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Programme of Events April - June 2020
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APRIL - JUNE 2020 PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE THT Town Hall Theatre · BB Black Box Theatre · STUDIO Town Hall Studio Please note Management reserve the right to make essential changes to the programme.
MONTH DATE EVENT NAME TIME VENUE EVENT TYPE PAGE MONTH DATE EVENT NAME TIME VENUE EVENT TYPE PAGE
March Mon 30 - Tues 31 Peppa Pig Various THT Family 6 Sun 10 Alison Spittle & Kevin McGahern 8pm THT Comedy 21
Tues 12 Sea Trilogy: Three One Act Operas 8pm THT Opera 22
April Wed 1 Psychic Sally 8pm THT Psychic 6 Wed 13 - Thurs 14 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 7.30pm THT Film 22
Thurs 2 NUIG Lecture Series 1.10pm Studio Talk 7 Thurs 14 Heal Your Hole - Norma Sheahan 8.30pm Studio Comedy 23
Thurs 2 The Doris Day Story 8pm THT Music 6 Fri 15 Whistleblast Composition Programme 2020 6.30pm THT Music 23
Fri 3 - Sat 4 Ballet Gala - Regina Rogers School Various THT Ballet 7 Sat 16 - Sun 17 Cladach - Youth Ballet West Various THT Ballet 23
Fri 3 - Sat 4 Gusto - Billy Magra 8.30pm Studio Comedy 7 Tues 19 - Sat 23 Crossing the Line - Blue Teapot Various THT & BB Theatre 24 & 25
Mon 6 - Fri 10 Trading Faces Stage School Various THT Musical 8 Sat 23 Just Winging It - Claire Balding 8pm THT Comedy 26
Sat 11 April - Wed 6 May Climate Change & More - Galway Cartoon Fest THT Gallery Exhibition 35 Wed 27 Martin Angolo Live 8.30pm Studio Comedy 26
Tues 7 - Sat 11 Rent - Galway Musical Society 8pm BB Musical 9 Thurs 28 Callan’s Kicks Live - Oliver Callan 8pm THT Comedy 26
Sat 11 Jack Lukeman 8pm THT Music 8 Fri 29 Tina Turner - Rebecca O’Connor 8pm THT Music 27
Sun 12 The Whileaways 8pm THT Music 8 Fri 29 - Sat 30 Eastside Community Drama 8.30pm Studio Theatre 27
Thurs 16 NUIG Lecture Series 1.10pm Studio Talk 7 Sat 30 - Sun 31 End of Year Show - Genevieve Ryan Dance Academy Various THT Dance 27
Thurs 16 A Celebration of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons 8pm THT Music 10 Sat 30 - Sun 31 SL Dance Techniques Annual Showcase Various BB Dance 27
Thurs 16 - Sat 18 Uniform - Evas Echo Theatre Company 8.30pm Studio Theatre 9
Fri 17 Coolio 8pm BB Music 10 June Wed 3 Caged - FemmeBizarre 8pm THT Theatre 28
Sat 18 SOLD OUT Paul Brady 8pm THT Music 10 Fri 5 The Classic Beatles 8pm THT Music 28
Sun 19 2020 Vision - Club Shine 3pm THT Family 10 Sat 6 SOLD OUT Acoustic-Ish With Dowry Strings Bell X1 8pm THT Music 28
Mon 20 - Sat 25 Cúirt International Festival Of Literature Various Various Festival 12 & 13 Sun 7 A Decade of Dance - Ultraflex 3pm THT Dance 29
Tues 21 Milton Jones 8pm THT Comedy 11 Tue 9 - Wed 10 Menopause The Musical 2 5.30pm & 8.30pm THT Comedy 29
Tues 21 - Wed 22 Bold Moves - Ballet Ireland 8pm BB Ballet 11 Wed 10 - Sat 13 Jungle Door - Eva’s Echo 8.30pm Studio Theatre 29
Sat 25 Aslan 8pm BB Music 11 Sat 13 June - Wed 15 July A Retrospective - Ann Dwyer THT Gallery Exhibition 35
Sat 25 April - Sun 3 May Cellissimo Various Various Music 14 & 15 Sun 14 4M Dance Center 6pm BB Dance 29
Wed 29 April - Fri 1 May Bingo Wings - Fidget Feet 8pm BB Dance 16 Mon 15 - Sat 20 Conversations on a Homecoming 8pm THT Theatre 30
Tue 16 Noramollyannalivialucia 8.30pm Studio Theatre 31
MAY Fri 1 - Sat 9 Galway Theatre Festival Various Various Theatre 18 & 19 Wed 17 - Fri 19 Amigo Productions 8.30pm Studio Theatre 31
Sat 2 Friends! The Musical Parody 5pm & 8.30pm BB Musical 16 Fri 19 An Meithal Mór - Global Citizens Together 7pm BB Music 31
Sun 3 Power Performance Academy End of Year workshop 4pm BB Family 17 Sat 20 Get Set For Summer! - StageSchool Ireland 3pm BB Family 31
Wed 6 A Comic Journey Inside The Teenage Mind - Ger Carey 11am THT Comedy 17 Sun 21 D-Dance - Dancing Through Time 1pm & 5pm THT Dance 33
Wed 6 The Windy Lady 8pm THT Theatre 17 Wed 24 - Fri 26 Magic Garden Festival - That’s Life Various BB 32
Fri 8 May - Thurs 11 June Harmony - Lorraine Fletcher THT Gallery Exhibition 35 Thurs 25 - Sat 27 The Midnight Court 8pm THT Theatre 33
Fri 8 Everly Brothers 8pm THT Music 20 Thurs 25 - Sat 27 BFF’s - Whiz-Bang Theatre Company 8.30pm Studio Theatre 33
Fri 8 - Sat 9 ELIZA’s Adventures - Pan Pan Theatre 8pm BB Theatre 20 Tue 30 June - Wed 1 Jul This Beautiful Village - The Abbey Theatre 8pm THT Theatre 34
Sat 9 Snow White - WhistleBlast Quartet 2pm THT Family 21
Sat 9 The Legend of Luke Kelly 8pm THT Music 21 July Wed 1 - Sat 4 Exit Music (For Our World) - war/ war/ war 8.30pm Studio Theatre 34
Sun 10 The Speks 2pm THT Family 21 Fri 3 #No Filter - Dirt Birds 8pm THT Comedy 35
Sat 4 Route 66 Big Band Live in Concert 8pm THT Music 35
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The Town Hall Theatre incorporates the 400-seat main auditorium and the 52-seat Studio at Courthouse Square
GIFT VOUCHERS
where our box office is also located, and the multi-purpose Black Box Theatre on nearby Dyke Rd with capacity for TOWN HALL THEATRE - SEATING
up to 550 seated and 800 standing.
HOW TO BOOK? IDEAL GIFTS!
1. CLICK Buy online twenty-four hours at www.tht.ie. You can now choose your seat when you book online.
2. CALL Phone 091 569777 Mon-Sat 10am -7.30pm. Visa, MasterCard and Visa Debit are accepted.
HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE
TOWN HALL THEATRE’S SEASON 3. VISIT Call in to the box office at the Town Hall Theatre at Courthouse Square, Galway, H91 H3C2
We’re here Mon-Sat, 10am -7.30pm and one hour before performances on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
BROCHURE FOR APRIL-JUNE 2020
Please note that all bookings are subject to the Town Hall Theatre €1 per ticket Booking & Facility Development BALCONY LEVEL GROUND LEVEL
This is the busiest April-June programme EVER at the * TOWN HALL THEATRE
fee. This fee will enable us to continually invest in facilities and equipment at the Town Hall and Black Box Theatres.
