There is no one interpretation

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

WHY SHOULD there be only one interpretation of a artwork - be it a painting, a play, a song, a film, a poem? By opening such works to multiple perspectives is possibly the only way art can effectively take in the diversity of human experience.

Ride On - Hondas, barbers, booms and busts

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

THERE CANNOT be many plays which revolve around the Honda 50 but Seamus O’Rourke’s hit comedy-drama Ride On! does and it’s revving up for a visit to the Town Hall Theatre next week.

Sharon Shannon - back to basics @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

FOR YEARS she has entertained and impressed audiences with big band, her four piece group, and orchestra, but now Sharon Shannon is going ‘back to basics’.

Remembering 1916 with Seven Lives For Liberty

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

NEXT WEEK the Town Hall Theatre hosts Seven Lives For Liberty, a theatrical tribute in drama and music to the seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation.

Anthony Kearns to sing at Town Hall

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

ANTHONY KEARNS, described as “Ireland’s foremost tenor...a great ambassador for Ireland” by Michael Collins, Ireland’s Ambassador to the US, is coming to Galway.

New Gaelic games play to premiere in Caherlistrane

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

CAHERLISTRANE GAA Club will host the premiere of The Pull, a new comic play with a Gaelic games theme, on Friday November 16 at 8pm.

Finbarr Doherty @ Monroe’s

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

SINGER-SONGWRITER Finbarr Doherty and his band will play Monroe’s Live Backstage Bar this Saturday from 9pm.

New comedy club @ The Cellar

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

UNHINGED IS the name of the new comedy club in The Cellar Bar. The club opens tonight at 9pm and will run every Thursday.

Every Thursday there’s an ‘unhinged’ line up of gutsy comedians from all over Ireland getting on stage and letting it fly to lively crowds.

Sunday Service @ Massimo

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

Every Sunday afternoon in the comfortable surrounds of Massimos bar, Williams street Galway enjoy the soulful sounds by vinyl DJ Dave Barry and guests and award winning food from the EAT kitchens.

Planet of sound

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

Julie Feeney - Clocks (Mittins)

Alien pop at Spirit of Voice

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

‘ALIEN POP’ and avant garde electronica will be the order of the day when electro-duo Nanu Nanu take to the stage of An Taibhdhearc for the Spirit of Voice festival.

Scullion to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

SCULLION, ONE of the great Irish folk/rock/trad bands, featuring Sonny Condell, Robbie Overson, and Philip King, play the Róisín Dubh on Friday November 16 at 8pm.

Mötley Crüe man for Monroe’s

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

HE WAS a member of the high priests of sleaze rock Mötley Crüe, he has toured with LA Guns, and worked with KISS’s Bruce Kulick.

Christy Moore to play Galway in January

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

CHRISTY MOORE is coming back to Galway to play two shows, where he will be joined by a stellar line-up featuring Mairtín O’Connor, Cathal Hayden, Seamie O’Dowd, and Jimmy Higgins.

Coldplay in concert @ Galway Omniplex

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

COLDPLAY LIVE 2012, the concert film, will be screened at the Galway Omniplex on Tuesday at 8.30pm.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
I would happily settle for a couple of hours peace and quiet with my wife.

Put some sax in your classical music

Thu, Nov 08, 2012

THE VATICAN once declared that the saxophone “gave reasonable concern for scandal”, but a concert coming to Galway will show the real scandal is how neglected this instrument is by classical composers.