Revenant - ‘blackly comic and scary’

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

“VISCERAL, BLACKLY comic and genuinely scary,” is how The Irish Times has described Revenant, by Stewart Roche.

Galway’s answer to David Lynch

Literature Reviews Thu, Jun 12, 2014

SINCE 2001, Geraldine Mills has published six books - each its own particular kind of gem - and yet she is much less famous than she should be.

‘A physical embodiment of the big bang theory’

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

THE GENIUS cartoonist Gary Larson, of Far Side fame, has a memorable two-tiered cartoon in which the top half depicts an angel welcoming new arrivals to Heaven with the phrase “Here’s your harp”, while the bottom half features a devil saying “Welcome to Hell, here’s your accordion”.

What The Ladybird Heard

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

TWO CRAFTY robbers, one tiny ladybird, and a whole farmyard of fun is in store for Galway families at the show What The Ladybird Heard in the Town Hall Theatre.

‘Thought provoking’ - arts festival’s First Thought Talks

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

THE HEALTH of the nation is a dominant theme at this year’s Galway International Arts Festival’s First Thought talks series, which features public interviews with three leading doctors.

Of Magdalenes and poets

Literature Reviews Thu, Jun 12, 2014

IT IS difficult for an increasing section of the Irish population to visualise the utter power wielded by the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland prior to the mid-sixties. The law of the State was dictated, not by the taoiseach and ministers in Dáil Éireann, but by the bishops and priests from the pulpit.

Public lectures on Yeats and Joyce

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

JAMES JOYCE the playwright and the writers who influenced WB Yeats will be the subject of two public lectures from Prof Brian Arkins.

Galway Film Fleadh reveals opening and closing films

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

An Irish-language thriller shot in Connemara and a musical romantic-comedy from the director of Once, starring Keira Knightley, are the opening and closing films at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh.

Comedy from Tommy Nicholson

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

COMEDIAN TOMMY Nicholson, who has supported Louis CK, Tommy Tiernan, and Des Bishop, performs at the Dew Drop Inn Comedy Club tonight from 9pm.

Colours Fringe Festival programme launch

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

THE 2014 Colours Fringe Festival programme launch takes place in The Cottage Bar, Lower Salthill, tomorrow at 7.30pm.

The ‘Irish ZZ Top’ are in town

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

CROW BLACK Chicken have been called “an Irish ZZ Top” and given their grizzly beards and monstrous blues riffs, the comparison is apt.

Doesn’t Matter re-unite for one night

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

GALWAY ROCK band Doesn’t Matter re-unite for one night only for a concert at Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 9pm, in aid of the children’s cancer charity, Hand in Hand.

Fanlights @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

THEY HAVE an average age of 21, describe their music as “ethereal, neo-psychedelic dream pop”, and they play Galway tonight.

Clubnights @ Factory

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

FEBRUARY AND Mars live, the start of a new clubnight, and the second instalment of Get Boogie! are all taking place at Factory this weekend.

Factory has started a new clubnight for Thursdays - Long Hot Summer Nights - which will see Factory resident DJs alongside the best local and national DJs and live acts, and admission is free.

Become a TULCA patron

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

THE TULCA Festival of Visual Arts has launched a number of patron packages for those interested in supporting the arts.

Advanced fiction writing classes

Thu, Jun 12, 2014

AN ADVANCED class for people serious about writing short or long fiction with Galway writer Susan Millar DuMars takes place in September.

Phosphorescent - five Essential Songs playlist

Tue, Jun 10, 2014

PHOSPHORESCENT IS Alabaman singer-songwriter Matthew Houck and he is Phosphorescent in the way Neil Hannon is the Divine Comedy and Trent Reznor is Nine Inch Nails.

Theatre on-screen @ The Eye

Mon, Jun 09, 2014

ALAN AYCKBOURN’S celebrated and award winning play A Small Family Business is enjoying a revival in London’s National Theatre, but Galway will be able to see it too.

Dancing with the devil – in Cavan

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

SMASH-HIT play The Devil’s Céilí comes to the Black Box Theatre next weekend, fresh from a sell-out run at Dublin’s Peacock Theatre, and from winning the 2014 RTÉ All-Ireland Drama Festival in Athlone.

Boys keep swinging

Thu, Jun 05, 2014

BEFORE THERE was Conchita Wurst, there was Steven Sharpe. Before the Austrian singer’s ‘bearded lady’ drag persona stole the show at Eurovision, Steven was already rocking the ‘dude in a dress’ look.

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