Programme of Events January - March 2018 TOWN HALL THEATRE · BLACK BOX THEATRE · TOWN HALL STUDIO JANUARY - MARCH PROGRAMME at a GLANCE

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Programme of Events January - March 2018 TOWN HALL THEATRE · BLACK BOX THEATRE · TOWN HALL STUDIO JANUARY - MARCH PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE

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DEC SAT 30-SUN 14 JAN RENMORE PANTOMIME-BEAUTY AND THE BEAST VARIOUS THT FAMILY 6 FEB FRI 9 EDDI READER 8PM THT MUSIC 17

SAT 10 ALISON SPITTLE 8.30PM STUDIO COMEDY 19 JAN SAT 13 THE HIGH KINGS 8PM BB MUSIC 7 MON 12 NUIG SPRING LECTURE SERIES 8.30PM STUDIO TALK 7 MON 15 NUIG SPRING LECTURE SERIES 1.10PM STUDIO TALK 7 MON 12-SAT 17 THE GREAT PUSH-GERRY CONNEELY 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 19 TUE 16 THE DRUMMER AND THE KEEPER 8PM THT FILM 8 THU 22-SAT 3 MARCH WAITING FOR GODOT-DRUID THEATRE 8PM THT THEATRE 20 WED 17 REELING IN THE SHOWBAND YEARS 8PM THT MUSIC 8 FRI 23-SAT 24 MAGIC MADHOUSE-KEITH BARRY 8PM BB HYPNOTIST 22 THU 18 NEIL DELAMERE 8PM THT COMEDY 9 FRI 19 BEETHOVEN AND THE IMMORTAL BELOVED-MUSIC FOR GALWAY MIDWINTER FESTIVAL 4PM THT TALK 10 MAR SUN 4 SLEEPING BEAUTY-ROYAL MOSCOW BALLET 2PM/8PM THT BALLET 22 FRI 19 BEETHOVEN/STRAUSS/SCHOENBERG-MUSIC FOR GALWAY MIDWINTER FESTIVAL 8PM THT MUSIC 10 MON 5-TUE 6 GAEL LINN 10AM-4PM THT VARIETY 22 SAT 20 CLARA SCHUMANN: MUSICIAN AND ROMANTIC MUSE-MUSIC FOR GALWAY MIDWINTER FESTIVAL 11.30AM THT TALK 10 MON 5 NUIG SPRING LECTURE SERIES 1.10PM STUDIO TALK 7 SAT 20 IN LOVE AT THE OPERA-MUSIC FOR GALWAY MIDWINTER FESTIVAL 2PM THT MUSIC 10 TUE 6 DONNA TAGGART 8PM THT MUSIC 23 SAT 20 SCHUMANN/JANACEK/BRITTEN/WAGNER-MUSIC FOR GALWAY MIDWINTER FESTIVAL 8PM THT MUSIC 10 WED 7 IRISH ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL 7.30PM THT FILM 23 SUN 21 SPRING SYMPHONY-MUSIC FOR GALWAY MIDWINTER FESTIVAL 12PM THT FILM 11 THU 8 AN EVENING WITH JOHNNY McEVOY 8PM THT MUSIC 23 SUN 21 SCHUMANN/SCHUBERT/BRAHMS-MUSIC FOR GALWAY MIDWINTER FESTIVAL 3PM THT MUSIC 11 FRI 9 FRESH FILM FESTIVAL 10.15AM-1.30PM THT FILM 24 SUN 21 GALWAY FILM SOCIETY SCREENING IN AID OF GALWAY SIMON 8PM THT FILM 11 FRI 9 THE MAN IN BLACK-JOHNNY CASH TRIBUTE 8PM THT MUSIC 24 MON 22 NUIG SPRING LECTURE SERIES 1.10PM STUDIO TALK 7 SAT 10 JASON BYRNE 8PM THT COMEDY 24 THU 25 DEREK RYAN 8PM THT MUSIC 9 MON 12 NUIG SPRING LECTURE SERIES 1.10PM STUDIO TALK 7 THU 25-SAT 27 HOPE AND FURY-MISH MASH PRODUCTIONS 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 9 TUE 13-SUN 18 SISTER ACT-TWIN PRODUCTIONS VARIOUS THT MUSICAL 25 FRI 26-SUN 28 SUBTITLE FILM FESTIVAL VARIOUS THT FILM 12 FRI 16-SAT 24 GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS-COMPLICITE THEATRE CO 8PM BB THEATRE 26 SAT 27 ROY ORBISON-REBORN 8PM BB MUSIC 16 TUE 20-WED 21 THE SHAKESPEARE SESSION-CYCLONE REP VARIOUS THT THEATRE 28 MON 29 NUIG SPRING LECTURE SERIES 1.10PM STUDIO TALK 7 TUE 20 NUIG SPRING LECTURE SERIES 1.10PM STUDIO TALK 7

THU 22-SAT 24 FOIL ARMS AND HOG 8PM THT COMEDY 28 FEB THU 1-SAT 4 WIDE EYES FESTIVAL-BABORÓ VARIOUS BB FAMILY 14 MON 26-FRI 30 TRADING FACES STAGE SCHOOL VARIOUS THT FAMILY 29 THU 1 THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF JIM REEVES - AL GRANT 8PM THT MUSIC 16 SAT 31 THE LEGEND OF LUKE KELLY-CHRIS KAVANAGH 8PM THT MUSIC 29 FRI 2 DRINKING IN AMERICA-BOTTOM DOG THEATRE CO 8PM THT THEATRE 16 SAT 3 PJ GALLAGHER 8PM THT COMEDY 17 APR TUE 3 PSYCHOVERTICAL: A HIGHER EDUCATION-ANDY KIRKPATRICK 8PM THT TALK 29 MON 5 NUIG SPRING LECTURE SERIES 1.10PM STUDIO TALK 7 THU 5 JACK L 8PM THT MUSIC 30 TUE 6-SAT 10 THE PRODUCERS-GALWAY UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY 8PM BB MUSICAL 17 WED 25-THU 26 PEPPA PIG LIVE VARIOUS BB FAMILY 31