Town Hall, Black Box and Town Hall Studio! With a
PATRON DONATION AWARDS
staggering 200+ performances, screenings and events CONCESSIONS/GROUP RATES
to choose from in this brochure, the line-up includes an We offer discounts on most shows - concessions apply to under 18 year olds, students, senior citizens and the H Town Hall Theatre recently introduced a Patron Donation H
eclectic mix of drama, music, dance, film, comedy, literary,
family and community shows.
unwaged. Proof of eligibility and ID required. 10% discount for groups of 10+. Some exceptions apply. H option to our online booking system. H
ACCESSIBILITY & SPECIAL ASSISTANCE H All income from these donations will be awarded, via an openH
Featuring festivals from Blue Teapot’s Crossing The Line
Festival, BANFF Film Festival, Cuirt International Literary
Please let us know - when booking your tickets - of any special requirements so we can make your visit as H call in April each year followed by bursary awards in July,
to creative development for Galway artists, companies and
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enjoyable as possible. If you book online, you should phone or email us to let us know of any special requirements. H producers at Town Hall Theatre and to assist with creation of H
Festival, Galway Theatre Festival, Music For Galway’s
The Town Hall Theatre main auditorium and the Black Box Theatre auditorium are fully accessible to wheelchair
Cellissimo and That’s Life’s Magic Garden Festival, other
users. The Town Hall Studio is not accessible for wheelchair users. H work by Galway artists in theatre, music and dance. H
highlights include theatre from the Abbey, Fidget Feet
and Femme Bizarre; music from Paul Brady, BellX1
H Applications will be open to artists, companies or producers H
CONDITIONS OF SALE
and The Whileaways; comedy from Oliver Callan, Billy We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded unless a performance is cancelled or abandoned. BLACK BOX THEATRE - SEATED FORMAT
H based in or from Galway City or County. Full details will be H
Magra and Norma Sheehan; children’s shows by Peppa Your statutory rights are not affected. For full list of conditions, see reverse of tickets. Please note the H published on www.tht.ie in April. H
Pig, Whistleblast and The Speks; Musicals about the TIERED SEATING
Menopause and Rock Musicals about Manhattan’s East
management reserve the right to make essential changes to the programme. H The purpose of the Awards is to support applicants to H
research, develop and complete projects which are original
Village – and more. Hopefully, something for everyone! LATECOMERS H and ambitious and which, at the same time, demonstrate H
2020 is a very special year for Galway and, as a Cultural Late Admission cannot be guaranteed and can only occur if there is a suitable break in the performance. H relevance to Town Hall Theatre’s audiences and venue H
Partner of Galway 2020, the Town Hall Theatre will be We recommend that patrons allow for Galway traffic and plan to arrive at least 15 minutes before the performance. H capacities. We anticipate one award in 2020, two in 2021 H
at the epicentre of the city and county’s cultural activity
INTERVAL DRINKS H and three annually thereafter. In 2020, Town Hall Theatre
will match the donations received
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throughout the year.
Avoid the rush by ordering your interval drinks before the show. FLAT SEATING H H
The bar on the first floor is open before and after all performances. We thank everyone who has donated over the past few
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THE DORIS DAY STORY Regina Rogers School of Ballet
Thurs 2 April 8pm BALLET GALA
Tickets €22*/€20* Natural and
Fri 3 - Sat 4 April 8pm
Human Heritages
This beautiful production is an expose of the life of Doris Matinee Sat 4 April 3pm
Day. Though her on-screen persona was full of romance
and secret love, the real story was much more dramatic.
SPRING LUNCHTIME Tickets €20*/€15*
With video projection, a swinging jazz band and LECTURE SERIES The Regina Rogers School of Ballet will showcase a
Mon 30 March 4pm
Tues 31 March 10am, 1pm & 4pm
impeccable vocals The Doris Day Story is a compelling
musical journey through her life incorporating some of
2020 Ballet Gala which promises to dazzle and entertain.
Magical costumes coupled with popular excerpts -
Tickets Adult €20* greatest songs Love Me or Leave Me; Perhaps, Perhaps; ranging from Arabian Nights to La Sylphide to glitzy Jazz
Child aged 18 months or over €16* Pillow Talk, Black Hills of Dakota and Move Over Darling showstoppers - will enthral and captivate audiences.
Child 12-18 months, on parent’s lap €10* to name a few. A show not to be missed. It’s Magic! Thursdays
Child under 12 months Free 1.10pm - 1.50pm
Family Ticket (4 people) €65* Admission Free. Ticket required.
Limited capacity. Advance booking essential.
Peppa Pig is excited to be going on a day
out with George, Mummy Pig and Daddy The School of Geography, Archaeology & Irish World Premiere Sideline Productions
Pig - it’s going to be her best day ever! Get Studies, NUI Galway continues its successful
ready for a road-trip full of adventures. From run of public lectures exploring the relationship
castles to caves, dragons to dinosaurs and between Archaeology, Geography, Irish Studies “extremely Fri 3 & Sat 4 April 8.30pm
ice-creams to muddy puddles – there is and the natural world. funny, most Tickets €15*/€12*
something for all of the family. PSYCHIC SALLY imaginative,
As a pioneering performer, Billy Magra blazed a trail for
www.peppapiglive.com 10 YEARS AND COUNTING Thurs
2 April
Do we worry about climate change?
Understanding climate change
exceedingly
agile and Irish comedy in the 1980s but without venues to perform
irresistibly in, he retired. His ‘other-half’ Billy McGrath emerged as
perceptions in the North West region
Wed 1 April 8pm of Ireland
charming” one of Ireland’s most successful producers/directors/
Tickets €25* THE IRISH TIMES writers and his recent 2020 Boomtown Rats film has been
Speaker: Axel Leahy acclaimed worldwide. Comedy has always been a passion
Following her gripping appearance on Celebrity Thurs From Medieval Galway map to 3D and after producing 100s of online/radio/TV comedy shows
Big Brother, the nation’s favourite Psychic and 16 April model - a window into the past “It gets him this life-long hippy punk takes to stand-up again! Expect
forerunner in the Psychic world is back with her all Speakers: Gavin Duffy & Eithne Verling out of the the unexpected.
new show. house”
Warning: references to sex, drugs - and sean-nós singing.
WIFE & KIDS
* ALL TICKETS ARE SUBJECT TO THT BOOKING
The show is for the purposes of entertainment. & DEVELOPMENT FEE €1/TICKET Duration 75 minutes, no interval.
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Trading Faces Stage School presents JACK LUKEMAN
WEST SIDE STORY
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Sat 11 April 8pm
Tickets €26*
MAGICAL MUSICAL Jack Lukeman invites you to celebrate the 21st
MOMENTS anniversary of his first original album Metropolis Blue.
The multi-platinum ground-breaking album
Mon 6 April - Fri 10 April established Jack internationally both commercially and
2pm & 7pm critically, featuring much-loved songs such as Georgie
Tickets €18*/€14* Boy, Rooftop Lullaby, Ode to Ed Wood, When the Moon
is High.
In West Side Story Seniors will display amazing acting
and vocal skills, together with fabulous choreography in Duration 90 minutes, no interval.
this iconic musical!
