Review: The Adventures Of Shay Mouse

Theatre Reviews Thu, Sep 18, 2025

Based on the book by Pat McCabe
Town Hall Theatre, Galway

Play centres on bathroom kiss

Thu, Sep 18, 2025

Jilly Morgan’s Birthday Party will be performed at the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday, September 27.

Last train from Hollyhead returns

Thu, Sep 11, 2025

Funding. That is the one word that haunts the majority of theatre practitioners in Ireland. This is primarily because, without it, a professional production is nigh impossible. Saying that, there are still a few brave souls willing to roll the dice without The Arts Council’s support.

The Return of Larry and Sophie: A playwright's unexpected sequel

Thu, Sep 04, 2025

I’ve got mixed feelings about sequels. I love The Godfather 2 and Terminator 2. I even love the Meg 2. But after persuading my son Cóilín to watch Final Destination 2 with me, I had to admit that he was right when he said it’s pretty much identical to the first one. We’re used to sequels to movies, but a sequel to a play is another thing entirely. And yet that’s exactly what I found myself pondering soon after Fergal McGrath commissioned me to write a new play for the Town Hall Theatre. I kept trying to talk myself out of writing Finding Sophie, because a new play is hard enough to get off the ground at the best of times without it also being a sequel. As I set out to explore the idea, I had no idea that director Andrew Flynn and Decadent Theatre Company would go on to produce it at the Town Hall Theatre.

Outlaw Pete returns to Galway soil

Thu, Jul 24, 2025

Critically praised, Outlaw Pete has earned reactions ranging from awe to laughter. The play defied expectations for everyone who got a seat during its limited engagement.

Review: NoFit State's 'Sabotage' at GIAF

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 24, 2025

NoFit State
July 20, 2025

REVIEW: Macbeth

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 24, 2025

By William Shakespeare
Druid

REVIEW: RIDERS TO THE SEA

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 24, 2025

by J.M. Synge
Druid

The Baby's Room - where theatre and installation art blur

Thu, Jul 17, 2025

Constructed in the Bailey Allen Hall, University of Galway, this blend of theatre and installation art invites audiences to enter a hyperreal domestic baby's room until Sunday, July 27. Audiences can touch and explore the space before an audio narrative begins two minutes later.

A double-bill of devastatingly beautiful theatrics

Thu, Jul 10, 2025

T5 and Sea Wall are modern plays with traditional, old-fashioned theatrics and storytelling. Stripped down to the bare essentials, they become just a story with an actor and the audience, driven by both the language and plot line from Belfast-born playwright Simon Stephens. The double bill runs at Nun’s Island Theatre from Saturday, July 12 to July 26.

Summer magic at the Town Hall Theatre

Thu, Jul 03, 2025

The Town Hall Theatre has just launched an exciting programme of events for July - September 2025 that will entertain and enthral!

MARS: taking opera where no opera has gone before

Thu, Jul 03, 2025

Speaking to the Galway Advertiser, Tom Creed promises that Galway has never before seen what he and composer Jennifer Walshe have cooked up for the Galway International Arts Festival.

Druid’s new sponsor is an old friend

Thu, Jun 19, 2025

First established in 1975, Druid will celebrate its half century in July with a sold-out double bill of Synge and Shakespeare in Galway, followed by a transfer of its Macbeth production to Dublin, and a staging of Beckett’s Endgame in New York.

REVIEW: 'Before' by Pat Kinevane/Fishamble

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jun 12, 2025

Town Hall Theatre, June 10.

REVIEW: DATHANNA GEALA AMHÁIN by Pauline Goldsmith

Theatre Reviews Thu, May 22, 2025

An Taibhdhearc, Galway
May 9, 2025

REVIEW: MR BERGMANN OF DEADMAN'S POINT

Theatre Reviews Thu, May 15, 2025

by Ronan Dempsey
Nth Degree Productions

Murder and mayhem at Town Hall

Thu, May 08, 2025

The award-winning, Knocknacarra-based company KATS will perform Joseph Kesselring’s 1939 hit play from Wednesday, May 21, to Friday, May 23, each night at 8pm.

Play draws Nora from Joyce’s shadow

Thu, May 01, 2025

A Rare Journey celebrates the life of truly remarkable Galwegian woman, Nora Joyce née Barnacle.

An Taibhdhearc presents Dathanna Geala Amháin

Thu, May 01, 2025

‘Dathanna Geala Amháin/Bright Colours Only’ is a wickedly funny one-woman show, resurrected for the first time for the Galway Theatre Festival. The legendary Irish wake show has toured from Belfast to Brazil in a hearse, and An Taibhdhearc presents the premiere of its translation into Irish. Enjoy a drop of the hard stuff and join in on this heartwarming journey to the edge of oblivion. This show is only suitable for those dying to live.