‘When a teacher creates enthusiasm, that rubs off on the performer’

Wed, Jan 12, 2022

SOMETIMES A chance event can dictate the entire course of a life, one random instance can establish a pathway and a pattern to follow.

George Murphy to play Galway in March

Tue, Jan 11, 2022

GEORGE MURPHY will play an intimate show at Galway’s Mick Lally Theatre on Saturday March 12 as part of his upcoming nationwide tour.

Waterboys’ Steve Wickham at the Town Hall

Tue, Jan 11, 2022

THE WATERBOY’S Steve Wickham will join Carpet Theatre actor Karl Quinn in a new ‘music play’ at the Town Hall Theatre - Breath.

Bajazet - a tense, politically charged opera

Mon, Jan 10, 2022

VIVALDI’S OPERA Bajazet, a tense thriller set in a politically charged environment, will be performed in the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday January 25 at 5pm.

Is Galway in line for another Choice Music Prize win?

Mon, Jan 10, 2022

COULD ANOTHER Galway based musician scoop the Choice Music Prize when the awards are announced in Vicar Street on March 3?

Could you be Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year 2022?

Thu, Jan 06, 2022

IRELAND’S YOUNG Filmmaker of the Year 2022 - as part of the Fresh International Film Festival from March 28 to April 2 - is seeking entries from budding filmmakers aged between seven and 18.

'Getting to Know...' musician John Finucane

Thu, Jan 06, 2022

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Peace and quiet in the countryside.

Alan Carr - in Galway in May

Thu, Jan 06, 2022

ALAN CARR, correctly described by The Sunday Telegraph as "belly achingly funny", who delivers "sheer entertainment,” says the Evening Standard, is coming to Galway in May.

‘Stanford was masterful in the way he wrote for orchestra’

Wed, Jan 05, 2022

CHARLES VILLIERS Stanford is one of the greatest composers to have ever come out of Ireland. Yet in Ireland, both the man, and his music, continue to go somewhat under the radar - certainly in comparison to his predecessor, John Field.

Film review: The Tragedy Of Macbeth

Films Reviews Wed, Jan 05, 2022

DO WE need another version of Macbeth? There was quite a good version in 2015 with Micheal Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, and two really terrific versions from Roman Polanski and Orson Welles.

Three Galwegians compete for Glór Tíre winner 2022

Tue, Jan 04, 2022

THE NEW Year sees a new studio, set, and format for TG4’s popular reality country music talent search, Glór Tíre which reaches its milestone 18th season when it returns to TV screens on January 11.

Galway indie musicians - live at the Town Hall

Tue, Jan 04, 2022

TRACY BRUEN, Eoin Dolan, Anna Mullarkey, and others, will be in concert at the Town Hall Theatre throughout January, starting this weekend.

'Getting to Know...' Seosaimhín Uí Shuilleabháin

Thu, Dec 30, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Spending time with my family, especially my niece and nephew.

Ahead of Licorice Pizza - a Paul Thomas Anderson retrospective

Thu, Dec 23, 2021

WITH HYPE building for Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film Licorice Pizza, Pálás Galway will host screenings of some of the award-winning director’s finest films, including Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood.

Galway Arts Centre New Year poetry workshops

Thu, Dec 23, 2021

STARTING IN January, the Galway Arts Centre is offering aspiring poets a choice of three online poetry workshops, facilitated by the acclaimed poet Kevin Higgins.

'Getting to Know...' Santa Claus

Thu, Dec 23, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Presents delivered, and the sight of Lapland as it speads over Finland and Sweden - job done, I'm almost home.

A Galway perspective on Seán Ó Riada

Wed, Dec 22, 2021

SEÁN Ó Riada was only 40 when he died in 1971, but his music, his achievements, his legacy, and his influence, continue to resound through Irish folk and traditional music.

The best movies to watch at Christmas

Films Reviews Wed, Dec 22, 2021

FOR ME, the best part of Christmas is sitting around the TV after a big feed, and watching a movie, while trying not to get stuck with the Bounty in the box of Celebrations.

Peter O’Toole - Réalta & Rógaire

Tue, Dec 21, 2021

THE LIFE of the legendary, Connemara born actor, Peter O’Toole, will be explored on Peter O’Toole - Réalta & Rógaire, to be broadcast on TG4 on Christmas Day at 9.25pm.