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Programme of Events April - June 2016
What is the status of Galway’s Bid?
Ireland will host the European Capital of Culture in 2020 and on 13th November 2015, Galway was
shortlisted as one of three final candidate cities in the competition. Galway is now competing
against Limerick and the Three Sisters (Kilkenny, Waterford & Wexford) in the penultimate stage of
the bid. In June of this year, Galway will submit its final bid book to the European Union before
presenting its proposed vision, concept and programme of events to a panel of 10 European
judges in July. The winner of the European Capital of Culture 2020 designation will be announced
towards the end of July 2016.
The Judges are coming to visit Galway
This July, a selection of judges from the European Union will visit Galway. During their two night
We’re Backing the Bid
Let’s make Galway the
visit the judges will assess Galway’s ability to host a European Capital of Culture and will gauge the
level of support that the bid has from the wider Galway community. We are calling on everyone in
Galway city and county to show their support for the bid to help strengthen Galway’s case to win
this prestigious designation.
European Capital of Culture 2020
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TOWN HALL THEATRE · BLACK BOX THEATRE · TOWN HALL STUDIO APRIL - JUNE PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
MONTH DATE EVENT NAME TIME VENUE EVENT TYPE PAGE MONTH DATE EVENT NAME TIME VENUE EVENT TYPE PAGE
APRIL
FRI 1 SWING - FISHAMBLE 8PM THT THEATRE 7 MAY SAT 14 REBECCA O’CONNOR AS TINA TURNER 8PM THT MUSIC 18
FRI 1 & SAT 2 CIRCOMICS - GALWAY COMMUNITY CIRCUS 7.30PM BB FAMILY 7 TUE 17 & WED 18 PLEASURE GROUND - FREGOLI 8PM THT THEATRE 19
SAT 2 & SUN 3 YOUTH BALLET WEST VARIOUS THT FAMILY 7 THUR 19 BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL 7.30PM THT CINEMA 19
WED 6 - SAT 9 BRANAR - MALONEY’S DREAM VARIOUS THT FAMILY 8 SAT 21 BRENDAN BALFE - SORRY, WE’RE OFF AIR 8PM THT TALK 20
FRI 8 GALWAY DANCE DAYS FESTIVAL - BREANDAN DE GALLAI/ERIU & OONA DOHERTY 8PM BB DANCE 8 SUN 22 GENEVIEVE RYAN DANCE ACADEMY 3PM THT FAMILY 30
SAT 9 GALWAY DANCE DAYS FESTIVAL - COMPAGNIE NACERA BELAZA 8PM BB DANCE 8 SUN 22 A WALK IN THE WOODS - BEALTAINE FESTIVAL 8PM THT CINEMA 20
TUE 12 - SAT 16 LEGALLY BLONDE - GALWAY MUSICAL SOCIETY VARIOUS THT MUSICAL 9 TUE 24 - SAT 28 THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS - ABBEY THEATRE VARIOUS THT THEATRE 21
SAT 16 REVOLUTION - DAVE JOYCE MARTIAL ARTS 6PM BB MARTIAL ARTS FRI 27 & SAT 28 CORNER BOYS - JOHN McKENNA 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 20
SUN 17 ZERO TO HERO - CLUB SHINE 3PM THT FAMILY 14 SAT 28 ULTRA-FLEX SCHOOL OF DANCE 4PM BB FAMILY 30
MON 18 DUO VOCIS - SEAN COSTELLO & FRANK NAUGHTON 8PM THT MUSIC 9 MON 30 CIRCUS OF HORRORS 8PM BB NEW AGE CIRCUS 22
WED 20 - SAT 23 CÚIRT VARIOUS VARIOUS FESTIVAL 10 & 11
JUNE WED 1 LA BOHÈME - OPERA THEATRE COMPANY 8PM THT OPERA 22
THUR 21 - SAT 23 GIFT GRUB - MARIO ROSENSTOCK LIVE 8PM BB COMEDY 14
FRI 3 & SAT 4 GOD BLESS THE CHILD 8PM THT THEATRE 23
MON 25 STARMAN - TUMBLE CIRCUS 8PM THT CIRCUS 14
SAT & SUN 5 SL DANCE TECHNICS VARIOUS BB FAMILY 30
MON 25 SECRETS OF 1916 - PADDY CULLIVAN 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 15
SUN 5 D-DANCE - PLEASE DON’T STOP THE MUSIC 3PM THT FAMILY 30
WED 27 THE BLUE BOY - BROKEN TALKERS 8PM THT THEATRE 12
TUE 7 - SAT 11 SMALL HALLS AND POTHOLES - LITTLE JOHN NEE 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 23
THUR 28 THE 1916 REBELLION - SONG, MUSIC & STORY 8PM THT MUSIC 15
WED 8 A NIGHT IN VENICE BY CANDLELIGHT 8PM THT MUSIC 23
THUR 28 - SAT 30 RIBBONS - LITTLE JOHN NEE 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 12
SAT 11 THE SPEKS 2PM THT FAMILY 24
FRI 29 SWING CATS 8PM THT MUSIC 15
SAT 11 CHRISTY DIGNAM 8PM THT MUSIC 24
SAT 30 KILFENORA CEILI BAND 8PM THT MUSIC 16
TUE 14 BREAKNECK HAMLET 8PM THT THEATRE 24
MAY TUE 3 WAITING FOR ELVIS - BLUE TEAPOT THEATRE CO 1PM & 8PM THT THEATRE 12 TUE 14 - FRI 17 FRIED EGGS 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 25
TUE 3 - THUR 5 ORPHEUS ROAD - WAKING THE FEMINISTS WEST 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 13 WED 15 & THUR 16 THEATRE FORUM ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2016 VARIOUS THT CONFERENCE
THURS 5 ALL-STAR VARIETY SHOW - IN AID OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY 8PM THT VARIETY 16 WED 15 ÉAMONN CEANNT MEMORIAL CONCERT 8.30PM THT MUSIC 25
FRI 6 NEW PLAY SERIES - WAKING THE FEMINSTS WEST 6PM STUDIO READING 13 FRI 17 BRENDAN SHINE - THE LOBBY TOUR 8PM THT MUSIC 25
FRI 6 CARE - WILLFREDD THEATRE 8PM THT THEATRE 13 SAT 18 IQUE MALA ERES! - DRAMABLA 7PM STUDIO FAMILY 26