WED 7-SAT 17 SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME-DECADENT THEATRE 8PM THT THEATRE 18 MAY SAT 5 MARY BLACK 8PM THT MUSIC 30 WED 7-FRI 9 NSFW-GALWAY ACTORS WORKSHOP 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 19 SAT 12 FINBAR FUREY 8PM BB MUSIC 30

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r i a C o h m 6 7 Directed By BRIAN & SEÁN POWER Natural and Human Heritages SPRING LUNCHTIME LECTURE SERIES Admission Free Renmore’s 39th annual pantomime promises to be a spectacular adventure of Mondays* 1.10pm - 1.50pm laughter, music and song, *Except Tues 20 March featuring a host of Galway performers, electrifying The School of Geography & Archaeology, NUI Galway continues its successful run dance routines and of of public lectures exploring the relationship between archaeology, geography and course the charming little the natural world. Renmore Smurfs, who bring their unique sparkle to this Mon 15 Jan Exploring Irish Pilgrimage, past and present seasonal feast of family Speaker: Dr. Richard Scriven entertainment! Mon 22 Jan Roscommon Abbey The King and Queen arrive to Speaker: Dr. Kieran O’Conor the Kingdom of Renmore in search of their son, the Prince. Mon 29 Jan Square Ringforts: a square peg in a round hole? Little do they know that Speaker: Dr. Michelle Comber he has been cursed by the Mon 5 Feb Sustainable Transport for Galway Wicked Witch and turned into Speaker: Prof. Ulf Strohmayer a Beast to be exiled to a lonely THE HIGH KINGS life in the Castle! When Belle’s Mon 12 Feb The natural in the cultural, identifying the significance of natural DECADE father, Potty Peter, plucks a features in prehistoric western Ireland rose from the Castle Gardens, Speaker: Dr. Noel McCarthy WORLD TOUR the Beast is outraged and takes him captive. He later 7.30pm Dec 30, Jan 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13 Mon 5 March Antarctica’s ancient ice and the spectre of rising sea level releases Peter in exchange for 2.30pm Dec 30, 31, Jan 1, 6, 13 Speaker: Dr. Gordon Bromley Sat 13 January 8pm Belle, who he hopes will see 12 noon & 4.30pm Jan 7, 14 Tickets €27.65* beyond his beastly exterior. Mon 12 March The ‘Royal Site’ of Rathcroghan; an enduring paradigm of Tickets €17*/€15* Fully seated show The townsfolk set out on a enclosed sacred space **There will be a Sensory Friendly performance on journey to save Belle. Will she Speaker: Joe Fenwick Sun 7th January 12 noon The High Kings return with a brand new show to celebrate the be rescued? Will true love release of their first Greatest Hits CD collection – DECADE. break the Witch’s curse? Further details on www.renmorepantomime.com Tues 20 March Feminizing the Rural or Reinforcing Inequality? Exploring the role of the LEADER programme in female entrepreneurship Speaker: Aoife M. Ní Fhlatharta 8 9 Neil Delamere The Ronan Collins Showband Show BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE REELING IN SUNDANCE PENSIONER THE SHOWBAND YEARS Thurs 18 January 8pm Tickets €23* Wed 17 January 8pm One day Neil’s dad asked him to help deliver the Meals on Wheels. Tickets €30* He agreed. Little did they know that their lives would never be the

same again. Except for the bits of their lives that didn’t change. It’s the biggest and best yet! With RTÉ’s Ronan Collins as host and compere and featuring Red Hurley, Gina from The Champions, Dave “You’ll be hard pressed to find a more gifted Lawlor, Keith and Lorraine McDonald, The Conquerors Showband and comic at the Fringe” HHHHH THE SCOTSMAN First Fortnight Ireland’s irrepressible Eurovision stars Tommy and Jimmy Swarbrigg. in partnership with IFI National “One lean, mean, comedy, killing machine” The show’s exciting finale is an ALL Cast Salute to the Showband Era HHHHH THE HERALD THE DRUMMER & THE KEEPER when all of the stars join in for a medley of songs from the Showband Years! Bringing you back in time to this magical musical period. It will Mish Mash Tues 16 January 8pm send you home with great memories of a wonderful and never to be Tickets €€9*/€7* repeated time in Irish popular music! HOPE AND FURY DEREK RYAN The Drummer & The Keeper tells the story of the unlikely friendship formed between two young men; Gabriel, a reckless young drummer with bipolar Thurs 25 January 8pm € Thurs 25 - Sat 27 January 8.30pm disorder, who revels in rejecting society’s rules and Christopher, a 17 year old Tickets 30* Tickets €10*/€8* with Asperger’s Syndrome, who yearns to fit in. This heart-warming story shows the strength of the human bond in the face of adversity. Written and directed by Derek Ryan continues to maintain his position at the top table Hope & Fury have been running from their pasts Nick Kelly, the film stars a collection of talented Irish actors including Dermot of Irish Country Music’s elite with his brand of original material and each other for the last 8 years. Now their Murphy, Charlie Kelly, Peter Coonan, Aoibhinn McGinnity, Annie Ryan, Niamh and country classics. “eccentric” mother has died and left the local Algar, and introducing Jacob Mc Carthy. His recent number one album The Fire spawned the hits grocery boy Chris to execute her will. They must Heaven Tonight and Homeland which will be featured along face the monsters under their beds and each other Suitable for ages 15A with his many classics Hold On To Your Hat, God’s Plan and in this one act comedy. There will be a post-screening discussion on the topics raised in the film Life Is A River during this concert tour.

