Pinter and Albee double bill in the Town Hall Studio

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

FROM MONDAY February 2 to Friday 7, Galway theatre-goers will get a rare chance to see works from the great writers, Harold Pinter and Edward Albee, when two of their best-known plays, The Dumb Waiter and The Zoo Story are performed in the Town Hall Studio.

Galway actress to make directorial debut in Dublin next month

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

GALWAY ACTRESS Aoife Connolly will make her directorial debut with Marina Carr’s black comedy Portia Coughlan in The New Theatre, Temple Bar, Dublin, next month.

Actors’ workshop takes place next month

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

GALWEGIANS WHO dream of following in the footsteps of Liam Neeson or Colin Farrell should take note that the acting for film andtTelevision workshop returns next month.

See Galway short film on YouTube

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

SECRET HIDING Place, a short film written, produced, and directed by Galway based filmmaker and comedian Emmet O’Malley in 2008 can now be seen on YouTube.

Psychedelic rockers Crystal Antlers to play Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

IF THE words ‘chimney sweep’ and ‘soul psychedelia’ don’t go together in your mind, they just may after you take a listen to Crystal Antlers.

Parisian trio dOP @ The Cellar

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

FOR YEARS, unlike the British, Americans, Irish, Swedes, and Germans, the French struggled to come to terms with rock, but once they hit upon dance and techno, they showed they could easily mix it with the best.

Walter Mitty & The Realists to play Strange Brew

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

“TALKING HEADS meets The Rapture.” This is how Hotpress’ Stuart Clarke described Walter Mitty & The Realists who play Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday January 29 at 9pm.

This Limerick/Galway based band are building up a reputation in Ireland as a great live act and are also gaining attention further afield.

The Zombies @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Zombies mainmen Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone (pictured) play the Róisín Dubh on Saturday at 9pm. They will perform songs from The Zombies’ classic 1968 album Odessey & Oracle, Zombies’ hits like ‘She’s Not There’, Blunstone’s solo hits, classic songs by Rod’s 1970s band Argent, and material from the albums arising from the duo’s recent collaborations. Tickets are available from the Róisín Dubh and Zhivago.

Galway Voice Studio students showcase

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

MORE THAN 20 speech level singing voice students from the Galway Voice Studios will be performing in The Quays on Sunday at 5pm.

You having a laugh?

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

Dave McSavage @ Comedy Club
Ireland’s most controversial comedian David McSavage (pictures) headlines the Comedy Club at Cuba* tomorrow. No other comic in Ireland divides public opinion quite like the unflappable McSavage. Yet here is no denying his undoubted talent and you will never leave one of his shows complaining that you were bored. Support is from Bob Hennigan. Gerry Mallon is the MC. Tickets are available in advance at Bar 903, The Cellar Bar, and at the door which opens at 8.30pm.

Two artists, one venue

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

AN EXPLORATION of the struggle between industry and the environment, as well as an exploration of the act of painting itself, make up the two new exhibitions which are to open in the Galway Arts’ Centre.

John Sikowski returns to Connemara

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

JOHN SIKOWSKI, a leading exponent of Scottish traditional dance, will be the featured dance teacher at the all-day jig workshop at the Féile Chóilín Sheáin Dharachin Ros Muc.

Albert Niland @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

ALBERT NILAND, the Mountbellew born guitarist and songwriter, who shot to prominence with his cover of Kate Bush’s ‘Wuthering Heights’, plays the Róisín Dubh on Sunday at 9pm.

Susan Millar DuMars’ creative writing classes

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

THE GALWAY-based poet and short story writer Susan Millar DuMars will teach creative writing classes in both the Galway Arts Centre and the GMIT.

The GMIT class is for beginners in writing fiction and/or poetry. The course takes place on Wednesdays, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm, starting on Wednesday February 11. Places cost €120. For booking contact the GMIT on 091 - 742145 or go to www.gmit.ie

Choir auditions

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

THE GALWAY Boy Singers and The Galway Male Voice Glee Club are holding auditions for new members.

The Galway Boy Singers, under Mark Keane, will compete at competitions in Cork and Limerick and sing in the National Concert Hall. For further information and audition times contact Mark on 087 - 2204419.

North Beach Poetry Nights

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

CORK POET Billy Ramsell will read at the next North Beach Poetry Nights in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, on Monday at 9pm.

The Wrestler

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

The glare of the spotlight has long since faded, the money has gone, and suddenly you’re past your prime; this is the gloomy life of Randy ‘The Ram’ Robinson, a self-confessed “broken down piece of meat”.

Gerard Stembridge Q & A at The Eye

Thu, Jan 22, 2009

GERARD STEMBRIDGE, the writer, film maker, and one of the key people behind Scrap Saturday, will attend The Eye Cinema on Monday for the screening of his new film Alarm.

From Europe to Asia with the Galway Film Society

Thu, Jan 15, 2009

CINEMA IS not a European or American phenomenon - it is a world-wide one. While France - the inventor of cinema, has a celebrated film tradition, Iran also has a thriving industry and its films are also highly regarded.

When the Soviets unleashed the Great Purge

Thu, Jan 15, 2009

IN DECEMBER 1934, Sergey Kirov, a prominent early Bolshevik leader and loyal supporter of Joseph Stalin, was assassinated in The Smolny Institute in St Petersburg, where he worked.

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