New novel from Yvonne McEvaddy
Thu, Oct 18, 2012
SHADOWS OF The Dead, the second novel from Galway author Yvonne McEvaddy, has just been published, and she will be reading from it in Java’s, Abbeygate Street, this month.
Read more ...Over The Edge reading
Thu, Oct 18, 2012
THE WRITERS Patrick Chapman, Aoibheann McCann, and Cormac Culkeen will read at the next Over The Edge in the Galway City Library on Thursday October 25 from 6.30pm to 8pm.
Dubliner Patrick Chapman has published a number of poetry collections, including Jazztown, The New Pornography, and A Shopping Mall On Mars; as well as the short story collection The Wow Signal. He is also a scriptwriter and has written episodes of the children’s animated television series Garth & Bev and a Doctor Who audio play, Fear Of The Daleks.
Read more ...Take a journey on The Sky Road
Thu, Oct 18, 2012
“MY METHODOLOGY was to pinpoint a location on The Sky Road, travel to that point and gather material such as photographs, field recordings, colour samples, and measurements.”
Read more ...Stand up comedy for kids
Thu, Oct 18, 2012
STAND-UP comedy is usually seen as something for adults, for late nights, and for bars and clubs, but won’t somebody please think of the children.
Read more ...Scary Halloween party at the Galway Arts Centre
Thu, Oct 18, 2012
DR VON Straabenglaus’s Trick Or Treatment Party, a world of flesh eating organ seekers, fiendish medical experiments, and surgery gone wrong is coming to Galway this Halloween.
Read more ...Junior Film Fleadh to screen Bernadette Devlin documentary
Thu, Oct 18, 2012
BERNADETTE: NOTES on a political journey, Lelia Doolan’s documentary on Northern Irish politician and campaigner Bernadette Devlin McAliskey will be shown at the Junior Galway Film Fleadh.
The feature length documentary will be screened in the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday November 8 at 2pm and will be introduced by the director.
Read more ...The Plough and The Stars
Thu, Oct 18, 2012
IF YOU are in or near Limerick and are interested in theatre generally or Sean O’Casey in particular, then a new staging of The Plough and The Stars should be worth seeing.
Read more ...A feast of Latin dance in November
Thu, Oct 18, 2012
AS THE dark winter months are rolling in, it is good to know that a celebration of Latin music and dance will brighten up a weekend in November.
The Bachata Open Galway 2012 event takes place in the Radisson Blu Hotel from Friday November 9 to Sunday 11. Bachata is a style of dancing that originated in the Dominican Republic. This will be the first Bachata championship in Ireland, the winner will go to Murcia, Spain, representing Ireland at the championship.
Read more ...Call for artists’ submissions
Thu, Oct 18, 2012
THE GALWAY University Hospitals Arts Trust is seeking submissions for its 2013 exhibition programme.
The GUH Arts Trust is interested in artists/curators who wish to engage with their audience by including artists’ talks, workshops, etc, as part of the exhibition. Artists/curators should keep in mind when submitting a proposal that the trust programmes for an acute hospital setting with vulnerable people and this will be considered in selecting exhibitions.
Read more ...Jason and The Argonauts set sail for Baboró
Thu, Oct 11, 2012
SCOTLAND’S INTERNATIONALLY-feted Visible Fictions Theatre Company are en route to Galway for the Baboró Festival to bring their ebullient staging of the epic adventures of Jason and the Argonauts.
Read more ...The Faulty Towers Dining Experience
Thu, Oct 11, 2012
INTERNATIONAL COMEDY sensation, The Faulty Towers Dining Experience, is making a welcome return to Galway as part of the Bulmers Comedy Festival to unleash its trademark blend of comic mayhem on diners and theatre-goers.
Read more ...Set List – Irish premiere in Galway
Thu, Oct 11, 2012
THERE IS a treat and something of a coup in store for the Galway comedy audience at the Bulmer’s Galway Comedy Festival this moth, when the Set List phenomenon comes to town.
Read more ...From drag to trad
Thu, Oct 11, 2012
Kellys bar is the venue for a night of fun, frills, fizzy pop, frollicks, hair disaster, fantastic trad and to the most amazing musicians Galway has to offer on Saturday, 20 October. Of course, the outstandingly beautiful Drag-Queens of Galway will also be in attendance. The night is in support of St. Jame's HIV unit and is dedicated to raising much needed funds for the cause.
Read more ...Bottle’s on the rampage in new Who Needs Enemies?
Thu, Oct 11, 2012
EOIN HANCOCK has the worst friends imaginable, who get him into scraps that are both illegal and near life threatening, and they are about to throw him into more mayhem.
Read more ...The Star Wars trilogy - in one hour
Thu, Oct 11, 2012
EOIN HANCOCK has the worst friends imaginable, who get him into scraps that are both illegal and near life threatening, and they are about to throw him into more mayhem.
Read more ...The Star Wars trilogy - in one hour
Thu, Oct 11, 2012
A LONG time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away, an epic intergalactic battle between good and evil took place, and at its centre was a father who needed to be helped to redemption by his son.
Read more ...Paul Brady to play the Raddison
Thu, Oct 11, 2012
PAUL BRADY has been one of Ireland’s most outstanding songwriters of the past 40 years, a position only really challenged by Van Morrison and Phil Lynnot.
Read more ...The ‘Amazing’ Toby Kaar @ Róisín Dubh
Thu, Oct 11, 2012
TOBY KAAR “is making me want to get torn up and fight a chair. Amazing.” so said Nialler 9 about the Corkornian electronica producer and live performer who plays the Róisín Dubh tomorrow.
Read more ...Go to MASS @ HALO
Thu, Oct 11, 2012
MASS NORMALLY means worship in a church but tomorrow night at HALO it means a great night’s entertainments with one of country’s best covers bands.
Read more ...City secondary schools to sing with Irish Chamber Orchestra
Thu, Oct 11, 2012
FOUR OF Galway city’s secondary schools will join the Irish Chamber Orchestra for a concert featuring music by Philip Glass and Schubert.
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