Cúirt 2014 - from Booker winners to new voices

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

IT SAYS something about the ambition of Cúirt 2014 that an eminent author like Sebastian Barry; Irish fiction’s rising star Dónal Ryan; and the Man Booker winner Eleanor Catton, are among the major - but far from only major - names coming to this year’s festival.

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry - the mad genius of Jamaican music

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

ASKING “WHO is Lee Perry?” is like asking “What is literature?” or “What is colour?” The question is too big. He is the Muhammad Ali of Jamaican music. A pint sized genius with purple hair.

The man’s discography is an endless abyss of dubs and reggae nuggets not to mention his various aliases and production roles. With more than 50 years recording his career has had a number of phases.

A concert of Jewish themed music

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

SHOSTAKOVICH’S VISIT to Ireland in 1972 and ‘Jewish themed’ works by him andf Aaron Copeland will be the centerpieces of a Music For Galway event.

On the road with A Skull In Connemara

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

“I’M STANDING here and my car has just been clamped!” Garret Keogh informs me when I ring him on Monday afternoon to chat about Decadent Theatre Company’s production of Martin McDonagh’s A Skull In Connemara which comes to the Town Hall Theatre this month.

Memento Morte in Town Hall

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

JACK THE Ripper’s reign of terror forms the backdrop to a new tragi-comedy, Memento Morte, which runs in the Town Hall studio next week.

Written and directed by Adrian Lavelle, author of the well-received Fig For A Kiss, the play is a co-production between two local companies, Zeroline and Wolf Meets World.

Perm Ballet masterclasses in Galway

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

RUSSIA’S PRESTIGIOUS Perm State Ballet is sending one of its leading teachers, Olga Salimbaeva, togive a masterclass in Galway.

Claregalway Drama Festival

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

THE 32ND Claregalway Festival of Drama opens on Thursday March 13 and runs until Friday 21, and will include works of Irish and international theatre.

The opening play will be Compántas Lir’s production of Eclipsed by Patricia Burke Brogan, while the closing event will be Arthur Miller’s A Room With A View by the Thurles Drama Group.

Comedy with Maxwell and Bishop

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

ANDREW MAXWELL and Des Bishop, two of Ireland’s greatest comics, bring their new stand-up shows to the Róisín Dubh this month.

Award winning Mexican film for Town Hall

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

NEWLY ARRIVED in Mexico City, Roberto opens a restaurant, while daughter Alejandra quickly makes friends with the popular kids in school. It seems a great start to a new life.

Conal Gallon’s A Bit On The Side

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

A BIT On The Side, the phenomenally successful debut play by Donegal comedian Conal Gallon, is coming to the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday March 15 at 8pm.

A trio of Indie brilliance @ Strange Brew

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

STANLEY BRINKS and The Wave Pictures are not a singer and his band, but a collaboration between and English group and a French musician.

Galway will be able to check out this partnership when they play Strange Brew at the Róisín Dubh on Thursday March 13 at 9pm.

David Burke’s cycling tour reaches Monroe’s Live

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

IRISH SINGER-songwriter David Burke is seeking to play 32 shows across the 32 counties in 32 days, all on his bicycle.

Mojo GoGo @ Monroe’s

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

“THE MUSIC world is Mojo GoGo’s for the taking. Their live show has already become the stuff of legend,” said Hot Press.

New clubnight starts in Factory

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

GET BOOGIE! is the name of a new clubnight for Galway, and it kicks off tomorrow from 11pm in The Factory on Abbeygate Street.

Get Boogie! is a sister session to the Jungle Boogie! series and cousin of the recent Get Busy. The music policy is Old School Jungle, Footwork, bass, and breaks, pumped through a newly installed Void sound system. On the decks for the debut night will be Don Rosco (Bassbin/Wobble) alongside resident Welfare.

Forde brothers to represent Galway @ IYMAs

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

GALWAY ROCK duo Keagan & Evan Forde will represent Galway in the Irish Youth Music Awards final in the Aviva Stadium on April 12.

Cover bands @ The Stock Exchange

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

COVERS BAND Badly Stocked Jukebox take to the stage of The Stock Exchange tomorrow night, followed by Kensey 3 for the Sunday session.

Máirtín O'Connor Band to play An Spidéal

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

THE MÁIRTÍN O’Connor Band, featuring the titan talents of Cathal Hayden, Seamie O’Dowd, and Jim Higgins, and the great man himself, play the Éigse an Spidéil festival this weekend.

The beauty in forgotten places

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

GERAGH IN County Cork is the only ancient post glacial alluvial forest in Western Europe and the subject of a new photographic exhibition, entitled Lost.

Lost, by photographer Seamie Gallagher is currently running in the Arts Corridor at University Hospital Galway and is inspired by an alluvial forest - a hardwood forest found on low levees, ridges and terraces with a high level of underground water within the floodplains of streams - near Seamie’s hometown of Macroom.

Calling Galway schools for poetry slam

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

THE BRAVE New Words Schools Poetry Slam comes to the Black Box Theatre on Tuesday April 8 and could eventually see young Galway poets performing on HBO.

Brave New Words, which has featured on RTÉ TwoTube and Nationwide, is aimed at transition year students and below. It aims to improve literacy, encourage creativity and performance, and help young people make themselves heard.

Poetry made of dark material

Thu, Mar 06, 2014

WHILE STILL a teenager, Caoilinn Hughes was a featured reader at the first Over The Edge Open Readings in the Galway City Library.

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