The thrills, pills, and bellyaches of being a Marxist poet

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

THE PAMPHLET was the chief means by which an 18th century man - particularly one with revolutionary zeal - with things to say got those things off his chest.

Album review: Whipping Boy

Music Reviews Thu, Sep 02, 2021

I AM old enough to remember when Whipping Boy were Jesus and Mary Chain wannabes, and their utter transformation a couple of years later as witnessed on a grandstanding performance on The Late Late Show.

Is Briain alive? TG4’s Ros na Rún returns on September 7

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

ROS NA Rún, TG4’s popular Irish language drama series returns for season 26 on Tuesday September 7 at 8.30pm and the burning question for viewers is, is Briain alive?

Athenry Music School Sinfonietta to give online Culture Night concert

Thu, Sep 02, 2021

THE YOUNG musicians of Athenry Music School Sinfonietta will give their debut performance of ‘A Baroque Session (with Carolan & Friends)’ by Raymond Deane online at 7pm on Culture Night, Friday, September 17.

Film review: The Nest

Films Reviews Wed, Sep 01, 2021

AFTER BEING held back for almost a year, The Nest, the second film from director Sean Durkin, is finally available to Irish audiences.

Galway made film Arracht optioned for Hollywood remake

Wed, Sep 01, 2021

FOLLOWING RAVE reviews, awards, and being selected as Ireland’s official entry for the 2021 Oscars, Galway made film Arracht has now been optioned for a Hollywood remake.

Pretty Happy - Cork post-punk trio for Fall Right Into Place

Tue, Aug 31, 2021

PRETTY HAPPY, the post punk Cork trio “who sound at times like a deranged Pixies – which is an entirely good thing!", according to Hot Press, are coming to Fall Right Into Place.

What about the sea goddesses?

Tue, Aug 31, 2021

THINK OF the gods of the sea and there is really only one name - the Greek sea god, Poseidon, or Neptune if you are more familiar with his Roman name.

Gilgamesh - a short film, to premiere at Town Hall Theatre

Mon, Aug 30, 2021

GILGAMESH, THE story of the ancient hero-king from the Middle East, and brilliantly reimagined by Macnas, will be screened as a short film in the Town Hall Theatre next week.

Live music is back at Monroe’s

Mon, Aug 30, 2021

SHARON SHANNON, Hudson Taylor, The Frank and Walters, and Kíla are just a few of the names that will be headlining gigs at Monroe’s Live as live music returns to the Dominick Street venue.

Beckett as Gaeilge ar Inis Óirr

Mon, Aug 30, 2021

HAPPY DAYS, Samuel Beckett’s 1961 play, cited as one of the 40 best plays of all time by The Independent, is coming to Inis Óirr in a version as Gaeilge.

'Getting to Know...' Clare Barrett, actor

Thu, Aug 26, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Going to an Enda Walsh play.

Rita Ann Higgins receives 2021 Living Poets Society Award

Thu, Aug 26, 2021

GALWAY POET Rita Ann Higgins was presented with the the Living Poets Society Award 2021 at the recent Power of Words Festival in Abbeyleix, last weekend.

Home thoughts from abroad

Thu, Aug 26, 2021

STRANGE LANDS, an exhibition of photographs by the Swedish artist Ingela Stenberg, is currently running at the Renzo Café, Eyre Street.

Druid on the radio with a New York murder mystery

Thu, Aug 26, 2021

DRUID THEATRE Company is no stranger to the stage at home and abroad, but radio plays are a different matter. That changes this month when Druid performs Sorry, Wrong Number.

Decadent and the return of indoor theatre in Galway

Thu, Aug 26, 2021

DECADENT THEATRE Company will lead the resumption of indoor live theatre in the city with its production of Kevin Barry’s There Are Little Kingdoms as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Mirror Pavillion to be unveiled on Saturday

Thu, Aug 26, 2021

THE 2021 Galway International Arts Festival will open with the unveiling of the much-anticipated second part of John Gerrard’s Mirror Pavilion, Leaf Work, in Derrigimlagh Bog, Connemara.

‘I’m thrilled to finally be back on stage in front of a live audience’

Thu, Aug 26, 2021

In March 2020, Zara Devlin had been busy rehearsing for her starring role in the musical Sing Street in which she was due to make her Broadway debut. But Covid put the lights out on America's theatre capital, and instead Zara went home to Co. Tyrone. This is Zara’s story in her own words.

Film review: The Bright Side

Films Reviews Wed, Aug 25, 2021

DIRECTED BY Ruth Meehan, and based on the book by Anne Gildea, I’ve Got Cancer, What’s Your Excuse?, The Bright Side is a new Irish comedy, although dramedy is a better word for it.