 2011 takes place in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 11pm with DJs Gugai and Graham Dolan going head to head.
Read more ...Flirt FM’s Deep Underground live from The Blue Note
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
FLIRT FM 101.3’s flagship underground electronic music show Deep Underground will be broadcasting live from the Blue Note this evening.
Read more ...Rising comedy star Jack Whitehall to play Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
HE IS only in his early twenties but English comedian Jack Whitehall has already made a remarkable impact upon the comedy world.
Read more ...Múscailt - NUIG’s arts festival returns
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
THE IRISH première of a new opera, a new children’s show, original drama, comedy, music, and art, will make up this year’s Múscailt - NUI, Galway’s annual arts festival.
Read more ...New Galway poet launches debut collection
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
GRAHAM GILLESPIE, the Galway born poet, will launch his debut collection Love, Sorrow And Joy in The Ardilaun hotel this Saturday at 7pm.
Love, Sorrow And Joy is subtitled ‘A New Voice in Irish Avant-garde Poetry’ and the collection features an introduction by Dr Micheál Ó hAodha of the University of Limerick exploring the avant garde nature of Gillespie’s poetry.
Read more ...The King’s Speech
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
The King’s Speech is undoubtedly one of the best dramas to hit the big screen in a very long time deserving all the award nominations given to it for its amazing storyline and brilliant cast. I could watch this over and over again.
Read more ...Let them eat cake
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
GEORDIE COMIC Sarah Millican is now a regular face on British television through her appearances on Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You, and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.
Read more ...Tom Portman launches new album at Town Hall
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
TOM PORTMAN, performer, composer, songwriter and talented multi-instrumentalist, launches his new album At One, with a gig at the Town Hall on Saturday January 29.
Read more ...MART seeks public support for American exhibition
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
THE GALWAY based art organisation MART is seeking support and donations from the public for a major exhibition to showcase Irish artists’ work in the USA.
Invite Or Reject is the title of a new exhibition from the art organisation MART. Curated by MART’s Ciara Scanlan and Matthew Nevin, it will feature work by 13 leading Irish artists on display in major contemporary art galleries in New York, Chicago, and LA.
Read more ...Elysium Nevada and Lost City
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
COMING TO the Town Hall Theatre next week is a double-bill of two one-act plays by Carlow playwright Barry McKinley; Elysium Nevada and Lost City.
Read more ...Anne-Marie Fyfe to launch new poetry book
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
ANNE-MARIE Fyfe’s new poetry collection, Understudies: New and Selected Poems, will be launched in Charlie Byrne's Bookshop, tomorrow, at 6.30pm.
Understudies is published by Seren Books and features new poems alongside selections from her previous works, Late Crossing (1999), Tickets from a Blank Window (2002), and The Ghost Twin (2005).
Read more ...ALâ community theatre course
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
ALÂ, THE Ballybane based community theatre organisation, will run a ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’ Facilitation Skills Course, starting this week.
Read more ...See Momo’s Dream in Kelly’s and Town Hall
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
SORCAS QUIRCAS will present an open preview of its new production Momo’s Dream in Kelly’s Bar today at 4pm.
Read more ...It’s Disney time in Loughrea
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
THE BEST loved songs and scenes from Disney movies will be re-created on stage by the Loughrea Youth Theatre in its new show DisneyMIX.
DisneyMIX will be performed in The Temperance Hall, Loughrea, from Saturday, Sunday, and Monday at 8.30pm. There will be selections from Cinderella, Snow White, and Toy Story 3. Tickets are €12/€8.
Read more ...Leading American bluegrass band for The Crane
Thu, Jan 20, 2011
SPECIAL CONSENSUS are a bluegrass band, but one with a difference. Instead of coming from the music’s heartland of the Southern US States, they come from Chicago.
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