Renmore panto auditions
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
THE MUCH loved story of Beauty and The Beast will be staged by the Renmore Pantomime from December 30 to January 18 in the Town Hall Theatre.
Read more ...David Kitt and Damien Dempsey to play Campbell’s
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
DAVID KITT, Damien Dempsey, and Erin McKeown are just three of the acts coming to Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, as its re-states its claim as a leading live music venue in the west of Ireland.
Read more ...NIN + QOTSA = Jubilee
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
WHEN MEMBERS of Nine Inch Nails, Queens Of The Stone Age, and Wires On Fire came together, they formed Jubilee and they are heading to Galway to play the Róisín Dubh on Saturday September 27 at 8pm.
Read more ...The quiet brilliance of Bowerbirds
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
“ONLY ONCE every 10 years or so does one hear a new band this good, this bursting with ideas, this audibly in love with music... It is beyond stunning. This band is the complete package.”
Read more ...Peadar King to launch debut album at Cuba*
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
THE INISHBOFIN singer-songwriter Peadar King will perform songs from his debut album The Nature Of Flaws, in Cuba*, Eyre Square, this Saturday at 8pm.
Read more ...Proust Questionnaire
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Happiness is a pursuit, often in the dark, of something that may be unattainable in this world.
Happiness is a pursuit, often in the dark, of something that may be unattainable in this world.
Read more ...Readings in the city
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
THE ACCLAIMED Derry poet Colette Bryce and the playwright and novelist Miriam Gallagher will be reading at two different literary events in Galway next week.
Over The Edge
Read more ...Laughable, loveable loosers
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
When lazy process server Dale Denton (Seth Rogen) witnesses a drug-related murder between a crooked cop and a dangerous drug lord, he and his drug dealer Saul (James Franco) have to go on the run. Dale panicked at the crime scene and dumped his joint of a rare new weed called Pineapple express, which was then traced back to Saul. The two fugitives quickly flee with the cop and his accomplice hot on their trail.
Read more ...Inferior remake of sharply observed classic
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
THE REMAKE of The Women, first filmed by George Cukor in 1939 and based on the play by Clare Luce Booth, has handily been released only months after Sex in the City.
Read more ...Classical music and literary events for Clifden arts week
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
CLASSICAL MUSIC to thrill the ears and readings from poems and novels which will stir the imagination are set to be the order of the day at the Clifden Community Arts Week which begins tomorrow.
Read more ...Celebrate the arts in the Gaeltacht
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
TO CELEBRATE the 10th anniversary of Ealaín na Gaeltachta Teo, a series of cultural events will take place in Galway from September 25 to 27.
Ealaín na Gaeltachta Teo is a partnership founded in 1998 by The Arts Council and Údarás na Gaeltachta to develop the arts in the Gaeltacht. The public will get a taste of various projects supported through this partnership, and artists from all over the Gaeltacht will have the opportunity to get together, share their experiences, and ideas.
Read more ...Harry & His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
HARRY COULD not have timed his discovery better, as five years old is exactly the right age to discover dinosaurs!
Read more ...Xklima to play Nuns Island
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
GALWAY ELECTRONICA group Xklima will play the Nuns Island Studio on Saturday at 7.30pm.
Centred around main members Mark Long and Ivan Murray, Xklima blend electronic elements, live sampling, looping, and vocal manipulation with guitar, bass, and live percussion.
Read more ...Martin McDonagh – back to where it all started
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
ON FEBRUARY 1 1996, at the Town Hall theatre, Druid presented the world premiere of Martin McDonagh’s Beauty Queen Of Leenane thereby launching one of the most spectacularly successful writing careers in modern theatre.
Read more ...The return of Tír Na nÓg - legendary folk duo to play The Crane
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
TÍR NA nÓg are experiencing something of a revival and for the first time in several years the duo of Sonny Condell and Leo O’Kelly join forces to play The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Thursday September 18 at 9pm.
Read more ...The Kanyu Tree release new single tomorrow
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
A NEW chapter in the story of The Kanyu Tree opens tomorrow when the Salthill based band of brothers release their second single ‘Congratulations’ with two shows in the city.
Read more ...Iron Mike’s sparring partner Big Joe Egan on his life in the ring and other battles
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
IF YOU get into the ring with Mike Tyson on a regular basis for a pummelling, people will generally consider you either very brave, very stupid, or both.
Yet this is what Irish boxer Big Joe Egan has done on a regular basis over the past 25 years which led Tyson to refer to him as “the toughest white man on the planet”.
Read more ...Baboró promises October fun for children
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
BABORÓ, THE Galway based international arts festival for children, returns from October 13 to 19 featuring opera singing sheep, a lost sock workshops, haunted houses, hip hop dance, life size bubbles, and an electric fairy.
Read more ...ALá to run new multi-cultural theatre workshop
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
ALÁ COMMUNITY Theatre will open it’s new venture, the ALá Multicultural Theatre Workshop, this Tuesday in the Ballybane Community Resource Centre.
The workshop is designed for a mix of students of all nationalities, ethnic backgrounds, and traditions and will take place every Tuesday from 7.30pm to 10pm at the centre.
Read more ...Birdsongs: Shearwater to play Róisín Dubh
Thu, Sep 11, 2008
THERE IS a Chinese proverb which states: “A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.”
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