In Alice in Wonderland Juniors will bewitch the audience
with their highly entertaining interpretation. Eva’s Echo Theatre Company
Magical Musical Moments is a magical trip taken through
UNIFORM
the Broadway highlights with our adorable tiny tots. THE WHILEAWAYS The Whileaways visit the Town Hall Theatre for this
very special, intimate gig. The Galway band “stake
their claim to being among the finest singers in
Sun 12 April 8pm the country” (Hot Press), and certainly know how Thurs 16 - Sat 18 April 8.30pm
Tickets €24* to weave a spell over their home crowd. Based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La Bohème, Rent is a rock musical with music, lyrics Tickets €12*/€10*
and book by Jonathan Larson.
Tues 7 - Sat 11 April 8pm What is it to be a woman? Is it what you
Tickets Preview Tues 7 April €15* It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and wear? Your vocation? Are you not a
Wed 8 - Sat 11 April €20*/€18* create a life in Lower Manhattan's East Village in the thriving days of Bohemian woman because you don’t wear heels or
Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. a skirt? Are you not professional because
Duration 150 minutes,
including interval. you like to dress in pink? This thought
One of the longest-running shows on Broadway, it won numerous awards including Tony
provoking one woman play written and
awards for Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Book of a Musical.
Age guidance 16+ advised. starring award winning playwright Hazel
With Paul Norton (Director), John Roe (Musical Director) and Jay Molyneux Doolan explores self-identity, coming of
* ALL TICKETS ARE SUBJECT TO THT BOOKING
& DEVELOPMENT FEE €1/TICKET (Choreographer) don’t miss the opportunity to see this powerful show. No day but today! age and loss of agency.
Duration 60 minutes, no interval.
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“He’s fast, absurd ★★★★ THE IRISH TIMES
Thurs 16 April 8pm - and very funny”
Tickets €25* RADIO TIMES
Bye Bye Baby deliver a full theatre show Ballet Ireland
covering the journey of the Four Seasons
from the very beginning up until the Disco MPI Artists BOLD MOVES ASLAN
era and the rock and roll hall of fame - in
fact, a musical journey through the sounds
COOLIO
of one of the most successful vocal
Tues 21 - Wed 22 April 8pm Sat 25 April 8pm
A CELEBRATION OF groups of all time.
Fri 17 April 8pm Tickets €25*/€22* Tickets €27.50*
FRANKIE VALLI & The band perform 33 numbers in close
4 part harmony with slick choreography
Tickets €24*
A triple-bill of contemporary work featuring internationally renowned Aslan's 2020 tour will see the Dublin
THE FOUR SEASONS and the recognisable falsetto this really
sets the scene for a great night. This
choreographers. band performing songs from their full
back catalogue of albums, with a host
PRESENTED BY EUROPE’S Featuring an eclectic score ranging from Dean Martin to mambo, techno to
sensational production features many of of hit singles alongside fan favorites.
traditional Israeli music, Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16 uses improvisation and his
NO 1 TRIBUTE BYE BYE BABY the bands worldwide hits – don’t miss! The band have also hinted that the
PM Live Limited acclaimed “Gaga” method, a unique movement language. As former Artistic
Director of the Batsheva Dance Company, Naharin has been hailed as one of very special tour will feature songs that
Proudly Presents have not been performed live in a very
the world’s preeminent contemporary choreographers. Last year, Ballet Ireland
MILTON JONES were the first Irish company to present his work. long time.
MPI Artists
Club S
Club S IN MILTON: Irish choreographer, Marguerite Donlon, created Strokes Through the Tail Standing concert.
PAUL BRADY Club Shine Community
Present
IMPOSSIBLE for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2005, Ms Donlon found inspiration in
Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 to create a work for six dancers that combines
Youth Variety Group Present virtuosic dancing with buckets of humour and a delightful hint of irreverence,
Sat 18 April 8pm Tues 21 April 8pm
Tickets €37.50* 2020 VISION Tickets €28.50*
it’s definitely a crowd pleaser.
Created for Charlotte Ballet (USA) in 2018, Filipe Portugal’s Stepping Over is
Paul Brady, singer, songwriter and multi- set to parts of Philip Glass’ “Tirol” Piano Concerto. Women fall or swoon into
Sun 19 April 3pm
SOLD OUT
instrumentalist is one of Ireland's most highly One man. One mission. Is it possible?
Tickets Adults €12*/Children €10* Comedy No, not really. guys’ arms; couples move through positions that are sensuous and chastely
regarded and successful artists. He crosses romantic by turns. Bodies stay flexible, pliant, almost melting into place.
musical boundaries again and again, incorporating Milton reveals the truth about being an
folk, rock, blues, traditional Irish & classic pop Club Shine are proud to present their 7th annual variety show - an action packedSong
90 Duration 1 hour 50 minutes, including 2 intervals
minutes of music, dance and comedy, ideal for all the family! international spy, before being given a
styles into his song writing. His live performances, Sunday
April 19th Dance disappointing new identity which forced Age guidance 12+
whether solo or with full band, include songs from The show promises to be lively and entertaining with some well-known tunes & a bit of him to appear on Mock the Week, Live
3pm
his extensive catalogue of 40 years. Often classified nostalgia, as well as a few original bits thrown in for good measure! at the Apollo. * ALL TICKETS ARE SUBJECT TO THT BOOKING & DEVELOPMENT FEE €1/TICKET
as a musicians' musician, Paul Brady's songs have Tickets
been covered by a huge array of major artists. Duration 90 minutes. No interval. Town Hall Kids €10 miltonjones.com
Theatre Adults €12 Club Shine is a
volunteer run,
From tht.ie or
Galway box office
community youth club
based in Shantalla,
Galway
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MONDAY 20 - SATURDAY 25 APRIL 2020 Read on to see featured highlights from this year’s festival programme, including world-renowned
Irish writers and the best in poetry and spoken word. For full programme details or to get your copy
of the festival brochure, visit www.cuirt.ie or www.tht.ie
* ALL TICKETS ARE SUBJECT TO THT BOOKING & DEVELOPMENT FEE €1/TICKET
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE
FÉILE IDIRNÁISIÚNTA LITRÍOCHTA
Wed 22 April 8pm €15*/€13* Thurs 23 April 8pm €15*/€13* Fri 24 April 7.15pm €15*/€13* Fri 24 April 9pm €15*/€13* Sat 25 April 11am €12*/€10* Sat 25 April 4pm €15*/€13* Sat 25 April 8pm €15*/€13* Sat 25 April 10pm €20*/€18*
SIMON ARMITAGE: KAPKA KASSABOVA KEI MILLER AND ANNE ENRIGHT, RECOVERING: THE BEATLES: KEVIN BARRY AND KATE TEMPEST:
SANDETTIE LIGHT AND PHILIP MARSDEN CAROLYN FORCHÉ in conversation with RICHIE SADLIER ALL THESE YEARS JAN CARSON THE BOOK OF TRAPS
VESSEL AUTOMATIC RICK O’ SHEA in conversation with WITH MARK Here we bring together two of Irish
& LESSONS
As humans, what draws us to the water? Cúirt brings together two leading voices,
Simon Armitage, a Cúirt favourite, Non-fiction writers Philip Marsden and Carolyn Forché and Kei Miller, for an In her first appearance at Cúirt since
RICK O’SHEA LEWISOHN writing’s leading voices for a unique
Kate Tempest makes her Cúirt
returns for an evening celebrating his Kapka Kassabova come together to evening of groundbreaking poetry. conversation spanning their most recent
2010, Anne Enright returns with her Sports star turned pundit, Mark Lewisohn is a self-confessed International Festival of Literature debut
career, spanning almost thirty years. discuss how water of all kinds holds a work, how landscape situates a novel and
latest novel, Actress. A moving and finely psychotherapist, broadcaster, and now Beatle-maniac. Having devoted his career with her solo spoken word performance
Best loved for his Yorkshire deadpan and place in our history, mythology and Kei Miller is a poet, novelist, essayist, short the shaping of place through its language.
