The Games People Play - the play for the ‘negative-equity generation’

Tue, Apr 14, 2015

THE GAMES People Play, the award winning play for the “negative-equity generation” comes to the Town Hall Theatre tomorrow at 8pm. Winner of Best New Play at The Irish Times Theatre Awards, it stars Aonghus Óg McAnally and Fair City’s Lorna Quinn.

Grace Wilde - debut EP and Monroe’s Live show

Tue, Apr 14, 2015

GRACE WILDE, the Irish duo of Audrey Fay and Enda Duffy, praised by The Irish Times as delivering “delicious melodrama” and “a tightly disciplined mix of intimate rock and bluesy soul” play Monroe’s Live.

Tommy Tiernan - back on the islands

Mon, Apr 13, 2015

TOMMY TIERNAN is bringing his show Out Of The Whirlwind of a tour of the islands along the west coast this July, and Galway’s islands are included.

Cinema review: Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Films Reviews Mon, Apr 13, 2015

IT IS so hard to write about comedies. Comedy is, of course, incredibly subjective. It is, however, not hard to write about comedy sequels as they are nine out or 10 times complete rubbish.

Reduced Shakespeare Company reduce The Complete History of Comedy

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

FOLLOWING A hugely successful season at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Reduced Shakespeare Company arrive in the Town Hall Theatre next week as part of their roistering new tour of The Complete History of Comedy (abridged).

Only Our Own at An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

FRESH FROM a critically-acclaimed run in London, Ann Henning Jocelyn’s new play, Only Our Own comes to An Taibhdhearc next week, for two performances only.

Galway Early Music Festival returns in May

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

THE 20TH Galway Early Music Festival returns, from Thursday May 14 to Sunday 17, with ancient, medieval, Renaissance and baroque music and dance. This year’s theme is ‘Time’, focussing on the cycle of the seasons, the monastic hours, the ‘ages of man’, and the ages of the world.

Vincent Van Gogh on screen @ The Eye

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

TO MARK the 125th anniversary of Vincent Van Gogh’s death, Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum is hosting a major re-showing of the gallery’s collection of works by the much loved artist.

Whose Line Is It Anyway? back at the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

WHOSE LINE Is It Anyway?, featuring the talents of Stephen Frost, Andy Smart, Steve Steen, and Ireland’s Ian Coppinger, make a welcome return to the Róisín Dubh.

Tradiohead - live at The Loft

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

THE MOST unusual and original of tribute bands, Tradiohead, who take the music of Radiohead and reinterpret it as Irish folk and trad, are back.

Hourglass Theatre Company’s Loose Change

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

GALWAY COMPANY Hourglass Theatre grace the Town Hall studio next week with a trilogy of new one act plays by local writer Ian Patterson, under the title Loose Change.

FEAST metal/grindcore gigs at Róisín Dubh

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

TWO BRITISH grindcore bands - Human Cull and This Ends Here - play the next FEAST gig tonight, upstairs in the Róisín Dubh, at 9pm.

Ballet from the tutu and beyond

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

TUTUS & BEYOND, a show featuring classical and contemporary ballet, comes to the Town Hall Theatre on Friday April 17 at 8pm. Performed by Ballet Ireland, the show will feature new work created for the company by Royal Ballet dancer-turned-choreographer, Ludovic Ondiviela.

Cathy Belton revelling in her role on Red Rock

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

Cathy Belton has excelled at playing a a slightly scary TV character in the form of Red Rock’s Patricia Hennessy so one could be forgiven for thinking the Galway woman might resemble the ice-queen in real life. However the charming, softly spoken, actress could not be more different to the villainous Hennessy matriarch.

Galway Theatre Festival programme launch tonight

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

THE GALWAY Theatre Festival holds its Programme Launch this evening at 6.30pm in Biteclub, Electric Garden, Abbeygate Street, with the great Little John Nee as guest speaker.

Enter the Labyrinth with Dr Sketchy’s

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

DR SKETCHY’S life drawing class/cabaret/burlesque event will focus on the much loved cult film Labyrinth, when it comes to Monroe’s Live this Saturday from 5pm to 8pm.

Love Street to play Monroe’s

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

LOVE STREET, declared “the English Eagles” by BBC Radio Sheffield, and by UK Country Radio as “an amazing new act from Cornwall”, play Galway next week.

Peter Doran to play Monroe’s Live

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

FOLLOWING THE release of his fourth album Outlines, Peter Doran plays Monroe’s Live on Sunday April 19 as part of his current Irish tour.

Tree planting to mark thirty years of Cúirt

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

THE CÚIRT International Festival of Literature celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and one of the events to mark this milestone will be a tree planting ceremony.

Puzzle to celebrate first birthday

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

THE PUZZLE drum’n’bass clubnight celebrates one year in existence by holding a birthday bash in The Loft, headlined by German DJ Misanthrop.

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