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ENTRIES ARE sought for the 29th Galway Film Fleadh's Pitching Competition, which seeks ideas, at any stage of development, from budding screenwriters and filmmakers.

THE SONORAN Desert Chorale from Arizona will give a concert at the Galway Cathedral featuring Renaissance and contemporary Irish compositions and arrangements of traditional Irish songs.

SEÁN MCGINLEY, one of Ireland's finest actors, will revive his long association with Galway's Druid Theatre Company company and director Garry Hynes, by starring in a new production of Eugene McCabe's King Of The Castle this autumn.

HE HAS often been controversial, he has often been provocative, he is always challenging. He is Reginald D Hunter, the comedian who, according to The Times, is always "going for broke, flying in the face of received opinion in a way that is simply exhilarating".

THE FATHER of African film, Cape Verde's best loved LGBT woman, and the coming of age of an Afro hipster, these are just some of the stories and people to feature at the 10th annual Galway African Film Festival.

Ballinasloe Horse and Agricultural Show will host a three-day programme of show jumping in Ballinasloe Showgrounds from Friday to Sunday, May 26 to 28, including the prestigious New Heights Champions Series.

As the Galway International Arts Festival was launched this week with events in Galway and Dublin, the event, which also marks its 40th anniversary this year, was praised as “crucial” by Uachtarán na hÉireann michael D Higgins.

As the Galway International Arts Festival was launched this week with events in Galway and Dublin, the event, which also marks its 40th anniversary this year, was praised as "crucial" by Uachtarán na hÉireann michael D Higgins.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, 1861. A young man commits a violent murder in cold blood. He considers himself a Napoleon, acting for a higher purpose. Confronted with the seriousness of his crime, only the prostitute Sonja, offers redemption.

GALWEGIANS INTERESTED in trying their hand at acting, picking up the basics of acting, and getting out of the house and meeting people, can try an eight-week course from the Galway Actors Workshop.