SAT 7 1916 SONG PROJECT - NUN’S ISLAND - TALK 6PM NUN’S ISLAND TALK 16 SAT 18 TALES OF THE UNSEEN - CIRCUS DOUBLE BILL - 10+ 8PM THT CIRCUS - 10+ 26
SAT 7 1916 SONG PROJECT - NUN’S ISLAND - CONCERT 8PM NUN’S ISLAND MUSIC 16 SUN 19 HESSION SCHOOL OF DANCING - REELING IN THE YEARS VARIOUS THT FAMILY 30
SAT 7 THE NUALAS 8PM THT COMEDY 17 MON 20 - SAT 25 THE WEIR - DECADENT THEATRE COMPANY 8PM THT THEATRE 28 & 29
SUN 8 MICK HANLY 8PM THT MUSIC 17 WED 22 CLUB TROPICANA 2016 8PM BB CLUB NIGHT 26
TUE 10 OMIG AWARDS 6PM THT AWARDS 17
JULY FRI 1 & SAT 2 THE SPINNER - COLOURS FRINGE FESTIVAL 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 26
THUR 12 HUBERT BUTLER - WITNESS TO THE FUTURE 8PM THT CINEMA 18
FR1 13 DAVID O’DOHERTY 8PM THT COMEDY 18 SEPT FRI 9 THE UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN 8PM THT MUSIC 30
THT Town Hall Theatre · BB Black Box Theatre · STUDIO Town Hall Studio
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Running time 60 mins
ASPIRATIONS TO
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An international hit, fresh from New York, Paris,
DREAM
NEVER
Call in to the box office at the Town Hall Theatre at Courthouse Square, Galway. We’re here
Edinburgh and New Zealand. A comedy about Sat 2 April 7pm & Sun 3 April 5pm
Mon-Sat, 10am -7.30pm and one hour before performances on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
dancing and music and love and not settling Tickets €18*/€14*
* Please note telephone and personal bookings are subject to the Town Hall Theatre Development Charge and feeling like an eejit and being brave and
of 50 cent per ticket and online bookings are subject to a €1 Booking & Development Charge per ticket. having doubts and trying your best and trying Youth Ballet West presents the unmissable family
new things and thinking outside the box and
MISS
classic, Coppelia.
CONCESSIONS/GROUP RATES seeing things clearly and living as well as you
We offer discounts on most shows - concessions apply to under 18 year olds, can and giving it a lash. With rock ‘n’ roll music. Immerse yourself in an enchanting and comical
students, senior citizens and the unwaged. Proof of eligibility and ID required. It’ll make you want to dance. love-triangle between boy, girl & beautiful,
10% discount for groups of 10+. Some exceptions apply. Galway Community Circus presents clockwork doll! The magical toy maker Dr
INTERVAL DRINKS WINNER OF BEWLEY’S LITTLE GEM AWARD
CirComics Coppelius can create many wonders but he cannot
OUT
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Avoid the rush by ordering your interval drinks before the show. The bar on AT DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL 2013 alter the path of true love.
the first floor is open before and after all performances. This dynamic, talented young company also
VOUCHER “Endearing visions of stalled lives in
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE a whirl of possibility” Fri 1 & Sat 2 April 7.30pm
premier Aspirations to Dream with live cellist
Please let us know - when booking your tickets - of any special requirements Adrian Mantu.
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so we can make your visit as enjoyable as possible. If you book online, you GIFT VOUCHERS - Running time 100mins
should phone or email us to let us know of any special requirements. IDEAL GIFTS! “there’s a real sweetness to this
Looking for the ideal
CONDITIONS OF SALE comedy. Give it a whirl” The ruffle of capes; the elaborate disguises; the
gift? One to suit every
We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded unless a performance SUNDAY TIMES power of flight and host of astounding super
taste? Then why not
is cancelled or abandoned. Your statutory rights are not affected. For full list powers. See the colour and drama of comic books
treat someone special
of conditions, see reverse of tickets. Please note the management reserve the be lifted from the pages and transformed into a
to a Town Hall Theatre
right to make essential changes to the programme. MARVELous circus show where Wonder Woman
gift voucher, available
meets Astro Boy in Sin City.
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Branar Téatar do Pháistí Seán Costello & Frank Naughton
MALONEY’S DREAM When one man’s dream of a new
beginning collided with the
BRIONGLÓID MALONEY birth of a nation
Wed 6 - Sat 9 April To mark the centenary celebrations, Branar have
created a new show set against the background of
Wed 6 April 10am & 12 noon Easter week 1916. Thaddeus Maloney has a dream
Galway Dance Artist in Residence
Thurs 7 April 11am & 7pm to open a new hotel on Sackville St (now O’Connell
Fri 8 April 10am & 12 noon
Street) on the Easter Monday. It’s a bilingual show for
all ages from 8 years plus that is jam packed with
CORP_ REAL
Sat 9 April 3pm live music, physical theatre and puppetry - and fun! GALWAY DANCE DAYS FESTIVAL
Lots of fun!
