Win tickets to Breaking Dawn Part One @ Omniplex

Thu, Nov 17, 2011

BREAKING DAWN Part One, the latest instalment in the Twilight saga, opens in the Galway Omniplex tomorrow.

Now married to vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) gives birth to a daughter, but the birth sets in motion a perilous chain of events that pits the Cullens against the Volturi, the fearsome council of vampire leaders, setting the stage for an all-out battle.

Frankie fares forth

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

VOTED ONE of the top 10 plays of the last decade in the Sunday Times Critics Choice, Conor McPherson’s The Seafarer is a blackly funny, moving and spooky drama. Nomad Theatre Network and Decadent Theatre Company have now mounted a new production of this award-winning play which is coming soon to the Town Hall Theatre as part of a national tour.

Life, music, an adventure - the Junior Galway Film Fleadh

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

THE AMAZING adventures of a young French woman, a tiny girl who lives under the floorboards, the lives of three young street dancers in Germany, and making sculptures from other people’s rubbish - it is all in this year’s Junior Galway Film Fleadh.

The 17th Junior Galway Film Fleadh returns from Wednesday November 17 to Saturday 19 with a host of films, documentaries, animations, and events, aimed at those aged from four to 18, taking place in the Town Hall Theatre, NUI Galway’s Huston School of Film and Digital Media, and the Galway City Museum.

Metallers Ilenkus launch debut album

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

GALWAY METAL band Ilenkus will launch their debut album Rule By Thieves in the Róisín Dubh on Monday November 14 at 9pm.

Adele King back with new show, Trading Faces

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

FOLLOWING THE sell-out tour of Grumpy Old Women, Adele King (aka Twink) will shortly return to the Town Hall with her all-new touring show Trading Faces (alias Who Gives A Tuck?).

Cathy Sharp Dance Ensemble returns to Town Hall

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

THE CATHY Sharpe Dance Ensemble will return to the Town Hall Theatre to perform three new dance pieces, including one by Connemara choreographer Eoin MacDonncha.

Acclaimed songwriter for Kelly’s

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

ACCORDING TO Lucinda Williams, Canadian singer-singer songwriter Ana Egge is “an exceptional songwriter...the folk Nina Simone”.

Ryan Sheridan - Róisín gig and PLAY IRISH

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

RYAN SHERIDAN, the Monaghan singer-songwriter who captured public attention with his song ‘Jigsaw’, is coming back to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh.

Echogram @ Monroe’s

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

“THE MOST genuinely exciting and refreshing band to come out of Ireland in years” is how Q have described Cork quartet Echogram.

Two shows from Seamus Ruttledge

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

THERE WILL be two chances to see, hear, and enjoy the songs and poems of the brilliant Tuam singer-songwriter Seamus Ruttledge in Galway this month.

The Molly Hicks and Americana month @ Campbell’s

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

THE MOLLY Hicks will bring the sounds of Appalachian, bluegrass, country and gospel music to the Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover this Saturday at 9.30pm.

Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 9.30pm.

Comics West! takes place on Saturday

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

COMICS WEST!, the Irish comic book fair organised by NUI Galway’s Comic Book Society takes place in the university on Saturday November 12.

A visual journey into East Germany

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE Republik, the German Democratic Republic, the DDR, GDR, or more simply, East Germany, although no longer existent, continues to fascinate.

Memory and weather in new GUH exhibition

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

A NEW exhibition, Clouds as Memories and Other Stories, will be launched by sculptor John Behan tomorrow at 6pm in the Arts Corridor, University Hospital Galway.

New book on Marja van Kampen to be launched

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

A NEW book on the life, work, and influences of Dutch born, Galway based artist Marja van Kampen will be officially launched in The Kenny Gallery this Saturday.

A Determined Life In Art, written and designed by Dick Donaghue, will be launched by Galway Advertiser chair Ronnie O’Gorman in The Kenny Gallery, Liosbán Retail Park, at 2pm.

Fugitive Dialogues @ TULCA

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

IS THERE a point to writing about contemporary art? Could it be more critical? More provocative? Perhaps it needs to be less full of jargon and more accessible?

What about the difficulties/methods of getting work published? Are there new audiences who can be reached by new media?

Seamus Kelleher @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

GALWAY BORN, US based guitarist Seamus Kelleher will play Monroe’s Live this Sunday at 8pm with all proceeds going to the Galway Hospice.

Phill Jupitus solo show @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

SINCE RETURNING to stand-up comedy the great Phill Jupitus has made the Róisín Dubh something of a second home for himself.

Scrubs stars for Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 10, 2011

THE BLANKS, also known as Ted’s Band, from the popular comedy series Scrubs, will be performing in Monroe’s Live on Friday November 18.

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