Duration approx. 50 minutes, no interval. FIRST FORTNIGHT IS A CHARITY THAT CHALLENGES MENTAL HEALTH PREJUDICE THROUGH ARTS AND The show highlight is considered the moment the band and CULTURAL ACTION. THIS FILM SCREENING IS PART OF THE ANNUAL FIRST FORTNIGHT FESTIVAL. performance is stripped back, where Derek is left alone with his guitar on stage. This, to Derek, is a chance for his audience to get to know him better, and know more about the music.

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FRI 19 JANUARY SAT 20 JANUARY SUN 21 JANUARY “Music is a moral law. 4pm RICHARD WIGMORE - TALK 11.30am RICHARD WIGMORE - TALK 12noon FILM It gives soul to the Tickets universe, wings to Main concerts €25*/€22.50* Beethoven and the Immortal Beloved Clara Schumann: Musician and Romantic Muse “SPRING SYMPHONY” by Peter Schamoni € This German film from 1983 brings to life the the mind, flight to the Students (full time) 10* 8pm CONCERT 2pm IN LOVE AT THE OPERA € passionate relationship between Schumann and Clara imagination, and charm MFG Friends 21* BEETHOVEN Moonlight Sonata Op. 27 No. 2 Operatic love songs and duets with Sarah-Jane Brandon, James Wieck and her father’s attempts to thwart it. and gaiety to life and € € BEETHOVEN “An Die Ferne Geliebte” Op. 98 Gilchrist and Dearbhla Collins Lunchtime 15*/ 13.50* to everything.” Students (full time) €6* STRAUSS Songs 3pm CONCERT 8pm CONCERT PLATO MFG Friends €12* SCHOENBERG “Verklärte Nacht” SCHUMANN Selection from “Myrthen” Op. 25 SCHUMANN Four Duets Op. 34 SCHUBERT Fantasie in F minor Festival Ticket €81*/€73* CLARA SCHUMANN/MAHLER Songs BRAHMS String Sextet in G major

