Galway International Arts Festival 2015 - Theatre review

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

AND...THAT'S a wrap! As the horses pound their way around Ballybrit to the full-throated cries of the watching multitudes, and the ladies don their fanciest frocks for the occasion, the Galway International Arts Festival strikes its big tent and packs away its even bigger selection box of arty treats for another year.

Dr Seuss comes to Loughrea

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

THE FANTASTICAL, weird, and wonderful creatures that escaped from the brain of Dr Seuss to delight generations of children, will be brought to life on the stage by the Loughrea Youth Theatre.

KATS theatre auditions

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

THE KNOCKNACARRA Theatre Association is seeking actors to take part in its new play, an adaptation of a Peter James novella, which will be staged in An Taibhdhearc from November 11 to 14.

Under Any Old Gumtree

Thu, Jul 23, 2015

MARTIN O'MEARA was a WWI hero, winning the Victoria Cross for his bravery in battle in France with the Australian Forces, but after the war his life deteriorated. Now his story is being told in Under Any Old Gumtree.

Theatre review: The Dead School (GYT & Galway Community Theatre)

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 23, 2015

ANYONE WHO has not yet booked a ticket for The Dead School, directed by Andrew Flynn and featuring a 23-strong cast drawn from Galway Youth Theatre and Galway Community Theatre, should remedy that post haste – this is one of the best shows in the Galway International Festival.

Symphony at Galway Fringe Festival

Thu, Jul 23, 2015

THE GALWAY Fringe Festival, now in its second week, hosts a diverse array of theatre shows, including Symphony by Paul Moroney.

Theatre review: The Match Box

Theatre Reviews Wed, Jul 22, 2015

THE IRISH premiere of Frank McGuinness’s 2012 play, The Match Box, is one of the main attractions in this year’s Galway International Arts Festival, all the more so as it features Renmore's Cathy Belton, making her festival debut – and in a one-woman play to boot.

GIAF Theatre review: Luck Just Kissed You Hello

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 16, 2015

CO-PRODUCED by HotForTheatre and the Galway International Arts Festival, Amy Conroy’s new play, Luck Just Kissed You Hello, was one of the main events on the festival’s opening day.

The Imp wants to play

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

HE LOOKS different, his walk is strange, his face funny, and he says nothing with his mouth but a lot with his body. He is a perverse prankster, but those brave enough to journey with him might be in for laughter and some uncomfortable self-discovery.

Songs My Mothers Taught Me

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

SONGS MY Mothers Taught Me, Alice Beams' one woman cabaret of music and story about love, loss and letting go, takes place in the Galway Mechanical Institute, Middle Street, as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

GIAF Theatre review: Maum

Theatre Reviews Thu, Jul 16, 2015

AN TAIBHDHEARC has made some excellent contributions to the arts festival over recent years and this year’s production from the company is Sighle Ní Chonaill’s Maum, which recreates the events around the notorious Maumtrasna murders of 1882 where five members of one family were brutally slaughtered in their home.

Summer art/drama classes for teens @ Galway Arts Centre

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

THE GALWAY Arts Centre is running a summer art school for young people aged between 13 and 16 interested in visual art, drama, and literature.

The LipSinkers return to Electric

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

THE LIPSINKERS, who have been at the heart of London's alternative cabaret scene for more than a decade, return to Galway's Electric venue on Tuesday July 21 and Wednesday July 22 at 9pm.

Conformity and transgression @ Galway Fringe

Tue, Jul 14, 2015

CONFORMITY, TRANSGRESSION, and the battle between civilisation and primal urges will be examined in Hunter Gatherer, a new play that is to be staged as part of the Galway Fringe Festival.

Aindrias de Staic - The Man From Moogaga

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

AINDRIAS DE STAIC, the "wild-eyed shock of Celtic unpredictability", who fuses music, theatre, comedy, and storytelling to magnificent effect, returns to the Galway Fringe Festival with The Man From Moogaga.

Galway teen to perform in Carnegie Hall

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

GALWAY TEENAGER Aimee Banks will perform at New York's Carnegie Hall in December, after winning a first place and Judges' Distinction Award at the American Protégé International Vocal Competition 2015.

DeGeneration’s new generation of Hofesh Schechter dancers

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

FIVE YEARS after first wowing arts festival audiences with Political Mother, the Hofesh Schechter Company, one of the world’s leading dance troupes, makes a welcome return visit to the city with another thrilling production - DeGeneration.

Galway Fringe Festival, choc-a-bloc with artistic treats

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

THE GALWAY Fringe Festival will launch its programme this Saturday in the Mechanics Institute, Middle Street, at 6pm and the line-up is bursting at the seams with visual arts, music, comedy, theatre, and literature.

This is the fourth year of the festival, which has been going from strength to strength under the stewardship of founder and director, Claire Keegan. “I had lived in Edinburgh for many years and worked with the Edinburgh Fringe and felt a fringe would fit in really well in Galway,” she tells me during a brief lull in her hectic pre-festival schedule. “I took a chance on it and the first year there was a huge response. Part of the attraction is that it is on at the same time as the Galway International Arts Festival. That would mirror arrangements elsewhere, in cities like Edinburgh, Adelaide, and Melbourne, where you have main and fringe festivals running alongside each other. It’s kept going since then and it’s the same board as when we started, so we are well versed now in what works and what doesn’t.”

Peter and The Wolf - from Wolf's point of view

Tue, Jun 30, 2015

DAVID BOWIE did it. Dudley Moore did it, Sir John Gielgud did it. They have all been narrators for the magical Peter and The Wolf, Prokofiev's story designed to introduce children to classical music and the instruments of the orchestra.

Luck Just Kissed You Hello

Thu, Jun 25, 2015

“IT'S HARD to explain. You thought the outside of me was me, but it wasn’t. My outside never matched my inside.” This is Mark speaking, but it comes as a shock to his family, for he used to be their sister Laura.

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