written book, Actress explores themes of author, Richie Sadlier makes his first to documenting their complete history, his from her latest album The Book of Traps &
clean execution, Armitage’s work remains personal narratives. story writer and broadcaster originally
fame, sexual power and the secrets that appearance at Cúirt to discuss his work is being published in three volumes. Kevin Barry is the author of two novels Lessons (2019).
current, filled with keen eye and music- from Kingston, Jamaica. In Nearby Bushes
bind a family together. memoir, Recovering. The first of these, Tune In, was published and two collections of stories. His latest,
inspired rhythm that is all his own. Kapka Kassabova’s acclaimed memoir (2019), his most recent collection is a Born and bred in south east London,
Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe wise, colourful and unflinching look at in 2013 and was a New York Times Night Boat to Tangier, was long-listed for
A Dublin native, Anne Enright has Recovering is about a life shaped by poet, rapper, novelist and playwright
Simon Armitage is the UK Poet Laureate (2017) won the British Academy’s Prize contemporary Jamaica. bestseller. He joins us for a special event the 2019 Booker Prize and was named
published widely but is perhaps best efforts to escape, and how it is possible Kate Tempest is one of the UK’s most
and was elected Oxford Professor of for Global Cultural Understanding, and the presenting his work so far and taking on one of the New York Times Top Ten Books
known for her expansive Man Booker to rebuild a life, piece by piece, with the innovative and celebrated artists. Melding
Poetry (2015-2019). He has published over Edward Stanford-Dolman Travel Book of the Carolyn Forché is a celebrated writer of the magical mystery tour that was and of 2019.
Prize winning novel, The Gathering right help. Inspiring and groundbreaking, dazzlingly complex rhyme patterns with
a dozen collections of poetry, three books Year. To The Lake (2019) is her latest work. poetry, essays and creative non-fiction. Her remains The Beatles’ oeuvre.
(2007). In 2015 she was appointed as it is both an inspiring memoir of a life Jan Carson is a writer from East Belfast. post-dubstep electronic beats, her music
of non-fiction and has written extensively first collection in seventeen years, In the
the first Laureate for Irish Fiction, and in shaped by efforts to escape and an She is the author of two novels and two is as influenced by James Joyce and the
for theatre, television and radio. Philip Marsden is the author of a number of Lateness of the World (2020) is a tenebrous
2018 she received the Irish PEN Award important reflection on Irish society. short story collections. The Fire Starters Greek Myths as it is by Wu-Tang Clan and
books of travel, history and fiction, including book of crossings, of migrations across
for Outstanding Contribution to Irish (2019) is her latest novel. the streets of London.
Rising Ground (2014), The Levelling Sea oceans and borders but also between the
Literature.
(2011) and The Bronski House (1995). The present and the past, life and death.
Summer Isles (2019) is his latest book.
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MUSIC FOR GALWAY & GALWAY 2020 PRESENT Festival Lineup 28 APRIL Concerto Gala – RTÉ CO
7.30–9.30pm | Bailey Allen Hall, NUIG
Masterclass – Mischa Maisky
3–6pm | Town Hall Theatre – Main Stage
Cellissimo – Rediscover
Masterclass – Christopher Marwood €25 | €22.50 | €12.50 €10 | €5
10am–1pm | Town Hall Theatre – studio From Prussia with Love Bach Plus 5 – William Butt
Bach Plus 2 – Adrian Brendel 8–10pm | Church of Ireland, Portumna 5–6pm | Community Hall, Athenry
25 APRIL 11am–12 noon | St. Nicholas’ €20 | €10
the Cello in Galway
Zagreb Soloists
Collegiate Church Trad Late Night 7.30–9.30pm | Town Hall Theatre
Crouching Tiger – RTÉ NSO
8–10pm | Bailey Allen Hall, NUIG Traditional Workshop 10.15–11.15pm | Mick Lally Theatre €25 | €22.50 | €12.50
**€30 | €27 | €15 1–2pm | Mick Lally Theatre €15 | €7.50 Late Night at the Castle
Bach Plus 2 – Adrian Mantu 10.15–11.15pm | Claregalway Castle
26 APRIL 2–3pm | Ballynahinch Castle Hotel 30 APRIL €15 | €13 | €7.50
25 APRIL – 3 MAY 2020
Masterclass – Laura van der Heijden Masterclass – Nicolas Altstaedt
Inishbofin Cello Trail
9am–8pm | Inishbofin – €50 | €40 | €25 3–6pm | Town Hall Theatre – studio 10am–1pm | Town Hall Theatre – studio 2 MAY
Tan Dun Interview Beethoven x 5 ‘The Decibel Family’ Masterclass – Marc Coppey
11.30am–12.30pm | Town Hall Theatre 7–10.30pm | Town Hall Theatre 10–11am | Town Hall Theatre 10am–1pm | Town Hall Theatre – studio
€10 | €8 | €5 €25 | €22.50 | €12.50 Bach Plus 4 – Tatjana Vassiljeva ‘The Decibel Family’
11am–12noon | St. Nicholas’ Collegiate 10–11am | Town Hall Theatre
Masterclass – Giovanni Sollima
2–5pm | Town Hall Theatre – studio
29 APRIL Church Bach Plus 6 – Jakob Koranyi
Masterclass – Adrian Brendel Traditional Workshop 11am–12 noon | St. Nicholas’
A new international cello Abendmusik – Journey into Twilight 10am–1pm | Town Hall Theatre – studio 1–2pm | Mick Lally Theatre Collegiate Church
5–6.15pm | St. Nicholas’
festival on the western Collegiate Church – €20 | €18 | €10 ‘The Decibel Family’ Masterclass – Jakob Koranyi Rostropovich Talk
10–11am | Town Hall Theatre 3–6pm | Town Hall Theatre – studio 2–3pm | Town Hall Theatre
edge of Europe, with Sollima / Berrill
8.30–9.50pm | Town Hall Theatre Bach Plus 3 – Laura van der Heijden Bach Plus 4 – Hannah Roberts €10 | €5 (includes film ‘The Cellist)
concerts, theatre, film, talks, €20 | €18 | €10 11am–12 noon | St. Nicholas’ 6–7pm | Lady Gregory Hotel, Gort Bach Plus 6 – Jakob Koranyi
workshops & exhibitions. Collegiate Church Mischa and Lily Maisky 2.30–3.30pm | Clonfert Cathedral
27 APRIL Richard Wigmore – Insights on Bach
Cello Suites
8–10pm | Town Hall Theatre
€48.50 | €38.50 | €25
‘The Cellist’ – Film
3.30–5pm | Town Hall Theatre
Featuring: Masterclass – Naomi Berrill 12.15–1pm | St. Nicholas’ Trad Late Night €10 | €5
MISCHA MAISKY, HANNAH ROBERTS, TAN DUN, NAOMI BERRILL, ADRIAN BRENDEL, FINGHIN COLLINS, 10am–1pm | Town Hall Theatre – studio Collegiate Church 10.15–11.15pm | Mick Lally Theatre Zagreb Soloists
Bach Plus 1 – Giovanni Sollima
RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA, ZAGREB SOLOISTS...& MANY MORE 11am–12noon | St. Nicholas’
Bach Plus 3 – Christopher Marwood €15 | €7.50 7.30–9.30pm | Church of Ireland, Clifden
1–2pm | Church of Ireland, Oughterard €20 | €15
Collegiate Church
Masterclass – Adrian Mantu
Traditional Workshop 1 MAY Grand Cellissimo Finale