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r i a C o h For updates visit www.musicforgalway.ie WAGNER Siegfried Idyll arr. Alfred Pringsheim m 12 13 Friday 26 7pm BEYOND WORDS (Poland) IN CONJUNCTION WITH TOWN HALL THEATRE, SUBTITLE EUROPEAN 9pm WATERBOYS (Netherlands) FILM FESTIVAL, IS DELIGHTED TO RETURN TO GALWAY TO PRESENT Saturday 27 12 noon THE FURY OF A PATIENT MAN (Spain) SOME OF ITS MOST POPULAR TITLES FOR A WEEKEND BEST OF! Fri 26, Sat 27 & Sun 28 January 2pm THE INTOUCHABLES (France) Tickets €9*/€8* COME AND SEE POPULAR, ACCESSIBLE COMEDIES, THRILLERS AND 4.30pm KING OF THE BELGIANS (Belgium) FRI 26, SAT 27 & SUN 28 JAN See all 11 films for €55* DRAMAS, FOR A MAGICAL WEEKEND OF CINEMA. 6.30pm LOVELESS (Russia) 9pm NUMBER ONE (France) Sunday 28 12.30pm WINTER BROTHERS (Denmark) FRI 7PM-8.30PM SAT 2PM-4PM SAT 9PM-10.45PM BEYOND WORDS DIR: URSZULA ANTONIAK THE INTOUCHABLES NUMBER ONE DIR: TONIE MARSHALL 2.45pm ANIMALS (Switzerland) POLAND | 85 MINS | 2017 | DRAMA | B&W DIR: OLIVIER NAKACHE, ERIC TOLEDANO FRANCE | 110 MINS | 2017 | DRAMA 4.45pm A MAN CALLED OVE (Sweden) Nothing in Michael, a young and successful Berlin FRANCE | 112 MINS | 2011 | COMEDY, DRAMA Number One is an outstanding film which centres around 8pm THE SQUARE (Sweden) lawyer, gives away his Polish roots. However, This film came to Ireland for a brief couple a business executive attempting to crash through the the sudden appearance of his father, who was of weeks before quietly disappearing; glass ceiling and become the first woman to lead a major long presumed dead, plunges Michael him into however, it is quite simply a classic film and French company. Timely, topical and thought provoking, a hugely popular one too. Even today. It is an existential crisis. Director Urszula Antoniak don’t miss Tonie Marshall’s superb picture which features SUN 4.45PM-7PM (Nothing Personal) uses her own history – Polish, a fabulous funny comedy from France that a brilliant performance from Emmanuelle Devos. plays brilliantly with stereotypes around race, A MAN CALLED OVE DIR: HANNES HOLM grew up in Holland – to brilliant effect. SWEDEN | 116 MINS | 2016 | COMEDY, DRAMA | unemployment and disability. SUN 12.30PM-2.45PM FRI 9PM-10.30PM WINTER BROTHERS DIR: HLYNUR PÁLMASON Meet Ove (Rolf Lassgård), an isolated retiree WATERBOYS DIR: ROBERT JAN WESTDIJK SAT4.30PM-6PM DENMARK | 100 MINS | 2017 | DRAMA with strict principles and a short fuse - the NETHERLANDS | 103 MINS | 2017 | KING OF THE BELGIANS Emil (Elliott Crosset Hove) works with his brother in a quintessential angry old man next door. COMEDY, DRAMA, ROMANCE DIR: PETER BROSENS, JESSICA WOODWORTH limestone quarry and sells to miners the adulterated Having entirely given up on life, his days are You can’t choose your father. Neither can you BELGIUM | 94 MINS | 2017 | COMEDY, DRAMA alcohol he makes. Relationships change when the spent in a constant monotony of enforcing choose your son. Victor is a cynical crime A classic mockumentary blending gently mixture prepared by Emil is accused of poisoning one housing association rules and visiting his novelist; his son Zach is a cello-player. When satirical humour with deeper underpinnings, of them and the trust of those around him, including his beloved wife Sonja’s grave. Ove’s somewhat they get thrown out by their women on the King of the Belgians is a delightful, surprisingly brother, drifts away from him. content existence is disrupted, however, with same day, the two men have to sort out respectful ribbing of the incongruity of the arrival of a boisterous young family who SUN 2.45PM-4.15PM themselves and their relationship during a monarchy, Belgium, and the Balkans. ANIMALS DIR: GREG ZGLINSKI move in next door. turbulent trip to Scotland. SAT 6.30PM-8.35PM SWITZERLAND | 94 MINS | 2017 | MYSTERY, THRILLER SUN 8PM-10.30PM SAT 12 NOON -1.30PM LOVELESS DIR. ANDREI ZVYAGINTSEV A collision with a sheep initiates a whole series of weird THE SQUARE DIR. RUBEN ÖSTLUND THE FURY OF A PATIENT MAN RUSSIA | 127 MINS | 2017 | DRAMA and unsettling experiences for couple Anna and Nick SWEDEN | 142 MINS | 2017 | COMEDY, DRAMA DIR: RAÚL ARÉVALO Zhenya and Boris are going through a vicious which ultimately leave them both incapable of being Force Majeure director Ruben Östlund returns SPAIN | 92 MINS | 2017 | DRAMA divorce marked by resentment, frustration certain exactly where they are: in the real world, in their with a knife-sharp satire on art, culture and After 8 years in prison after a failed robbery, and recriminations. Already embarking on own imaginations – or or in someone else’s imagination. communication in the digital age. Curro has one thing in mind: to find his family and new lives, each with a new partner, they are Full of haunting, nerve-jangling touches, Animals is not Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2017 Cannes live a normal life. But the arrival of a mysterious impatient to start again, to turn the page – simply an exercise in spooky atmospherics, it works Film Festival, The Square stars Claes Bang stranger will shake up his plans and drag him even if it means threatening to abandon their superbly as an unorthodox genre thriller and mind- (The Bridge) Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s into a dark and unrewarded journey to revenge. 12-year-old son Alyosha. bending mental puzzle. Tale, Mad Men) and Dominic West (The Wire). 14 15

1-4 FEBRUARY 2018 WIDE EYES Tickets: €9 per person Family Ticket (4 people) €30 A EUROPEAN CELEBRATION GALWAY For full programme details & more OF PERFORMING ARTS HOSTED BY information about wide eyes visit FOR THE VERY YOUNG BABORÓ INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN www.wideeyesgalway.ie

Compagnie ONAVIO | France Ion Creanga˘ Theatre | Romania Toihaus Theater | Austria HELIOS Theater | Germany Children’s Art Centre | Poland La Baracca – Testoni Ragazzi | Italy PAS DE LOUP PERNUT,A SOMNOROASA˘ IMMER GEGENÜBER BLISKO UNA STORIA (NO WOLF) (SLEEPY LITTLE PILLOW) (FOREVER) (FACE TO FACE) (CLOSE) SOTTOSOPRA (UPSIDE DOWN) Thurs 1 February Thurs 1 February Fri 2 February Fri 2 February Sat 3 February 9.30am, 11.30am & 2pm 10.30am, 1pm & 3pm 9.30am, 11.30am & 3pm 10.30am, 12.15pm & 4pm 9.30am, 11.30am & 2pm Sat 3 February Possibly one of the most relatable and A child’s eyes are always wide, and when the time A small theatrical and musical window to infinity Investigating the relationship between Prepare to engage all of your senses, as Blisko 10.30am, 12.30pm & 3.30pm memorable feelings of childhood is the fear that comes to sleep - they get even wider! ‘me’ and ‘you’, this production brings asks its audience to see, touch, feel, and peel sneaks up on us right as it is time to go to bed. How many grains of sand are there in the whole two performers ‘face to face’ to explore away the many layers of its performance. From the In a production that quite literally breathes life Enter the magical moments of childhood between saying Pas de Loup gently and joyfully accompanies its world? Maybe nobody knows. But just because we what it means to really see each other. smooth silky soil sprouts a dazzling discovery as into drawings on paper, Una Storia Sottosopra goodnight and actually going to sleep. Pernuta Somnoroasa˘ young spectators into this mysterious land of fear , don’t have answers to some questions does not mean Using screens and projections to two dancers, together with the audience, playfully tells the story of two characters brought together playfully captures what happens when the light is turned as one character tries to fall asleep amidst her that we cannot explore them! In this musically infused convey faces like you’ve never seen investigate how nature can reveal secrets about our by a missing cat. What happens when two people off and a child’s imagination is turned on. worries. Infusing what typically scares us with performance filled with piano, guitar, harmonica, them before, Gegenüber takes us on an world and our relationships within it. Blisko invites who have previously lived in separate spaces

humour and fun, Pas de Loup reminds us that vocals, percussion, and so much more, three innovative investigation of perceptions you to ‘come closer’ and enter a gentle world where and have seen the world from different points of For ages 2 - 4 yrs even if we are afraid, we are never alone. performers guide audiences along the incredible paths. and relationships. friendship, family and closeness is celebrated. view are forced together in a common purpose? Duration 30 minutes Perspectives and outlooks are turned upside

