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Starting this weekend, An Taibhdhearc will host a season of monthly ‘Saturday Shows’ for children and families, starting with Branar Téatar do Pháistí’s An Seanfhear Beag.

THE GREAT Máirtín O’Connor will headline what promises to be a superb night of Irish folk and trad at An Taibhdhearc on Thursday November 22.

The history of theatre in Ireland goes back to the start of the 17th century. The beginning of the 20th century saw the emergence of plays written in Irish and that movement was given a significant boost with the opening of An Taibhdhearc on August 27, 1928. It is the oldest operational theatre in Galway and is Ireland’s National Irish Language Theatre. The title is made up of two Irish words, taibh meaning ‘spectacle or ghost’ and dearc meaning ‘behold’.

‘ALIEN POP’ and avant garde electronica will be the order of the day when electro-duo Nanu Nanu take to the stage of An Taibhdhearc for the Spirit of Voice festival.

THE BABORÓ festival has concluded but that does not mean that theatre shows and experiences for children should come to a close for another year.

WILDFLOWERS, the folk/roots/Americana band of Noriana Kennedy, Noelie McDonnell, and Nicola Joyce, play this month’s Spirit of Voice festival.

Leading scholars of Irish drama will gather in Galway this week for the Irish Society for Theatre Research annual conference.

Leading scholars of Irish drama will gather in Galway this week for the Irish Society for Theatre Research annual conference.

STAND-UP comedy is usually seen as something for adults, for late nights, and for bars and clubs, but won’t somebody please think of the children.

THE GALWAY Jazz Festival returns from Tuesday October 9 to Sunday 14 for its eighth year, with an expanded programme which includes Irish-French trio Pinto.