Griselda - a rare chance to see a Vivaldi opera

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

KATIE BRAY, the English mezzo soprano who won the Dame Joan Sutherland Audience Prize at the 2019 Cardiff Singer of the World competition, is coming to Galway to perform the title role in Antonio Vivaldi's Griselda.

Wet Paint - new play by The Young Offenders' Shane Casey

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

WET PAINT, written by and starring Shane Casey, best known for his role as Billy Murphy in the feature film and TV series, The Young Offenders, is coming to the Town Hall Theatre.

Young actors sought for An Taibhdhearc panto

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

YOUNG ACTORS aged eight to 14 are being encouraged to audition for An Taibhdhearc’s 2019 Christmas production, An Dara Réalt, by Doireann Langford.

Galway Youth Theatre open day

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

YOUNG PEOPLE aged from 15 to 23 and interested in theatre are invited to the Galway Youth Theatre open day on Sunday October 6, in the Galway Arts Centre, Dominick Street, from 12 noon to 2pm.

Zorro - the Irishman behind the myth

Thu, Sep 26, 2019

THE FICTIONAL hero Zorro was very likely inspired by the real life exploits and adventures of 17th century Wexford naive William Lamport who tried to foment rebellion in Mexico against the Spanish crown.

What if Ireland was still part of the United Kingdom?

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

WHAT IF Ireland was still part of the United Kingdom? What if Home Rule had passed in 1914? What would Ireland be today in that case? These are some of the questions posed in The Alternative.

Hound Of The Baskervilles revisited

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

SIR ARTHUR Conan Doyle's celebrated Gothic detective story, The Hound Of The Baskervilles, with Sherlock Holmes investigating sightings of a demonic dog, comes to the stage in a production by Rod Goodall and Steve Johnston.

Peppa Pig talks to the Galway Advertiser

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

PEPPA PIG is going on a day out with George, Mummy Pig, and Daddy Pig and it is going to be her best day ever! Get ready for a road-trip involving castles, caves, dragons, dinosaurs, ice-creams, and muddy puddles.

Les Misérables goes Beyond The Barricade

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

BEYOND THE Barricade, Britain’s longest running musical theatre concert tour, featuring past principal West End performers from Les Misérables, arrives in Galway next week as part of its is 20th Anniversary celebrations.

Auditions for Renmore panto

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

AUDITIONS ARE about to be held for Aladdin, the 41st annual Renmore pantomime, with parts available for principal roles, the chorus, and solo guest singers.

Just Guff on Inis Oírr

Thu, Sep 12, 2019

WHAT IS it like to be a dedicated member of a political party, working your way up through the ranks, believing in all the party stands for, and then, to see that certainty and belief shattered?

New adaptation of Ionesco’s Rhinoceros at Town Hall

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

EUGENE IONESCO'S classic 1959 avant-garde play Rhinoceros, will be presented in a new adaptation by John Rogers, and performed by the Galway Actors Studio.

Examining motive and memory in TAPE

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

JON AND Vince, two former schoolfriends, reunite in a dingy motel room. Over the course of the evening, differing perceptions of a past event involving their friend Amy are called into question.

Branar Téatar do Pháistí selected for IPAY 2020 showcase

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

BRANAR TÉATAR Do Pháistí acclaimed show for children, How To Catch A Star, has been selected for the IPAY International Showcase, which takes place in January 2020 in Philadelphia.

Druid and the Gate Theatre present the world premiere of The Beacon by Nancy Harris this September

Tue, Sep 03, 2019

Continuing their year of new writing, Druid presents the world premiere of The Beacon, a new play by Nancy Harris, in a co-production with the Gate Theatre, Dublin.

Druid to stage world premiere of The Beacon

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

A MYSTERIOUS accident. A dead husband. People are talking. Secrets are resurfacing from the depths. Is the past ever truly dead? Not in The Beacon which receives it's world premiere in Galway.

Father, daughter, and blindness

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

THE DYSFUNCTIONAL relationship between a blind father and his sighted daughter is at the heart of the award winning, irreverent, comedy, My Dad’s Blind, which comes to the Town Hall Theatre next month.

Playwrighting workshop with Marina Carr

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

TO MARK the 25th anniversary of the annual Lady Gregory-Yeats Autumn Gathering at Coole Park and Thoor Ballylee, the playwright Marina Carr, and academic Melissa Sihra, will conduct a playwriting workshop at Thoor Ballylee.

Foxy P Cox at The Dirty Circus

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

THE SUMMER may be coming to a close, but temperatures are set to sore and sizzle when Foxy P Cox, one of Ireland's leading burlesque performers, takes to the stage of The Dirty Circus.

Joxer before the Paycock

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

JOXER DALY is not the kind of man you want your husband to be friends with. Then again, 'Captain' Jack Boyle is not the man any woman should have to endure as a husband.

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