Cúirt/Over The Edge New Writing Showcase

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

DARA Ó Foghlu, Paul Denby, and Vinny Steed will read from their work at the 13th annual Over The Edge/Cúirt Festival of International Literature New Writing Showcase.

Is that a Galway accent?

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

IS THAT A Galway Accent?, the debut album collecting both published and broadcast work, by the award winning Galway writer Anne Marie Kennedy, is to be launched in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop.

NC Grey - a jazz show for Galway

Thu, Apr 19, 2018

NC GREY, the British-Nigerian jazz singer begins her British and Irish tour with a show in The Black Gate Cultural Centre, St Francis Street, this weekend.

Jenny Greene and RTÉ Concert Orchestra return to festival Big Top

Wed, Apr 18, 2018

JENNY GREENE and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, which was the fastest selling music gig in Galway International Arts Festival’s 40-year history, have announced they will return to the 2018 festival.

Tin Lies to spread its hilarity this May in Tuam

Wed, Apr 18, 2018

After last year's success in The Mall Theatre, Tuam, and An Taibhdhearc, Galway, the two act play The Crossing written by Patricia King-Callaghan from Tuam explored traditional themes which had their roots in the troubled history of the Irish peasantry.

Ireland's Public Sector Showcased at Public Sector Digital Marketing Summit!

Wed, Apr 18, 2018

Ireland's Public Sector Showcased at Public Sector Digital Marketing Summit - In-house staff innovating in the Digital Age to benefit the public and other stakeholders - Thursday, June 14th, The Round Room at the Mansion House.

The 'utterly original' Paul Currie comes to the Róisín Dubh

Tue, Apr 17, 2018

HE HAS performed with a monkey he keeps in a suitcase, he is known to have a rubber duck about his person, his comedy rarely involves him uttering a word. Perhaps because he has Cats In My Mouth.

Galway Film Society - new season, new location

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

THE GALWAY Film Society has moved to a new location to screen its new season of films. The Pálás Cinema will now host screenings of the society and Galway can look forward to a diverse range of films from Japan, Switzerland, Russia, France, Germany, and Australia.

Allman Brown to play Róísín Dubh

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

HE WAS BORN and brought up in Hong Kong; has lived in England since he was 11; and was inspired to write songs by Bon Iver's 'Flume'. Since then, Allman Brown has won notice for the single 'Sons and Daughters', and acclaim for his album 1000 Years.

Ian Coppinger at the Comedy KARLnival

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

IAN COPPINGER is best known as a member of Stephen Frost's Improv All-Stars, but Galway will get a rare chance to see the man perform a solo stand-up show, at the next Comedy KARLnival.

Engage Art Studios - one street, two exhibitions

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

TWO EXHIBITIONS, both featuring work by artists who are part of Galway's Engage Art Studios, will be on show in two locations on Dominick Street - Just Art It and the Galway Arts Centre.

Songwriters to explain the art of writing lyrics at Cúirt

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

ARE MUSIC and literature separate art forms? Iron Maiden have drawn inspiration from Tennyson, Coleridge, and Robert Burns for their songs; Leonard Cohen was a poet as well as a songwriter, and novelist Polly Samson has written lyrics for David Gilmour and Pink Floyd.

Album review: Hinds

Music Reviews Thu, Apr 12, 2018

IT says something about the confidence of Hinds, that they come up with a riff most indie bands would have killed for to built a song around, but which the Spanish quartet are content to use merely as an interlude.

'The sea is huge for me'

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

MARINA, THE fine debut novel by Galway writer Aoibheann McCann which is published by Wordsonthestreet, will be launched in the Town Hall Theatre by the actor Little John Nee, on Thursday April 19 at 6pm.

Arts festival to bring hit circus show to Galway this summer

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

BACKBONE, the critically acclaimed new show from the award winning circus and physical theatre group, Gravity & Other Myths, has been announced for the 2018 Galway International Arts Festival.

4.48 Psychosis - theatre in a gallery

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

4.48 PSYCHOSIS, Sarah Kane's fearless, unorthodox, portrait of an experience of clinical depression, will be staged in the 126 Gallery, by new Galway theatre company, WestWorks.

Cinema review: A Quiet Place

Films Reviews Thu, Apr 12, 2018

A QUIET Place is directed by John Krasinski, who most people will know as Jim from The Office, but do not let that fool you - there are no fourth wall breaking smirks to the camera here.

Fangclub's 'take no prisoners rock' @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

FANGCLUB'S SINGLE 'Bullethead' had critics salivating upon its release. "123 seconds blasting your skull with a bludgeoning grunge rock riff that'll make you want to hit repeat," said Nialler9, while Joe.ie declared it "just glorious".

How to re-imagine the works of Wilde

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

IMAGINE A therapy class in a prison, where the therapist tests the prisoners’ patience and imaginations through the work of Oscar Wilde. This is Pan Pan Theatre's The Importance Of Nothing.

The Dark Shadows of The Famine

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

THE IRISH Famine, the greatest humanitarian disaster in Europe in the 19th century, leaving one million people dead, with another million fleeing the country, is examined in a new exhibition.

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