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.

Online dance workshop for the over 50s

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

DUSK UNTIL Dawn, an online workshop for the over 50s, focused on mindful movement and creative choreography, takes place tomorrow, Friday October 16, from 4pm to 6pm.

Drag and dine at Club GASS

Thu, Sep 17, 2020

CLUB GASS and the Galway drag queen experience is back at the Róisín Dubh with the city's leading LGBT+ club night hosting a special drag show tomorrow, Friday September 18.

Galway Community Circus Mayhem festival goes online

Thu, May 21, 2020

GALWAY COMMUNITY Circus, the national and international flagship organisation for youth and social circus based in Shantalla, will present its end of term youth festival online this weekend.

Male dancers sought for YBW's junior boys' programme

Thu, Sep 26, 2019

MARTIN LINDINGER, former lead dancer with Rambert, National Ballet of Canada, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, will lead Youth Ballet West's Junior Boys' Associate Programme, which is seeking new members.

Mr Pussy to attend tomorrow's GASS clubnight

Thu, Dec 08, 2016

MR PUSSY, "the doyen of Irish drag queens...the original of the species," according to the Sunday Independent, will be in Galway tomorrow to attend GASS - The Great and Secret Show.

CarnEvil - chased by madmen and mannequins

Mon, Oct 24, 2016

ON SATURDAY night I was followed, no, chased, and accosted by a crouching, laughing, maniacal man, determined to do me mischief. That I was confined in a small room, with no obvious exit only added to the terror...but also the fun, for this was CarnEvil.

The Dirty Circus Halloween party

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

THE DIRTY Circus burlesque and cabaret night returns for Halloween, adding a touch of gothic thrills and scares to its ever popular mixture of burlesque dance, song, and comedy with lashings of sauce and sexiness.

Dance classes for toddlers and children

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

MISS LAURIE And Stepping Up Dance Arts has added new classes and venues for its autumn dance classes for aspiring dancers, ranging in age from toddlers to 10-year-olds.

Galway's Shir Madness in Miss Burlesque Ireland final

Tue, Jun 30, 2015

SHIR MADNESS, the Galway based burlesque performer, who describes herself as a "curvy, fiery circus freak who likes to tease", will be a finalist at Miss Burlesque Ireland, which takes place in Dublin on July 18.

Polish your heels for the In Your Face Drag Race

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

GALWAY'S DRAG queens will display all their fabulousness, finery, and flamboyance when they hit the stage for the In Your Face Drag Race on Thursday July 2 from 8pm at Monroe's Live.

Macnas to headline Lithuanian capital’s culture night

Thu, Jun 18, 2015

Macnas will take to the streets of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius tomorrow night where it will stage its street theatre show Whose Kingdom Is This Anyways?

Dr Sketchy’s take on A Clockwork Orange

Thu, May 07, 2015

STANLEY KUBRICK’S extraordinary, still controversial film version of Anthony Burgess’s novel A Clockwork Orange, is the inspiration for the next Dr Sketchy’s event.

Ballet from the tutu and beyond

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

TUTUS & BEYOND, a show featuring classical and contemporary ballet, comes to the Town Hall Theatre on Friday April 17 at 8pm. Performed by Ballet Ireland, the show will feature new work created for the company by Royal Ballet dancer-turned-choreographer, Ludovic Ondiviela.

Enter the Labyrinth with Dr Sketchy’s

Thu, Apr 09, 2015

DR SKETCHY’S life drawing class/cabaret/burlesque event will focus on the much loved cult film Labyrinth, when it comes to Monroe’s Live this Saturday from 5pm to 8pm.

Dr Sketchy’s - Gotham bad girls are back

Thu, Apr 02, 2015

GOTHAM CITY’S bad girls, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Catwoman, will be the subjects and inspirations for Dr Sketchy’s, very alternative life drawing class.

Dr Sketchy’s - a life drawing class cabaret

Thu, Mar 19, 2015

THE BAD girls of Gotham City - Harley Quinn, Poision Ivy, and Catwoman - will be the subjects and inspirations for Dr Sketchey’s - a life drawing class unlike any other.