Galway Community Circus at the double
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
GALWAY COMMUNITY Circus return to the Black Box Theatre for two thrilling new circus shows this weekend; Circopolis and Circopolín Children.
Read more ...NUIG to host Irish premiere of David Greig play
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
THE IRISH premiere of The Monster In The Hall, by Scottish writer David Greig, will be staged as part of NUI Galway's inaugural theatre season.
Read more ...Mark Logan: an appreciation
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
HUSBAND, FATHER, brother, uncle, friend, messer, Chelsea fan, musician, comedian, animal lover, teller of the most detailed stories, absolute gentleman, a man of honesty and passion, Mark was, first and foremost, a beautiful person.
Read more ...Evita – classic musical for Town Hall
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
EVITA, THE celebrated musical based on the life of Eva Perón, the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 to 1952, is being staged in the Town Hall Theatre.
Read more ...Dubliners re-imagined for the stage
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
THE DUBLINERS Dilemma, based on James Joyce’s Dubliners, comes to the Town Hall Theatre on Wednesday April 2 at 8pm.
Read more ...Gabriel Byrne en Français
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
A FRENCH actress meets a mysterious passenger aboard a train and decides to follow him to his destination.
Read more ...Short Film Awards 2014
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
FRIDAY MAY 9 at 12 noon is the deadline for entries to the Galway Film Centre’s 2014 Short Film Awards, in association with RTÉ.
The award scheme is specifically for new short Irish fiction films and is open to emerging filmmakers with original scripts that display a strong cinematic vision. There are two cash awards of €9,500 each for the two best scripts submitted to the GFC.
Read more ...Frankie Gavin to play NUIG concert
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
TRAD FIDDLE great Frankie Gavin will be among the stellar line-up of musicians performing at the NUI Galway’s Arts in Action Finale Concert.
Read more ...Rackhouse Pilfer album launch
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
RACKHOUSE PILFER, the Sligo alt-country and bluegrass sextet, launch their new album, Love and Havoc, at a concert in Monroe’s Live this Saturday at 10pm.
Read more ...Beardyman @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
BEARDYMAN – DJ, producer, and entertainer – brings his Eat Sleep Shave Repeat Irish Tour to Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday April 3.
Beardyman, who has been called the “king of sound, ruler of beats,” by BBC1 Breakfast, and “like Bobby McFerrin on Speed” by the Evening Standard, is promising audiences a rip roaring, beat filled and lavishly improvised gigs.
Read more ...Cornerboy @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
COMBINING APPALACHIAN folk, sea shanties, arena rock choruses, vocal harmonies, and an indie sensibility, Wexford’s Cornerboy epitomise nu-folk.
Read more ...The ‘indietronic’ Mineral
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
“THE MINERAL album is really beautiful... it reminds of Screamadelica.” So said Alan McGee whose Creation label released the Primal Scream classic in 1991.
Read more ...Nicole Maguire @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
AHEAD OF the release of her debut album next week, Cork singer-songwriter Nicole Maguire plays upstairs in the Róisín Dubh tomorrow night.
Read more ...Get inside the mind of Lara Croft
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
RHIANNA PRATCHETT, the video game scriptwriter for Bioshock, the Overlord series, and the recently rebooted Lara Croft, is coming to Cúirt 2014.
Read more ...John O’Conor in concert
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
THE GREAT Irish pianist John O’Conor will perform John Field’s Three Nocturnes in the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway, on Friday March 28 at 8pm.
Read more ...Sing with The Ad-Hoc Choir
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
GALWEGIANS INTERESTED in singing are being encouraged to check out The Ad-Hoc Choir’s month of song.
The event will see participnts sing harmonies, learn about their voice, and enjoy singing with other people over four Fridays from March 21 to April 11 from 7.30pm to 9pm in Áras Na nGael, Dominick Street.
Read more ...Union University Singers in concert
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
THE UNION University Singers, the acclaimed choir from Jackson, Tennessee, will give two performances in Galway on Saturday March 29.
Read more ...Acoustic blues gig
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
HARD DRIVING acoustic blues band One Horse Pony will make their Galway debut when they play Kelly's Bridge Street, tomorrow night.
Read more ...The Dead Heavys @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
“THE DEAD Heavys deal a psychedelic-tinged guitar-pop that could easily grab a whole stadium full of post-Oasis fans as well as the charts.”
Read more ...Re-live Oasis @ Monroe's Live
Thu, Mar 20, 2014
COME AUGUST, Oasis’s Definitely Maybe will be 20 years old, yet despite reaching this milestone, songs like ‘Slide Away’ and ‘Live Forever’ still sound timeless.
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