Red Bird’s Waking Playthings

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

ART, THEATRE, and improvisation will interact at Waking Playthings, an experimental performance by the Red Bird Youth Collective.

The Ardilaun Christmas Cabaret

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

COMEDY, JAZZ, and dancing will be on the menu at The Ardilaun hotel’s Christmas Cabaret which starts on Wednesday December 11.

Brian Boru - Ireland’s first real hero?

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

ACCORDING TO the history books we had in school in the early sixties, The Battle of Clontarf was described in terms of a religious victory in which the great Catholic Irish hero Brian Boru annihilated the pagan Vikings and threw them out of Ireland.

ThereisBear! launch spring theatre season

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

GALWAY THEATRE company ThereisBear! is gearing up for what promises to be an ambitious year with a tour of Ireland and four different productions in the first three months of 2014.

Finding solace in alcohol and crows

Thu, Dec 05, 2013

PEOPLE LIKE happy stories - in the same way they like Juicy Fruit chewing gum and fizzy cola bottles. However, it is a terrible idea to live on a diet of artificially sweetened happiness.

It has been known, in extreme cases, to turn sentient human beings into quivering wrecks who find meaning in the lyrics of Gary Barlow. Thankfully, Braided Loves by Ger Burke (Wordsonthestreet) and Your Mixtape Unravels My Heart by Máire T Robinson (Doire Press) are entirely sweetener free.

PINS – ‘We can get more agGressive than we should’

Thu, Nov 28, 2013

PINS HAVE been called a ‘Manchester band’ - which to some is not a geographical description, but a musical signifier - or as ‘Manc post punk’, which situates them in a particular time and musical pigeon hole, but there is far more to the exciting quartet than these labels can convey.

The Colleen Bawn and Boucicault – colour and drama galore

Thu, Nov 28, 2013

“WHEN I wrote The Colleen Bawn, I invented the Irish drama. It was original in form, in material, in treatment, and in dialogue.” So declared Dion Boucicault of the play which has delighted audiences for more than 150 years and is about to get a new production from Druid.

Hit the road Lee Mack

Thu, Nov 28, 2013

LEE MACK is coming to Galway next year to preview his new show, Hit The Road Mack, across three nights in two venues.

Sandra Coffey - ‘Life can be a bit of a zoo’

Thu, Nov 28, 2013

THIS YEAR has been a good year for Sandra Coffey. Not only did she oversee the successful first running of Galway’s Oscar Wilde Festival, she also released her debut album, Morning Zoo, featuring eight self-penned songs, to considerable acclaim.

Stagecoach to give gala performance

Thu, Nov 28, 2013

STAGECOACH, ONE of Ireland’s leading children’s theatre schools, will stage a 25th Anniversary Gala Performance at An Taibhdhearc on Saturday December 7.

A ballet and dance extravaganza

Thu, Nov 28, 2013

THE STUDENTS of Corrib Dance Academy will present their show, The Children of Lir and Movie Magic, at the Town Hall Theatre, this December.

Lackagh Parish Centre benefit concert

Thu, Nov 28, 2013

THE MUSIC OF Beethoven and Mozart will be heard in Lackagh Parish Church at a benefit concert for the church’s parish centre on Friday December 6 at 7pm.

The O’Briens on DVD

Thu, Nov 28, 2013

THE O’BRIENS, Ireland’s first independently funded romcom which was filmed digitally in Headford, County Galway, is out now on DVD.

Snow White and the seven bullfighters

Thu, Nov 28, 2013

IMAGINE SNOW White and The Seven Dwarfs transported to 1920s Spain and the world of bullfighting? Welcome to Spanish film Blancanieves.

Blancanieves, which will be screened by the Galway Film Society this Sunday at 8.15pm, centres on Carmen, the daughter of a famous bullfighter.

Loughrea writers to launch anthology

Thu, Nov 28, 2013

THE LATEST edition of Razzle Dazzle, the Loughrea Creative Writing Group anthology, will be launched this Sunday at 7.30pm in Loughrea Library.

Live music at The Stock Exchange

Thu, Nov 28, 2013

THE STOCK Exchange Bar on Shop Street will host an array of music nights from cover bands to DJs from Wednesdays to Sundays.

Award winner Foy Vance @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Nov 28, 2013

THE NORTHERN Irish music scene is at its healthiest and most creative at any time since the 1970s, and one of its leading lights may well be Foy Vance.

The Bangor born vocalist and songwriter recently beat off such heavyweight competition as And So I Watch You From Afar, Two Door Cinema Club, and Gary Lightbody’s country outfit Tired Pony, to scoop the Northern Ireland Music Prize for Album of the Year with his current release Joy Of Nothing.

Jagermeister Freezer Sessions @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Nov 28, 2013

TIME IS running out to register for free tickets to the Jagermeister Freezer Sessions, featuring O Emperor, The Hot Sprockets, Raglans, and Preacher’s Son, at Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 9pm.

Rónán Ó Snodaigh to play Monroe’s

Thu, Nov 28, 2013

KÍLA FOUNDER Rónán Ó Snodaigh, described by Hotpress as “the living embodiment of Turlough Ó Carolan and Bob Marley”, plays Monroe’s Live on Sunday December 8.

As a founding member of Ireland’s celebrated Irish trad and world music band Kíla, Ó Snodaigh is recognised as one of Ireland’s best and most innovative bodhrán players and a highly original singer songwriter.