Blue Raincoat stage At Swim Two Birds in Town Hall

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

SLIGO’S BLUE Raincoat Theatre Company come to the Town Hall from February 4 to 6 with A new staging of Flann O’Brien’s ebullient comic classic, At Swim Two Birds.

Go bhFeicfidh Tú Dán? Ó Direáin

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

A SERIES of drawings, inspired by the poems of Máirtín Ó Direáin and visually re-interpreting them in a modern setting forms the basis of a new exhibition in the Galway Arts Centre.

Shakespeare’s Rape Of Lucrece at the Town Hall

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

ROYAL SHAKESPEARE Company actor Gerard Logan comes to the Town Hall on Monday February 1 with his tour-de-force solo performance of William Shakespeare’s epic narrative poem The Rape Of Lucrece.

Theatre and film course extended

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

STAGECOACH THEATRE Arts and GMIT have announced an extended six week collaboration for the acting for the screen classes.

The classes are held in partnership with The Galway Film Centre. The module is now expanded and gives young film makers an opportunity to work on dialogues, monologues, and emotive response camera work with students in a safe environment.

Theatre production staff sought

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

JASANGO THEATRE is seeking production staff for its upcoming national tour with Joanna Murray Smith’s Bombshells.

For more information contact 086 - 3638758 or email [email protected]

Strange Brew - cooking up more new indie for 2010

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

TWO DOOR Cinema Club, Codes, and Wild Beasts, three bands many tip to become the major acts of 2010, will all play Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh within the next three months.

Experience the Mantrum at Campbell’s

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

A ‘MANTRUM’ is the term for when a grown man throws a tantrum when he cannot have his way. It’s also the name of an exciting jazz quintet who play Galway tomorrow.

Mantrum play Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, Headford, tomorrow at 10pm. The band are Swedish saxophonists Thomas Backman and Nils Berg, and Irish jazzers Cormac O’Brien (bass), Shane O’Donovan (drums), Shane Latimer (guitar).

Who says Italians can’t play a mean guitar?

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

The words “Italian” and “He plays a mean guitar” don’t go hand in hand naturally. After all how many Italian guitar wizards can you think of?

Wiggle to bring the digi-dub reggae to Galway

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

WIGGLE, THE Cork digi-dub reggae legends return to Galway to play The Warwick Hotel, Salthill, on Friday January 29 at 10pm.

New book delves into the lives of Irish artists

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

TEA’N’TURPS, a new book by the South African born, Irish based, artist Lynda Cookson, takes a humorous look at the lives and work of 12 contemporary Irish artists.

Have a double helping of laughs

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

GALWAY CAN treat itself to a double helping of laughs over the next week as the Róisín Dubh stages two comedy shows in Comedy Comedy and The Laughter Lounge.

Creative writing classes

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

GALWAY POET and short story writer Susan Millar DuMars will host a creative writing class in the GMIT next month.

The course takes place on Wednesdays from 7.30pm to 9.30pm and runs for eight weeks, starting on February 10. Susan will give support, instruction, and feedback to students who are interested in writing short stories, novels, or poetry.

German award for Ken Bruen

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

THIS YEAR has got off to a good start for the internationally acclaimed Galway crime author Ken Bruen who has just won an award in Germany.

What goes on inside those buildings?

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

HOW DO the security guards in the Jeu de Paume see the museum? What is going on inside the LA library? Just how do we interact with the buildings we encounter every day?

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
To be with my entire family especially at Christmas.

To be with my entire family especially at Christmas.

Eduard Stan and Music for Galway to celebrate Schumann

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

THIS YEAR is the bicentenary of Robert Schumann’s birth and Music For Galway is marking the occasion in style with Fantasies and Fairytales, a weekend of selected chamber works by Schumann, running over four concerts from January 22 to 24 at the Town Hall Theatre.

Ronan Collins reels in the showband years at Town Hall

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

THE SHOWBANDS were a truly unique Irish entertainment phenomenon from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s and produced such names as Brendan Bowyer, Dickie Rock, Joe Dolan, Butch Moore, Red Hurley, and Big Tom.

At the time Irish music was only at an embryonic stage of development and the only way a musician had of developing his craft was by joining a group. Among the many internationally famous international musicians who started their careers on the showband circuit were Van Morrison, Rory Gallagher, Henry McCullough, Eric Bell, and Colm Wilkinson. The Beatles even played support to Irish showbands in their early days.

A trio of great comics at The Laughter Lounge

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

A SCOTSMAN, an Irishman, and an American walked into a bar...that bar will be the Róisín Dubh when Geoff Boyz, Shane Mauss, and Keith Farnan play The Laughter Lounge next Wednesday.

Playing at Plays in Town Hall studio

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

YOUNG GALWAY ensemble The Company Productions kick off the New Year in appropriate fashion at the Town Hall studio next week with a new play about the trials and tribulations of putting on a play.

CoisCéim Dance to mix Superman and Nijinsky

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

COISCÉIM DANCE Theatre is celebrating 15 years of award-winning productions this year and to mark the occasion it is bringing two new dance works, As You Are and Faun, around the country.

As You Are directed by CoisCéim dancer Muirne Bloomer and Faun directed by CoisCéim artistic director David Bolger, will be performed in the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday January 26 at 8pm.

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