David Scheel’s brilliant blend of piano and comedy

Thu, May 14, 2009

TOWN HALL audiences are in for a real treat next weekend when feted Australian entertainer David Scheel brings his widely-acclaimed show Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player to the venue for one night only.

Patrician Musical Society gala concert

Thu, May 14, 2009

THE PATRICIAN Musical Society will host its gala concert at the Town Hall Theatre on Monday May 25.

Sean Costello, Frank Naughton, Sandra Shalks, Hildegarde Naughton, Kenneth Long, and other performers, under the musical direction of John Roe, will perform great numbers from Carmen, Tosca, Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, South Pacific, West Side Story, Calamity Jane, and Les Miserables. James Harris will be the MC.

Acting workshop with Max Hafler

Thu, May 14, 2009

THE THEATRE director, writer, and actor Max Hafler will give a series of acting workshops in the Galway Arts Centre.

Working on scenes from Tennessee William’s The Glass Menagerie, the workshop will explore the idea of playing for truth in naturalistic drama.

Michael McIntyre is coming to Galway

Thu, May 14, 2009

In preparation for his thirty date British arena tour this autumn, which includes three nights at London’s O2 and four nights at The Wembley Arena, the comedy sensation of 2009, Michael McIntyre (pictured), will perform a number of warm-up gigs including Galway’s Black Box on Thursday July 9 for a ‘Laughter Lounge presents...’ event. Tickets are €27 plus booking fee from Town Hall Box Office (€27.50), www.tht.ie (€28.50), www.ticketmaster.ie (€30), and €25 for members online at www.roisindubh.net.

Mum’s The Word at Town Hall

Thu, May 14, 2009

THE AWARD-winning, sell-out, theatrical phenomenon, Mum’s The Word, an hysterically funny and poignant show on the joys and agonies of parenting starring Twink will take to the stage next week at the Town Hall.

Rewind @ Karma

Thu, May 14, 2009

IF YOU remember the rubix cube and Happy Days from the first time around you are a child of the 1970s and 1980s.

So get to Karma on Wednesday June 3 for the launch of Karma’s Rewind event which takes place every Wednesday over the summer with DJ Gordy spinning hits from the 1970s and 1980s. There will also be a special rewind cocktail menu and promotional drinks at 1980s prices. For more information and invites to the launch party contact [email protected]

Bon Iver tickets now on sale

Thu, May 14, 2009

BON IVER, aka Justin Vernon, will play his only Irish show this year at the Big Top as part of Galway Arts Festival and tickets are now on sale.

The Poets Of Rhythm @ Cuba*

Thu, May 14, 2009

WHO SAYS German music can’t be funky? In the 1970s Can injected their Velvets inspired prog-rock with a good dose of funky grooves, and these days Munich’s The Poets of Rhythm continue to bring the funk from the Fatherland to the world.

The band was formed by Boris Geiger and Jan Weissenfeldt who shared a love of late 1960s and 1970s US funk bands like The Meters and Parliament. Geiger took on percussion and vocals, Weissenfeldt guitar, his brother Max drums, and Jan Krause bass, and they started writing original material. The single ‘Funky Train’ followed in 1992 and later the album Practice What You Preach.

The Poets Of Rhythm @ Cuba*

Thu, May 14, 2009

WHO SAYS German music can’t be funky? In the 1970s Can injected their Velvets inspired prog-rock with a good dose of funky grooves, and these days Munich’s The Poets of Rhythm continue to bring the funk from the Fatherland to the world.

The Followers Of Otis EP launch

Thu, May 14, 2009

Galway folk/roots/blues/Gospel band The Followers Of Otis will launch their new EP Pennies On The Pavement with an upstairs gig in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 8pm. Admission is €5 and twill include a free copy of the CD. Support on the night comes from Breakdown Rambler and A Band Called Wanda.

Panel star for the Laughter Lounge

Thu, May 14, 2009

JARLATH REGAN, the new face of RTÉ’s The Panel and the fastest rising star of Irish comedy will headline the Laughter Lounge in the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday at 9pm.

Charnwood Symphony Orchestra to play Galway

Thu, May 14, 2009

THE CHARNWOOD Symphony Orchestra, along with the Tribal Chamber Choir, soprano Denise Leigh, and bass Simon Thorpe, will perform works by Brahms, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky in Galway.

Enjoy mediaeval music this May

Thu, May 14, 2009

THE GALWAY Early Music Festival takes place this weekend with mediaeval inspired music concerts, workshops, and performances tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday.

ConTempo’s Kylemore Abbey summer schools

Thu, May 14, 2009

CONTEMPO WILL host its Chamber Music Summer School in Kylemore Abbey and this year there is an additional week focusing on wind instruments.

Recession busting art from Rachel McCormack

Thu, May 14, 2009

AT A time of recession, artworks are a luxury many cannot afford so that's why Galway artist Rachel McCormack has decided to offer her works for sale, starting at €5.

Cinema Review - Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Thu, May 14, 2009

OK so there’s no real surprise with this film - there’s the arrogant photographer with commitment issues, the slighted and heart broken girlfriends, throw in a bit of Scrooge-like ‘this is your life’ moral teachings, and hey presto you have yet another romcom.

Galway African Film Festival launch party

Thu, May 14, 2009

THE SECOND annual Galway African Film Festival will be launched on Monday from 5.30pm to 7pm at the Town Hall Theatre.

New Galway short film to be screened in Bar 8

Thu, May 14, 2009

ANN, A new short film made in Co Galway, in An Spidéal and Corrib village, will be screened in Bar 8 on the docks on Monday at 8pm.

Tall tales

Thu, May 14, 2009

AS A genre, the short story is the Cinderella of literature. The reason for this remains elusive but there is no doubt the hapless tale or story is more often than not left aside and its more aristocratic cousins, the novel, the poem, or the play preferred instead. In fact, at one stage, it was the deliberate policy of French publishers not to accept manuscripts of short stories as “personne ne les lit plus”.

Galway’s most successful literary export

Thu, May 14, 2009

KEN BRUEN is one of the few Galway based writers whose books sell in large quantities worldwide. This fact on its own would lead some of the more tragic purists among us to view him with suspicion.

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