A Sacrilegious Lesbian and Homosexual Parade
Tue, Jan 05, 2016
A SACRILEGIOUS Lesbian and Homosexual Parade, Brian Fleming's acclaimed one-man show, described as “original, fun and different" by The Irish Times, will be performed in the Gallery Café, Gort, this Sunday, January 10, at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Town Hall 2016 highlights
Tue, Dec 29, 2015
AS 2015 exits stage left, 2016 awaits it cue and the year ahead in the Town Hall has much for theatre-goers to look forward to. First out of the blocks, on January 15th and 16th, is local company No Ropes with The Open Couple, Dario Fo and France Rama’s sharp marital comedy, which enjoyed a sell-out run earlier this year.
Read more ...The Dirty Circus - a saucy start to 2016
Tue, Dec 29, 2015
IF YOU want to get 2016 off to the kind of start that would make Kenneth Williams' go 'Oooh Matron!' and make Frankie Howerd just go 'Oh-oooh!', then Galway's much loved burlesque and cabaret night The Dirty Circus is the place to be.
Read more ...Children’s 1916 theatre show to get Galway premiere
Thu, Dec 17, 2015
MALONEY'S DREAM, a new theatre show and interactive website, to allow children discover and learn about the 1916 Rising, will receive its world premiere in Galway next year.
Read more ...DruidShakespeare documentary to be broadcast on RTÉ tonight
Tue, Dec 15, 2015
DRUID THEATRE Company's ambitious and hugely successful DruidShakespeare project will be the subject of a documentary which will be broadcast tonight [Tuesday December 15] at 10.15pm on RTÉ One.
Read more ...Christmas crooning by the fire
Thu, Dec 10, 2015
"Baby It’s Cold Outside" as the song goes. Recently it has also been wild, windy, and very wet, but Christmas is coming and what better way to get into the Yuletide mood, than with some crooners delivering classic festival songs.
Read more ...Frank Naughton's A Vintage Christmas at Town Hall
Thu, Dec 10, 2015
ONE OF the west of Ireland's finest and most popular tenors, Frank Naughton, brings his A Vintage Christmas show to the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday December 17 at 8pm.
Read more ...Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker for children
Thu, Dec 10, 2015
THE NUTCRACKER, the magical story of toys that come to life and their battle against evil mice, set to some of Tchaikovsky’s most memorable music, comes to Galway for a special performance.
Read more ...Galway Actors Workshop's new spin on The Snow Queen
Thu, Dec 03, 2015
HANS CHRISTIAN Andersen’s classic story, The Snow Queen, gets a daring modern makeover from Galway Actors Workshop in a new production at the Town Hall studio from Wednesday December 9 to Saturday 12 at 8.30pm.
Read more ...Aerial thrills in Fidget Feet’s Catch Me
Thu, Dec 03, 2015
THE EXHILARATING aerial circus company Fidget Feet swoop into the Black Box next week, for one night only, with Catch Me, their thrilling version of Red Riding Hood.
Read more ...Coppélia - ballet, dancing dolls, and mad scientists
Thu, Nov 26, 2015
DR COPPELIUS has made a life-size dancing doll, so lifelike, young Franz becomes obsessed with it, abandoning his girlfriend, Swanhilda. Can Swanhilda save Franz from his own folly, and from the evil designs of the dastardly doctor?
Read more ...Órla McGovern acting workshops
Thu, Nov 26, 2015
ÓRLA MCGOVERN, the artistic director of The Spontaneous Theatre People, will teach two classes in improv to the Galway Actors Workshop this weekend and next weekend.
Read more ...Annie as Gaeilge sa Taibhdhearc
Thu, Nov 19, 2015
ANNIE, ONE of the best known and loved musicals in the world, receivse an Irish language performance in An Taibhdhearc Theatre, Middle Street, from Saturday December 12 to Sunday 20.
Read more ...See Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down The Wind
Thu, Nov 12, 2015
A GROUP of children in rural Louisiana, with little to do and not much to look forward to, befriend a criminal on the run, known only as 'The Man', but who the children come to think is Jesus Christ returned to earth.
Read more ...Renmore Panto's Jack and the Beanstalk
Thu, Nov 12, 2015
REHEARSALS ARE in full swing for Renmore's 37th pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, scripted by veteran panto dame Peter Kennedy, and directed by AIMS award-winning brothers Brian and Seán Power.
Read more ...An Triail returns to Black Box
Thu, Nov 12, 2015
AN TRIAIL, the Irish language classic set in 1961, about a young, unmarried, Irishwoman who discovers she is pregnant, returns to the Black Box Theatre next week.
Read more ...‘The show makes women feel really good about themselves’
Thu, Nov 05, 2015
MENOPAUSE THE Musical, the hilarious celebration of women and 'the Change', arrives in the Town Hall Theatre next week for what should be a sell-out run. Starring X Factor sensation Mary Byrne, The Nualas's Sue Collins, Eurovision winner Niamh Kavanagh, and The Nolans' Linda Nolan, the show presents a cast of hormonal women, one-liners about memory loss, and innuendo-laden versions of pop classics.
Read more ...KATS to perform The Perfect Murder
Thu, Nov 05, 2015
THE KNOCKNACARRA Amateur Theatre Society stage The Perfect Murder in An Taibhdhearc Theatre, Middle Street, from Wednesday November 11 to Saturday 14 at 8pm.
Read more ...Keith Barry - Out Of Control
Thu, Nov 05, 2015
FRESH FROM the success of his hit ITV show with Phillip Schofield, Keith Barry is back with Out Of Control, which will be staged in The Black Box Theatre tomorrow and Saturday at 8pm.
Read more ...A new way to get involved in theatre
Thu, Nov 05, 2015
GALWAY YOUTH Theatre and the Galway Arts Centre are seeking members for the new Galway Youth and Community Theatre Network, open to all ages interested in theatre, performance, or a desire to try something new.
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