Macnas - In Sight on Inis Oírr

Thu, Jul 12, 2018

MACNAS IS best known, and hugely acclaimed, for its street parades, but there will be a chance to see a different side to its creative artists, in an exhibition on the Aran Islands.

World premiere for When All is Ruin Once Again

Thu, Jul 12, 2018

THE WORLD premiere of When All Is Ruin Once Again, a Galway made feature documentary about memory and the importance of preserving it, will be shown at the 2018 Galway Film Fleadh.

Seamus Fogarty's 'treasure trove of noises'

Thu, Jul 12, 2018

"THE GHOSTLY emotional wallop" of the music of Seamus Fogarty "will take your breath away", according to The Irish Times; The Quietus called it "psychedelic folk, a peaty brew", while The List declared it "dreamy, mesmerising folk music with Americana feel".

Galway Jazz Festival to defy Brexit

Thu, Jul 12, 2018

IN DEFIANCE of the impending reality of Brexit, and what it may mean for touring musicians, the Galway Jazz Festival has announced a line up for this October's event, that contains strong UK representation.

The Clandestinos @ Monroe's

Thu, Jul 12, 2018

GALWAY SKA/REGGAE band The Clandestinos return to Monroe's on Friday August 17 at 11pm, where they will play reggae and ska takes on classic songs, and some originals too.

Incantata and ‘reaching across the void’

Wed, Jul 11, 2018

THE SHOWPIECE theatre premiere in this year’s GIAF is the staging of Paul Muldoon’s great elegy Incantata, which the poet wrote in response to the death from cancer, in 1992, of his one-time lover, artist Mary Farl Powers, who was aged just 44.

Circuses, streets, and gardens - all part of GIAF magic

Tue, Jul 10, 2018

FROM ITS earliest days, Galway International Arts Festival has wowed audiences by transforming city streets into sites of magic and bringing the visual verve of circus to indoor venues. This year’s festival again delivers a feast of spectacle and who better to give the lowdown on the hoedown than GIAF artistic director, Paul Fahy.

'Orfeo ed Euridice is very much a spiritual journey'

Tue, Jul 10, 2018

THE MYTH of Orpheus and Eurydice has inspired countless artists down the centuries, including Ovid, Cocteau, Stravinsky, Titian, and Rodin. Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Orfeo ed Euridice is part of a rich and enduring artistic tradition and its exciting new staging from Irish National Opera, directed by Emma Martin, is a highlight of this year’s GIAF programme.

The 'joyful music' of Amadou & Mariam

Mon, Jul 09, 2018

MUSICAL MAGIC from Mali will be sure to light up the Heineken Big Top on Wednesday July 18 when husband and wife duo Amadou & Mariam unleash their irresistible brand of Afropop on Galway.

Sitting on stage amid The Aspirations Of Daise Morrow

Mon, Jul 09, 2018

WHEN YOU walk into the Black Box to see a theatre show, what do you expect to find? A mixture of tiered seating and ground level seating facing the stage. However a show at this year's arts festival, will do away with all that.

Double dose of sensational acrobatics @ GIAF 18

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

HIGH-OCTANE acrobatics, circus skills performers pushed to their very limits, edge of seat physical theatre for adventurous spirits, be they families or individuals - the Galway International Aerts Festival has a double dose of it all.

An American, a Corkonian, and a Tuam man…

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

AN EX-PAT American, a comedian from the Rebel County, and a bovine cultivation technician from Tuam, join Karl Spain at the next Comedy KARLnival at the Róisín Dubh.

Five up for Bingham Ray New Talent Award

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

ACTOR JORDANNE Jones, film makers Martin Beirne, Aislinn Clarke, and Viko Nicki, and producer Brian J Falconer are the nominees for the Galway Film Fleadh’s Bingham Ray New Talent Award.

EM Reapy to read at Over The Edge

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

EM REAPY, whose debut novel Red Dirt was awarded the 2017 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, will read at the next Over The Edge Writers Gathering in the Galway City Museum.

'Druid gets hundreds of scripts a year and only two are chosen for the Debuts'

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

THE WORLD premieres of two plays - Furniture by Sonya Kelly and Shelter by Cristín Kehoe - will be presented by Druid Theatre Company as part of this year's Galway International Arts Festival.

The Art of Protest at the arts festival

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

FROM THE rallies which led to the repeal of the Eight Amendment in Ireland, to the Black Lives Matter movement in the US, to Palestinian demonstrations against Israeli occupation, our polarised world has seen an upsurge of protest.

All Our Exes Live in Texas

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

COUNTRY SINGER George Strait may have sung how "all my exes live in Texas", but the four-part indie-folk harmony band who take their name from that Grammy award winning song, come from Australia.

Visual arts at GIAF 18

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

EACH JULY Galway International Arts Festival presents a diverse and quality range of work from Irish and international artists. The visual arts programme is entirely free and attracts thousands of visitors across the 14 days of the festival.

Hot sauce and heat at The Dirty Circus

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

THE WEATHER these days? To quote the title of an old British sit-com, It Ain’t Half Hot Mum! However if you thought it was hot outside, it’s nothing to the heat that will be generated inside The Dirty Circus.

When a kitchen appliance is more important than a husband

Thu, Jul 05, 2018

GRACE THINKS she has the perfect happy family - a loving husband, two wonderful children - but when her husband brings home a new kitchen appliance, she releases there might not be room form them both in the house.

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