Excellent performances, shame about the story

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

BY FAR the most notable - and already much noted - thing about new cop thriller Righteous Kill is that it stars Robert de Niro and Al Pacino.

Liam Neeson’s vigilante crusade

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

After reading numerous half-hearted reviews, there was an expectation of disappointment walking into the theatre to see Liam Neeson’s newest flick Taken. Surprisingly, however, the let down never came and after 90 minutes of energy-packed excitement I found myself ready for more.

An interestingly original concept, Neeson plays Bryan, a former CIA spy who must rely on his old skills and contacts when his 17-year-old daughter Kim (Maggie Grace)is kidnapped by sex traffickers while on vacation with a friend in Paris, France.

A Film With Me In It is coming to Galway

Thu, Oct 02, 2008

NEW IRISH movie, A Film With Me In It, starring Dylan Moran, Mark Doherty, David Doherty, Keith Allen and Amy Huberman, will open in the Omniplex and The Eye on Friday October 17.

Celebrating Lady Gregory - the Autumn Gathering at Coole

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

TOMORROW, SATURDAY, and Sunday, the fabled Coole Park plays host to the 14th annual Lady Gregory Autumn Gathering which, as ever, features a top-notch array of speakers and performers coming together to celebrate Lady Gregory and her world.

Conway Savage talks Bad Seeds, pianos, and cricket

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

WHEN NICK Cave asked Conway Savage to join The Bad Seeds, he said he would have to “think about it”. However the two men had already played together, performing a couple of impromptu Elvis numbers at a friend’s wedding.

Geoff Muldaur - the voice of white blues

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

“THERE ARE only three white blues singers, and Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them.” This praise for the American singer and guitarist came from no less a songwriter than Richard Thompson.

Stephen Brennan on Waiting for Godot

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

GALWAY THEATRE goers are in for a very special treat next weekend when Dublin’s Gate Theatre brings its world-renowned production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot to the Black Box, for one night only, this Saturday.

The Galway date is part of the Gate’s first ever all-Ireland tour, mounted to mark the theatre’s 80th anniversary, which sees Godot visit 40 venues across the country throughout September and October.

Jane Eyre at Town Hall

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

DUBLIN’S CITY Theatre Company are in the Town Hall next week with a dynamic new staging of Charlotte Brontë’s timeless classic, Jane Eyre.

Genet’s The Maids at Town Hall

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Fregoli Theatre Company presents Jean Genet’s The Maids in the Town Hall Studio from this Monday to Saturday October 4 at 8.30pm. This adaptation incorporates elements of colour and movement to convey the social and sexual ties that bind these women in an internal role play. For tickets contact the Town Hall on 091 - 569777.

Johnny Finn composes soundtrack for TG4 series

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

A NEW six-part nature series, Ciomhtioch Gan Cuireadh, or 'Alien Invaders' starts on TG4 tomorrow at 8.30pm and features music by Galway’s Johnny Finn.

Anglo-Irish bluegrass from The Southern Tenant Folk Union

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

THEY DON’T come from the Southern states of the USA, but when it comes to playing top quality bluegrass and American folk, London’s The Southern Tenant Folk Union are the real deal.

Bell X1 to play Campbell’s

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

BELL X1 have just announced that they will play an intimate acoustic tour of Ireland in October and November and Co Galway is on their list of places to play.

Galway singer releases debut album

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Linda Welby is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and a mother of eight children, who has just released her debut album A Story To Tell on LAW records.

Politically charged punk @ Cuba*

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Politically charged melodic hardcore punk band Strike Anywhere play Cuba*, Eyre Square, on Monday at 7.30pm.

Flamenco classes start soon

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

FLAMENCO DANCER Fatima Lucia will begin a new term of flamenco dance classes on Tuesday in Árus na nGael, 45 Dominick Street, from 7pm to 10pm.

Vestis virum reddit @ CPs

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

“VESTIS VIRUM reddit” - clothes make the man - as Roman rhetorician Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, once famously said, and CPs will put his maxim into practice tonight.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Total contentment.

The Lunatick, The Lover and the Poet - Music For Galway’s Shakespearean lute-songs

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

A QUOTE from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream - “The lunatic, the lover and the poet are of imagination all compact” - inspires the programming of the Music for Galway concert in NUIG’s Aula Maxima next Tuesday at 8pm.