Earthship To Launch debut EP in Bierhaus

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

EARTHSHIP WILL bring their brand of accessible, groovy, funky, and above all, danceable jazz to the Bierhaus on Thursday November 10 at 9.30pm.

Next week’s show will be the launch gig for the band’s debut EP, The Groove Starts Here. The band are Mark Farrelly (keyboards), Karl Clews (bass), Andrew Collins (saxophone), Blendi Krasniqi (drums), and Eoghan Judge (guitar) and they have played Electric Picnic and the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival. Their inspirations are Herbie Hancock, Billy Cobham, Miles Davis, Stanley Clarke, and Level 42.

Cinema Reviews: Contagion

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

THE BLACK Death of 1347 killed 25 million in Europe; smallpox in the 18th century claimed even more lives with 60 million.

The Three Amigos take on the world

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

JIMMY BUCKLEY, Robert Mizzell, and Patrick Feeney are the Three Amigos, who have an interest in country music and enjoy a positive reaction wherever they go.

Get Up, Stand Up @ Garvey’s

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

GET UP, Stand up, the weekly stand up comedy open mic night at Garvey’s Hotel and Bar, Eyre Square, takes place tonight from 9.30pm.

The show is open to the public and comedians, and admission is free. Every week there is a lively crowd and a load of up and coming comedians performing. Each comedian is allowed seven to eight minutes for his/her set. There will also be a comedy caption contest with the winner getting a prize at the end of the show.

The Shadow of Pádraic Ó Conaire

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

FAMILY FOLKLORE has it that when Pádraic Ó Conaire was broke, a fairly frequent occurrence by all accounts, he would approach the grandfather Tom ‘Cork’ Kenny, co-founder and editor of the Connaught Tribune, hoping he would publish a story in the paper and pay him.

The poetry of everyday particulars

Thu, Nov 03, 2011

TOM DUDDY’S poetry, as expressed in his collection The Hiding Place, published by Arlen House, is greatly concerned with the way humans interact with each other.

“I find theatre very exciting” Keith Duffy on Boyzone, Corrie and Druid

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

Rehearsals are currently under way for Druid’s upcoming production of John B Keane’s Big Maggie and among the cast is Keith Duffy who plays the part of travelling salesman Teddy Heelin. At the end of Monday’s rehearsals, Duffy sat down to talk about the play and reflect on some of the highlights of his years in music, television, and performing. “I’m very lucky to have had the career that I have,” he states candidly. “As a teenager I wasn’t very ambitious, I was quite insecure and didn’t have much confidence in myself. Getting into Boyzone was the first bit of luck I’d had in life. And we didn’t really know what it was we were trying to create, whether it was a hit single or to sell out a big venue, we were all new to the business. Everything just seemed to happen naturally, it’s only looking back you realise how lucky we were.

A brilliant return to Galway for My Brilliant Divorce

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

There will be a homecoming in more ways than one when Jasango Theatre present a new version of Geraldine Aron’s My Brilliant Divorce on Tuesday November 1 at The Town Hall. Jasango Theatre was founded in Galway in 2009 by Jasmin Finn and Angela Ryan; they have since gone on to make a name for themselves on the national touring circuit. Following great success with Bombshells - including a two-year tour of Ireland, a summer residency at Fota House, and an American tour culminating in awards for Best Play and Best Ensemble in the 2010 Bethlehem Press Awards - Jasango are on track for another hit with this wittily observant and achingly funny play.

Big Maggie rehearsals under way at Druid

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

THE FIRST day of rehearsals in Galway kicked off on Monday morning at Druid Lane Theatre for the 11 cast members of Druid’s production of Big Maggie by John B Keane, directed by Garry Hynes.

Aisling O’Sullivan (Raw, The Clinic), who plays the title role, John Olohan (The Tudors and Druid’s The Silver Tassie) and Keith Duffy (Coronation Street, Boyzone) lead a cast of 11 of Ireland’s finest actors in this much loved play by John B. Keane. Paul Connaughton, Nancy E. Carroll, Joan Sheehy, Sarah Greene, Amy Molloy, Charlie Murphy, Des Nealon, and Stephen Mullan complete the cast.

Galway Comedy Festival day by day

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

THE GALWAY Comedy Festival is in full swing and from today until Monday you have plenty of good reasons to get out and have a laugh with all the great shows that are on. If you are still deciding check out this day by day listing.

