The darkest hour is before the dawn

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

JOHNNY DUHAN’S book To The Light – Johnny Duhan Unsung, is curiously indefinable and this sole fact is perhaps the essence of its charm and powerful effect.

Portrait of a young poet at Moon’s Corner

Thu, Nov 06, 2008

IN A very real sense Gerald Dawe and Salmon Poetry’ Jessie Lendennie - the publisher of Dawe’s new book Catching the Light: Views & Interviews by Gerald Dawe - were the pioneers locally who showed us that literature is born in the here and now rather than in some misty idealised past.

Sex, song, and liberated women - Sean Tyrrell on The Midnight Court

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

WHILE OUT for a walk, a poet is accosted by a giant hag and hauled before the court of Queen Aoibheal, where he is condemned for being unmarried and Irish men and priests are given the thumbs down not satisfying the sexual needs of the women of Ireland.

Last chance to see Dirty Pretty Things

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

WHEN DIRTY Pretty Things take to the stage of the Róisín Dubh on Friday November 7 at 8pm for the first time, it will be the last occasion they take to the stage, anywhere.

Juno And The Paycock at the Town Hall

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

‘CAPTAIN’ JACK Boyle is a lout. He can’t be bothered working and prefers to spend his time drinking in Foley’s sung, being the ‘big man’. He’s a hero to the barflies - but what about hiss family?

The High Kings return to Co Galway

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

THE HIGH Kings, the Irish balladeer group who have taken the US by storm, are returning to Ireland for a nationwide tour which takes in both Galway city and Clifden.

Dylan Thomas: Return Journey at Town Hall

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

DYLAN THOMAS: Return Journey will be staged in the Town Hall Theatre on Monday and Tuesday at 8pm.

KATS to stage O’Casey and Friel plays

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

THE KNOCKNACARRA Amateur Theatre Society will stage three one-act comedy plays in the Town Hall Studio in November.

What do men want?

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

WHAT IS it men want? If you could probe into their psyche, what would it reveal? Perhaps that question can be answered by an little indulgence in the world of male fantasy.

Think about it - a luxury penthouse in Rio de Janeiro, where you live happily with Eva Longoria who lavishes her undivided attention on you; a library full of great literature and books on politics and history; widescreen HD TV with stereo surround system.

West Side Story at The Black Box

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

WEST SIDE Story, one of the great American musicals, will be staged in The Black Box theatre by Encore Theatre Company from November 7 to 14 with a matinee and evening performance on Sunday 9.

Halloween fun @ Central Park

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

CENTRAL PARK will hold two parties for Halloween while Halo will have a Halloween costume party of its own.

Halloween @ The Skeff

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

THE SKEFF Bar will become a hangout for ghoulish beings, angels, devils and superheroes tonight and tomorrow for Halloween.

Former Oasis guitarist Bonehead to play The Crane

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

IN THE mid-1990s rock was in a perilous state as manufactured groups Take That, The Spice Girls, and Boyzone dominated the charts but a group of Mancunians called Oasis were about to bring guitar-based music back.

One Day International @ Róisín Dubh

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL may be named after a type of cricket test-match but none of the members of this Irish band is actually interested in cricket.

Planet of sound

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

FOR THE best part of 20 years AC/DC have been a major part of my life and for my money they are second only to The Beatles in terms of greatness.

Galway Choral Association to perform Mozart

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

MOZART’S MISSA Brevis will be performed by The Galway Choral Association, under director Mark Keane, in St Augustine’s Church this Saturday at 8.30pm.

The programme will also include Mozart’s Ave Verum and Laudate Dominum, for which the GCA will be joined by soprano Joan O’Malley, the gold medallist winner at Dublin’s Conservatory of Music.

Oliver St John Gogarty Literary Festival

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

THE SECOND annual Oliver St John Gogarty Literary Festival will be held in Renvyle House - the former house of the writer - in Renvyle, Connemara, and will run from Thursday November 6 to Sunday 9.

Oliver St John Gogarty was born in Dublin in August 1878 and was a poet, surgeon, soccer player, and a member of the Senate. He would later become the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in James Joyce’s Ulysses.

The Spirit of Voice set to soar for November

Thu, Oct 30, 2008

THE SPIRIT of Voice festival - a celebration of the human voice through song, story, poetry, and communication - takes place in Galway city from Thursday November 6 to Sunday November 9.