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www.wideeyesgalway.ie m 16 17 “That guy cracked me up for an entire Tom Kelly Promotions afternoon that I forgot to meet my wife Galway University Musical Society for lunch. It’s classic comedy but with a (GUMS) Tues 6 - Sat 10 February 8pm WELCOME TO MY WORLD € € twist” CONAN O’BRIEN Tickets 15*/ 12* The Life and Music When former king of Broadway, Max Bialystock, produces a of Jim Reeves string of shows that close on opening night, an unlikely alliance with a neurotic accountant leads to an ingenious scheme: raise ROY ORBISON far more money than necessary, create a sure-fire flop, take Thurs 1 February 8pm the money and run! This timeless classic will leave audiences € REBORN Tickets 30* rolling in the aisles. GUMS are pulling out all the stops with this Featuring Dean Bourne The brilliant Scottish singer, gentleman Al Grant presents daring production - it's guaranteed not to flop! a unique insight into the life and music of Jim Reeves. & his musicians Duration 2 hours 30 minutes, incl. interval. Renowned for his classic interpretation of Jim Reeves’ Bottom Dog Theatre Company PJ Gallagher songs and an unerring similarity to the voice of the Sat 27 January 8pm ‘Great Man’, Al will be accompanied by a full backing DRINKING IN AMERICA DICKHEAD Tickets €25* band which includes some of Ireland’s finest musicians by Eric Bogosian Friday 9 February 8pm “Eddi Reader is one of my and the concert will feature narration and video screen Sat 3 February 8pm EDDI READER Tickets €20* Come and relive the sound, the voice and all the footage of Reeves life. So don’t miss this nostalgic Tickets €20* favourite singers of all time” Fri 2 February 8pm JOOLS HOLLAND magical hits of music legend Roy Orbison in an evening of classic stories and songs. Special guest on Tickets €18*/€16* international tribute production starring the world’s the night will be renowned singer/songwriter Isla Grant. One of Ireland’s most popular comedians, PJ Scottish songstress, Eddi Reader returns to the Town Hall Theatre as part No.1 Roy Orbison tribute star, Dean Bourne. Gallagher, is bringing his brand new show to Galway! of her tenth consecutive nationwide tour of Ireland. She will be joined by The Irish premier of this powerful and hilarious Well known as the star of RTÉ’s Naked Camera, her regular band members, John Douglas (guitar & vocals), Boo Hewerdine Roy Orbison was one of the world’s greatest and most American play features well-known actor Liam O’Brien PJ’s various personas in the series included ladies (guitar & vocals), Alan Kelly (piano accordion) and Kevin McGuire (double successful Rock’n’Roll music legends of all time and (Emmerdale/Fair City) playing 11 distinct roles. man Jake Stevens, ‘Dirty Auld One’ and a brilliantly bass & vocals). Dean Bourne is the world’s greatest exponent of Roy’s gormless taxi driver who thoroughly duped sports music, described as having “The Spirit Of Roy Orbison” As a grasping show-biz hustler, a latter-day Willy With her captivating and powerful performance, Eddi Reader has effortlessly Loman and a wise-cracking ghetto junkie, O’Brien pundits George Hook and the late Bill O’Herlihy. within him as he performs iconic hits such as Pretty PJ’s other TV shows include Meet your Neighbours, developed into one of popular music’s most thrilling and affecting Woman, Crying, Dream Baby, Leah, Penny Arcade, is accompanied on stage by Choice prize nominated performers. What sets Eddi apart is the depth and quality of the emotional musician Steve Ryan. Next Week’s News and BBC’s The I Hate Show and Only The Lonely, You Got It, Running Scared and many Celebrity Bainisteoir. performance and ability not only to move the listener, but also to connect her more. A special highlight in the show will see Dean experience to that of her audience. Having first hit the limelight in the 1980s Duration 75 minutes, no interval. with the group Fairground Attraction (who enjoyed huge chart success with Bourne showcase and celebrate the magical hits of The “For a man who ambushes people as Traveling Wilburys. their debut No.1 single Perfect and album First of a Million Kisses), Eddi they go about their everyday business, went on to collaborate on many celebrated projects throughout the years, “Roy Orbison Reborn is a must see show “a breakneck, hair-raising comic tour makes them uncomfortable and mines famously harmonizing with Annie Lennox while touring with the Eurythmics for anyone who wants to relive the sound, of the contemporary American male their embarrassment for laughs, there is and paying her punk dues with a successful stint in the group Gang of Four. the voice and all of the magical hits of ‘Roy psyche - explosive material, set in and something strangely appropriate about However it has been Eddi’s subsequent solo albums that have cemented her Orbison – unforgettable” reflective of the USA today” PJ Gallagher’s tour into comedy” image as a powerful figure in British music. SYDNEY MORNING HERALD NEW YORK TIMES THE SUNDAY TIMES www.eddireader.com 18 19 HHHH HHHH “Flynn’s direction allows the relationships between the men a full range of emotions: intense dislike as well as need, empathy and love, “Whether character or citizen, ALISON Spittle comes across as a kind Sat 10 February 8.30pm expressed in tiny gestures of physical intimacy” THE GUARDIAN SPITTLE Tickets €12* of genius” THE IRISH TIMES Decadent Theatre Company Alison worries. She worries so much she’s decided to do a show SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME Featuring about it and now she can worry about making it a good show. By Frank McGuinness DIARMUID DE FAOITE One of Ireland’s fastest rising comedians, the star and writer of DARA DEVANEY RTÉ’s new major series Nowhere Fast, join Alison on her first tour. Directed by ANDREW FLYNN SIMON COURY As seen on RTÉ (Brendan O’Connor’s Cutting Edge, Republic of Previews Wed 7 & Thurs 8 February 8pm Telly, Des Bishop, This is Ireland), TV3, Sky Arts. Tickets €18*/€15* 'We are in a decidedly perilous position, to put it mildly.’ Support on the night from Andrea Farrell Mon 12 - Sat 17 February 8pm (Stellar Comedian of the year) Tickets €22*/€20* Adam, an American doctor, Edward, an Irish journalist, and Michael, an English “Breezily chatty and effusively funny, Alison Spittle academic, have little to unite them beyond being human in the same small is a likeable combination of openness and chortling space. Yet somehow, together, they determine to ward off madness and mischief” THE SCOTSMAN forestall despair. In the darkness lurk their unseen captors yet, in the cell, there are stories of Wed 7- Fri 9 February 8.30pm adventure and love, there is song and laughter, and even a surge of writing, Tickets €12*/€10* Gerry Conneely cocktail-drinking and movie-making… Winner Best Actor, Galway Fringe 2017 When Doghouse accidentally publishes a Inspired by the abduction of Brian Keenan taken hostage in Lebanon in the photo of a buxom teen who turns out to be THE GREAT PUSH 1980s, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me is playwright Frank McGuinness’s underage, editor Aidan embarks on a ruthless Mon 12- Sat 17 February 8.30pm € € hymn to the defiant power of the human spirit and the creative imagination. battle to save the magazine from going by PATRICK MAGILL Tickets 15*/ 12* under. The Great Push is the original and the greatest anti-war An hilariously black comedy about power, classic, written with the clarity and authority of a man who privacy and the prospects of overqualified stepped into the abyss and lived to tell the tale. graduates in the world of recession-hit Gerry Conneely’s performance captures the humanity and “Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me sees Frank McGuinness at media, NSFW (“not safe for work”) explores pathos of Magill and his comrades who went over the top on the very top of his form, extracting from the depths of the the economic desperation that drives decent, the 25th of September 1915. human condition uncrushable determination, passion and intelligent people to sacrifice their principles. compassion, anger and jealousy, spite and fear and lashings “An absorbing sensitive and humanising of black subversive humour” “a cracking piece - sharp, funny portrayal of the suffering of war” THE IRISH TIMES and timely” CHARLES MEDAWAR, WRITER AND CRITIC 20 21 ‘A superb reimagining of an iconic play’ HHHHH HHHHH HHHHH HHHH THE IRISH TIMES THE STAGE THE EXAMINER THE SUNDAY BUSINESS POST THE GUARDIAN