1–2pm | Mick Lally Theatre Masterclass – Hannah Roberts 7.30–9.45pm | Bailey Allen Hall, NUIG
BOOK TICKETS: PROGRAMME INFO & QUERIES: 3–6pm | Town Hall Theatre – studio
Masterclass – Natalie Haas 10am–1pm | Town Hall Theatre – studio €25 | €22.50 | €12.50
Cellissimo.ie or call the Box Office 091 569777 Call Music for Galway 091 705962 Bach Plus 1 – Giovanni Sollima 3–6pm | Mick Lally Theatre ‘The Decibel Family’
6–7pm | Campbell’s Tavern, Headford
Meet the cello maker 10–11am | Town Hall Theatre 3 MAY
Tickets: Bach Plus Series €6–€12 | The Decibel Family €6.50 | Masterclasses & Workshops FREE Cello Ireland 4.30–5.15pm | Gallery 126 Student Showcase Concert
Bach Plus 5 – Marc Coppey
8–10pm | St Mary’s Cathedral, Tuam 1–3pm | Town Hall Theatre
**Price categories: Full price | concession | full time students & unwaged Exhibition performance – Lucy Railton 11am–12noon | St. Nicholas’
€20 | €15 €10 | €5
(except Mischa Maisky concert & Inishbofin day) All Tickets Subject to THT Booking & Development Fee €1/ticket 5.30–6.30pm | Gallery 126 Collegiate Church
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Power Performance Academy
Axis Ballymun Presents Wed 6 May 8pm
Fidget Feet END OF TERM THE WINDY LADY Tickets €16*/€14*
Aerial Dance Theatre
WORKSHOP Written and performed by POM BOYD
BINGO WINGS PERFORMANCE Creative Director MARK O’BRIEN
A lesson in laughter and life
The Windy Lady invites you to
share the contents of her mind,
her shopping bag and her
Wed 29 April - Fri 1 May 8pm Sun 3 May 4pm biscuit tin.
Tickets €18*/€16* Tickets €10*/€8*
Original, anarchic and very
Private performance for family and friends. funny The Windy Lady dances
A ripping yarn about love, luck and bingo This is a variety performance showcasing the general at the crossroads where Stand
that takes you on a flight of fantasy. talents of the students from 4yrs to 18yrs. Up and Theatre meet in this
very special show – where
The masters of aerial spectacle present Further information email ppatheatre@gmail.com you’ll be welcomed into her
a stunning new show suitable for everyone madcap world of hairnets,
from 8 to 98 years old. Duration 105 minutes.
turkeys, the healing power of a
It’s 1974, and Bingo Fever has hit the town cuppa and Vladimir Putin.
of Ballydawn, where everyone dreams of Ger Carey Live Witty, warm and delightfully
scooping the huge Snowball jackpot. But
when star-crossed lovers Jimmy and Moya A COMIC JOURNEY irreverent, Pom Boyd’s The
Windy Lady is a subversively
try to rig the game, fate, family and a giant
storm get in the way.
INSIDE THE witty and charming celebration
of animals, old-womanhood
This exciting new Fidget Feet production, TEENAGE MIND and ordinary life.
blending circus, aerial dance and theatre, Presented in partnership with
is delivered by an award-winning team; Wed 6 May 11am
Age & Opportunity as part
director Jo Mangan, choreographer Sat 2 May 5pm & 8.30pm Tickets €10* (Teachers Free)
of the nationwide Bealtaine
Chantal McCormick, playwright Tom Swift Tickets €29* For tickets contact
festival – celebrating the arts
and composer Jym Daly. 059 911 4118
and creativity as we age.
Duration 120 minutes, including interval
Duration 60 minutes Ger Carey is back with
Production Design by
his hilarious stand-up
Age guidance 8+ Suzie Cummins. Produced by
comedy show for
Niamh Ní Chonchubhair
transition year students.
Duration 2 hours, no interval.
* ALL TICKETS ARE SUBJECT TO THT
BOOKING & DEVELOPMENT FEE €1/TICKET
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Join us for 9 exciting days of theatre, talks, workshops and much more!
For full details, programme and booking, visit www.galwaytheatrefestival.com
Fri 1 – Sat 9 May 2020 #GalwayTheatreFest Twitter: @GwayTheatreFest Facebook: /galwaytheatrefestival Instagram: galway_theatre_festival
Galway Theatre Festival
Beluga Theatre
and Galway 2020 present
THE LITTLE BEACH HOUSE The Rampant Collective
INTERACTION
An Grianan Theatre
and Carol Moore
By OISÍN ROBBINS GIRL PLAY
Mick Lally Theatre By SARAH RICHARDSON Fri 1 - Sat 9 May
Cuisle Productions
THE EXPERIENCE Sat 2 May 3pm, Sun 3 May 12.30pm, Directed by CIARA ELIZABETH SMYTH
OF BEING Mon 4 May 12.30pm & 3pm
Richard Walsh & James Moran IMPERCEPTIBLE InterAction explores interaction among citizens and
inhabitants of Europe, prompting audience members
By Carol Moore Tickets €10*/€8* early bird. ONEDAY Mick Lally Theatre Wed 6 - Sat 9 May 8:30pm
to explore new ways of “inter-acting” with the world
Family Ticket €30* (2 adults + 2 children) around them. The project consists of Make A Move
Mick Lally Theatre Wed 6 - Sat 9 May 7.00pm Tickets €14*/€12*/€10* early bird
An Taibhdhearc Someone is living in a cabinet down at the beach. Tickets €14*/€12*/€10* early bird creative laboratories and six InterAction artists who
Fri 1 - Mon 4 May 6.30pm Everyone is curious… The soldier, the baker, the Tues 5 May 8.30pm will showcase original works in progress at the
Tickets €14*/€12*/€10* early bird A man wakes up in a cave, unsure of where he is, nor how Meet Lucy. Galway Theatre Festival in May 2020.
Tickets €14*/€12*/€10* early bird candlestick maker. She’s average, awkward and when it comes to sex, what
he got there. Beyond his reach, lurking in the shadows, a
How many times does it take for people not to see you Across the water, a little girl with a big heart is Oneday is a timely exploration of the relationship creature mumbles and sings a nursery rhyme… she lacks in experience she makes up for in curiosity. Six artists will host works-in-progress at the Galway
before you start feeling invisible? How many times determined to find out more! between information and a theatrical performance. It But that’s all set to change. On a night of firsts she Theatre Festival 2020, 1 - 9 May. With projects
before you believe it too? explores what we really can understand about a single Adapted from Le Horla, by Guy de Maupassant, opens the door to a world of relationships and sex that exploring everything from astronomy, media, memory,
Inspired by real events, this is a humorous and heartfelt day that happened 8 years ago. And more importantly, Imperceptible is a devised work of virtuosic physical she had only ever dreamt about. But is the reality all she voice, music, design, focused on participatory theatre
On her 60th birthday Cathy should be celebrating but it adventure about being different and what it means to what does an actor (or indeed anybody) have to do theatre that tells the story of a man’s slow decent into that had hoped it would be? And can love really sustain and interactive technologies.
