GalwayIndependent.com Entertaiment Feed http://www.galwayindependent.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:08:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.galwayindependent.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.galwayindependent.com GalwayIndependent.com Entertaiment Feed http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18031&Itemid=89 Hamlet is perhaps the most quoted, but least understood of all of Shakespeare's plays in which the Prince of Denmark's world comes crashing down. His father the King is dead, murdered by his uncle Claudius. His mother, the Queen marries Claudius and Hamlet must now avenge his father's death. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18032&Itemid=89 Top female comic Zoe Lyons is the headline act at the Laughter Lounge in the Róisín Dubh tonight, Wednesday 3 February where she’ll be joined by Simon O'Keeffe, MC Karl Spain and Johnny Graham A rising star on the UK comedy circuit over the last few years, Zoe burst onto the comedy circuit in 2004 when she won the prestigious Funny Women competition and reached the final of Channel 4's 'So You Think You're Funny'. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18033&Itemid=89 Comedy improv makes a welcome return to a Galway next Wednesday, 10 February when Irish and UK comics Ian Coppinger, Joe Rooney, Paul Tylak and Stephen Frost take to the stage in The Laughter Lounge. The four brave performers will arrive with no script and not the faintest idea of what will happen. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18034&Itemid=89 Wednesday 3 February Where: Fibber Magees What: Resident DJ Time: 9.30pm Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18035&Itemid=89 Internationally celebrated British pianist James Lisney is returning to Galway for a three-day-residency in the Aula Maxima from Tuesday 9 to Thursday 11 February coinciding with NUI Galway's Arts Festival Muscailt. Praised by The Telegraph as 'someone who can really give the mechanical box of wires and wood a singing soul'. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18036&Itemid=89 Best known for her much loved hits such as 'From A Distance', Grammy award winning music legend Nanci Griffith plays the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday 16 February. Whether performing her own poetically evocative material or the compositions of her influences, friends, and peers, Nanci Griffith possesses a powerful gift for inhabiting the songs she sings and for communicating unspoken intimacy and heartache through her tender voice and lilting, delicate phrasing. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18037&Itemid=89 Limerick-based independent label Out On A Limb Records are on a mini tour of the country this week and the purveyors of the finest rock/indie grooves make their way to Strange Brew in the Róisín Dubh this Thursday, 4 February. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18038&Itemid=89 Linking modal jazz to traditional music from across Europe, Francesco Turrisi's wonderful Tarab Ensemble bring the Irish tour of Quatrain - A project in four parts - to Galway this week. Lauded in The Irish Times for their 'enchanting music', Tarab's special guest artist on the evening will be Iranian tombak drum master Pedram Khavar-Zamini. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18039&Itemid=89 Galway's own good time crew Timbertramps kick off a new monthly 'First Friday' residency upstairs in Monroe's Live with a show this Friday, 5 February while top rock and pop covers band Electric Lemon thrill the crowd on Saturday 6 February at Galway's newest live venue. Doors 11pm til late both nights. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18040&Itemid=89 There's a great value night out for a very worthy cause next Wednesday, 10 February when six Galway based acts - three singer songwriters and three bands of varying styles – come together for a fundraiser in Kelly's. All money raised from the event, titled Mixed Grill, will go towards the charity Clic Sargent, which helps children who’ve been diagnosed with cancer. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18041&Itemid=89 Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) has announced the call for entries for the 2010 IMRO Showcase Tour. First hosted in 1992, Ireland's most established new band showcase has, over the years, featured Fight Like Apes, Declan O'Rourke, Halves and Delorentos. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18042&Itemid=89 Promising music and craic for all ages, Tareis na Feile Bríde takes place in Letterfrack from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 February. Over the three days of the festival there will be sessions featuring top Irish players like John O'Halloran, sean nos dancer Emma O'Sullivan and the great Waterford banjo player Gerry Whelan with music workshops - open to all ages adults and students - taking place in Letterfrack National School on Saturday. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18043&Itemid=89 Italian singer/songwriter Beppe Gambetta returns to The Crane Bar for a gig upstairs tomorrow, Thursday 4 February. From his unique roots developing as an Italian musician in love with American country and bluegrass as well as the music of his native country, the affable Italian is continually composing his personal mosaic of sounds and flavours. