‘We’re going to enjoy as much of this tour as possible'
Thu, Mar 14, 2019
WHITE LIES will take to the stage of the Róísín Dubh in the final 24 hours of Britain’s membership of the European Union. Even if Westminster seeks an extension, the band knows it will be little other than postponing what is a threat to the livelihoods of all touring musicians.
Read more ...Smash hit show Menopause The Musical comes to the Town Hall
Thu, Mar 14, 2019
WHAT CAUSES women of a certain age to suffer cold sweats, hot flushes, hormones to rage like tsunamis, and unpredictable mood swings? It is not watching George Clooney or listening to Michael Buble - it is the menopause.
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'People are talking about a renaissance in Irish writing. It’s not an exaggeration'
Thu, Mar 07, 2019
AS TECHNOLOGY progresses, at what point will the distinctions between machines and humans become blurred? Can poetry still be a voice or rage and reason against oppression and discrimination? And Irish literature, what lies behind its recent renaissance?
Read more ...'There is that lovely heart to the story people can relate to'
Thu, Mar 07, 2019
FIRST FILMED in 1984 and starring Kevin Bacon, Footloose has enjoyed many a revival, being adapted for Broadway in 1998 where it ran for more then 700 performances, while 2011 saw it filmed yet again - all proof of its enduring appeal.
Read more ...'I am flawed, but I also bring a lot to the table'
Thu, Feb 28, 2019
“LIFE IS difficult, but it’s incredible to be awake for it, to be present for it, both the good and the bad stuff.” So declares John Grant, who has known plenty of life’s slings and arrows. Yet he has come through them all to arrive at a place of self-acceptance, and to see his words and music resonate deeply with audiences across the world.
Read more ...'I am settled, supported, and inspired by Galway'
Thu, Feb 28, 2019
UPCOMING GALWAY based company Brú Theatre will premiere its new play, Selvage, in Druid’s Mick Lally Theatre. Developed as part of the Druid FUEL programme, and funded by the Arts Council and the Galway City Council, it will be Brú’s third production since it formed in 2018.
Read more ...'We all find a bit of ourselves and our own Irishness in Ross'
Thu, Feb 21, 2019
IT IS 2029 and Ireland is in the midst of an economic boom. The one and only Ross O’Carroll-Kelly is about to turn 50 – and life could not be better. His wife, Sorcha, is Taoiseach; his sons are the backbone of the Castlerock College Junior Cup team; and he still does allright with the ladies and as managing director of Hook, Lyon and Sinker estate agents.
Read more ...'What we hear in our heads is what we try and make'
Thu, Feb 21, 2019
THEY ARE not yet finished college. Not all the members are yet in their twenties. They have only released a few singles and an EP, but Valeras are deservedly regarded as one of Britain's most exciting indie-guitar based bands.
Read more ...Galway Drum Show’s all-star 'celebration of drumming'
Thu, Feb 14, 2019
SOME OF the world’s finest drummers are coming to Galway for the inaugural Galway Drum Show on Sunday March 10 at the Clayton Hotel, Ballybrit. The event is a day-long celebration of the art of drumming and the drumming industry and features live performances, demonstrations, exhibitors, workshops, and competitions.
Read more ...Wake - a story of sisterhood and the sea
Thu, Feb 07, 2019
THE WORLD premiere of Wake, a feminist retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s beloved story 'The Little Mermaid', and written by the award-winning author Deirdre Sullivan, will be staged by NoRopes Theatre Company in the Town Hall Theatre studio.
Read more ...Éadaín’s captivating Odyssey Of A Hare
Thu, Feb 07, 2019
IN HIS poem 'The Allansford Pursuit', based on witches’ chants, Robert Graves wrote: "Oh, I shall go into the hare/With sorrow and sighing and mickle care/And I shall go in the Devil’s nam/Aye, till I be fetchèd hame."
Read more ...A 'playful meditation' on mortality
Thu, Jan 31, 2019
THE IRISH funeral is one of the great, if solemn, social occasions in our culture. The keening women and boisterous games that marked funerals in pre-Famine times have vanished, but the funeral remains one of those signal events where a community gathers together to observe familiar, and comforting, rites and customs of remembrance.
Read more ...Dark Joy - from a studio in Galway to the world
Thu, Jan 31, 2019
DARK JOY are the most unlikely, yet uplifting, success story in Galway music. A classic rock/heavy metal band, they are an entirely studio bound creation, do not play live, and have no plans to either.
Read more ...'We can change the way things have been done and improve conditions for future generations'
Thu, Jan 24, 2019
INDEPENDENT GALWAY theatre makers were out in force on Monday evening at Electric on Abbeygate Street, for the launch of new collective Theatre57, which aims to serve the needs of Galway's arts and creative community, and advocate for much needed arts facilities.
Read more ...Fly Me To The Moon – another hit comedy from Marie Jones
Thu, Jan 24, 2019
TOWN HALL Theatre audiences are in for a treat next week when Fly Me To The Moon by Marie Jones, author of smash hits like Stones In His Pockets and Women On The Verge of HRT, comes to Galway.
Read more ...Jon Kenny becomes the Crowman
Thu, Jan 17, 2019
JON KENNY, of D’Unbelievables fame, is touring with a new play, Crowman, that comes to the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday January 24. Written and directed by north-Cork writer Katie Holly, the play received standing ovations every night during its inaugural run in Cork Midsummer festival last year.
Read more ...The 'silvery threads' which led to Ailish Tynan's glittering career
Thu, Jan 10, 2019
ONE OF the star names in this year’s Music for Galway Midwinter Festival, Swansong, is internationally-feted Irish soprano Ailish Tynan, whose glittering career has taken her all the way from Mullingar to Milan’s La Scala and established her as one of today’s finest opera singers, recitalists, and recording artists.
Read more ...NUIG Comedy Soc turns ‘January blues’ into January Laughs
Thu, Jan 10, 2019
THE DARK days of January can be a dreary time of year but NUIG’s Comedy Soc, in association with Bank of Ireland, has the perfect antidote to those seasonal blues with January Laughs, an evening of top-notch comedy with some of Ireland’s leading laughmeisters.
Read more ...Celebrating Roy Orbison with Barry Steele at the Black Box
Thu, Jan 03, 2019
GET READY for an upbeat night of solid gold hits at the Black Box Theatre on Saturday January 12 as Barry Steele & Friends present their internationally acclaimed show The Roy Orbison Story.
Read more ...'When I see people enjoying themselves, that’s the reward for all the hard work'
Thu, Dec 27, 2018
ONE FATEFUL evening, 40 years ago, in the tiny kitchen of Renmore’s School Hall, the local curate, Seán O’Malley, suggested to some of his fellow badminton players that Renmore should produce a pantomime.
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