John Williams - a celebratory birthday concert

Tue, Jan 25, 2022

JOHN WILLIAMS, composer of some of the most memorable, iconic, and much loved film scores in all cinema history, will be celebrated in Galway with a concert marking his 90th birthday.

What a Complete Aisling authors to read at Cúirt 2022

Mon, Jan 24, 2022

SARAH BREEN and Emer McLysaght, the authors of the immensely popular Aisling comic novels, and young adult fiction writer Bethany Rutter, will read at Cúirt 2022.

A night of Irish trad - on the viola

Mon, Jan 24, 2022

IRISH TRAD is often played on the violin - or fiddle when speaking about folk music - and rarely, if ever on the instrument’s slightly larger, deeper sounding sibling, the viola.

Album review: Cat Power

Music Reviews Thu, Jan 20, 2022

IN MOST cases, a covers album is a stop-gap in an artist’s career, a point where they take stock before plotting their next move. Other times it is simply an easy way to meet a contractual obligation.

Theatre and ballet at The Eye

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

TOM STOPPARD’S latest play Leopoldstadt, and the Bolshoi Ballet’s production of Jewels will be on screen at the Eye Cinema this month.

'Getting to Know...' musician Ríona Ó Dúinnín

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Snuggled up watching a movie with my boys.

Representation matters - Breaking Ground Ireland at Cúirt 2022

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

IN APRIL, Galway will host a landmark project showcasing and celebrating 80 writers and illustrators from ethnic minority backgrounds in Ireland.

Cúirt New Writing Prize 2022 seeks entries

Thu, Jan 20, 2022

The Cúirt New Writing Prize 2022 is seeking entries for its poetry and short fiction categories, while the judges will be novelist Lisa McInerney and poet Gail McConnell.

‘Bajazet is a playlist of wonderful arias’

Wed, Jan 19, 2022

WHEN GIANLUCA Margheri steps onto the stage of the Town Hall Theatre to perform the title role in Vivaldi’s opera Bajazet, it will be a double debut for the acclaimed opera singer.

Film review: Belfast

Films Reviews Wed, Jan 19, 2022

WE ARE beginning to see some films coming out now that have been written and produced during the lockdowns. The first genuinely interesting one - to me anyway - is Kenneth Branagh’s autobiographical Belfast.

Connemara siblings to perform at TradFest Temple Bar 2022

Tue, Jan 18, 2022

CAOIMHE AND Séamus Uí Fhlatharta, the award winning singers and musicians from Connemara, will perform at TradFest Temple Bar 2022 later this month.

Kae Tempest - live at the Róisín Dubh

Mon, Jan 17, 2022

KAE TEMPEST, the award winning poet, spoken word artist, and Sunday Times bestselling author releases a new album in April, the same month they play the Róisín Dubh.

Bob Vylan - the ‘too extreme’ duo promoting ‘essential discussion’

Mon, Jan 17, 2022

FOR RAISING issues of “police brutality, racism, the widening gap between the rich and the poor, and fear mongering in the media”, Bob Vylan were deemed “too extreme”.

MfG midwinter festival concerts to be live streamed

Mon, Jan 17, 2022

MUSIC FOR Galway’s midwinter festival, Stanford, takes place this weekend, and all shows in the Town Hall Theatre will be live streamed as well as in person.

'Getting to Know...' Christopher Bowen, tenor

Thu, Jan 13, 2022

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Afternoon sun on a hillside after a morning's walk. Lunch and possibly a nap if it is warm.

Poets and playwrights go Over The Edge

Thu, Jan 13, 2022

POETS AND playwrights, and the launch of issue 15 of Skylight 47, will make up the first Over The Edge: Open Reading of 2022.

Galway piper releases debut solo album

Thu, Jan 13, 2022

UILLEANN PIPER Pádraic Keane, from Maree, County Galway, a former TG4 Young Musician of the Year, has released his debut solo album - In Full Time.

Penelope Isles - Galway gig in February

Thu, Jan 13, 2022

PENELOPE ISLES, the alt-rock/indie/electro/psychedelic band centered around siblings Jack and Lily Wolter, will play the Róisín Dubh on Friday February 4.

Galway filmmaker wins prize at literary award

Thu, Jan 13, 2022

AMY-JOYCE Hastings, the County Galway actor and filmmaker, won third prize for her script, Perspective, in the screenplay category of the 2021 Hammond House Publishing International Literary Prize, awarded by the University Centre Grimsby.

Film review: Licorice Pizza

Films Reviews Wed, Jan 12, 2022

PAUL THOMAS Anderson has a new movie out. Which is the best news. I do not think any director working in the English language is as constantly interesting as he.

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