rapidly goes downhill. feel at home. to speak authoritatively on something they haven’t madness. the test of time?
experienced themselves. For more information about INTERACTION
An uplifting, funny and moving story of empowerment Duration 50 minutes. Duration 60 minutes. An exploration of love and sex spun out in slam. see www.galwaytheatrefestival.com,
whatever age you are. Family show for ages 6+ Duration 60 minutes, no interval. (+ 30 minute post-show discussion 7 & 8 May) Duration 55 minutes. and follow us on social media.20 21
“A theatrical delight, seriously smart, with a hint of science sexy….” THE ARTS REVIEW WhistleBlast Quartet THE LEGEND
FAMILY CONCERT OF LUKE KELLY
Pan Pan ELIZA’s Adventures in the Uncanny Valley explores what it is to be SNOW WHITE AND THE
Sat 9 May 8pm
ELIZA’S ADVENTURES human. In the early 1960s, MIT developed artificial intelligence
software called ELIZA, its title a reference to Shaw’s Pygmalion. ELIZA
SEVEN SHORT STORIES! Tickets €20*
IN THE UNCANNY made certain kinds of conversations between humans and computers Sat 9 May 2pm Celebrating the memory and music
VALLEY possible. Our ELIZA is sent into an anonymous motel, where she
interacts with four characters mysteriously booked into the same
Tickets €10*/€8*, Family Ticket €30* of a true Irish musical legend.
The Zmed Brothers room. Some of them seem to be barely alive, others too much so. Join The WhistleBlast Quartet - Conor Linehan (piano), Ken Edge (saxophones and Dublin singer/songwriter/multi-
They explore love, death, metaphysics, evil - and evolution. clarinets), Oonagh Keogh (violin) and Mary Curran (french horn) for a musical adventure instrumentalist Chris Kavanagh’s
THE EVERLY Fri 8 - Sat 9 May 8pm Duration 90 minutes, no interval.
through popular fairy tales and children’s stories. performances capture the depth
BROTHERS Tickets €20*/€18*
Age guidance 12+
The 3 Little Musical Piggys, told hilariously, will feature musical pig Amadeus Mozart
and passion of the great man he
was so heavily influenced by. Over the past sixteen years he has amazed
EXPERIENCE playing his horn concerto on the hosepipe! Listen out for some favourite familiar pieces:
Carmen and the Sleeping Beauty Waltz amongst others and see how music can bring a
audiences at home and abroad. He is joined on stage by Hilary Kavanagh (singer/
songwriter/bass player), Joe Finn (uilleann pipes/flute/whistles/fiddle) & Michael
story to life! There will be plenty of opportunity for participation in this engaging concert Howard (guitarist/singer/songwriter).
Fri 8 May 8pm for the family. Shakers and Boom Whackers for all!
Tickets €25*
Age guidance 4-12 year olds and their families. www.whistleblastquartet.com
The Everly Brothers career lasted over
half a century. They recorded 21 studio “If your little ones love fantastic, “Funny, bright and entertaining”
albums, sold more than 60 million magical songs… then The Speks are IRISH INDEPENDENT
records worldwide and had over 30 the boys for you!” TOM DUNNE, NEWSTALK
billboard top -100 singles
They received numerous accolades
THE SPEKS Alison and Kevin, comedians who've both
Lisa Richards
in their later career, and influenced Sun 10 May 2pm been on telly, team up for a major mini tour.
countless legendary artist that came
after them.
Tickets €10* ALISON SPITTLE & Alison Spittle (Nowhere Fast) and Kevin
THE ZMED BROTHERS are absolutely
The Speks present a lively show of nursery rhymes and sing-along songs set to acoustic KEVIN McGAHERN McGahern (Hardy Bucks, Republic of Telly)
are from the lake counties - Alison is from
thrilled to be able to contribute to a
Irish music which will have adults and kids jumping in their seats! Their hand-clapping,
toe-tapping, hearty-laughing show is all about life on Glasses Island – a magical island
THE SMALLEST Westmeath, Kevin is from Cavan.
cause that supports the recognition and
preservation of the intimate and singular
off the coast of Co. Clare where everybody wears glasses! TOUR OF IRELAND It's a double feature of Ireland's top
origins of America’s greatest Rock’n’Roll * ALL TICKETS ARE SUBJECT TO THT The Speks encourage everyone to sing, scream, clap and dance along during their WORLD TOUR comedians. Come for a night jam-packed
singing sibling duo. BOOKING & DEVELOPMENT FEE €1/TICKET performances, so this will be a great, fun event for kids aged 2 to 92! with craic featuring the best material from
Sun 10 May 8pm their most recent solo tours - and new stuff
Duration 110 minutes, including interval. Duration 50 minutes, no interval. Tickets €18* in the mix too!22 23
The Everyman and John O’Brien BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL Youth Ballet West
SEA TRILOGY WORLD TOUR CLADACH
THREE ONE ACT OPERAS HEAL YOUR HOLE
with Norma Sheahan
Wed 13 May (red film programme) 7.30pm Sat 16 May 7pm & Sun 17 May 5pm
Thurs 14 May (blue film programme) 7.30pm Tickets €18*/ €14*
Tickets €15*/€13.50*, Multi night ticket €27*
Thurs 14 May 8.30pm YBW presents the world premier Cladach which
Embark on a thrilling night of adventure with a brand-new collection of short films from Tickets €15*/€13* celebrates through dance the culture and traditions of
the world’s most prestigious mountain film festival! the Claddagh village in Galway, famous for its fisherfolk,
Norma Sheahan’s hilarious comedy night promises to heal swans, legends and the Claddagh ring - expect a few
The Banff Mountain Film Festival joins the world’s best adventure film-makers and every hole in your life, one laugh at a time. unexpected arrivals from afar!
explorers as they push themselves to the limits in the most remote and stunning corners
of the globe. Witness epic human-powered feats, life-affirming challenges and mind- As seen in The Clinic, Bridget & Eamon, Mooneboy, Damo & This modern dance performance is an exuberant
blowing cinematography – all on the big screen! Ivor - and hanging over the Liffey in Celebrity Ireland’s Fittest portrayal of a proud people.
Family. Plus much more…
There are two shows, each with an entirely different selection of films - the red film Duration approximately 90 minutes, including interval.
programme (Wed 13 May) and the blue film programme (Thurs 14 May).
Tues 12 May 8pm
Tickets €30*/€27* An adrenaline-fuelled, not-to-be missed event with free prize giveaways!
Age guidance 12A
Riders to the Sea by Ralph Vaughan Williams, directed by Liz Roche
The Lament for Art O'Leary by Irene Buckley, directed by Sophie Motley
WHISTLEBLAST COMPOSITION PROGRAMME 2020
Coiscéim by John O’Brien, directed by Éadaoin O'Donoghue Friday 15 May 6.30pm
Curated by the highly acclaimed composer, conductor and director, John O’Brien, Free admission, ticket required
Sea Trilogy brings together a cast of singers, dancers, directors, choreographers and
designers as well as an 8-voice female ensemble and a 15-piece orchestra. WhistleBlast Quartet are Mary Curran (french horn),
Kenneth Edge (saxes, clarinets), Conor Linehan
Riders To The Sea by Ralph Vaughan Williams to text adapted from JM Synge © Oxford (piano) and Oonagh Keogh (violin)
University Press 1936, 1972. Performed by arrangement with Oxford University Press.
