Powerful dance and dramatic show to premiere at THT tomorrow

Thu, May 19, 2022

A powerful new show is to have its world premiere at Galway’s Black Box Theatre tomorrow Friday, May 20.

Artists undertake solar powered expedition to spark climate action through the arts

Thu, May 19, 2022

The Eco Showboat Mayfly expedition is a four-month arts voyage from Limerick to Enniskillen on the Mayfly, the flagship of the Eco Showboat project, and the first solar electric boat to make this journey. The project is the brain child of artists Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly, aka School of Looking.

This Eco Sunday, May 22, the Eco Showboat Mayfly will be moored at Portumna Castle Harbour in Portumna, County Galway for an afternoon of fascinating waterside events.

Catch your laughs on Thursday nights at Tigh He-He

Thu, May 19, 2022

A pop-up comedy club, featuring the very best of Irish stand up comedy launched last week and will run on Thursdays until June 30.

An Cailín Ciúin — finest film made in Ireland for a long time

Thu, May 19, 2022

The Quiet Girl is Cait, we first see her she is being called by her mother lying completely still in a field surrounded by brush. Her mother is heavily pregnant and has another baby taking up her time, along with Cait’s three older siblings she deemed too much work for the family so is sent away for the summer. Her father takes her three hours south to her mother's cousin, a childless couple who will look after her during the summer holidays. Cait is uneasy at first, not used to attention and affection but slowly she begins to enjoy her time on the farm.

Ralph Fiennes in NT Live’s ‘Straight Line Crazy’ at the EYE Cinema

Thu, May 19, 2022

The EYE Cinema in Wellpark is thrilled to bring to Galway National Theatre Live’s new production‘Straight Line Crazy’ for one night only on Thurs May 26 at 7pm.

Music as science — Galway Early Music Festival is back

Wed, May 18, 2022

One of the cornerstones of the Galway cultural season, The Galway Early Music Festival – “Musica et Scientia”, May 27-29, is live and hybrid in 2022 with a dazzling programme featuring music and the stars, the harmony of the planets in their orbits, the music of mathematics and geometry, music in art, and the music at the heart of the Universe.

Return of the uke

Wed, May 11, 2022

The Galway Uke Fest is back — Showcasing unique and exciting talent from the Irish ukulele scene, the festival will run from May 20 to May 22.

Fashion Show Fundraiser.

Wed, May 04, 2022

Join us on Friday 6th May at 11am in Standún, An Spidéal for a Fashion Show Fundraiser in support of our 65 new Ukrainian neighbours.

Downton Abbey: A New Era and a complimentary glass of Prosecco this weekend only at Pálás!

Fri, Apr 29, 2022

The highly anticipated Downton Abbey sequel opens this Friday at Pálás. To celebrate the return of the Dowager and extended Crawley family to the big screen, Galway Advertiser readers will receive a complimentary glass of Prosecco with the purchase of a ticket across the opening weekend in Pálás. You can collect your glass of prosecco at the refreshed box office to enjoy in screen or relax in the bar* before or after the film.

From the drill to the quill

Wed, Apr 27, 2022

Des Kavanagh’s poems are full of the names of people and places he knows or has known well. Names are great familiarisers and Kavanagh’s Ireland is a close and familiar place. But it also bears within it the ache of absence, not just for specific people, but for the world they inhabited, a world that made them and that they also made. Kavanagh’s ancestral Inishowen in Donegal, his family, in it’s old and new generations, often provide the pivot that turns him to the past, although it also allows for glimpses of the future, through children and grandchildren — so said the late Seamus Deane of the Galway poet.

Role of electronic communication studied in Declan Clarke's The Last Broadcast

Wed, Apr 20, 2022

Declan Clarke’s solo exhibition The Last Broadcast opens on 29th April at Galway Arts Centre. A special screening of the exhibition’s central work What Are the Wild Waves Saying? takes place in Galway Arts Centre’s Nuns Island Theatre at 5pm, followed by Q+A with the artist in conversation with author Emilie Pine- author of the bestseller Notes to Self and Professor of Modern Drama at UCD.

An ill wind blows good for a songwriter

Wed, Apr 13, 2022

As we headed out of the pandemic and into global unease due to the Ukrainian tragedy, the season of Lent took on fresh significance for me this year. I made my usual token gesture of giving up a few titbits like desserts and alcohol, with the mixed motive of pruning myself into physical shape.

Galway’s paper boat sets sail at last

Wed, Apr 06, 2022

Join a cast of over 100 performers on Saturday April 23 in St. Nicholas’ Church, Galway for the world premiere of Paper Boat - a community opera for Galway.

Galway’s paper boat sets sail at last

Wed, Apr 06, 2022

Join a cast of over 100 performers on Saturday April 23 in St. Nicholas’ Church, Galway for the world premiere of Paper Boat - a community opera for Galway.

Galway’s paper boat sets sail at last

Wed, Apr 06, 2022

Join a cast of over 100 performers on Saturday April 23 in St. Nicholas’ Church, Galway for the world premiere of Paper Boat - a community opera for Galway.

Paper Boat weaves together history, mythology and current events to tell a story of human endurance, inspired by the diverse communities who engage with the cultural and spiritual hub that is St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Galway.

Finale of ambitious series celebrating Europe’s cultural diversity

Thu, Mar 31, 2022

Finale of ambitious series celebrating Europe’s cultural diversity

Loner Deluxe releases new digital single

Wed, Mar 30, 2022

GALWAY UNDERGROUND musician Loner Deluxe will release his new single, 'How the West Wind Blows' on Friday April 1.

The Doris Day Story at the Town Hall

Tue, Mar 29, 2022

APRIL 2022 marks the centenary of the birth of Oscar-winning actress, Golden Globe, and Grammy Award winner, and lifetime animal activist, Doris Day.

‘Get on with your meals!’ - Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience returns

Mon, Mar 28, 2022

THERE WERE only 12 episodes made of Fawlty Towers between 1975 and 1979, but there will be six servings of Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience in Galway in April.

Helen Hancock’s charity concert for UNICEF Ireland

Mon, Mar 28, 2022

HELEN HANCOCK, the acclaimed Oranmore based soprano will next week give a concert to raise funds for UNICEF Ireland.

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