Galway theatre festival continues to throw up gems

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

The Galway Theatre Festival continues until Monday and there are a number of shows sure to attract sizeable attention over the weekend.With offerings from Cork, Dublin, Cavan, and Britain, as well as from nine Galway-based theatre companies, theatre fans have a multitude of options at their disposal. Across the card there is an eclectic mix with everyone sure to find something relative to their interests.

One of the highlights is Before the Devil knows you’re dead by Pat Collins and John O’Dowd at Aras Na Gael, Dominic Street on Sunday at 8pm and Monday at 1pm. In this 70 minute production, Conor McDonagh is a reporter desperate for the story that can make his name. One day at the end of October, Conor feels that his professional ambitions are answered when the ‘Sheridan Case’ lands on his desk.

John Feeley to perform free lunchtime concert

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

THE GALWAY Music Residency will present Irish guitarist John Feeley at its next lunchtime concert on Tuesday in the Town Hall Theatre. Feeley will be performing a selection of works by J S Bach; Adagio and Fugue from Violin Sonata No 1 in G minor (BWV 1001), Cello Suite No 1 in G major (BWV 1007), and Chaconne in D minor from Partita no 2, (BWV 1004). He will preface the performance with a short talk about the music.

Fearing and White at the Crane

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

ANDY WHITE and Stephen Fearing will play the Crane Bar on Friday next, November 4. The duo, who boast 19 solo albums between them, have recently released a collaboration entitled Fearing & White.

Cois Cladaigh to celebrate thirtieth anniversary

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

ON TUESDAY Cois Cladaigh Choir Galway will embark on a tour of southern Spain performing in Cordoba and Seville. The choir will be celebrating 30 years in existence next year and will perform their usual eclectic mix of Renaissance and contemporary music with a particular emphasis on music of Spanish composers including Albert Alcaraz, Juan del Ancina and Fransisco Guererro.

The choir have been awarded a substantial Arts Council Grant to enable them to celebrate their 30th anniversary with a number of exciting projects, among them the commissioning of new works by a number of composers including Estonian Urmat Sisask and Irish composers Benedict Schlepper Connolly, Eamonn Murray and Emily Magner.

Richmond Fontaine - tales of The High Country

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

RICHMOND FONTAINE have a new album, but it is like nothing they have created before. It is a mix of story, monologue, radio play, novel, and concept album. It is The High Country.

An ambient affair in store at Kelly’s

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

TONIGHT SEES The Ambience Affair bring their new show to Kelly’s. Part of a nationwide tour, the gig is a follow up to the release of their debut album Burials which was launched with Bluestack Records on October 14.

Originally comprising vocalist/guitarist Jamie Clarke and Marc Gallagher on drums, The Ambience Affair became a three piece last year when Yvonne Ryan joined the band on bass/vocals/keys.

Citóg at the Cellar celebrates Halloween in style

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

Citóg celebrates Halloween in style this Friday with a typically inventive and exciting line-up. There will be a fancy dress party, a free mixtape, some original poster art, as well as three of the finest up and coming acts in the country. Getting proceedings under way are girl punk pop band Fred & Bob, described by Hotpress as "a roughed up Jades with a nastier Blondie".

Play Irish, play Bipolar Empire’s ‘Trip Around the World’

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

This week’s Play Irish band are popular Dublin outfit Bipolar Empire. The track ‘Trip Around the World’ will feature heavily on the city airwaves and on the Jon Richards Show at 3.35pm every day as part of the initiative designed to increase support and airtime for Irish bands and singers, on Irish radio stations.

Tulca Festival of Visual Arts reveals exciting line-up

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

THE TULCA Festival of Visual Arts 2011 kicks off on Friday next November 4. The festival will examine aspects of the recent fall-out in Ireland and internationally, by addressing artist responses to political, social, and economic collapse. Entitled ‘After the fall’ it will also consider re-imaginings of the future in the wake of these collapses. A range of well-known Irish artists will feature in this year’s programme, many of these artists engage with contentious issues in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland. Tulca runs until November 20 in galleries across Galway.

Gerry Galvin launches debut novel

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

DOIRE PRESS has announced that Gerry Galvin’s debut crime novel Killer à la Carte will launch in Galway on Saturday. Described as a dark humoured crime thriller, Killer à la Carte introduces us to James Livingstone Gall, a respected restaurant critic, creative chef, and serial killer, matched in evil by Claudia Catalano, heiress to a hotel empire. We wine and dine with them and watch as they kill with ease and impunity.

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