Return of Enda Walsh’s Walworth Farce

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

DRUID HAVE only recently completed their acclaimed run of Tom Murphy’s The Gigli Concert but the company are not resting on their laurels.

Galway Theatre Festival call for scripts

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

FOLLOWING LAST year’s resounding success, the Galway Theatre Festival returns from October 20 to 24. The festival is now accepting submissions of unproduced scripts, not exceeding 90 minutes in length, for a series of rehearsed readings. Applicants are requested to include a brief account of their writing and theatre experience with their submissions.

This year the festival showcases performances from emerging local and national theatre companies. Highlights include: Christian O’Reilly’s Here We Are Again Still presented by Decadent Theatre; Moonfish’s adaptation of Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden, featuring an international cast; Mephisto Theatre’s debut of Pat Hynes’ Wrecked; The Human Voice by Jean Cocteau under the direction of Theatrecorp's Max Hafler; and the triumphant return of Zelig Theatre with Geraldine Aron’s The Donahue Sisters.

Text in Action, artists working with words

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

“THERE’S A cool web of language winds us in,” wrote poet Robert Graves and for those in the arts who deploy text as a key element of their work the recurrent challenge is to break free of that web and find fresh, stimulating, ways to express themselves and communicate with their audiences.

Glas Vegas auditions

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

THE VARIETY show Glas Vegas is back for a fourth series, and it’s even bigger, louder, and a little bit weirder than before.

Loughrea music showcase

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

AN EVENING of Loughrea's best songwriting talent will take place in the Loughrea Hotel and Spa on Sunday at 7pm. The event is run by the Emerging Network of Independent Galway Musicians and Artists (ENIGMA). The aim of the evening is to showcase local talent with the objective of getting each performer into the Irish charts. The free event will feature Ultan Conlon, Neev Kennedy, Wokajo, Una MacLochlainn, and James Finnegan. They will each be releasing a single on the evening. Audience members will be asked to download a song on their phones from each performer so have some credit in your phones, all proceeds will be donated to charity.

That’s Gas charity night at Kellys

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

TOMORROW NIGHT at Kellys from 8pm there will be a night of words, film, and music for Afri’s work in support of the Rossport communities. Johnny Moynihan, Sean Tyrrell, Donal O'Kelly, Rita Ann Higgins, Margaretta D'Arcy, and John Arden are just some of the names that are involved.

Known as ‘The Bard of Dalymount’, as a young man Johnny Moynihan played in the band. Sweeney's Men and was a sometime member of Planxty and De Danann. Easily as renowned for his roguish wit as for his bouzouki playing, he can most recently be found playing old time American tunes with Moonshine, alongside Lena Ullman and Frank Hall. A singer and storyteller with conviction, passion, and unadulterated skills, Sean Tyrrell accompanies himself on tenor Dobro and tenor guitar. His latest album Cry of the Dreamer tells the amazing story of a lesser-known Irish hero John Boyle O'Reilly through song. Donal O’Kelly is a writer and actor. His much-travelled solo plays include the award-winning Catalpa, Bat The Father, Rabbit The Son, and Jimmy Joyced. As an actor, his film roles include a leading role in Roddy Doyle’s The Van and more recently in the acclaimed bilingual film, Kings. He is also an associate director of the peace and justice organisation Afri. Since the appearance of her first collection of poems, Goddess on a Mervue Bus, Rita Ann Higgins has consistently produced provocative and heart-warming poems of high-jinx, jittery grief, and telling social comment; a gutsy, anarchic, chronicler of the Irish dispossessed.

Autumn choral programme

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

AN EXCITING programme of sacred and secular choral works has been planned for the autumn/ winter season for Galway Choral Association’s Adult Choir

Renowned pastel artist to give workshop

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

WELL KNOWN British pastel artist Ann Wilkinson is to give a five day workshop in the Galway Arts Centre from September 3 to 7. This is a unique opportunity for aspiring and working artists to learn from an artist and teacher of such a high calibre. Wilkinson is primarily a pastel artist who works on an acrylic base, her favourite subjects being figure composition and still life. More recently, she has worked on seascapes in oils, which she has shown at the Royal Society of Marine Artists Exhibition in Britain.

Cinema Review - Dance Flick

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

The trailer had me worried that this was going to be yet another one of those pointless spoof movies, with no plot, lots of stupid gags, and mind-numbing parodies and my suspicions were confirmed.

Con Tempo go on tour

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

THE GALWAY Ensemble in Residence has announced that the resident quartet, Con Tempo, will perform at venues across the county in September for its first festival tour. The four day event will begin off the coast of Galway and make its way back to the heart of the city, bringing new music to new audiences along the way.

San Francisco Bay area artists at 126

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

MYTHOLOGIES, THE work of seven emerging contemporary San Francisco Bay area artists will be on display at 126, the artist-run gallery on Queen Street until September 19.

Poetry workshops with Kevin Higgins

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

THIS SEPTEMBER Galway Arts Centre is offering aspiring poets a choice of three poetry workshops, all facilitated by poet Kevin Higgins.

Paul McLoone takes over GIGANTIC

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

PAUL MCLOONE will take over the decks at GIGANTIC for what promises to be a cracking night of indie, rock ‘n’ roll and all and anything with a beat.

Paint workshop with Denise Hogan

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

A ONE day painting workshop with professional artist and teacher Denise Hogan will take place on Saturday August 29.

New Kinvara exhibit

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

THE PROMISED Garden, a collection of new paintings by Rita Wobbe will open on Saturday at the Russell Gallery in New Quay, County Clare. Opening reception will start at 6pm with special guest Kate Thompson, award winning author, who will launch the exhibition. The show will run until September 26 and is open every day.

Eibhlín Ní Choistealbha RTÉ/TG4

Thu, Aug 27, 2009

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Hugging a loved one.

Okkervil River - indie rocks’ black sheep boys

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

OKKERVIL RIVER, arguably the finest indie/alternative band in America right now, will play their only Irish show - apart from Electric Picnic - in the Róisín Dubh on Monday September 7 at 9pm.

The Cologne New Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

THE COLOGNE New Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra will perform at the Town Hall Theatre on Monday at 8pm,

with a diverse programme ranging from Vivaldi and his tremendously famous ‘Four Seasons’ to Mozart, Bach, and Tchaikovsky.

Declan Sinnott, from the moving heart of Irish music

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

RENOWNED GUITARIST, music arranger, and producer Declan Sinnott brings his Small Town Talk to the big city next week.

Fair City stars in Love Letters at Town Hall

Thu, Aug 20, 2009

FAIR CITY stalwarts Bryan Murray and Una Crawford O’Brien (alias Bob and Renee) will shortly be appearing at the Town Hall in a production of A R Gurney’s Pulitzer-winning play Love Letters.

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