Do you think you are a comedian?
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
HAVE YOU ever been to a comedy gig and thought ‘I could do that’? Well, now is your chance with a new competition from The King’s Head in association with Bulmers.
Read more ...In praise of small presses
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
DURING THE recent bad weather, a conversation I had with a Breton friend who lives outside Montreal came to mind: “When you get up in the morning and spend two hours digging your car out from the snow to discover that you have dug out your next door neighbour’s car, it is time to go back to bed.”
Some weeks ago I intended to read the book earmarked for this article on the train to Dublin. This I duly did only to discover on my return that I had read the wrong book. However, unlike my Breton friend, this error turned out to be somewhat fortuitous as there were many similarities between the two works in question.
Read more ...The golf game that brought down a government
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
ON MONDAY July 28 2008 Sean Fitzpatrick played 18 holes of golf with Brian Cowen on Druid’s Heath at the foot of Wicklow mountains. Afterwards they had dinner at the resort’s hotel.
Read more ...Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
THE 2011 Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase takes place on Friday February 11 at 8pm in Café 8 at The Galway City Museum.
Read more ...Mogwai - Scotland’s pride
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
“MOGWAI STILL sound like the future, their five-strong core membership still the coolest gang in town.” So wrote Scottish crime fiction author Ian Rankin of the band that make their Galway debut on St Valentine’s Day.
Read more ...Marathon at Town Hall
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
NIGHT TIME. A country road. Mark and Steve are training for the event of their lives. They find themselves running into their past and into their future.
Read more ...Des Bishop - My Dad Was Nearly James Bond
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
IS JAMES Bond the epitome of masculinity? Suave, handsome, irresistible to women, brave, cool under pressure, an array of gadgets at his disposal, and a licence to kill.
Read more ...Open mic nights @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
STARTING THIS Sunday at 9pm, the Róisín Dubh will begin its new Open Mic nights in the upstairs bar. This new weekly night takes its inspiration from the classic open mic format.
Every performer gets a free pint and the most popular performer will win the night, as judged by the audience. So whether you a budding singer songwriter, a politically motivated slam poet, or even a misunderstood stand-up comic, this is your chance to perform. The hosts on the night will be Keith and Shane.
Read more ...Open mic nights @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
STARTING THIS Sunday at 9pm, the Róisín Dubh will begin its new Open Mic nights in the upstairs bar. This new weekly night takes its inspiration from the classic open mic format.
Every performer gets a free pint and the most popular performer will win the night, as judged by the audience. So whether you a budding singer songwriter, a politically motivated slam poet, or even a misunderstood stand-up comic, this is your chance to perform. The hosts on the night will be Keith and Shane.
Read more ...GFS to show two award winning films
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
CHRISTIAN MONKS living in a Muslim land and an American teenager struggling to look after her family are the backdrop to two upcoming screenings by The Galway Film Society.
Read more ...Momo’s Dream in Town Hall Studio
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
MICHAEL ENDE’S classic fable Momo comes to the Town Hall studio next week in an imaginative new staging by Sorcas Quircas and directed by Pipa the Clown.
Momo, also known as The Grey Gentlemen or The Men in Grey, is a fantasy novel first published in 1973. Like Ende’s best-known work, The Neverending Story, it uses fantasy and symbolism to deal with real issues such as the nature and importance of time, the power of stories, friendship, compassion, and the value of the small but precious things that make life worth living.
Read more ...Linda Welby to play Town Hall Theatre
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
A SINGER, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and a mother of eight, she is Linda Welby and she plays the Town Hall Theatre on Monday February 7 at 8pm.
Read more ...Actions - daring dance show for Town Hall
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
“DARING PHYSICAL feats? Check. Competitiveness? Check. Underlying, shrugged-off, affection? Check...wonderfully enjoyable, skilfully paced, and full of small surprises.”
Read more ...The Vaccines are Róisín Dubh bound
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
THERE IS a hell of a lot of fuss about London band The Vaccines at the moment and they are hotly tipped to be one of the breakthrough bands of 2011.
Read more ...Daft Funk and Dmau5 @ Kelly’s
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
A DOUBLE headline gig featuring two leading tribute acts to two of the best ever electronic acts is coming to Kelly’s on Friday February 4 at 10pm.
Read more ...Freddie White to play The Forge
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
FREDDIE WHITE is about to depart to live in Australia but before he does, he is treating his Irish fans to a series of gigs around the country.
Freddie will play The Forge, Moycullen on Saturday February 5 at 8.30pm and he is sure to play such favourites as ‘Martha’, ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’ and ‘Desperados Waiting for a Train’.
Read more ...The Silent Disco is back
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
THE FIRST Silent Disco of 2011 takes place in the Róisín Dubh this Saturday at 11pm with DJs Gugai and Graham Dolan going head to head.
Pick up your headphones on the way in and switch between the two DJs to see who is playing the songs you most want to dance to. If you need a break, take the headphones off and marvel at the bizarre spectacle of a room full of people dancing and singing different songs, even though no music is to be heard.
Read more ...Flirt FM’s Deep Underground live from The Blue Note
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
FLIRT FM 101.3’s flagship underground electronic music show Deep Underground will be broadcasting live from the Blue Note this evening.
Read more ...Rising comedy star Jack Whitehall to play Róisín Dubh
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
HE IS only in his early twenties but English comedian Jack Whitehall has already made a remarkable impact upon the comedy world.
Read more ...Múscailt - NUIG’s arts festival returns
Thu, Jan 27, 2011
THE IRISH première of a new opera, a new children’s show, original drama, comedy, music, and art, will make up this year’s Múscailt - NUI, Galway’s annual arts festival.
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