Hold tight - it’s The Andrews Sisters Show

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

AS FAMOUS and successful as The Supremes, The Ronettes, Go Go Girls, Bananarama, The Spice Girls, Destiny’s Child, and Girl’s Aloud were/are, none - in terms of hit records or influence - come close to the ultimate female pop phenomenon - The Andrews Sisters.

Bonnie Tyler is coming to Castlebar

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

WELSH SINGER Bonnie Tyler achieved pop immortality for her hits ‘Holding Out For A Hero’ and ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’, and she’s still going strong and heading west this month.

Crooning at Christmas

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

CHRISTMAS CROONERS, a show featuring the Christmas songs of Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, and Frank Sinatra, will be performed at the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday December 9 at 8pm

Staged in the style of the Andy Williams Christmas Show, complete with Christmas trees, and a rocking chair, a cast of West-End singers - David Tughan (as Sinatra), Jez Unwin (Crosby), and Jim Whitley (Cole), and Will Fitzgerald (various roles) - backed by the Jazz All-Stars Band will perform ‘The Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire)’, ‘Little Drummer Boy’, ‘White Christmas’, ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’, and ‘Silent Night’.

The Irish Pink Floyd return to the Róisín Dubh

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

AFTER THE Beatles, there are few English bands that have cast as large or as long a shadow, or wielded greater influence on all areas of rock music than Pink Floyd.

Spanish-Irish fusion in Árus na nGeal

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

The connections between Galway and Spain were at their strongest in the 1500s when Galway was a major commercial port and Spanish vessels came here to trade.

Calling all unsigned Galway bands

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

UNSIGNED GALWAY bands are sought to take enter The JD Set - Jack Daniel’s competition for unsigned bands in Ireland - and there is only another three weeks left to enter.

Unsigned bands should register at www.thejdset.ie or send a demo to The JD Set, 12 Camden Row, Dublin 8, for the chance to be one of 30 bands who will be shortlisted in January 2009 to play in The JD Set heats in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, and Waterford next year.

Youth Ballet West to perform Nutcracker Suite

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

EXERTS FROM the much loved ballet, the Nutcracker Suite, will be performed by Youth Ballet West as part of its new production in the Town Hall Theatre.

Galway Baroque Singers’ annual Christmas concert

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

THE GALWAY Baroque Singers’ annual Christmas concert takes place in the Galway Cathedral on Saturday December 13 at 8pm.

Messiah to be performed in Galway

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

HANDEL’S CELEBRATED Messiah will be performed by the Irish Baroque Orchestra and Resurgam in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church on Friday December 12 at 7.30pm.

The conductor will be Gary Cooper. Performers will include Katherine Manley (soprano), Christopher Ainslie (counter-tenor), James Oxley (tenor), and Martin Robson (bass). The Irish Baroque Orchestra and Resurgam are regarded as two of Ireland’s most dynamic young ensembles.

Have A Change Of Heart for the Abbey Church

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

A CHANGE Of Heart, a new play by Maria Keogh, will be staged in the Town Hall next week to raise funds for the Abbey Church roof restoration fund.

Ardvarna to launch new album

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

OUGHTERARD’S FAVOURITE traditional music group, Ardvarna, launch their new CD The Lakeshore Town on Sunday in the Crane Bar.

Winter drumming workshop

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

A DRUMMING and singing workshop will take place in Brigit’s Garden, Roscahill, this Sunday from 10.30am to 6.30pm.

The workshop will be fun and suitable for adults of all musical ability. Beginners are welcome. Food is provided and there are also some special concession places available.

How Hugo Chávez survived the coup

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

IN APRIL 2002 there was an attempt to overthrow the president of Venezuela Hugo Chávez, but 48 hours later he was back in power.

Emotionally charged Eastwood flick has Oscar written all over it

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

The powerful true story of the courageous woman who was the first to stand up to the corrupt Los Angeles Police Department in the 1920s, Clint Eastwood’s Changeling, is an intensely emotional experience that is hard to watch and hard to stop watching all in the same breath.

A flurry of clichés

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

IN TRUE seasonal style, Four Christmasses combines a romantic comedy with an attempt at a heart-warming holiday story. Reese Witherspoon reprises her trademark blonde perkiness as Kate, happily cohabiting with boyfriend Brad (Vince Vaughan) in San Francisco.

Madagascar style fun @ The Eye

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

TOMORROW SEES the release of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and The Eye Cinema has planned fun activities for children coming to the movies this Saturday and Sunday.

In Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo manage to leave Madagascar and land in the vast plains of Africa. Africa seems like a great place...but is it better than their Central Park home?

Win Saw Doctors’ CDs and DVDs

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

THE SAW Doctors have just released their new album Live At the Melody Tent and documentary DVD Clare Island to Cape Cod - and we have six copies to give away.

You havin’ a laugh?

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

PJ Gallagher, (pictured) the undisputed star of Naked Camera, and creator of the memorable characters Jake Stevens and The Dirty Auld Wan, plays the Laughter Lounge in the Róisín Dubh on Wednesday at 9pm. Support is from Bob Hennigan and Cathal Murray. The guest MC is Paddy Courtney. Tickets are available from the Róisín Dubh and Zhivago.

Corsetless @ Nuns Island Theatre

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

Corsetless, written and performed by Catherine Eaton (pictured), comes to Nuns Island Theatre tomorrow at 8pm, following a sell out run at the Andrews Theatre in New York. In the play Eaton becomes Olivia, a woman committed to solitary confinement because she refuses to speak anything except lines from Shakespeare. Eaton has appeared in Training Day and Sex In The City. Tickets are available from the Galway Arts Centre on 091 - 565886.

Coyote Factor continues

Thu, Dec 04, 2008

THE COYOTE Factor - the singing competition at Coyote’s on Forster Street - continues tonight at 9pm.

On stage competing tonight are Cathriona Cloherty, Sarah Riordan, Marta Zientala, Nicole Frawley, Patrick O’Cuabin, Gillian Murphy, Hannah Butt, Laura Marigliano, Philip Lonergan, and Natalie White.

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