All rights reserved WhistleBlast Composition Programme 2020
concludes with this grand finale concert. Free to the
The Lament for Art O’Leary is an adaptation by Irene Buckley of Vona Groarke’s English public, friends and family - students from all over
translation of Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill’s 1773 poem, Caoineadh Airt Ui Laoghaire, Ireland will perform a new composition with the
published by Gallery Books in 2008. Quartet as a result of a highly creative nationwide
music programme.
Duration 120 minutes, including interval.
Age guidance 14+ and accompanied by an Adult. See www.whistleblastquartet.com for details.
* ALL TICKETS ARE SUBJECT TO THT BOOKING
& DEVELOPMENT FEE €1/TICKET24 25
Theatre | Ireland | World Premiere Theatre | Sweden | Irish Premiere Theatre | France | Irish Premiere
A Blue Teapot and Abbey Theatre Moomsteatern presents Compagnie de l’Oiseau Mouche
Co-Production and La Coma present
Into the Dark Woods The Erased Les Diables
By Charlene Kelly and Directed Written and Directed by Directed by Michel Schweizer
by Petal Pilley Nina Jemth & Pelle Öhlund
7 actors from the critically-acclaimed
‘Your darkness will destroy you The Erased is a play independent of French company l’Oiseau-Mouche
but it won’t hurt me’ spoken language, told with pure visual gather to illuminate what life makes us
magic. Sit down and join us for burlesque forfeit: the possible displacement of the
With this modern day fairy-tale, theatre and circus art, highlighted by norm. Les Diables issues a kind warning
Charlene deftly entices us into rare exquisite music and large chunk of for the audience. The actors’ presence
territory, using the living realm of the liberating humour. here has a devil-like intensity and you
woods as an invitation into a world may not be able to look away.
as experienced by someone with an Town Hall Theatre
intellectual disability. Thurs 21 May, 8pm Black Box Theatre
Fri 22 May, 8pm Fri 22 May, 8pm. Sat 23 May, 8pm
Black Box Theatre Tickets €15*/ €12.50* Tickets €15*/ €12.50*
Tues 19 May, 8pm
Duration 80 mins, no interval. Duration 90 mins. Ages 14+
Wed 20 May, 3pm & 8pm
Ages 15+ Performed in French with English
“Blue Teapot is proud to present Crossing The Line, a pan-European Theatre Festival featuring Tickets €15*/ €12.50*
subtitles
extraordinary performances by leading European companies working with artists with intellectual disabilities. Duration 80 mins, no interval. Ages 13+
Crossing The Line is the first festival of its kind to feature in a European Capital of Culture. We will welcome
over 100 European and Irish artists to the heart of Galway for a cracking four day festival in May 2020.”
Petal Pilley, Artistic Director, Blue Teapot Theatre Company
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Rebecca O’Connor as Eastside Community Drama
“My favourite new comedian” DAVID O’DOHERTY
TINA GAOL NA GAILLIMH
SIMPLY THE BEST!
MARTIN ANGOLO LIVE Fri 29 May 8pm Fri 29 - Sat 30 May 8.30pm
Tickets €28*/€25*, Tickets €12*/€10*
€20* (early bird ticket, first 100 sold)
Wed 27 May 8.30pm From murder to dancing on the street, crimes were
Tickets €12* In the words of Tina Turner… not tolerated in Galway’s nineteenth century. This new
“Rebecca is so good, it’s scary…’’ historical drama by Rena Bryson explores the humanity
Martin Angolo Live is an hour of one liners and silly observations from one behind the walls of Galway’s jail, now our beautiful
Be prepared to stand in your seats as Rebecca O’Connor delivers her cathedral. The members of Eastside Community Drama
of Ireland's best joke writers.
flawless rendition of Tina Turner’s greatest hits including Nutbush City step into Galway’s history performing as colourful,
Martin has had millions of views online as part of the Try YouTube channel, Limits, Proud Mary, River Deep, Private Dancer, When the Heartache Is Over, brash and sympathetic characters for two nights only.
hosts his own podcast and has supported comedians all over the world. “Brilliant” TOMMY TIERNAN Better Be Good To Me, and of course her anthem, Simply the Best. A night
you’ll never forget! Duration 1 hour, no interval.
Claire Balding
JUST WINGING IT END OF YEAR SHOW
Sat 23 May 8pm Aiken Promotions
Tickets €28*
OLIVER CALLAN Sat 30 May 7pm &
Sun 31 May 2pm & 7pm
The tale of no skill, no qualification, no preparation - but CALLAN’S KICKS LIVE Tickets €15*/€12.50*
going for it anyway.
Claire has been winging her way through the past 32
Thurs 28 May 8pm The GRDA is now in its 10th year of
Tickets €29* nurturing and developing a dancer’s
years. School, Work, Parenting, Hair Loss, Live shows... passion, integrity and confidence in
There are certain things you cannot prepare for and the performing arts. We are thrilled
Impressionist Oliver Callan brings his huge cast
practising being unprepared, is the only way to prepare
for them.
of characters to the stage for the first time in the
age of Leo, Boris and Trump. It’s no Kylie concert,
to invite you all into the world of
the “Kaleidoscope”, where the ever
ANNUAL SHOWCASE 2020
Loads of laughs & nuggets of unqualified wisdom! but Leo heads a troupe of voices from the world of changing colours and patterns will
Irish politics, sport and entertainment. let you escape on a magical journey
Duration 2 hours, including interval. of dance. Sat 30 May 7pm & Sun 31st May 4pm
Age guidance 18+, strong language Tickets €13*/child €8*
Duration 55 minutes, no interval.
* ALL TICKETS ARE SUBJECT TO THT
BOOKING & DEVELOPMENT FEE €1/TICKET28 29
FemmeBizarre
CAGED A DECADE OF DANCE
Sunday 7 June 3pm
Wed 3 June 8pm Tickets €15*/€12*
Tickets €18*/€15*
Following an award-winning, sell-out run at Dublin
BELL X1 Ultra-flex presents a variety of musical numbers and modern pieces that they have
performed over the last decade. This production will have you dancing out of your seats.
Fringe, FemmeBizarre's Caged is back! ACOUSTIC-ISH Robert C Kelly,
A powerhouse performance, this is an explosion of aerial WITH DOWRY STRINGS Theater Mogul by special license with GFour
dance, high octane choreography, comedy, physical Eva’s Echo Theatre Company A visual delight Jungle Door invites Present
Sat 6 June 8pm its audience to indulge in the joyous,
theatre and spoken word.
Tickets €30* JUNGLE DOOR disheartening and hopeful moments MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL 2
Duration 1 hour, no interval.
CRUISING THROUGH
over a year shared by Michelle and
Some flashing lights and haze. Louise. Their problematic relationship
!
LD OUT MENOPAUSE
Wed 10 - Sat 13 June 8.30pm as friendly ex-lovers is challenged by
SO Tickets €14*/€12* marriage, jealousy and the housing
crisis. Smiling through the Botox,
Lekmk Promotions Michelle plans her perfect day Tues 9 - Wed 10 June 5.30pm & 8.30pm
unaware her bridesmaid is hiding a Tickets €35*
THE CLASSIC BEATLES dark and dangerous secret.
Starring Cheryl Fergison (EastEnders), Nicole Barber-Lane
Duration 1 hour, no interval. (Hollyoaks), Rebecca Wheatley (Casualty), and Nicki French
Fri 5 June 8pm (Eurovision), it’s our brand-new show, Cruising Through Menopause.