On a bare road in the middle of nowhere, two world-weary friends await the arrival of the mysterious Godot. While waiting, they WAITING FOR GODOT speculate, bicker, joke and ponder life’s greater questions. As dusk begins to Directed by Garry Hynes by Samuel Beckett fall, two figures appear on the horizon. Featuring Garrett Lombard, Aaron Monaghan,

Regarded as one of the Rory Nolan & Marty Rea most significant plays of the twentieth century, Waiting 22 FEBRUARY – 3 MARCH for Godot by Samuel Beckett Tickets €18*– €26* www.druid.ie is a masterpiece that draws endless interpretations. 22 23 IRISH ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL An Evening with MPIBands.com presents Wed 7 March 7.30pm JOHNNY KCP Concerts Tickets €15*/€12* McEVOY THE ROYAL MOSCOW BALLET The Irish Adventure Film Festival is a celebration of life Thurs 8 March 8pm SLEEPING in the outdoors - shared through the eyes of award- € winning adventure sport documentary filmmakers. Expect Tickets 30*

breathtaking films from around the globe about adventure, BEAUTY Johnny McEvoy has been one of the outdoor life & culture and our natural environment. most enduring and talented singer/ Sun 4 March 2pm & 8pm songwriters in these islands over the € DONNA TAGGART Duration 3 hours, incl. interval. Tickets 30* past 50 years. His songs are haunting, Jealous of The Angels For more info visit www.irishadventurefilmfestival.com evocative and beautifully presented, with many in the folk and ballad style. Tues 6 March 8pm This nostalgic evening of “Song and Tickets €25* Embarking on their very This is the classic story of love and innocence, mystery Story” features all of Johnny’s hit songs, including Muirsin Durkan, Boston first performance here at and magic set to Tchaikovsky’s enchanting score. In just one week, Donna Taggart’s single Jealous Burglar, Those Brown Eyes, Long Long the Town Hall Theatre, the of the Angels went viral (now 100 million views on Experience stunning choreography, breathtaking costumes Before Your Time and many more plus internationally renowned Facebook!) and it sent her album straight to No. 1 and vibrant sets which will transport you straight into this some songs from his new album. Royal Moscow Ballet brings on the Billboard World Music Catalogue Charts. The fairytale world and let Royal Moscow Ballet make this every child’s favourite song reached No.1 in the iTunes USA Easy Listening fairytale come to life right before your eyes. Not to be missed! fairytale to the Galway Chart along with 7 other countries including Canada, stage in March. Duration 2 hours, incl. interval. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Netherlands, Ireland and the UK. Omagh–born Donna’s distinctive emotional singing style has drawn comparisons with the likes of Eva COIRM GAEL LINN Cassidy, Mary Black and Alison Krauss. Donna first came to prominence in 2011 when her acclaimed Fri 23 & Sat 24 February 8pm Dé Luain 5 & Dé Máirt 6 Márta 10am - 4pm debut album Celtic Lady Vol. 1 was picked up by highly Tickets €30* Free Admission respected BBC Radio Ulster presenter Gerry Anderson. WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THE FESTIVAL A second album followed in 2013 (Celtic Lady Vol.2). Listed in 2015 as one of the Top 10 Adventure Primary schools from all over Galway City and County present Age Guidance 12+ This led to TV appearances alongside the cream of Film Festivals. 20-minute variety shows, as Gaeilge. musical talent in Ireland including Nathan Carter, and 8.9 - The average score festival goers gave Tuilleadh Eolais: www.gael-linn.ie/coirm Special Guest to Phil Coulter on his tour last year. the last film festival experience. 24 25 Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year 2018 Galway Regional Heat Twin Productions The hilarious JASON BYRNE Musical Comedy The Man With Three Brains

Sat 10 March 8pm Tickets €22* Tues 13 - Fri 16 March 8pm Sun 18 March 3pm & 8pm Tickets €22*/€20*

JOHNNY CASH The utterly fabulous musical, Sister Act has been TRIBUTE delighting audiences for years and now comes to the Direct from Town Hall Theatre for the first time. the USA! Directed by AIMS Award winners 2017 - Brian Power & Seán Power, Sister Act is the feel-amazing musical comedy based on the smash hit movie which starred Whoopi Goldberg!

Fri 9 March, 8pm Featuring original music, dazzling dance routines and Tickets €25*/€22.50* songs inspired by Motown, soul and disco, Sister Act is the funniest and funkiest musical around. DIRECT FROM THE USA, the No. 1 Johnny Cash Tribute in America The Man in Black returns for one night only! Sister Act tells the hilarious story of Deloris Van Cartier, a disco diva whose life takes a surprising turn when she Featuring the man from Cambridge, Ohio Terry Lee Goffee, witnesses a murder. Under protective custody she is with his band, this is one show you won’t want to miss. hidden in the one place she won’t be found – a Convent!

Disguised as a nun and under the suspicious watch of Widely acknowledged as the No. I interpreter of the great Mother Superior, Deloris helps her fellow sisters find Friday 9 March 10.15am - 1.30pm man’s music on the planet, Terry Lee Goffee sings like their voices as she unexpectedly rediscovers her own. Free Admission Johnny Cash, looks like Johnny Cash and he performs just A sparkling tribute to the universal power of friendship, like the great man – full of energy, charisma and vitality! The screening is packed with films covering a range of sisterhood and music.

topics in a variety of genres. The best of the West will be Tommy Cash said “The show is great, my brother would be Grab your soul sisters and don’t miss the chance to see screened as part of the heat at Town Hall Theatre, so if proud”. Joanne Cash Yates said “It's a wonderful show, I this fabulous show! Get your tickets before they nun you would like to see the future of Irish filmmaking this would recommend it to anyone. You don't impersonate my out… we mean run out! screening is worth a look. brother, you pay tribute with honour - Terry Lee does this

Booking through eventbrite/Fresh Film Festival 061 319555 in spades”. 26 27

Complicité and Wayward Productions In association with Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival

Once upon a time there was a crow who wanted nothing more than to care for a pair of motherless children…

In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother’s sudden death. Their father, a scruffy romantic, imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness. In this moment of despair they are visited by Crow - antagonist, trickster, healer, babysitter. This sentimental bird is drawn to the grieving family and threatens to stay until they no longer need him. A new production based on the award-winning novel by Max Porter. Directed by Enda Walsh and starring Cillian Murphy, Grief is the Thing with Feathers is a moving story of a widower and his young sons which becomes a profound meditation on love, loss and living.

CO-PRODUCED WITH THE BARBICAN, CORK OPERA Fri 16 - Sat 24 March 8pm HOUSE, EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, OXFORD PLAYHOUSE, ST ANN’S WAREHOUSE Previews Fri 16 - Mon 19 March (excl. Sun 18) AND WARWICK ARTS CENTRE Tickets €26*/€22.50* SUPPORTED BY LINDSAY BADENOCH Tues 20 - Sat 24 March AND BRIAN CARMODY Tickets €30*/€26 Duration 90 minutes, no interval