Tickets Adults €10*, Child €8* Fri 8 - Sun 10 April
Family (4 people) €30, Groups of 10 + €7* Festival Ticket €40*/€35*
For further information visit
Running Time 60 mins Individual Performances €16*/€13*
www.maloneysdream.ie
Fri 8 April 8pm
DOUBLEBILL WITH BREANDÁN DE Tues 12 - Sat 16 April, 8pm
GALLAÍ/ÉRIÚ & OONA DOHERTY Matinee Saturday 16 April 3pm
Tickets Tues Preview & Sat Matinee €18*/€16*
Sat 9 April 8pm Tickets Wed 13 - Sat 16 April €20*/€18* Mon 18 April 8pm
COMPAGNIE NACERA BELAZA Tickets €25*/€20*
(France/Algeria) Legally Blonde tells the story of Elle Woods who has it all but wants nothing Running time 2hrs 20mins approx.
more than to become Mrs Warner Huntingdon III. The only thing preventing
Sat 9 - Sun 10 April Warner from proposing to Elle is that she is too blonde. Elle rallies all of her Back by popular demand, Sean Costello & Frank
DANCE ARTIST SURVIVAL TOOLKIT resources and gets into Harvard Business School to win Warner back and this Naughton return with their wonderful tribute to the
SYMPOSIUM/ELLA CLARKE DANCE is just the start of an hilarious journey of love, loss and the power of women, greatest Irish tenors, singing such beautiful songs
NUI Galway especially when they work together! as I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen, Goodbye and
The 5th Corp_Real | Galway Dance Days presents Audiences are guaranteed to be entertained by this highly energetic show right Danny Boy.
a weekend of exciting new contemporary and Irish from the opening number O-mi-god You Guys. So, for a memorable evening filled with nostalgia and
step dance performances from award-winning
Book now to avoid disappointment! humour, this is the concert for you. With a superb live
international & Irish choreographers, with Festival
orchestra, and a cinematic presentation to enhance
Headliner, Nacera Belaza (Chevalier de l’Ordre des
Directors Brian & Seán Power. Musical Director: Shane Farrell, your trip down memory lane, come and share in this
Arts et des Lettres)
Choreographer: Claire Rigney and Chorus Director: Heather Shine. unique evening of Irish song.
Full programme www.ciotog.ie
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17-24 Alongside the headline readings featured here, Cúirt will present a packed
APRIL programme featuring a diverse range of events for all ages.
2016 For full details or to get your copy of the festival brochure, visit www.cuirt.ie or www.tht.ie
Fri 22 April 8.30pm, Tickets €15*/€12* Sat 23 April 1.00pm, Tickets €10* Sat 23 April 8.30pm, Tickets €15*/€12*
KEVIN BARRY & JOSHUA FERRIS & MIKE McCORMACK &
PATRICK deWITT LISA McINERNEY JOHN BANVILLE
Kevin Barry is the author of the novels Beatlebone and City Joshua Ferris is the bestselling author of three novels, Then Mike McCormack is an award-winning novelist and
Of Bohane and the story collections Dark Lies The Island We Came to the End, The Unnamed and To Rise Again at a short-story writer from Mayo. He has published three
and There Are Little Kingdoms. His awards include the Decent Hour, which was shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker books, Getting it in the Head, 1996 - a collection of
IMPAC Dublin City Literary Award, the Goldsmith’s Prize, Prize and won the International Dylan Thomas Prize. He has short stories – and two novels Crowe’s Requiem, 1998
and the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Prize. been named one of The New Yorker’s “20 Under 40” writers. and Notes from a Coma, 2005. His new novel, Solar
Bones, will be published by Tramp Press in May.
Patrick deWitt’s first novel, Ablutions, was published by “This is fiction with the force of an avalanche” SAN
Granta Books in 2009. His second novel, The Sisters FRANCISCO CHRONICLE John Banville has been both short-listed for the Booker
Brothers won the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, the Prize (1989) and awarded the Man Booker Prize (2005)
Govenor General Literary Award and was shortlisted for Lisa McInerney was born in 1981 and just about grew up to as well as nominated for the Man Booker International
Wed 20 April 8.30pm, Tickets €15*/€12* Thurs 21 April 8.30pm, Tickets €15*/€12*
the 2011 Man Booker Prize. His most recent novel, Under be a writer of contemporary fiction. The Glorious Heresies, Prize (2007). His most recent novel The Blue Guitar,
ROBERT PINSKY & An Evening with Major Domo Minor is published by Granta. for which she was shortlisted for Best Newcomer at the Irish
Book Awards, is her first novel.
was published in 2015.
NATASHA TRETHEWEY TOBIAS WOLFF Chairperson for the event, Jim Carroll, is the producer and
host of Banter, a series of well-travelled public discussions “McInerney has talent to burn” THE GUARDIAN
Robert Pinsky’s first two terms as United States Poet Laureate were marked by Tobias Wolff’s books include the memoirs This Boy’s Life and In Pharaoh’s Army: and interviews. Jim is an arts and music journalist and
such visible dynamism, and such national enthusiasm that the Library of Congress Memories of the Lost War; the short novel The Barracks Thief; the novel Old School, contributes regularly to The Irish Times.
appointed him to an unprecedented third term. Elegant and tough, vividly imaginative, and four collections of short stories. His work has received numerous awards,
Pinsky’s poems have earned praise for their wild musical energy and range. including the PEN/Faulkner Award, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the
Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
“His poems bubble up and dissolve like fireworks” LOS ANGELES TIMES
“Gentle, reserved, graceful. . . . Wolff is a writer of the highest order: part
Natasha Trethewey - 19th US Poet Laureate and Pullitzer Prize Winner - explores storyteller, part philosopher, someone deeply engaged in asking hard
what it is to be citizen, to be dweller, to be human, to be considered ‘of’ and/or questions.” LOS ANGELES TIMES
‘not of’ a place, to be liminal among the norms of identity.
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FÉILE AMHARCLANNAÍOCHTA
NA GAILLIMHE Waking the Feminists West
For full details programme and booking, ORPHEUS ROAD
visit www.galwaytheatrefestival.com
&
...TOUCHED…
Little John Nee and Laura Sheeran Tues 3 May - Thurs 5 May 8.30pm
RIBBONS Tickets €12*/ €10*, Early Bird rate €8*
A double-bill of work by the internationally
acclaimed Irish playwright Ursula Rani Sarma,
Thurs 28 - Sat 30 April 8.30pm in a special staging that highlights the work of
Tickets €12*/€10* leading Irish female voices in theatre. Orpheus
Road riffs on the Romeo and Juliet story, setting
Ribbons is the latest collaboration between Little it in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. In …
Brokentalkers John Nee and Laura Sheeran. A lyrical story about touched… two teenagers flee a rural Irish town
THE BLUE BOY a journey interwoven with a powerful score and
delicious songs. This is their first new work together
for the promise of a better life in Dublin, only to
experience a rude awakening when they arrive.