Tickets €25*
In an hysterical sequel, we fast forward five years to catch up with
the same four characters for tales of their lives, loves and losses as
The only Beatles tribute act endorsed by Sir
George Martin and the stars of the award-winning HIP HOP they set off on the high seas.
Hot flushes, mood swings, memory lapses, weight gain - these are a
Get Back show, The Classic Beatles visit Galway
few of our favourite menopausal things!
for the first time. Sun 14 June 6pm
For these four ladies the menopause was not the beginning of the
Tickets €20*/Child Under 11 €15*/Under 3s Free
This is a show not to be missed by any Beatles end, but the beginning of a beautiful friendship where love conquers,
fan, so come together and join us for what 4M Dance Centre presents Hip Hop, in their end of year show with multiple and friendships never fail.
promises to be a memorable Fab Four experience. performances featuring our "Tiny Hop" dancers all the way up to our "Teeny Hop"
Age guidance 16+
dancers. There will be special guest performances, prizes - and much more! A great
Duration 100 minutes, including interval. opportunity to see how Galway’s local street dance scene is moving.
* ALL TICKETS ARE SUBJECT TO THT
BOOKING & DEVELOPMENT FEE €1/TICKET30 31
Curlew Theatre Company
Curlew Theatre Company
NORAMOLLYANNALIVIALUCIA Presents
AN EVENING
Written and Directed by EAMON GRENNAN YA NNA LI V
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OF SHORT
MO
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Town Hall Theatre PLAYS
LU
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and Galway Community Theatre Tues 16 June 8.30pm
Tickets €12*/€10*
CONVERSATIONS In Noramollyannlivialucia: The Muse & Mister Joyce, Tegolin
Th
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M
ON A HOMECOMING
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Jo
Knowland portrays Nora Barnacle - a Galway girl through and u se r
& M i ste Wed 17 - Fri 19 June 8.30pm
through - who became Joyce’s major muse throughout his Tickets €15*
By TOM MURPHY writing life. Performed by
Tegolin Knowland
Written and Directed by New writing, new short plays, Amigo Productions are proud to produce an exciting
In her own words and those of her husband, Nora offers a Eamon Grennan night of new theatre, featuring writing by talented local playwrights…
Mon 15 - Sat 20 June 8pm varied, surprising, lively, and above all entertaining “Portrait of
Tickets €20*/€18* the Artist’s Wife” to be savoured and remembered. Duration 100 minutes, including interval.
Fresh from an apparently successful acting career abroad, Michael
has returned to his old home town; back to the youth club-turned-pub
where he and his friends once hashed out their plans for the future.
That pub, The White House, stood as a place where free thought was
StageSchool Ireland
possible for the young people of the town, away from the church and
from the school. Now, though, the reunited friends are tied down to
GET SET FOR SUMMER!
the realities of their lives after youth has given way to slow but steady CHARITY GALA FOR
decay, and as the evening wanes to night, their true lack of direction Scoil San Phroinsias, Tirellan CANCER CARE WEST
becomes clear through muddled conversations as pints are poured with Wall2Wall Music
and drank.
Standing over all of this are the absent bar owner JJ and his beloved
AN MEITHAL MÓR Sat 20 June 3pm
portrait of the late JFK, both fallen heroes from an idealistic and GLOBAL CITIZENS TOGETHER Tickets €10*
idealised time now long gone. StageSchool students from Galway, Westport and Ennis come together for their annual
summer show with an exciting blend of musical theatre, comedy, dance and fantastic
“You've come home to stay, die, whatever - and you’re Fri 19 June 7pm choral singing!
welcome - but save us the bullshit” Tickets available through Scoil San Phroinsias
€5*/€15 per family of 4 people More info at www.stageschool.ie and www.teenagestage.com
Arts education for the next generation
* ALL TICKETS ARE SUBJECT TO THT BOOKING & DEVELOPMENT FEE €1/TICKET Duration 120 minutes.32 33
“An unbelievable experience That’s Life presents
from the minute you walked
in… electrifying…”
PAT FLAHERTY, ADVOCACY COUNCIL
FESTIVAL
An inclusive arts festival for adults with intellectual disability
“Club Gardenia brings the best local
music and disability art scenes
together on a big stage; the first Wed 24 - Fri 26 June
event of this kind in the country” For more information visit www.thatslife.ie or call 091 721 441 DANCING THROUGH TIME
DAVID BOLAND, MUSIC PROMOTER
Sun June 21 1pm & 5pm
Tickets €12*/€10*
Wed 24 June Thurs 25 June Fri 26 June
Duration 1 hour 20 minutes, no interval.
Day-time event 11am - 4pm Day-time events 11am - 4pm Day-time events 11am - 1pm
Tickets €18*/€5* carers Tickets €18*/€5* carers Tickets €18*/€5* carers
Bring your picnic! Bring your picnic!
SUMMER JAM
FESTIVAL OPENING GARDEN DREAM music percussion workshop with Andy Spearpoint
by Stormy Brass Ensemble physical theatre workshop with Miquel Barcelo
and That’s Life street performers Evening event 7.30pm - 12am
HUMMINGBIRDS Tickets €10*/€5* carers Aeval Productions in Association with O’Punsky’s
CIRCLE DANCE WORKSHOP inclusive singing workshop with Maria Wood
CLUB GARDENIA
THE MIDNIGHT COURT
IN FLOW CIRCUS WORKSHOP An inclusive music event featuring
“The best night I’ve had for
music performance by That’s Life gamelan players with Galway Community Circus
Lizzie Emeh (Heart N Soul-London) Thurs 25 - Sat 27 June 8pm years - in or out of bed’’
Dead Horse Jive Tickets €22*/€20* EAMONN McCANN, HOT PRESS
HIP HOP DANCE WORKSHOP THE BARCELO BROTHERS Thurs 25 - Sat 27 June 8.30pm
by Genevieve Ryan, with music from Bounce DJs live band Field Trip
Electric Dreams Ticket €12* The Midnight Court is a Traditional Comic Opera, originally brought to the stage by Seán Tyrrell in association
To Gaze Upon Us The Whiz-Bang theatre company returns with their with Druid Theatre, for the 1992 Galway Arts Festival. The show returns to the stage in 2020 to once again
thrill and entertain audiences. The show brings vividly to life one Ireland’s greatest literary works, the Aisling
Evening event 7.30pm - 11pm Bounce DJs & VJs overwhelming production of BFF’s about Jerry and Jane,
the best of friends. They do everything together from poem, Cúirt an Mheán Oíche by Brian Merriman. The original poem is a comic masterpiece that presents an
Tickets €12*/€6* carers
getting drunk during the day, smoking too much weed and ‘epic battle of the sexes’; Tryrell and Stafford’s adaption features a cast of exceptional musicians and singers
CLUB TROPICANA criticizing everyone who isn’t them. They think they’ve and is a heady mix of Celtic blues, boisterous and irreverent humour, risqué scenarios and bold visual design.
a clubbing and live music event featuring The Lewd got it all figured out until they find themselves magically Duration 90 minutes, including interval. Age guidance 15+
Tunes, Electric Dreams and Bounce DJs & VJs swapping bodies. Ridiculously funny comedy!
* ALL TICKETS ARE SUBJECT TO THT BOOKING & DEVELOPMENT FEE €1/TICKET
Duration 70 minutes, no interval.
THAT’S LIFE IS AN AWARD WINNING ARTS PROGRAM OF THE BROTHERS OF CHARITY SERVICES, GALWAY Age guidance 15+ course languageYou can also read