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18044&Itemid=89 Morrissey and Smiths fans will be making their way to the Róisín Dubh this Friday, 5 February for Smiths tribute band These Charming Men. The Dublin band charm fans of The Smiths and Morrissey all around the globe with their finely tuned energetic and passionate live shows. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18045&Itemid=89 Kelly's Bar, on Bridge Street, is giving away two pairs of tickets to each of Ireland's home games during the 6 Nations. All you need to do is have a pint (or a glass) of Heineken over the coming weeks in Kelly's and fill out an entry form. The winners of the tickets for the Italy game are Lee Mcgahon, Craughwell and Stephen Duffy, Knocknaccarra. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18046&Itemid=89 Community Skratch is a non-profit group of DJs and producers dedicated to promoting the arts of HipHop DJ culture through workshops/seminars, concerts and music releases. The Community Skratch Games, a four-day festival celebrating the arts of turntable manipulation and vinyl culture, enters its fourth year and once again Easter weekend is the time and Galway is the place for a weekend on musical mayhem running from Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 April. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18047&Itemid=89 Poet, performer and actor Pete Mullineaux will give a workshop on poetry at The Forge at Gort Literary festival – run by The Western Writers' Centre (Ionad Scribhneoiri Chaitlín Maude) Galway - on Saturday 27 March. Living in London in the late 1970s and early '80s, Mullineaux worked in a left wing printing press, played in punk rock band 'The Resisters' and, after the band split, went solo as singer-songwriter Pete Zero, with gigs ranging from two Glastonbury Festivals. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18048&Itemid=89 One of the finest comedians in the world, Rich Hall has been confirmed for a show in the Laughter Lounge in Roisin Dubh on Wednesday 10 March. Hall is star of the recent critically acclaimed BBC4 documentary, 'How the West Was Lost' and well known for other recent TV appearances such as Rich Hall's 'Fishing Show' (BBC4) and numerous appearances on BBC2 panel show QI, hosted by Stephen Fry. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18049&Itemid=89 MUSIC: Keb Darge & Paul Weller Present – 'Lost & Found Real R & B and Soul' – (BBE) His London Saturday night residency at Madame JoJo's has seen Keb Darge help resurrect the soul sound of the 50s and 60s and here he gets a little help from fellow 60's fan Weller. What they serve up is a stellar mix of real gritty soul and R&B (not the whiney plastic contemporary rubbish) that'd move the finest dancefloors and the funkiest feet. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18050&Itemid=89 The Lambert Puppet Theatre brings their new show Snow White to the Town Hall Theatre this Sunday, 7 February. The theatre group, with presenter Paula Lambert, is now widely recognised as the Premier Puppet Touring Theatre Company in Ireland and is internationally renowned for its many fine productions. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18051&Itemid=89 Galway University Musical Society (GUMS) returns to Muscáilt this year to bring a show full of soul and funk as they stage the Broadway smash hit musical, 'The Wiz', in the Black Box Theatre from Tuesday 9 to Saturday 13 February. The Wiz tells the story of Dorothy and friends as they 'ease on down the road' to the Emerald City, while drawing inspiration from the emergence of African-American culture and music in America in the '60s and '70s. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18052&Itemid=89 Sligo based Blue Raincoat theatre company once more delve into the writings of Flann O'Brien for their latest production, bringing a new stage adaptation of his metafictional masterpiece 'At Swim Two Birds' to the Town Hall Theatre from Thursday 4 to Saturday 6 February. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18053&Itemid=89 'Some type of moment or day or grape, some sort of something unfathomable unable itself to fathom, some sort of time or place or hand.' Inspired by T. S Eliot's 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' Waterdonkey Theatre present an experimental exploration of an eternal theme with their latest production 'Love Song' at the Town Hall Studio from Wednesday 10 to Saturday 13 February. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18054&Itemid=89 The first Galway exhibition by award-winning artist Tony Gunning is currently showing at the University Hospital Galway. Winner of the Curator's Award and the Bank of Ireland Emerging Artist Award at EV+A in 2007, Gunning's work is included in many corporate and private collections. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18055&Itemid=89 The 2010 Over The Edge Poetry Book Showcase takes place at Sheridan's Wine Bar on Friday 12 February at 8pm. In this annual retrospective of the year just past, every Galway-based poet who published a new collection of poems during 2009 will read three poems from the collection in question. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18056&Itemid=89 Invictus Rating: PG Genre: Drama/Sport Cast: Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman Director: Clint Eastwood Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18057&Itemid=89 Wednesday 3 February Where: Central Park What: Disco Divas Ladies Time: 10.45pm Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18058&Itemid=89 Halo joins forces with 2FM to host a massive fundraiser for Haiti tomorrow night, Thursday 4 February. 2FM DJs Ruth Scott and Rick O Shea will be on hand to play for the '2FM Haiti Appeal - Across the Nation'. A spokesperson for Halo said the club was delighted to be the host venue for the Galway Leg of 2FM's Haiti appeal. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18059&Itemid=89 Global superstar DJ Lisa Lashes descends on the GPO this weekend, where she holds the official Lashed 10th Release Party in association with Planetlove. Featuring Lisa and Irish all-stars Mark Kavanagh, Michael Doherty and Damo Kay, this exclusive party on Friday 5 February launches Lashes' new production 'Dancefloor Orgy'. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18060&Itemid=89 Buggin Out will be busting out the moves and grooves at Deeper this Saturday, 06 February with resident DJ Shane D (pictured) at the controls. Drawing from a wide selection of styles and influences, Shane will be dropping the funk, hip hop, disco, drum & bass, house and party tunes. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17854&Itemid=89 Following on from the huge success of 'The Third Policeman', Sligo based Blue Raincoat theatre company once more delve into the writings of Flann O'Brien for their latest production and bring a new stage adaptation of his metafictional masterpiece 'At Swim Two Birds' on an Irish Tour that includes three nights at the Town Hall Theatre from Thursday 4 to Saturday 6 February. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17855&Itemid=89 There is value for money at the Laughter Lounge tonight, Wednesday 27 January, as UK comic Kevin Bridges is joined by Aidan Bishop, Karl Spain and sketch troupe Foil Arms and Hog. Kevin Bridge's solo show at last year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival was officially the first show to sell out its entire run thanks in no small way to the Scottish motormouth's appearance on Michael Mclntyre's Comedy Roadshow on the BBC and on several episodes of '8 Out of 10 Cats'. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17856&Itemid=89 Star of RTE's Val Falvey TD, Ardal O'Hanlon, funnyman, takes a sabbatical from all things political for a show in the city at the end of the week. The former Father Ted star headlines a show in the Town Hall Theatre this Saturday 30 January as part of his current Irish Tour. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17857&Itemid=89 Wednesday 27 January Where: Fibber Magees What: Resident DJ Time: 9.30pm Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17858&Itemid=89 The Dail Bar is celebrating its first birthday this month with a birthday party this Friday, 29 January from 8pm til late. On a special night of fun festivities, there will be complimentary champagne and canapes, decorations, birthday cake and party favours. To keep everyone entertained, there will be live music from 8pm to 10pm with Tom Pyne, Gara and Steve from The Wave. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17859&Itemid=89 Hailed in the Irish Times as some of the most enchanting music of the year, Francesco Turrisi's Tarab Ensemble bring the Irish tour of Quatrain - A project in four parts - to Galway when they play the Druid Theatre on Friday 5 February. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17860&Itemid=89 Albert Niland makes a rare trip back to Ireland from his Netherlands home for his only Irish tour of 2010. In 2003, Niland released 'Dirty Day' to critical acclaim and not long after that his live solo acoustic recording of Kate Bush's 'Wuthering Heights' rose to prominence on the national airwaves. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17861&Itemid=89 Local synth-rocking five piece 'Lost Chord' launch their debut 'There is no Lost Chord' EP tomorrow night, Thursday 28 January at Strange brew in the Roisin Dubh. Over the last 18 months, the band have played support to the likes of The XX, Port O'Brien, Islands, Fujiya & Miyagi and the legendary New York Dolls, but now is the time for the talented collective to strike out on their own. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17862&Itemid=89 Ex Arab Strap man Malcolm Middleton brings his 'Long Dark Night' tour to Galway when he plays upstairs in the Róisín Dubh on Saturday 30 January Hopefully uplifting and quietly depressing, the wickedly funny Scottish Arch-Miserabilist will be performing a collection of comforting wintry, acoustic songs about "love, hate, death and other stuff". Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17863&Itemid=89 Bringing punk rock fun times and twee pop insanity, Tuam's finest indiepop sensation So Cow (aka Brian Kelly) plays Gigantic at Kelly's this Saturday, 30 January. Having graced the same stage as Jeff Lewis, Deerhoof, Dreamdate and Ted Leo, So Cow sneaked quietly into music lovers' subconscious with his wonderful album last year. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17864&Itemid=89 Galway bands Go Panda Go and The Coonics have joined other top Irish bands in the shortlist of 20 unsigned bands who will compete for The JD Set 2010. Unsigned bands throughout Ireland were invited to register on the official website www.thejdset.ie (http://www.thejdset.ie) last year for the chance to be one of 20 bands who would be shortlisted to battle it out in The JD Set heats in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford from February to April. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17865&Itemid=89 Featuring eight artists and over three hours of music and fun, the Galway Rape Crisis Centre's 25th Anniversary Album launch takes place in Monroe's Live this Friday, 29 January. Performing on the night are Identity Parade, Keith Mullins, Don Stiffe, Cora and Breda Smyth, Stacey Maria Nolan, The Coonics, Padraig Stevens and The Government. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17866&Itemid=89 British singer-songwriter Tom McRae has been quietly moving up the ranks of the most respected songwriters in the world today after releasing four critically acclaimed studio albums over the last nine years. To coincide with the release of his fifth album, he's taking on an Irish tour that includes a show in the Róisín Dubh on Thursday 11 March. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17867&Itemid=89 Music for Galway in association with NUI Arts in Action and Music Network present the weird but wonderful sound of Mercury-prize nominated UK Portico Quartet at Bank of Ireland Theatre, NUI Galway on Tuesday 23 February. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17868&Itemid=89 MUSIC: Fool's Gold – 'Fool's Gold' - (Iamsound) From the multicultural melting pot that is Los Angeles comes a 'world music' album from a collective of rock/indie musicians. Sung in a mix of Hebrew and English and taking African music, krautrock and 80's pop as their template, they've created a mesmerizing mood that gets better with every listen. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17869&Itemid=89 The Patrician Musical Society is looking for male singers to take part in their forthcoming musical production, Gilbert & Sullivan's 'The Mikado'. Definitely Gilbert & Sullivan's finest comedy piece, 'The Mikado' looks set to be another sell-out for the oldest musical society in Galway. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17870&Itemid=89 Olivier award nominee and Royal Shakespeare Company actor Gerard Logan presents his outstanding tour-de-force solo performance of Shakespeare's great narrative poem 'The Rape of Lucrece' in the Town Hall Theatre for one night only next Monday, 1 February. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17871&Itemid=89 Are you interested in acting in TV and Film? Have you ever seen a performance on film or TV and thought to yourself 'I could do that!' Perhaps you have previous experience on stage, and want to make the transition to other media. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17872&Itemid=89 Promising to delight an audience that is bound to include 'seasoned' Joyce fans as well as those who wish to experience the wonderful soliloquy for the first time, Eilin O'Dea reprises her acclaimed performance as 'Molly Bloom' in an all-new production at the Town Hall Studio from Wednesday 3 to Saturday 6 February. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17873&Itemid=89 Animation, writing, documentary making and how to make a short film are just some of the topics that will be covered in Galway Film Centre's spring/summer range of courses and workshops. The courses will generally run at weekends and the first course commences on Saturday 6 February with a one weekend workshop looking at how to find funding to make films and TV series. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17874&Itemid=89 Galway based artist Eimear Twomey is having her first solo exhibition in 126 Gallery on Queen Street. 'Il y a quotidian - There is everyday', which runs until Saturday 6 February, features video, sound and text, exploring society's tendency toward the spectacle. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17875&Itemid=89 Bridgestone Guide 2010 recommended Bar and Restaurant, Tom Sheridan’s are introducing new tasty tapas to their already extensive menu. The establishment will be launching this new and exciting menu this Thursday, 28 January at 8pm. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17876&Itemid=89 Edge of Darkness Rating: 15A Genre: Drama/Thriller Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Huston, Ray Winstone Director: Martin Campbell Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17877&Itemid=89 Wednesday 27 January Where: Central Park What: Disco Divas Ladies Time: 10.45pm Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17878&Itemid=89 Disconauts throw their first party of 2010 this Saturday, 30 January at Deeper. After a great 2009 with guest shows from Irish and international acts like Fish Go Deep, John Daly, Charles Webster, Mark E and Unabombers, Padraic and Keith kick off the new year in style, playing the finest house, disco and party tunes through the venue's Funktion One sound system. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17879&Itemid=89 The dub/jungle/electronica sounds of Irish outfit Wiggle will resound around The Warwick this Friday, 29 January where Earth Star put on their first club night of 2010. Wiggle released their album 'Brighten The World' last year and, using drum machines, sequencers, samplers, computers, keyboards, melodica, occasional box accordion, electric and bass guitars, they blend roots reggae with spacey loops and drum and bass beats. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17880&Itemid=89 The rescheduled December gig for Dr Lektroluv takes place in Cuba*Live this Friday, 29 January. Known for his green mask and mixing using a telephone instead of 
headphones, Dr Lektroluv is resident at the Body to Body parties in Ghent and is a regular guest at some of the continent's biggest clubs as well as playing festivals such as Awakenings, I Love Techno and Dance Valley. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17881&Itemid=89 Massimo Bar present Friday nights with a difference and welcome the return of the We Hate DJs club experience this Friday, 29 January. The concept is a fresh approach to the typical club DJ set consisting of three DJs fusing together the best house/club tracks of the past 20 years with Alan Fleming (Kid Empire) on drums and percussion, Louis Carroll on guitar and Jenny Browne on vocals. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17719&Itemid=89 Padraic O'Connor talks to David Bolger and Muirne Bloomer ahead of CoisCeim Dance Theatre's national tour of 'As You Are' and 'Faun' CoisCeim Dance Theatre celebrates 15 years of award-winning productions with a national tour of 'As You Are' by Muirne Bloomer and 'Faun' by David Bolger that includes a show in the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday 26 January. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17720&Itemid=89 Star of RTE's Val Falvey TD, Ardal O'Hanlon headlines a show in the Town Hall Theatre on Saturday 30 January as part of his current Irish Tour. Ardal established Ireland’s first alternative comedy club, The Comedy Cellar in 1992 with Kevin Gildea and Barry Murphy. In 1994, he won the title of Comedy Newcomer of the Year and he soon shot to fame playing the dim-witted Father Dougal Maguire. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17721&Itemid=89 Popular UK comic Geoff Boys is the headline act at the Laughter Lounge in the Roisin Dubh tonight, Wednesday 20 January, where he shares the bill with Shane Mauss, Keith Farnan and Stephen Bennett. Boyz' urbane patter, observational comedy and devastating impressions - involving Robert De Niro and Al Pacino – make him one of the biggest draws on the UK circuit. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17722&Itemid=89 A new monthly comedy showcase kicks off this Saturday night, 23 January upstairs in Roisin Dubh with new material, sketches and live screens from John Donnellan and Danny Dowling. This week's show will feature the comedy madness that is Fred Cooke with his guitar and two melodicas. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17723&Itemid=89 Johnny McEvoy plays the Town Hall Theatre on Thursday 28 January. This nostalgic evening of 'Song and Story' features all of Johnny's many 'Hit Songs' from down the years, which are all haunting, evocative and beautifully presented in the popular singer's own inimitable style. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17724&Itemid=89 The Galway Youth Orchestra will perform their first show of 2010 in the Black Box on Saturday 30 January. The longest established community orchestra in the West of Ireland and amongst the longest running orchestras in the country, Galway Youth Orchestra has grown and flourished since 1982 and celebrated 25 years of young people playing together in 2007. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17725&Itemid=89 Ticket holders for October's rescheduled Heineken Green Spheres show with Peter Doherty will be heading to the Roisin Dubh tomorrow night, Thursday 21 January. All tickets for the gig were allocated in October and are still valid for tomorrow's night but music fans can log onto the Heineken Music Facebook page for the chance to be transported with two friends to this outer world experience. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17726&Itemid=89 Galway's newest live music venue, Monroe's Live welcomes Aslan to their upstairs venue this Friday, 22 January, giving their legions of Galway fans a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with one of the legends of the Irish music scene. The new Monroe's Live venue has been stylishly transformed to contain three bars, two floors and a live performance stage. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17727&Itemid=89 Galway Choral Association will celebrate the new year with a special concert in aid of Console in St Nicholas' Collegiate Church Galway this Saturday, 23 January at 8pm. The choir will be joined by Cantairi Chonamara from Clifden for an evening of choral and instrumental music and the programme will feature a wide-ranging selection of works that will appeal to young and old. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17728&Itemid=89 The Choice Music Prize shortlist for Irish Album of the Year 2009 was announced in Dublin last week and there was good news for three acts with strong Galway ties - Julie Feeney, Dark Room Notes and Adrian Crowley. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17729&Itemid=89 The cosy confines of upstairs in Roisin Dubh is the venue for two promising acts' Galway debut this Thursday 21 January. The Ambience Affair are just about to release their second EP and their layered looped guitars, keyboards and vocals and driving rhythms have seen them support Villagers, Clues, Fight Like Apes and Ham Sandwich. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17730&Itemid=89 Dust off those ra-ra skirts and legwarmers and head into The Dail Bar on Friday, 22 January for the launch of the all new Flashback Fridays. Join Galway Bay FM DJ Padraic Flaherty as he plays the very best in music from every ones favourite decade, the 1980s. From Blondie to Wham, The Clash to The Bangles, Padraic will be on hand to play all your 80's favourites to bring you back in time for a night of fantastic fun! Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17731&Itemid=89 Looking for something different to do this week? Want to enjoy some great music and a warm friendly atmosphere in a good pub? The Dail Bar is in session every Wednesday. Enjoy a night of great music and craic with Tom, Gara and Steve from The Wave in the warm cosy atmosphere of The Dail Bar. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17732&Itemid=89 Having "died so badly" he had to be "picked off the floor with some sort of shovel" following his Galway stand-up debut many years ago, David O'Doherty returns to Galway on Sunday 28 February for a show in Cuba Live. Things have definitely gotten a lot better in the whimsical musical comedy world of the 2008 Edinburgh fringe's If (formerly Perrier) award winner. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17733&Itemid=89 Elvis Costello hailed her latest album as "astounding" and Bernie Taupin thinks she's "one of the great voices and fearless hearts of country rock". Carlene Carter comes to Galway on Saturday 20 February for a show in Campbell's Tavern. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17734&Itemid=89 The Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scribhneoiri Chaitlin Maude – present acclaimed Irish bilingual poet, literary advisor, translator, teacher, musician and broadcaster Gabriel Fitzmaurice on Sunday 7 February at the Gallery Cafe in Gort. Born in Moyvane, Co. Kerry, in 1952, Gabriel Fitzmaurice is author of more than 20 books including poetry in English and Irish and children's verse in English and Irish. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17735&Itemid=89 MUSIC: Mark E - 'Works 2005-2009' - (MERC) Mark Evetts' Galway debut in Deeper last September was one hell of a party and the man behind some of the sexiest, chugging slo-mo house and disco of the last five years has compiled a limited edition album of some of his finest works and edits previously only available on vinyl. Seek out, listen, dance and enjoy! Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17736&Itemid=89 After its sell out success last October, One Shot World presents Quentin Tarantino's classic Reservoir Dogs for six nights at the Town Hall Theatre Studio from Monday 25 to Saturday 30 January. They were six perfect strangers, teaming up for the perfect crime. They don't know each other's name but they've got each other's colour. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17737&Itemid=89 Actress Eilín O'Dea, described by the Irish Times as 'every inch the sensualist Joyce imagined', will perform Molly Bloom's soliloquy in the Town Hall Studio from Wednesday 3 to Saturday 6 February. Molly Bloom's soliloquy at the end of the James Joyce's Ulysses is recognised as one of the most famous female narratives in modern literature. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17738&Itemid=89 Olivier award nominee and Royal Shakespeare Company actor Gerard Logan presents his outstanding tour-de-force solo performance of Shakespeare's great narrative poem 'The Rape of Lucrece' in the Town Hall Theatre for one night only on Monday 1 February. Following a five-star winning run at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe, Logan brings emotional intensity to this account of the terrible crime of rape and its dreadful consequences. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17739&Itemid=89 Internationally renowned magician/psychological illusionist/hypnotist Keith Barry brings his new show 'The Asylum' to the Black Box later this month. Barry plays the first of two Galway shows in the Black Box tomorrow, night Thursday 21 January. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100 http://www.galwayindependent.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17740&Itemid=89 An evening of screenings, installations, live art, multidisciplinary practice and experimental works kicks off at Bar No. 8, The Docks later this month. Live @ 8 will take place every two months, with the first event of 2010 taking place next Wednesday 27 January. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0100