Stuart Neville - spies, Nazis, and Charles J Haughey
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
FORMER NAZIS and Nazi collaborators resident in Ireland are being taken out one by one by an enigmatic hit squad, but this is a only a warning to the man they are really after - SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny.
Read more ...Fíbín returns with award-winning Sétanta
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
FÍBÍN MAKES a welcome return to An Taibhdhearc next week where it begins a national tour of its award-winning play Sétanta, written and directed by Paul Mercier.
Sétanta breathes new life into the ancient story of Sétanta and Ferdia, delivering a stylised tale of greed, power, envy, and love. The play tells how these two young warriors become sworn enemies under the reign of the all-powerful Medb. Fíbín makes exciting use of multimedia including explosive visuals, music specially composed by Mel Mercier, and almost 50 hand-made highly expressive masks by Matthew Guinnane.
Read more ...Chinese State Circus to defy gravity in Yin Yang
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
THE FAMOUS Chinese philosophical symbol Yin Yang describes how seemingly opposite forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world.
Read more ...Trio of plays at Cúirt
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
THE CÚIRT International Festival of Literature, in association with the Galway Arts Centre, presents three exciting new theatre shows in conjunction with Galway Community Theatre and NUI Galway’s BA connect with theatre and performance class.
All three shows – Pineapple, Medea Redux, and Carshow - are directed by Andrew Flynn, and offer Cúirt audiences a chance to see fine contemporary theatre staged by Galway performers.
Read more ...Galway Actors Workshop
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
GALWEGIANS INTERESTED in acting and performing on stage at the Galway Fringe Festival in July might like to check out new courses from the Galway Actors Workshop.
Classes are in the Anno Santo Hotel, Salthill, with levels two and three culminating in a performance at the Galway Fringe Festival.
Read more ...Japanese Film Festival 2013
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
THE 2013 Japanese Film Festival returns to Galway this month and will be taking place from Sunday April 21 to Wednesday 24. The films will be screened The Eye Cinema, Wellpark.
Read more ...A painterly look at the west
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
AN EXPLORATION of the west coast of Ireland has resulted in a series of new landscapes and works by the artist Michael Downes which will be on display in Kenny’s.
Read more ...dREA to play Monroe’s
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
dREA IS a new musical project centred around Limerick musician Damien Drea, who will play Monroe’s Backstage Bar on Saturday April 20 at 9pm.
Read more ...Competition winners
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
The winners of the Pilgrim Hill screening were Rachel Curran, Renmore; Des Johnston, Rahoon; Gary Phelan. Galway; Doreen O’Rourke, Ballybrit; Rita Bourke, Galway; Declan McSteen, Salthill; Gerard Barrett, Moycullen; Gerard Barrett, Ardrahan; Joan Keane, Galway; Sonja Kollmann, Rahoon; Emma O’Sullivan, Oughterard; Antonio Bibbò, Galway; Tara Spelman, Knocknacarra; and Eileen Zellmann, Cappagh Road.
Read more ...The Field at Renvyle House Hotel
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
JOHN B KEANE’S classic play The Field will be staged by Wild Swan Theatre Company in the Renvyle House Hotel on Friday April 19 and Saturday 20.
Read more ...Virtuoso guitarist for Róisín Dubh
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
STEPHEN FRY hailed him a “genius”; David Crosby called him “wonderful”; while Acoustic Magazine said he is a “gifted and inspirational guitar player”.
Read more ...Sarah McQuaid to play Monroe’s Backstage Bar
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
ALED JONES is a classical tenor but he knows a good singer when he hears one, regardless of what genre s/he sings in, and he has high praise for Sarah McQuaid.
Read more ...Ana Gog to play Kelly’s
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
THEY HAVE been compared to Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett while their music has been described as post-rock and “folk-inspired and yet dramatic and powerful”.
Read more ...Eoin Glackin @ Monroe’s Live
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
THE DUBLIN singer-songwriter Eoin Glackin is coming to Galway to play Monroe’s Live on Friday April 19 at 10pm.
Read more ...Get down to Motown @ HALO
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
SOUL, FUNK, and old skool r’n’b will be the order of the day when The Papa Zitas bring the Motown Big Band experience to upstairs at Halo Live tomorrow night.
Read more ...Comedy theatre in Oranmore
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
BUALAH BOS - Oranmore Music & Drama Group will stage Jimmy Keary’s The Two loves of Gabriel Foley in Keanes nightclub Kudos tomorrow and Saturday at 8pm.
Read more ...Funk & Soul in Massimo
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
Uptight! is back at Massimo bar, Williams Street this Friday night. Dave Barry will be spinning funk, soul, reggae and more all on vinyl til the wee hours. Joining him on the decks will be a special guest to be confirmed. Entereance as always is free.
Read more ...John Daly to Get Deeper @ The Cellar
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
JOHN DALY, one of Ireland’s leading DJs, will be hitting the decks at Get Deeper in The Cellar Underground this Saturday at 11pm.
Read more ...NUIG Dramsoc to perform Twelfth Night
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
IN DECEMBER 1912, UCG’s Dramsoc staged its first performance, Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. As part of the society’s centenary celebrations it is reviving this work.
Read more ...Kevin McAleer @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Apr 11, 2013
SINCE HIS appearances on Nighthawks in the early 1990s, Kevin McAleer has enjoyed the status of a founding father of modern Irish stand-up and a a much loved comic.
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