Blue Teapot Theatre Company
Wed 27 April 8pm since the highly acclaimed The Mental; their WillFredd Theatre
Tickets €18*/ €15* musical play Limavady My Hearts Delight won “Best
New Play” at Project ’06 and Rural Electric was
WAITING FOR ELVIS CARE
Urgent and vital, the award-winning Blue Boy deals with the given a five star review in The Guardian. By EILEEN GIBBONS
experiences of men and women who were incarcerated as children Directed by PETAL PILLEY Waking the Feminists West Fri 6 May 8pm
in Catholic residential care institutions. The production combines
startling choreography with live music, multi-media, and film,
Tues 3 May 1pm & 8pm NEW PLAY SERIES Tickets €15*/€12*
Tickets €15*/€12*, Groups of 10+ €10* On a hilltop in Galway, staff are working around the clock. They make tea. They paint nails.
alongside recorded testimony from men and women who resided
in those institutions. Don’t miss this compelling work, which gives Lisa Marie lives her life sitting on a park bench. They refill syringe drivers. Some pray. Some don’t. Everyone they care for is dying.
intense physical expression to the anguish experienced by those Waiting for Elvis. She has always sat alone. One
Fri 6 May 6pm
Donation on the door. Pre-registration by email to Galway Theatre WillFredd Theatre’s CARE gives audiences an insight into the day-to-day world of Hospice
who were silenced. Essential watching for our times. day, Elizabeth blusters into her life. Nothing will Staff. Developed over a year spent in consultation with Irish Hospices, CARE fuses
Festival advised galwaytheatrefestival@gmail.com
ever be the same for either of them again. movement, live music and theatre, celebrating the people who help you live until you die.
Brokentalkers are Project Artists, an initiative of Project Arts Centre.
Featuring a range of exciting new voices, the #wakingthefeministswest Every word, sound and image in CARE is drawn from daily Hospice life.
Adapted for the award winning company of actors
Please Note: Contains material that some viewers New Play Series offers a selection of plays by emerging women writers
with intellectual disabilities, Waiting for Elvis is a “Respective, intelligent and inventive…” THE IRISH TIMES
might find disturbing. from the West of Ireland.
poignant, sharp comedy about the delicacies of
friendship and acceptance of human foibles. CARE will be captioned and audio described.
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Club Shine
Tumble Circus
PADDY CULLIVAN
Community Youth Variety Group The 10 Dark Secrets of 1916 (and how they shaped Ireland)
ZERO TO HERO Mon 25 April 8.30pm
Paddy Cullivan of Callan’s Kicks and Kilkenomics brings you
an audiovisual spectacular on the Rising Centenary. Using
Sun 17 April 3pm Tickets €15*/€12* Satire, Imagery, Historical Insight and Song, Paddy reveals
Tickets €10* Adults/€5* Children the 10 strangest things that happened during our Rising,
Revolution and Counter-Revolution. He parallels those
events’ effects on modern Ireland, drawing out fundamental
Club Shine are proud to present their latest variety show for 2016 Zero to Hero -
changes that need to happen, no matter what Government
an action packed hour of music, dance and comedy, ideal for all the family!
we end up with.
The show promises to be lively and entertaining with some well known tunes, a
few original bits and a random mix of unlikely heroes thrown in for good measure!
“Freewheeling political polemic that makes you
laugh while making you think” THE IRISH TIMES
Club Shine is a community youth variety club, run on a voluntary basis and situated
in St. Joseph’s Community Centre Shantalla. It has 50 members from 9 - 18 years. “Paddy Cullivan is a National Treasure”
DAVID McWILLIAMS
C DEW Promotions With DON STIFFE
Award-winning Singer / Songwriter THE SWING CATS
Mon 25 April 8pm THE 1916 REBELLION PAT COYNE
Tickets €15*/€12* THE SONGS - THE MUSIC - THE STORY Ballad Singer, Multi-Instrumentalist and Recording Artist
Fri 29 April 8pm
Tickets €18*
Have you ever looked to the heavens for inspiration or
Thurs 28 April 8pm WILLIAM HENRY
guidance? Star Man, the latest show from the award A musical timeline of swing classics of the
Tickets €20*/€15* Award-winning Historian and Author
winning Tumble Circus, is an entertaining expedition 1920s to the modern day. Featuring the music
into what happens when dreams and destiny collide Don & Pat’s centenary souvenir album of 13 classic of Louis Armstrong, The Rat Pack, Michael
and follows the journey of one man and his life as a ballads of 1916 will be launched on the night. Plus GUEST ARTISTS Buble, Paolo Nutini - and more - performed
MCD presents circus artist, a dad, and a clown. Star Man promises by a swinging 6-piece band lead by former
an energetic mix of stand-up, slapstick, sequins and Meteor Award-winner, Luke Thomas.
MARIO ROSENSTOCK … cardboard. This new all ages show will be a firm
favourite with anyone who has experienced the bitter Hear such classics as King of the Swingers,
sweet chaos of life. Puttin' on the Ritz, When The Saints Go
Marching In, Mack The Knife and I Can't Take
Thurs 21, Fri 22 & Sat 23 April 8pm A One Man Circus, Comedy & Theatre show. My Eyes Off You. An absolute must for all
Tickets €31.75* Written and performed by Ken Fanning. swing music fans.
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THE NUALAS “Staggeringly impressive three-part harmonies
& a savage, biting wit” METRO SCOTLAND
The Glitterbomb “They’re funny. Simple as” THE IRISH TIMES
Tour
Sat 7 May 8pm
Tickets €20*/€18*
The Nualas are celebrating their 21st birthday!
With scorchingly brilliant new songs, red
hot new chat and blistering new shoes, they
are jetting in for one night only to leave you
KILFENORA Expect an exciting and energetic performance from one of the world’s most
renowned trad bands – The Kilfenora Céilí Band. Nun’s Island Theatre helpless with laughter, delirious with pleasure, Three Special Guests,
CÉILÍ BAND
and a little disorientated if you can’t remember
This expertly choreographed show of high-spirited traditional music, energetic
& athletic dancing, melodious song and witty story-telling will get your hearts
THE 1916 which door you came in.
Six Awards and
One Celebration.
Sat 30 April 8pm racing and your feet tapping in a way you never expected! This traditional
super group take their rich musical heritage into the future with a show that’s
SONG PROJECT Open to all.
Tickets €25*
not only engaging and uplifting but utterly enjoyable. Sat 7 May 8pm Tues 10 May 6pm
Tickets €12*/€10* Tickets €15 and 3 for €30
“Fantastic, feel-good, happy, lively music” Celtic Collections Early Bird Rate first 100 only €12.50
SHARON SHANNON
A Concert of Traditional Song featuring
new compositions based on the 1916
MICK HANLY available via
Easter Rising. www.galwaymarketing.com/awards
Sun 8 May 8pm
The 1916 Song Project is a national research and Tickets €22.50*/€18*
performance project devised and produced by
ALL-STAR VARIETY SHOW SVP members continue to make in the region of
18,000 visits a year to homes in the Galway area to Michael Fortune and Aileen Lambert for the 2016
Commemoration Programme and features ten
Mick Hanly returns with a new
show to mark the release of his
In aid of St. Vincent de Paul Society provide assistance for a myriad of problems. SVP
traditional singers from throughout the country: brand new album Homeland,
in Galway spends well over €1m a year on direct
Paul O’Reilly, Rosie Ní Ghallóglaigh, Sandra Joyce, his first new studio album in 11
assistance. The bulk of this goes to helping families
Thurs 5 May 8pm John Tunney, Jerry O’Reilly, Fergus Russell, years. Joined onstage by Donal
with food, energy and education costs. We depend
Tickets €22.50 Thérèse McIntyre, Paddy Berry, Aileen Lambert Lunny, Liam Bradley & James
entirely on donations from the public and corporate
and Larry Joy. Delaney, it is a welcome return
donors. We look forward to this great night of first
for one of Ireland’s best loved
SONG/MUSIC/DANCE/COMEDY class entertainment and to the continued and always This concert will be preceded by a Public Talk singer-songwriters.
With top names from the world of entertainment. generous support of the people of Galway. (Admission Free) at 6pm, duration 60 mins.
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Fregoli Theatre Company
PLEASURE GROUND
by JARLATH TIVNAN
Bandi t Films Tues 17 & Wed 18 May 8pm
Tickets €15*/€12*
NUIG) Thurs 12 May 8pm “A wonderful, strong play that will ‘Back then I thought it was perfection. But things change. Oh yes, they do.’
re for Hum
an Rights ( Tickets €10* REBECCA O’CONNOR stay with you after the lights go down…
Pleasure Ground is based on the decline of the rural Irish town exploring notions of home, belonging, community and change.
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Lelia Doolan will introduce the film
and also facilitate a post-screening
“SIMPLY THE BEST” pure magic” THE RED CURTAIN REVIEW Tivnan’s writing is witty and sharp, and captures the beauty of rural and small town life whilst exploring feelings of sadness
and isolation. Pleasure Ground debuted in 2015 in the Town Hall Theatre and we are delighted to finish our national tour here.
In asso ay Film Socie
and Ga
lw Q&A with director Johnny Gogan. AS TINA “a name to look out for” NO MORE WORK HORSE Winner of the Michael Diskin Arts Bursary 2015, this is Fregoli's 20th production, for more info see www.fregolitheatre.com
Sat 14 May 8pm
Tickets €20*/€17.50*
Róisín Dubh Comedy Early Bird €17.50* for first 100 tickets sold BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL Experience an evening of extraordinary short films
from the world’s most prestigious mountain film
DAVID O’DOHERTY In the words of Tina Turner… “Rebecca is so good, WORLD TOUR festival.
she’s scary… if I had her energy, I would still be Follow the expeditions of some of today’s most
Fri 13 May 8pm touring today.” incredible adventurers, see amazing footage of
Tickets €18* Thurs 19 May 7.30pm
Tickets €14*/€12* adrenaline packed action sports and be inspired by
Be prepared to stand in your seats as Rebecca
We Are All in the Gutter, But Some of thought-provoking pieces shot from the far flung
O’Connor delivers her flawless rendition of Tina
corners of the globe.
Us Are Looking at David O’Doherty Turner’s greatest hits including, Nutbush City Limits,
Proud Mary, River Deep, Private Dancer, When the Ignite your passion for adventure, action and travel
David O’Doherty, the Lidl Enya, the broken
Heartache Is Over, Better Be Good To Me, and of through an exhilarating collection of the latest films
Bublé, is delighted to present a new hour of
course her anthem, Simply the Best. from the most talented adventure film makers of
talking and songs played on a stupid keyboard
today. An exciting event not to be missed with free
from 1986. “Rebecca is way beyond a tribute act… prize giveaways!
Life is like a box of chocolates, but one where she is an amazing singer and performer
in her own right, I was mesmerised… Visit www.banff-uk.com for more details
somebody else has eaten all the chocolates.
Age Guidance: 12A
And replaced them with mouse heads and a night you’ll never forget”
dishwasher tablets. MICK FLEETWOOD20 21
BEALTAINE FILM A WALK IN THE
Galway Film Society WOODS
with access>CINEMA DIR: KEN KWAPIS · USA · 2015 · 104 MINS
CAST: ROBERT REDFORD, NICK NOLTE,
EMMA THOMPSON
Sun 22 May 8pm
Tickets €8*/€6*
Based on Bill Bryson’s best-selling 1998
memoir, A Walk in the Woods is a gentle
comedy that combines breath-taking ABBEY THEATRE ON TOUR
THE PLOUGH
scenery with the charming chemistry
of its two veteran stars, who are clearly Tues 24 - Sat 28 May 8pm
Pat Egan presents enjoying themselves. Matinees Thurs 26 May 11am
BRENDAN BALFE Tea/coffee/soft drinks will be provided
in the THT bar prior to film screening as
& Friday 27 May 1pm
Tickets €25*/€22.50*, Matinee €15*
SORRY, WE’RE OFF AIR
AND THE
part of admission.
Th’ time is rotten ripe for revolution
Sat 21 May 8pm
Tickets €20*/€18* Set amid the tumult of the Easter Rising, The Plough
and the Stars is the story of ordinary lives ripped apart
How did Terry Wogan inaugurate young announcers? Mend & Makedo Theatre Co. by the idealism of the time.
CORNER BOYS
STARS
Why did the newsreader fall off the chair? What
caused Larry Gogan to collapse in giggles? The residents of a Dublin tenement shelter from
In his 50 years in broadcasting, Brendan Balfe Written by JOHN MacKENNA the violence that sweeps through the city’s streets.
Directed by MARIAN BROPHY A revolution that will shape the country’s future rages
has worked with all the greats - Gay Byrne, Mike
around them. What kind of Ireland awaits them?
Murphy, Maurice O’Doherty, Dermot Morgan - and
his memories and anecdotes add colour to the The Plough and the Stars was first performed at the
history of Irish broadcasting. In his new one-man Fri 27 & Sat 28 May 8.30pm Abbey Theatre in 1926. The audience rioted. Now
show, he recalls some of the personalities and
eccentrics who became household names in Ireland.
Brendan not only tells hilarious stories, but also
Tickets €15*/€12*
Following their successful tour with Lucinda Sly,
SEAN O’CASEY regarded as a masterpiece, this provocative play is
an essential part of our understanding of 1916.
plays some actual clips from programmes, as well Mend & Makedo Theatre Co return with Corner Olivier Award-winning director Sean Holmes will bring
as the unintended mistakes - or ‘bloopers’ - that Boys. It’s 1963. For the young women working in a new perspective to Sean O’Casey’s absorbing play.
every broadcaster is prone to. the local shop the visit of President Kennedy is all
important. For the corner boys the concerns are Audio Described and Captioned Performance Thurs 26
“A natural storyteller - different. This play exposes the underbelly of Irish May, 8pm. Facilitated by Arts & Disability Ireland with
and a national treasure!” life in the sixties. funding from the Arts Council.
SUN INDEPENDENT
“A wonderful piece of work” RTÉ RADIO 122 23
Patrick Talbot Productions
A NIGHT IN VENICE
BY CANDLELIGHT
PUCCINI
io n s are the h ardest! Wed 8 June
La First c o nfess Tickets €22.50*/€20*
“The Circus of
bohème The acclaimed play based on stories by Frank O’Connor
Adapted for the stage and directed by Patrick Talbot
A glittering Opera Extravaganza from the producers of
Magical Mozart and A Viennese Strauss Gala.
Capturing all of the romance and glamour of a
Horrors completely Venetian soiree, the masked balls and society bustle
Three of the funniest of Frank O’Connor’s hilarious childhood
WOWED the Wed 1 June 8pm encapsulates some of the great music of Verdi, Puccini
stories - First Confession, My Oedipus Complex and The Genius - and Donizetti. Performed by the European Baroque
Tickets €30*/€27* Fri 3 & Sat 4 June 8pm
audience” have been brought together within a single full-length play. Ensemble, the show features leading opera singers
THE DAILY MAIL Tickets €18*/€15* Richly evocative of Ireland in the early decades of the performing arias from the Grand Operas of the day.
20th Century, funny yet moving, and featuring memorable Aida, Madam Butterfly, Turandot and many more.
HHHH THE OBSERVER performances, God Bless the Child is a must see.
Featuring Maria Kesselman (BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night
The Circus Of Horrors 21st Anniversary Tour Is Music Night) and Jonathan Ansell (Of G4 Fame).
WELCOME TO THE CARNEVIL
Little John Nee “There are parts of
Ireland that are less
Mon 30 May 8pm A chance encounter in a freezing attic (Mimi), Argentinian tenor Pablo Bemsch
SMALL HALLS AND POTHOLES explored than the
Tickets €30*/€25* results in a red-hot affair between (Rodolfo), Sinead Campbell-Wallace moon that’s where I
If Quentin Tarantino had directed Cirque Du Soleil, then you would be only half penniless poet Rodolfo and innocent (Musetta), Charles Rice (Marcello), go to get my songs”
way there! The show that stormed into the finals of Britain’s Got Talent and now seamstress Mimi. But will their love be Padraic Rowan (Colline) and Rory Tues 7 - Sat 11 June 8.30pm
strong enough to survive against the Musgrave (Schaunard), together with Tickets €12*/€10* www.littlejohnnee.com
a West End smash is back to mark its 21st Anniversary in spectacular style.
odds? La bohème follows a group of a professional chorus of twelve and a
Featuring some of the greatest and most bizarre circus acts on earth, performed friends as they struggle as artists in thirteen member chamber orchestra Small Halls and Potholes is an evening of
by an almighty cast with a forked tongue firmly in each cheek and the devil 1930s Paris. Puccini’s timeless classic conducted by Andrew Greenwood. eccentric songs and strange stories, a show that
driven rock ‘n’ roll of Dr Haze & The Interceptors from Hell. promises a breathtaking experience for Design is by Joe Vanek. La bohème will celebrates all that is weird and wonderful about
newcomers and opera fans alike, with be sung in Italian with English surtitles. the summer in this part of the world. Little John
Don’t miss the Killer Klowns, Sword Swallowers, Demon Drawfs, Death Deifying Nee is widely regarded as one of Ireland’s leading
ravishing music and thrilling arias and
Aerialists, fire limboing acrobats and lots, lots more, a show ruled by the undead solo theatre performers, his songs have been
ensembles. Ben Barnes directs a sterling La bohème celebrates Opera Theatre
and climaxing in an awesome flaming apocalypse. praised by John Prine and his theatre shows
cast of Irish and international singers, Company’s 30th year touring opera
www.circusofhorrors.co.uk including rising star soprano Máire Flavin throughout Ireland. have received critical acclaim internationally.24 25
THE SPEKS Moonstone Productions
Pat Egan presents
in conjunction with Dodo Theatre
Saturday 11 June 2pm
Tickets €8*
Ages 2 and up
FRIED EGGS
Performed by KAREN CONNELL
The Speks present a lively show of nursery rhymes
and sing-along songs set to acoustic Irish music which
will have adults and kids jumping in their seats! Their Tues 14 - Fri 17 June 8.30pm
hand-clapping, toe-tapping, hearty-laughing show is all Tickets €10*/€8*
about life on Glasses Island – a magical island off the
coast of Co. Clare where everybody wears glasses! Eloise spends her life being confronted by the men
her sister Lulu has slept with and dumped. If Lulu
Galway Sessions 2016
Their music has been described as “Riverdance for
kids” and they encourage everyone to sing, scream, could only be a little more inhibited, that might
make Eloise’s life a bit easier. When Eloise loses her
ÉAMONN CEANNT
MEMORIAL CONCERT
clap and dance along during their performances. This
will be a great, fun event for kids aged 2 to 92!
Timothy Mooney job because of Lulu, the last thing she wants is to
Repertory Theatre meet her sister’s latest conquest, Brendan. But then
THE LOBBY TOUR
again, Brendan might be the one person who can
make everything right.
Wed 15 June 8.30pm
Tickets €20* Fri 17 June 8pm
CHRISTY DIGNAM “Connell allows the story to flow without
being forceful in any way, strengthened
This tribute concert to Éamonn Ceannt - 1916 Rising
Tickets €27.50*/€25*
Some Songs and Stories by Sedgwick’s direction”
leader, piper and founder member of Cummann Na
Píobaire - features two of Scotland’s most renowned
To Celebrate The 37th Anniversary of
Do You want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down
TIMOTHY MOONEY THE REVIEWS HUB pipers and Gaelic singers Alan MacDonald and
Sat 11 June 8pm Brendan Shine has released over 50 albums and
Tickets €20* Griogair Laubhrie. Ireland’s most respected uilleann
Tues 14 June 8pm piper Liam O’Flynn will also perform, accompanied by has had 45 hit singles in a glittering career that has
Free Admission - but advance booking advised! two fiddling greats - Sean Keane of the Chieftains and taken him from his Co. Westmeath home to every
Christy Dignam, Aslan’s extraordinary frontman joins
Paddy Glackin. major concert hall the world over. His hit singles
with Joe Jewell, Aslan’s lead guitarist and songwriter
American actor Timothy Mooney recklessly slices include: O’Brien Has No Place To Go, Where The
- childhood pals, lifelong friends and the founding There will also be a
Shakespeare’s four-hour masterpiece to a breathlessly Three Counties Meet, Abbeyshrule, All My Roads
members of Aslan - to bring their very special and performance of a newly
inspiring and hilarious hour-long one-man romp! No Lead Back To You, How Much Time and, of course,
intimate acoustic show Some Songs and Stories to composed piece by Dave
“melancholy Dane”, his breakneck performance reveals Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down which
Galway for one special night. This show features Flynn, commissioned by
Hamlet as a complex, dangerous cat-and-mouse, as Brendan famously performed for Pope John Paul II
many of Aslan’s best known songs plus some Galway City Council Arts
two powerful players fight to the death over who gets on his visit to Ireland in that summer of ’79.
classic covers and new material. There will be good Office and performed
banter with the audience, as the lads explain the to be king! Following a brief interval, Mooney (“the Even after all of these years Brendan shows no
Shakespeare jukebox”) returns with Shakespeare on by piper Mick O’Brien
background of some of the songs, and tell stories of and the ConTempo signs of slowing down and last year released a new
30+ years in Aslan. A must see show for all fans of Demand: One monologue from any Shakespeare play Best Of CD to coincide with his 50th Anniversary.
you’d like to request! string quartet.
this legendary Irish rock band. Early booking advised.26 27
Dramabla
Oireachtas Chonradh na Gaeilge 1913
¡QUE MALA Sat 18 June 7pm
Galway’s only Language Through Drama school
presents this unique end of term project for
Gaelic League Oireachtas 1913
ERES! Tickets €7.50*/€5*
two performances only. Watch how three of the
city’s schools at primary/secondary level come AMHARCLANN CATHRACH NA GAILLIMHE
together to show their acting skills. Estupendo! TOWN HALL THEATRE, GALWAY
Riuchi and Squarehead Productions COLOURS FRINGE FESTIVAL
TALES OF THE UNSEEN James Fleming
DOUBLE BILL THE SPINNER
by RIUCHI and DARRAGH McLOUGHLIN
Sat 18 June 8pm Fri 1 - Sat 2 July 8.30pm
Tickets €15*/€12* Tickets €9.50*
Age 10+ years ADULTS ONLY
This charming double bill brings together two of
CLUB TROPICANA A one-man show by James Fleming about the
mystical adventures of a cockeyed cowboy
Ireland’s award winning circus companies: two very seeking justice upon the streets of his urban
different pieces, one immersing the audience in an old prairie. Premiered in March 2016 at the NUIG
asian tale, the other creating quirky abstract narratives Wed 22 June 8pm - 11pm Muscailt Arts Festival.