PHOTOGRAPH BY TIM WALKER Complicite.org/Grief www.waywardproductions.co.uk 28 “I’ve been teaching twenty years, and I have never seen a better NEXT SEASON includes… 29 student friendly play. Genius” “Quite simply, a sensation” KIERAN DOYLE, CORK TEACHER, REVIEWING THE MERCHANT SESSION EDINBURGH FESTIVALS MAGAZINE “An effervescent hour of fast-paced gags, fizzing with energy, TRADING FACES STAGE SCHOOL Andy Kirkpatrick invention and great lines” CHORTLE PSYCHOVERTICAL: “Very funny” A HIGHER EDUCATION ROWAN ATKINSON Tues 3 April 8pm Foil Arms & Hog Tickets €15* INTO THE WOODS Top British mountaineer, big-wall climber and OINK winter expedition specialist, Andy has soloed the most difficult routes in the world. A leading expert on climbing gear, Andy is also an award-winning The Legend of writer and film-maker with an ability to captivate any audience with his unique brand of humorous 2018 SHAKESPEARE SESSIONS LUKE KELLY and motivational story-telling. In his brand new Cyclone Rep, one of Ireland’s biggest theatre-in-education companies, will OLIVER show, Psychovertical: A Higher Education, which will perform their Shakespeare Sessions series. The sessions are abridged versions of Sat 31 March 8pm coincide with the release of the film Psychovertical by Shakespeare’s texts that help to bridge the gap in student understanding of themes Tickets €20*/€18* award-winning director Jen Randall, Andy Kirkpatrick using a big helping of humour along with discussions and opportunities to participate. looks back at forty years of climbing and adventures, Four different sessions will be performed this year: The Macbeth Session, The King Celebrating the memory and music of a true Irish from the Alps to Patagonia, Yosemite to Greenland, a Lear Session, The Merchant Session & The Romeo & Juliet Session. story about all the things that make life amazing. musical legend. Tickets €15* (Teachers and SNAs are free) DISNEY MOMENTS Dublin singer/ songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist Chris Please note that this show is likely to contain Duration all shows 120 minutes. Kavanagh was raised on Irish music and has been strong language. They all include Q&A sessions within the running time. singing Irish folk songs since he was three years old. Duration 2 hours, incl. interval. Mon 26 - Fri 30 March His performances capture the depth and passion of the Tue 20 March 2pm & 7pm Daily great man he was so heavily influenced by. 9.45am THE ROMEO & JULIET SESSION Tickets Adults €18*/Child €13* Thur 22 - Sat 24 March 8pm Over the past sixteen years he has amazed audiences 1pm THE KING LEAR SESSION Tickets €25* abroad and sold out prominent Irish venues such as Wed 21 March Vicar Street and The Cork Opera House, with the regular Into The Woods will be great entertainment for all attendance of Luke Kelly's family. He is joined on stage 9.45am THE MACBETH SESSION Having sold out their Comedy Carnival shows in record time, former children and regular the family. Full of magical music and storylines! On by Hilary Kavanagh (singer/songwriter/bass player), Joe 1pm THE ROMEO & JULIET SESSION eaters Foil Arms & Hog return to Galway in spring 2018 with their new show. OinK is a the same ticket, Oliver will delight, with old familiar Finn (Uilleann pipes/Flute/Whistles/Fiddle) & Michael fast paced sketch show featuring a collection of songs for the elderly, a baggage handler’s numbers like Food Glorious Food, Consider yourself, Howard (Guitarist/Singer/songwriter). For bookings or more information contact Cyclone Rep directly at 021 235 5356, interpretive dance and a shop that naively only sells balaclavas. Best known for their Pick a pocket, to name just a few! Tots will bewitch the [email protected] or visit their website www.cyclonerep.com YouTube videos (50 million online hits), their live show is what they’re most proud of. audience with their DISNEY homage! See you there. Running time 2 hrs 15 incl. interval “Andy Kirkpatrick makes Ray Mears look like Paris Hilton” NEW YORK TIMES 30 NEXT SEASON includes… 31

Peppa Pig and friends are back in the brand new live show Peppa Pig’s Adventure! Join Peppa as she gets ready to go on an exciting camping trip to the woods with George and her school friends, including Pedro Pony, Suzy Sheep Wed 25 April 1pm & 4pm and Gerald Giraffe. With lunch-boxes Thurs 26 April 10am & 1pm packed and Daddy Pig driving the bus, MPI Bands Tickets €20*/€16* Peppa and friends are excited about Family (4) €65* their outdoor adventure, full of games, Irish Folk Legend laughter and live music! The happy campers soon settle down FINBAR FUREY to sleep and listen to the gentle pitter patter of rain. Safe and warm inside their tents the excited group can look Sat 5 May 8pm Sat 12 May 8pm, Doors 7.30pm forward to morning time, when there € Tommy Swarbrigg presents Tickets €35* Tickets 30* will be lots of muddy puddles to play in! JACK L Mary Black and her legendary band are back The Irish folk legend, multi-instrumentalist, on tour in Ireland in Spring 2018 to promote composer, songwriter, storyteller and actor her new album Mary Black Sings Jimmy Mac who has left his mark on the music of Ireland Thurs 5 April 8pm for more than four decades as the lead singer Tickets €25*/€22.50* This time Mary will be highlighting the songs and uilleann pipes player for the Fureys, before of one of Ireland’s greatest song writers - embarking on a solo career to pursue a new Jimmy MacCarthy. life as a singer, writer and producer. Timeless songs of a generation from No Fans can expect to be treated to Finbar’s rare Frontiers to Katie to Bright Blue Rose and talents as he brings pure Irish music and many more - songs so many of us know humour to the stage. by heart and also some brand new songs written by Jimmy. The line-up for this tour will be Finbar Furey (Vocals, 5-string Banjo, Guitar, Whistle, Uileann A special night where Mary brings her magic pipes), Peter Eades (Piano, Electric Guitar, to these incomparable shining songs and Strings, