An Taibhdhearc Christmas panto returns

Thu, Dec 02, 2021

AFTER TWO years of closure due to the Covid crisis, An Taibhdhearc will reopen its doors with a Christmas panto - Jeacaí agus an Fathach Mór Dána, an Irish language version of Jack and the Beanstalk.

Tommy Tiernan - two nights in Leisureland in 2022

Wed, Dec 01, 2021

TOMMY TIERNAN’S Róisín Dubh shows in January sold out lightning quick, but there is another chance to see the maestro in action when he plays Leisureland in February.

Film review: The Power of the Dog

Films Reviews Wed, Dec 01, 2021

SET IN 1920s Montan, the film follows two cowboys, brothers Phill and George, but they are not stereotypical cowboys.

Galway singer releases Christmas single

Tue, Nov 30, 2021

ANNE BRENNAN, the singer from Maam, Connemara, who has shared the stage with Paul Brady, Damian Dempsey, Declan O’Rourke, and Sharon Shannon, is about to release her new single.

Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience returns in 2022

Tue, Nov 30, 2021

FAULTY TOWERS: The Dining Experience, the run-away hit show of the 2021 Galway Comedy Festival, returns in 2022 for five performances in April.

David Keenan - live at the Róisín Dubh

Mon, Nov 29, 2021

IN A time of Covid, when very little can happen, especially for musicians, David Keenan has remained active, with the close of the year proving a period of great industriousness.

Mozart’s final three symphonies to be performed at St Nicholas’

Mon, Nov 29, 2021

MOZART’S FINAL three symphonies will be performed in Galway when Jörg Widmann and the Irish Chamber Orchestra play St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.

Me Auld Flower releases second album

Thu, Nov 25, 2021

THE CONNEMARA singer-songwriter, Me Auld Flower, releases his second album, The Vaults of Consciousness, Vol. II on Friday November 26.

Club Áras na nGael Christmas culture fest

Thu, Nov 25, 2021

CLUB ÁRUS na nGael’s Christmas Culture Festival takes place from December 3 to 5, featuring a drag show, trad music, a trad session, and events focussing on Transgender issues.

Katie O’Halloran is Marie Mullen Bursary award recipient for 2021-22

Thu, Nov 25, 2021

KATIE O'HALLORAN, a Dublin-based interdisciplinary theatre director and creator, was recently chosen as this year’s recipient of Druid’s Marie Mullen Bursary award.

Lace Matrix - Headford lace sculpture causes ‘surprise and delight’

Thu, Nov 25, 2021

THE HERITAGE of bobbin lacemaking, unique to the Headford area, has been celebrated in a dramatic manner, through the creation of the impressive Lace Matrix sculpture in the north Galway town.

‘Songs are valuable things’

Thu, Nov 25, 2021

NO TWO people’s experience of the pandemic and the lockdowns have been the same. For many, it has been tough, a time of deep uncertainty, something they have had to endure.

'Getting to Know'...Donncha Foley

Thu, Nov 25, 2021

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Happiness to me is often in how you decide to perceive things.

Loner Deluxe receives Arts Council Agility Award

Thu, Nov 25, 2021

GALWAY UNDERGROUND electronic-folk musician Loner Deluxe - aka Keith Wallace - is currently in rural seclusion in northern Mayo recording his forthcoming album.

KATS return with supper theatre

Thu, Nov 25, 2021

KATS, THE Knocknacarra Amateur Theatre Society is back and will stage two comedy one act plays in the Galway Bay Hotel from December 1 to 3.

Applications open for Theatre57 Nuns’ Island residencies

Thu, Nov 25, 2021

THEATRE57 is seeking applications for residencies at its pilot artist-led theatre hub in the Nuns’ Island Theatre between January and March 2022.

An Spidéal author wins An Post Book Awards for Irish language novel

Thu, Nov 25, 2021

MADAME LAZARE, a novel as Gaeilge by the An Spidéal author and songwriter, Tadhg MacDhonnagáin, has won the 2021 An Post Book Awards in the Irish language category.

‘We need to realise what we are and what we can be’

Wed, Nov 24, 2021

IT IS a time of change at the Galway Arts Centre. As 2021 draws to a close, plans are being made for 2022 which will see renovated buildings, a new online presence, challenging exhibitions, and even new approaches in how we experience events.

How To Catch A Star - in the classroom

Wed, Nov 24, 2021

ONCE THERE was a boy who was always looking up. He dreamt of having a star as a friend. Then one night, he decided to set about catching a star of his very own.

Malaki - rising hip hop star to play Róisín Dubh

Tue, Nov 23, 2021

AS THE year draws to a close, it seems everything is happening for Dublin rapper Malaki. In September came his EP, DFTTYM; last month saw a duet with Tolü Makay, and December sees him play Galway.

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