Day long animation workshop

Thu, Aug 16, 2012

A DAY long animation workshop, entitled Animation For A Change, will be hosted by the Galway One World Centre on Friday August 31.

Bernard O’Shea @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 16, 2012

BERNARD O’SHEA delivers “left-field imaginative, but not up its arse, lovely comedy” according to Hotpress, and it is what audiences can expect at his Róisín Dubh show next Wednesday at 8.30pm.

Aras Éanna Europe’s most westerly arts centre

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

THE SUMMER months will, as ever, see a steady stream of visitors venturing from the mainland to the Aran Islands to enjoy the spectacular scenery, the flora and fauna, and sample the distinctive character of island life.

On Inis Óirr there is the added attraction of Aras Éanna, which can claim the dual distinction of being the only arts centre on any of our offshore islands and Europe’s most westerly arts and heritage centre.

The cream of Irish indie for Popical Island Invasion

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

POPICAL ISLAND, the exciting Irish indie label, will showcase some of its very best bands with a major night in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday August 16 from 8pm.

Amazing Apples to play Electric Picnic

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

ROOTS ROCK/folk-pop band The Amazing Apples will be playing the Electric Picnic festival in County Laois on September 2.

Ava Vidal - rising comedy star to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

AVA VIDAL’S route to comedy was the least predictable and most unexpected of her peers, but it has made for a thoughtful, intelligent, and often savagely funny take on contemporary life.

The Mai, and ‘a fate you can’t escape’

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

GALWAY’S MEPHISTO Theatre Company will bring their exciting new staging of Marina Carr’s powerful play, The Mai, to the Town Hall main stage next week.

NUIG DramSoc to celebrate centenary

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

NUI GALWAY’S DramSoc, one of Galway’s greatest student institutions, will this year celebrate the centenary of its founding, with a variety of events.

Core Theatre College courses

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

CORE THEATRE College will hold courses in the Chekhov Technique and in Lecoq Movement. Both modules start the week of September 19 and will run for 10 weeks.

Grabbers winners

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

THE WINNERS of tickets to see the new Irish comedy film Grabbers, were:

Fred Johnston’s online writing course

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

POET, WRITER, and critic Fred Johnston is opening an on-line creative writing course which will run over eight weeks.

Bluegrass session in Kilcolgan

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

BLUEGRASS SESSIONS will take place in Kilcolgan this weekend.

Funk, Soul & Reggae @ The Electric Garden

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

Dave Barry will be playing an eclectic mix of northern soul, Latin boogaloo, reggae, funk and ska 45s in the chilled out space of The Garden room in The Electric Garden this Saturday night from 11.

An alternative take on female singers

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

SINGERS AND artists featured on the all-female vocal compilation album Café Irlandaise will be on stage at the Róisín Dubh on Friday August 17 at 8pm.

Fred and Bob @ Citóg

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

DUBLIN ALTERNATIVE rock band Fred and Fob, are not a duo of two dudes, but a quartet of three women and one man.

The band will headline the next Citóg night in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, tonight from 9pm.

Soul man Buck Taylor @ HALO

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

AMERICAN SOUL singer Buck Taylor and his band Taylor Made, will take to the stage at Upstairs @ HALO tomorrow night from 11pm.

The perfect mix @ The Electric Garden

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

Galway’s newest nightclub has a wide variety of entertainment to suit most tastes. Here is a run down of the vairious rooms and some of acts on this weekend.

Seánie Vaughan @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Aug 09, 2012

CONNEMARA BORN, Dublin based, singer-songwriter Seánie Vaughan will play upstairs at the Róisín Dubh tomorrow at 8pm.

The Mai - into a world of 'naysayers' and 'strong females'

Thu, Aug 02, 2012

MARINA CARR’S powerful play The Mai is coming to the Town Hall Theatre in a new staging from Galway’s Mephisto Theatre Company which is sure to be a definite highlight of the venue’s August programme.

First staged in 1994, at the Abbey, The Mai is a play about love - the kind that chews you up and spits you out. It focuses on four generations of women from one family who struggle to come to terms with the destructive effects their love affairs have on themselves, and those around them.

Ancient Resonance – Sharon O’Malley retrospective at Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Aug 02, 2012

TOMORROW EVENING sees the opening of Ancient Resonance, a major retrospective celebrating the work of Galway artist Sharon O’Malley, at the Galway Arts Centre.

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