Album review: Slow Place Like Home

Music Reviews Thu, Oct 19, 2017

THE SECOND album from Donegal vocalist, composer, and producer SPLH - aka Keith Mannion - contains what may be a first, or at least a rarity, in electronic music - the use of a waltz rhythm.

Karl Spain’s Late Night KARLnival at Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

WITH THE Vodafone Comedy Carnival mere days away, organisers have revealed to the Galway Advertiser, just a few names from the stunning line-up they have put together for Karl Spain’s always full, never dull, Late Night KARLnival.

Celebrate Diwali with Galway's Indian community

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

Diwali: Festival of Lights, one of the main festivals of Hinduism which celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, good over evil, hope over despair, will be celebrated in Galway at the Connacht Hotel on Monday October 30 at 5pm.

Help support new Galway short film

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

COMEDIANS JASON Byrne and Eric Lalor star in Sons and Broken Noses, a new, Galway made short film co-directed by Colin Fleming and Nigel O'Brien, and written by Damien Aulsberry.

What happens when the party goes Boom?

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

SELMA MAE seems to have the perfect life, beautiful home, children, architect husband…but when her social climbing mother arrives to help organise a party to celebrate the completion of her state-of-the-art extension, cracks begin to show.

Cursed by Good Intentions at the comedy festival

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

CURSED BY Good Intentions, a one-man show from local writer/performer Conor Montage has its Irish premiere at An Taibhdhearc on Sunday October 29 at 7pm as part of the Vodafone Comedy Carnival.

'We want Comedy Soc to be something that continues for years to come'

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

THE VODAFONE Comedy Carnival Galway opens on Tuesday October 24 and among the events taking place that day will be Bob’s Blundabus arriving on campus at NUI Galway to deliver for some craic, comedy, games, and devilment with the students.

Dead musician haunts wife

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

THE GHOST of a recently deceased musician returns to the home he shared with his wife. Forced to watch passively as his grieving widow slowly rebuilds her life without him, he finds that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time.

A non-fiction Over The Edge

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

NORMALLY THE Over The Edge readings at Galway City Library feature poets and prose writers, but this month's reading will be different, as it will present work by non-fiction authors Angela Nagle, Fiona Neary, and Jonathan Sugarman.

Tango in the night

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

"LET'S DANCE! Put on your red shoes and dance the blues," exhorted David Bowie on his classic 1983 hit single ''Let's Dance'. The title has been borrowed by Music For Galway for its new season and that opening line for its next event.

A new look at Joyce's female Dubliners

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

DUBLINER'S WOMEN is a stage adaptation of James Joyce's famous short story collection, but with the emphasis is on the often overlooked female characters from 'The Boarding House', 'Clay', and 'Eveline' - for once Dubliners is about far more than just 'The Dead'.

Fangclub play Róisín Dubh tonight

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

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 is just glorious".

Seven Shades of Aindrias de Staic

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

A YOUNG MAN wanders through life seeking the answers to its biggest questions. He also cannot stop acting the eejit. This is Seven Shades, the new show from comedian, actor, musician, and writer Aindrias de Staic.

Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment - on stage

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

CRIME AND Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s classic story of murder, moral dilemma, and human capacity for evil, comes to the stage of the Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane, this month.

Acting workshop with Linda Bhreathnach

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

CONNEMARA FILM maker Linda Bhreathnach, writer, producer, and co-director of the acclaimed short film Adulting, will give a workshop in Acting for Camera at the Galway Actors Workshop.

Emma Lohan and Anna Mullarkey gigs

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

GALWAY MUSICIANS Emma Lohan and Anna Mullarkey embark on The Black Atlantic Tour of Ireland this month which will include two gigs in Galway, and both women will also be releasing new singles.

Yawning Chasm to play Bus King #3

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

YAWNING CHASM, the Galway indie folk rock singer songwriter, whose music has been described as "delicate and affecting" by The Irish Times, will play the next Bus King gig.

Music & Musings with ConTempo

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

MUSIC & MUSINGS is a new series of short concerts at the Black Gate Cultural Centre, featuring the ConTempo Quartet with emerging and established composers from Ireland, as well as guest artists.

Nosferatu - creeping onto a screen in Galway

Wed, Oct 18, 2017

THE ORIGINAL Dracula film, the first cinematic interpretation of Bram Stoker's novel, and one of the greatest horror films of all time - Nosferatu - will be screened in Galway - accompanied by a live soundtrack from the ConTempo Quartet.

Don McLean retuns to Galway

Wed, Oct 18, 2017

DON MCLEAN, the singer-songwriter whose 'American Pie', 'Vincent', and 'And I Love You So' are standards in the great songbook, not just of America, but of the world, returns to Galway in June.

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