in a minimal setting. Tickets €12*/Carers €6*
While Riuchi uses classic magic techniques, body Club Tropicana, the amazing summer Club Night for people
with intellectual disability returns to the Black Box for its
RE-ENACTMENT OF HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH TOWN HALL THEATRE, SATURDAY 18 JUNE
effects and new technologies, Squarehead Productions
creates the illusion of time travel, déjà vus and stop 5th edition. That’s Life performers, DJs and VJs will rock An historic group photograph of delegates attending the Gaelic League Oireachtas The 1913 Ard Fheis marked an important juncture in the history of the Gaelic League as
motion effects by making the audience open and close this magical night. Club Tropicana is produced by That’s (Ard Fheis/national convention) at the Town Hall Theatre in 1913 is tantamount to a internal divisions between the apolitical old guard of the movement and a republican/
their eyes. Life, an award-winning arts program of the Brothers of who’s who of the ‘coming revolution’ with as many as perhaps half the signatories of I.R.B. faction had come to the fore in the months preceding the convention, leading
Charity Services, Galway. the 1916 proclamation (including Pádraig Pearse, Seán Mac Diarmada and Éamonn eventually to the 1915 decision by the Gaelic League to revoke its hitherto politically
“An intriguing synthesis of technology Ceannt) as well three future Presidents of Ireland (Douglas Hyde, Seán T. O’Kelly and neutral stance and declare its support for separatism.
and a skilled and imaginative performer” "A fantastic club night full of laughter, a lot Eamon de Valera) being present.
of surprises and a great set. Don’t miss it and On Saturday 18 June 2016, there will be a re-enactment of the taking of this historic
THE IRISH TIMES
bring your friends Galway City Arts Office is The photograph was presented to the venue by members of the Curran family who photograph on the steps of the Town Hall, followed by a parade through the streets of
“Funny, touching and performed with found the photograph in the attic of their family home in Dublin. The photograph is Galway and ending in nearby Woodquay.
so delighted to be associated with this event"
consummate skill, irresistible” EXAMINER.COM now on permanent display at the Theatre.
JAMES HARROLD, GALWAY CITY ARTS OFFICER See www.tht.ie for times, route and information on how to participate
HHHHH in this historic re-enactment.28 29
The Weir CONOR McPHERSON
WINNER OF THE OLIVIER, EVENING STANDARD & CRITICS’ CIRCLE AWARDS FOR BEST NEW PLAY
“ A MODERN CLASSIC” Evening Standard “PURE STORYTELLING” Telegraph
“A MASTERPIECE” Mon
The Guardian
20 - Sat“A25
HAIR-RAISING
June 8pm SCRIPT” The Times
“BEAUTIFUL AND DEVIOUS”
Tickets €20*/€18*New York Times
"There’s no dark like a winter night in the country.
The Weir
And there was a wind like this one, howling and whistling in off the sea.
It was this type of night now. Am I setting the scene for you?”
On a stormy night in Brendan’s pub, isolated above a Leitrim town, the men are gathering for their daily
pint. The arrival of a stranger in their midst – a beautiful woman – spurs them to impress her with sto-
ries. They are stories of souls past, spirits present and spectres unforeseen. One story, however, is more
chilling, more sinister and more real than any of them could have foreseen.
On its première in 1997, The Weir won the Evening Standard, Critics’ Circle and Olivier award for Best
New Play, and established McPherson’s eerie tale as a masterpiece of modern theatre. Quietly compel-
CONOR McPHERSON
ling and strangely chilling, The Weir is the perfect story for a summer’s night. Decadent’s production
marks a major Irish revival and national tour of this undoubted modern classic.
In association with Town Hall Theatre Galway, the Everyman Cork, and Pavilion Theatre Dun Laoghaire
WINNER OF THE OLIVIER, EVENING STANDARD & CRITICS’ CIRCLE AWARDS FOR BEST NEW PLAY
“ A MODERN CLASSIC” Evening Standard “PURE STORYTELLING” Telegraph
“A MASTERPIECE” The Guardian “A HAIR-RAISING SCRIPT” The Times
“BEAUTIFUL AND DEVIOUS” New York Times30 31
GENEVIEVE RYAN TOWN HALL THEATRE COMING THIS SEPTEMBER
10 PERFORMANCES ONLY
DANCE ACADEMY
Sunday 22 May 3pm, Tickets €10*/U-12s €5*
GALLERY BAR EXHIBITIONS
Tickets on sale May 2016
ULTRA-FLEX SCHOOL OF DANCE MICHAEL LYONS printmaker See druid.ie for details
Annual Showcase 2016
1-27 April
Sat 28 May 4pm, Tickets €15* (Participants €5*) Michael is a print maker originally from county
Clare who now lives and works in Dublin. He
SL DANCE TECHNICS makes large woodblock prints and this exhibition is
inspired by the Easter 1916 Rising. The exhibition
School of Dance also includes some of his sculptural architectural
buildings that stand over ten feet high. Michael will
Sat 4 June 7pm, Sun 5 June 4pm, Tickets €10* Adult/€8* Child also exhibit his work in the Print Works Gallery on
Market Street in April.
D-DANCE
Please Don’t Stop the Music
Sun 5 June 3pm, Tickets €12* Adult/€10* Child CIARA NOLAN animation
29 April - 25 May
HESSION SCHOOL OF DANCING
Reeling in the Years Ciara Nolan has just completed her MA in animation
in Scotland. Before that, she studied in Limerick art
Sun 19 June 2.30pm & 7pm, Tickets €14*/€10* college where she recieved her degree in fine art
sculpture. This will be Ciara’s first solo show and it
will include stills from her animation pieces.
T HE U K U L E L E OR C HE S T R A OF G RE AT B R I TA I N
THE UKULELE FRANK O’SULLIVAN painter
ORCHESTRA 27 May - 15 June
OF GREAT BRITAIN Frank is a painter from County Clare. His paintings
are very lively and full of colour. Frank is now
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Oireachtas at the Town Hall Theatre in 1913, now on
permanent display at the Theatre, is tantamount to a who’s who of the ‘coming revolution’ with as many as perhaps half the
signatories of the 1916 proclamation (including Pádraig Pearse, Seán Mac Diarmada and Éamonn Ceannt) as well three future
Presidents of Ireland (Douglas Hyde, Seán T. O’Kelly and Eamon de Valera) being present.You can also read
