Pádraic Reaney's view of Inishark

Thu, May 16, 2019

INISHARK, OFF Inishbofin, was once home to more than 200 people. In 1960 though, the last 24 residents were evacuated, bringing to an end a human presence which had begun in the Bronze Age.

This Is Spinal Tap @ Pálás

Thu, May 16, 2019

THE AMP that goes up to 11, the smallest Stonehenge ever to disgrace a concert stage, the exploding drummer - one movie, so many iconic scenes. This can only be This Is Spinal Tap.

Two world premieres feature in new Druid Season

Thu, May 16, 2019

DRUID THEATRE Company will stage the world premiers of two new plays - Epiphany by Brian Watkins and The Beacon by Nancy Harris - as well as presenting three new works for the Druid Debuts strand of the Galway International Arts Festival.

From the soil of Connemara to the stages of Europe

Thu, May 16, 2019

THE LANDSCAPE and culture of Connemara pulse deeply through Ten Ton Slug, not in any obvious sonic sense, but in the band’s attitude, artistic vision, and clear sense of ambition.

Slyrydes - new single, Galway show

Thu, May 16, 2019

AFTER TAKING the Irish indie-rock scene by storm with their debut release 'Mental Health', Galway's Slyrydes are back with new single 'Point Of View', and a show in the Róisín Dubh this month.

Get ready to go Bingo Loco

Thu, May 16, 2019

BINGO LOCO is the runaway child of traditional bingo - complete with rave rounds, lip sync battles, and dance offs, and next month it comes to Galway.

Get some Self-Help with the Dirtbirds

Thu, May 16, 2019

IF MAKING the school lunches, doing the homework with the children, and dodging the guards because your NCT is out by two years, is sending you over the edge, you are not alone.

Knocknacarra: Sale Agreed

Thu, May 16, 2019

KNOCKNACARRA: SALE Agreed is the somewhat provocative title of a new exhibition by Galway artist Hilary Morley, which opens this evening in the Arts Corridor of UHG.

MayFly to the...Movies

Thu, May 16, 2019

IF YOU have ever wanted to be involved a film, MayFly To The...Movies is your chance, with the audience invited to take part in a novel live cinema experience where actors and musicians provide real-time improvisation to a film on screen.

'The play has been hugely emotive for audiences'

Thu, May 16, 2019

SMALLONE INTRODUCES us to a solitary, ageing woman, Mingey, who loves her cats, Peru, and Club Milks. She hates Sunday Mass-ones, mangy mutts, and papery sausages. She is feisty and mischievous and has a heart full of love.

Sharon Carty's Suitcase Arias

Thu, May 16, 2019

TOURING MUSICIANS and singers are nothing new. There were the bards and wandering minstrels of mediaeval times, while in Ancient Greece, Homer and Sappho were the singer-songwriters of their day, performing across the Greek islands.

When God is watching all you do...

Thu, May 16, 2019

"THE EYES of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good," says Proverbs 15:3, and this idea is at the core of a new exhibition, Omnipresence, which is running at the Galway Arts Centre.

Natasha Kitty Katt to play 'Mitch Presents...'

Thu, May 16, 2019

NATASHA KITTY Katt, who has been lighting up dance floors across the globe with her energetic and eclectic brand of underground Disco, plays the 20th 'Mitch Presents...' show this weekend.

Pat Flannery's Tranquillity

Thu, May 16, 2019

TRANQUILLITY IS not just a Phil Coulter album, it is also the title of the new solo exhibition by the Galway artist Pat Flannery, which is currently running in the Galway City Library.

Bluesman Shawn James to play the Róisín

Thu, May 16, 2019

THE MISSISSIPPI Delta and the south side of Chicago, the land where the blues was born and the city where the blues went electric, can be be heard in the voice and the songs of Shawn James.

A soulful choral concert in St Nicholas'

Thu, May 16, 2019

STUDENT CHOIRSTERS from Pennsylvania are coming to Galway tomorrow to perform a special concert, entitled Soul Music, at St Nicholas Collegiate Church at 8pm, in aid of COPE.

Club GASS Eurovision night

Thu, May 16, 2019

IT'S EUROVISION weekend, the world's campiest, cheesiest, most ridiculous song contest - which is why we love it! So if you're a Eurovision fan Club GASS, Galway's LGBT+ clubnight is the place to be.

Charlize Theron and Seth Rogan shine in Long Shot

Films Reviews Thu, May 16, 2019

SETH ROGAN is Fred Flarsky, a left-wing investigative journalist for a news website akin to The Daily Beast or buzzfeed. When it is bought by a Rupert Murdoch-like news mogul named Parker Wembley he quits.

Album review: The National

Music Reviews Thu, May 16, 2019

THERE IS something familiar, and yet altogether different, about The National's eighth studio album. This is due partly to it being a film soundtrack, but mostly it is the presence of numerous female voices within this normally masculine environment.

Galway International Arts Festival 2019

Wed, May 15, 2019

Rock legend Robert Plant; songwriting legend Burt Bacharach; five world premiers and two Irish and two European premieres for theatre; an on street silent disco/flash mob, and major public discussions on Brexit and climate change - this is the Galway International Arts Festival 2019.

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