Joyced! – a new odyssey through Ulysses

Thu, Jan 31, 2013

FEBRUARY sees the 131st anniversary of James Joyce’s birth and fittingly enough it also sees the Town Hall Theatre hosting the award-winning stage show, Joyced!

Written by Donal O’Kelly and performed by his daughter Katie, the production was greeted with rapturous reviews at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It comes to the Town Hall on Tuesday February 12 at 8pm.

The Wonderful World of Dissocia

Thu, Jan 31, 2013

LISA JONES lost an hour when her flight to London crossed the Greenwich meridian at the exact moment daylight savings time ended.

John B Keane’s The Field

Thu, Jan 31, 2013

JOHN B Keane’s The Field will be staged by Galway’s Hourglass Theatre Company in Kilcornan, Clarinbridge, on Friday February 8 and Saturday 9.

Children’s theatre at An Taibhdhearc

Thu, Jan 31, 2013

SPRAOI, A family show about two people trying to communicate, will be performed in An Taibhdhearc this Saturday at 11am and 1pm.

Moon Boots @ ALICE

Thu, Jan 31, 2013

THE ALICE clubnight returns to Factory this Saturday for its second party of the year with guest DJ and producer Moon Boots.

This will be Moon Boots’ debut Irish show. The American DJ is signed to the label French Express alongside Chris Malinchak and Perseus and he has performed support slots to The Magician.

Kit Kola back at the Beatroom

Thu, Jan 31, 2013

This Friday night sees the welcome return of the gorgeous Kit Kola to the Beatroom upstairs in the Roisin Dubh. Kit has been rocking dancefloors for years with her eclectic mix of Rockabilly, Jump Blues, Soul and funk to name just a few genres. The Beatroom was the brainchild of both Byron and Kit and has been a a storming success packing the dancefloor every Friday night. Sadly due to other commitments they have decided to call time and put the Beatroom to bed. It will be missed. Don’t miss this last party. 11pm upstairs in the Roisin Dubh. Adm Free.

I Give It A Year winners

Thu, Jan 31, 2013

THE WINNERS to the advance screening of the new comedy film I Give It A Year in The Eye Cinema this week were:

Galway to feature strongly at Westport Festival

Thu, Jan 31, 2013

WHILE THE headliners include Elvis Costello and Imelda May, Galway bands and a stage hosted by the Róisín Dubh, will feature strongly at this year’s Westport Festival.

Elevens @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 31, 2013

SOUND AND VISION will combine to dramatic effect when Dublin trio Elevens take to the stage of Monroe’s Live tomorrow at 9.30pm.

Mikey & The Scallywags’ Adventure In Music

Thu, Jan 31, 2013

THE FOLK, country, blue grass, and gypsy fusion of Mikey & The Scallywags will provide high entertainment for families at the next Adventures in Music concert.

Dario Fo play at Múscailt

Thu, Jan 31, 2013

FRANCIS THE Holy Jester, by Nobel Prize winning Italian satirist, playwright, and actor Dario Fo, will be performed in Galway next week.

MOVE - a fusion of visual art and dance

Thu, Jan 31, 2013

MOVE, A show incorporating art and dance, will be performed during NUI Galway’s Múscailt Arts Festival next week.

Galway Arts Centre February Poetry Slam

Thu, Jan 31, 2013

THE GALWAY Arts Centre’s first poetry slam of 2013 takes place on Tuesday February 12 at 7pm in the centre at 47 Dominick Street.

Participants are required to bring one poem/piece that will take a maximum of three minutes to perform. The winner will be selected on the night and will be invited to perform as a guest speaker at the March poetry slam on March 19, in addition to qualifying for the Grand Slam Final, which will take place during the Cúirt Festival in April.

‘O, what may man within him hide, Though angel on the outward side!’

Thu, Jan 24, 2013

POWER CORRUPTS and the repression of sexuality produces not virtue but demons that lead to the warping of human relationships. In a sexually and politically repressive society the stage is set for the perversion of both human behaviour and of justice.

Decadent gets its dues

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jan 24, 2013

FOR DIRECTOR Andrew Flynn and Decadent Theatre Company, the early weeks of 2013 have brought a very happy New Year in the shape of three nominations in the coveted Irish Times/ESB Theatre Awards.

Merriment and What Not

Thu, Jan 24, 2013

MERRIMENT AND What Not’ will be the jolly and joyous theme of this year’s Múscailt, NUI Galway’s on campus arts festival, for both students and the Galway public.

The festival, now in its 13th year, runs from Monday February 4 to Friday 8 with a programme of art, music, performance, dance, literature, and film.

West End’s phantom to teach vocal classes

Thu, Jan 24, 2013

RICHARD HALTON, who performed the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of The Opera in London’s West End for six years, is coming to Galway.

Americana and bluegrass @ Monroe’s Live

Thu, Jan 24, 2013

EXPECT HIGH energy bluegrass, Americana, and harmony vocals when Rackhouse Pilfer play Monroe’s Live this Sunday at 11pm.

Basswax @ The Cellar

Thu, Jan 24, 2013

A NIGHT OF knee-lifting, fist-pumping, neck-stretching jungle and electronic music madness can be expected when the Basswax collective play The Cellar Bar this Saturday.

Martha Wainwright to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 24, 2013

MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, the Canadian-American singer-songwriter, daughter of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, and sister of Rufus, is coming to Galway.

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