Fís - online summer camp in Irish arts and filmmaking

Mon, Jul 05, 2021

CREATIVE TEENS who are also interested in film and the Irish language, should check out Fís, an online summer camp in Irish art forms.

Music and stories from Galway children feature in new Gort ‘sound walk’

Thu, Jul 01, 2021

A 'sound walk', featuring music, stories, and poems from some 100 children in Galway and Clare, has been launched and will be available until the end of the month.

New stage school launches performing arts camp in Headford

Thu, Jun 17, 2021

A NEW dance, drama, singing, and musical theatre stage school for children and young people has been launched in Headford with summer camps starting at the end of this month.

Galway Community Circus outside summer camps

Thu, Jun 17, 2021

GALWAY COMMUNITY Circus is holding a variety of summer camps from July 5 to 25 for children, adults, and families.

Galway children to declare ‘The Streets Are Ours’

Thu, May 20, 2021

'THE STREETS Are Ours' is a collaborative dance performance co-created by children across Galway city and county will be screened on Facebook Live this evening.

Galway’s Brú Theatre tours virtual reality film, Ar Ais Arís, this June

Tue, May 04, 2021

CONNEMARA, the writings of Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Pádraic Ó Conaire, and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, the music of the West of Ireland, and the impact of emigration will coalesce in an immersive, virtual reality film, to tour Galway in June.

Just who is ‘The Masked Singer’?

Wed, Apr 28, 2021

THE MASKED Singer, a top-secret singing competition, where nine vocalists, shrouded from head to toe in elaborate costumes, concealing their identity, and competing against one another, takes place this week.

Bring back our girls - Club GASS returns

Tue, Apr 27, 2021

CLUB GASS, Galway city’s LGBT+ club night, and arguably the best club night in Galway is back, with a drag extravaganza this Bank Holiday weekend.

‘Wires Crossed’ - A Balancing Act for Europe!

Mon, Apr 26, 2021

‘Wires Crossed’, an innovative Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture project illustrating the importance of head and heart balance, continues to be delivered by Galway Community Circus. While the Covid pandemic has brought significant challenges, the project has reached hundreds of community participants in 13 countries to date. Wires Crossed is being delivered by a network of 15 European youth and social circus schools, led by Galway Community Circus and Ecole De Cirque De Bruxelles. The project promotes physical and mental wellbeing, safe risk-taking and social inclusion through funambulism – tightwire walking using a balancing pole.

Remote Control #2 - artist development programme announces 2021 recipients

Tue, Apr 20, 2021

A DANCER, a performance artist, and two writers have been announced as this year’s recipients of the Remote Control artist development programme.

Deadline looms for Remote Control #2 applications

Tue, Mar 16, 2021

MONDAY MARCH 22 is the closing date for Remote Control #2, the artist development programme from Brú Theatre, the Town Hall Theatre, and Galway Dance Project, now in its second year.

The Dirty Circus - a decadent Saturday night awaits

Mon, Mar 08, 2021

THE JESSICA Rabbit of burlesque, the Galway 'Queen of Soul', the Galway based champion pole dancer...this is just some of what is in store at this weekend's The Dirty Circus.

Moth & Butterfly Festival

Tue, Feb 16, 2021

TRUE STORIES, personal stories, fanciful stories, tall tales, and tales fantastic, some from the heart and some from the top of the head will be heard at the 2021 Moth & Butterfly Festival.

Páraic Breathnach retires from Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Feb 11, 2021

Páraic Breathnach, one of the leading figures in the Galway arts scene, has announced his retirement as managing director of the Galway Arts Centre.

The Dirty Circus is back, and live in your living room

Tue, Feb 09, 2021

DRAG QUEENS, Drag Kings, pole dancing, burlesque, and lashings of sauce and sexiness - The Dirty Circus is back and ready to celebrate Valentine’s Day with a bang!

Sharon Shannon to launch NUIG's Arts in Action festival with online concert

Thu, Feb 04, 2021

SHARON SHANNON, one of Ireland's finest and most popular traditional musicians, will open NUI Galway’s 2021 Arts in Action programme with a free online concert.

Online contemplative dance retreat

Mon, Nov 23, 2020

A free, online, contemplative dance retreat for professional dance artists will take place this Sunday, November 29, from 10am to 4pm.

Platform 31 - new support scheme for artists

Thu, Nov 12, 2020

PLATFORM 31, a State-wide artist development scheme to allow artists develop their practice, and test new ideas, has been launched by The Association of Local Authority Arts Offices, in collaboration with the Arts Council.

Acrobatic duo chosen for first Inis Óirr arts residency

Thu, Oct 29, 2020

CIKADA CIRCUS, an acrobatic hand to hand performance company, have been chosen as the first beneficiaries of a new month long residency programme in the Aras Eanna arts centre on Inis Oírr.

Galway ballerina seeks sponsorship

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

GALWAY BALLERINA Emer Lenihan is a dancer making waves in the ballet world at the moment, having been offered auditions in January with the St Petersburg Ballet and Boris Eifman Ballet companies in Russia.

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