ThereisBear! and the man who wrote Lincoln
Thu, May 16, 2013
NEW GALWAY theatre company ThereisBear! will stage the Pulitzer prize winning play Angels in America, by Tony Kushner, who also wrote the screenplay of Lincoln.
Read more ...Tara Breathnach plays Anne Boleyn on the BBC
Thu, May 16, 2013
Anne Boleyn, English queen, advocate of the Protestant Reformation, and a victim of the court of her husband Henry VIII, is to be portrayed on TV by a Galwegian.
Read more ...Trad on the Prom
Thu, May 16, 2013
TRAD ON The Prom, ranked as Galway top attraction on Tripadvisor, is back for its ninth season in the Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill.
Read more ...Tom Crean - Antarctic Explorer
Thu, May 16, 2013
TOM CREAN - Antarctic Explorer, the award winning, critically acclaimed, stage show on the life of the Irishman who served with Scott and Shackleton, returns to Galway.
The show is at the Town Hall Theatre from Thursday May 23 to Saturday 25 at 8pm. Written and performed by Aidan Dooley it won the Best Solo Performance Award at the 2003 New York International Fringe Festival and the Fringe First Award at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe.
Read more ...Film and TV exhib-ition
Thu, May 16, 2013
TODAY SEES the opening of an exhibition of observational documentaries made by film and TV students of VTOS adult Education Centre Galway.
The exhibition takes place in The Harbour Hotel today at 4pm and all are welcome. There will also be three 15 minute dramatic shorts. Documentaries will focus on diverse subjects such as organic vegetables, kickboxers, artists, and pilots.
Read more ...Win Pilgrim Hill on DVD
Thu, May 16, 2013
PILGRIM HILL, the new Irish film directed by Gerard Barrett, winner of the Rising Star awards at this year’s IFTA, will be released on DVD in On Demand this week.
Read more ...Blue Teapot fundraising table quiz
Thu, May 16, 2013
BLUE TEAPOT Theatre Company will hold its Ultimate Table Quiz in Lohan’s Bar, Salthill, on Friday May 24 at 8pm.
Tables are €40 for a team of four and can be pre-bought through 091 - 520977, as well as being available on the night.
Read more ...Todd Terje - Inspector Norse reporting for duty
Thu, May 16, 2013
TODD TERJE, the Norwegian cosmic-disco maestro DJ and producer, plays Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday May 23 at 9pm.
Read more ...The Bahh Band - a world of sound
Thu, May 16, 2013
HAVING JUST returned from a successful tour of India, Galway world music fusion group The Bahh Band, play Druid Theatre this weekend.
Read more ...Hells Bells - AC/DC tribute
Thu, May 16, 2013
STEP ONTO the Highway to Hell as ‘There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’’ of a ‘High Voltage’ variety when Hells Bells take to the stage.
Read more ...Bangers & Lash @ The Cellar
Thu, May 16, 2013
NORWICH DJ Dr..Um will kick start the Bangers & Lash clubnight summer gig series in The Cellar Bar on Eglinton Street.
Dr..Um will deliver jungle and breakbeats in his trademark Amen-tal style this Saturday from 10pm.
Read more ...Leading Armies @ Monroe’s
Thu, May 16, 2013
FUSING REGGAE, soul, rock, funk, and hip hop, Limerick sextet Leading Armies’ play with skilled musicianship, layered harmonies, and a youthful exuberance.
Read more ...Boyfights @ Strange Brew
Thu, May 16, 2013
BOYFIGHTS, A new Galway male/female vocals and guitar duo, play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh.
Read more ...Danny Dowling’s Brand Spanking New
Thu, May 16, 2013
BRAND SPANKING New, the comedy night in the Róisín Dubh celebrating new and rising Irish comedy returns with RTE New Comedy Award acts.
Read more ...A green tribute to Pink Floyd
Thu, May 16, 2013
EPIC MUSICAL explorations of inner and outer space, the human psyche, and the outer limits of rock - Pink Floyd excelled in this like few others.
Through the psychedelic adventures of the band under Syd Barrett’s leadership, to the ascension of Roger Waters, one of Britain’s greatest post-war songwriters, the Floyd created a body of work that has influenced countless musicians from The Flaming Lips to The Orb to Aphex Twin.
Read more ...Gatsby, glamour, and The Eye
Thu, May 16, 2013
TODAY SEES the launch of Baz Luhrmann’s much anticipated film adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby.
Read more ...Retracing Antonin Artaud in Galway
Thu, May 16, 2013
ANTONIN ARTAUD, the French playwright and theatre director visited Galway city and the Aran Islands in 1937 and an event is taking place to mark his visit.
Read more ...Galway Dance Days 2013
Thu, May 16, 2013
GALWAY DANCE Days 2013 takes place today, tomorrow, and Saturday, and will see dancers, artists, and academics joining forces for a variety of events.
Galway dancer-in-residence, Ríonach Ní Néill, has put together a programme of dance performances, workshops, panel discussions, films, papers, and debates.
Read more ...Thomas Ryan - painting Irish history
Thu, May 16, 2013
THOMAS RYAN, the Irish artist renowned for his depictions of historical and religious episodes, is the subject of a new exhibition at NUI Galway.
Read more ...GTI End of Year Exhibition 2013
Thu, May 16, 2013
SOME 150 students at the Galway Technical Institute will display their creativity at the 2013 GTI End of Year Exhibition.
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