Maverick Sabre – London-Irish folk-soul hip hop

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

FOR MAVERICK Sabre, it all began with a journey from London to Wexford and hearing Ben E King’s soul classic ‘Stand By Me’ for the first time.

Maverick (real name Michael Stafford)'s musical escapade began when, aged four, his parents decided to leave their home in Stoke Newington, London, for Wexford.

Jazz great Martin Taylor @ The Crane

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

MARTIN TAYLOR, one of the world's foremost exponents of solo jazz guitar, will play The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Monday November 7 at 9pm.

De Dannan to play Kinvara

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

DE DANNAN and singer-songwriter Declan O'Rourke will play the Share The Harvest charity concert in Kinvara this Saturday at 8pm.

Royseven @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

IRISH ROCKERS Royseven return to Galway as part of their current Irish tour, to play the Róisín Dubh on Saturday November 12 at 9pm.

The band is currently on the crest of a wave with their No 1 album You Say, We Say yielding three Top 40 singles including the No 1 ‘We Should Be Lovers’. The album’s success has also led to the band enjoying a busy festival season, including performances at Oxegen, Sea Sessions, Brayfest, and guesting with Kaiser Chiefs at their recent Olympia Theatre show in Dublin. The band also supported One Republic on their German tour this summer.

Original music night

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

THE CUCKOO Club Galway, a new night promoting original music, opens in De Burgos, Augustine Street, tonight, at 8pm.

Nuada play Monroe's tonight

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

FOLK AND early music from France, Ireland, and England will be heard in Monroe's tonight from 9pm when trio Nuada take to the stage.

Spirit of Voice festival starts next week

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

OPERA, REGGAE, sean nós, Barbershop, jazz, folk, trad, and hip hop will be performed and celebrated at the 2011 Spirit of Voice festival from Friday November 11 to Sunday 13.

Lunctime concert from Berlin soprano

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

THE BERLIN based soprano Doerthe Maria Sandmann will be in NUI, Galway’s CUBE theatre for a lunchtime concert today from 1pm to 2pm.

Workshops @ Tulca Festival of Visual Arts

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

THE TULCA festival, which begins today, will feature a range of workshops looking at issues like artist collectives, planning and local government, and a public art clinic.

Proust Questionnaire

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Great health, great company, great weather, great food, great wine, great music, and great stories combined, by the sea.

An alternative ceramics exhibition

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

3X2, an exhibition of contemporary clay artworks and ceramics, is currently on show at The Shed, Middle Pier, in the Galway City Harbour.

Earthship To Launch debut EP in Bierhaus

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

EARTHSHIP WILL bring their brand of accessible, groovy, funky, and above all, danceable jazz to the Bierhaus on Thursday November 10 at 9.30pm.

Cinema Reviews: Contagion

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

THE BLACK Death of 1347 killed 25 million in Europe; smallpox in the 18th century claimed even more lives with 60 million.

The Three Amigos take on the world

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

JIMMY BUCKLEY, Robert Mizzell, and Patrick Feeney are the Three Amigos, who have an interest in country music and enjoy a positive reaction wherever they go.

Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 9.30pm.

The Shadow of Pádraic Ó Conaire

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

FAMILY FOLKLORE has it that when Pádraic Ó Conaire was broke, a fairly frequent occurrence by all accounts, he would approach the grandfather Tom ‘Cork’ Kenny, co-founder and editor of the Connaught Tribune, hoping he would publish a story in the paper and pay him.

The poetry of everyday particulars

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

TOM DUDDY’S poetry, as expressed in his collection The Hiding Place, published by Arlen House, is greatly concerned with the way humans interact with each other.

In ‘Table For One’ the narrator talks about how his order for Caesar salad and sea-bass is “taken down/and acted upon like no other words/you’ve spoken all week.” In ‘The Good Host’ he tells us about a host of the old fashioned variety “in whose humbling/and slow-darkening house/you cannot help but rest”.

“I find theatre very exciting” Keith Duffy on Boyzone, Corrie and Druid

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

Rehearsals are currently under way for Druid’s upcoming production of John B Keane’s Big Maggie and among the cast is Keith Duffy who plays the part of travelling salesman Teddy Heelin. At the end of Monday’s rehearsals, Duffy sat down to talk about the play and reflect on some of the highlights of his years in music, television, and performing. “I’m very lucky to have had the career that I have,” he states candidly. “As a teenager I wasn’t very ambitious, I was quite insecure and didn’t have much confidence in myself. Getting into Boyzone was the first bit of luck I’d had in life. And we didn’t really know what it was we were trying to create, whether it was a hit single or to sell out a big venue, we were all new to the business. Everything just seemed to happen naturally, it’s only looking back you realise how lucky we were.

A brilliant return to Galway for My Brilliant Divorce

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

There will be a homecoming in more ways than one when Jasango Theatre present a new version of Geraldine Aron’s My Brilliant Divorce on Tuesday November 1 at The Town Hall. Jasango Theatre was founded in Galway in 2009 by Jasmin Finn and Angela Ryan; they have since gone on to make a name for themselves on the national touring circuit. Following great success with Bombshells - including a two-year tour of Ireland, a summer residency at Fota House, and an American tour culminating in awards for Best Play and Best Ensemble in the 2010 Bethlehem Press Awards - Jasango are on track for another hit with this wittily observant and achingly funny play.

Big Maggie rehearsals under way at Druid

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

THE FIRST day of rehearsals in Galway kicked off on Monday morning at Druid Lane Theatre for the 11 cast members of Druid’s production of Big Maggie by John B Keane, directed by Garry Hynes.

Aisling O’Sullivan (Raw, The Clinic), who plays the title role, John Olohan (The Tudors and Druid’s The Silver Tassie) and Keith Duffy (Coronation Street, Boyzone) lead a cast of 11 of Ireland’s finest actors in this much loved play by John B. Keane. Paul Connaughton, Nancy E. Carroll, Joan Sheehy, Sarah Greene, Amy Molloy, Charlie Murphy, Des Nealon, and Stephen Mullan complete the cast.

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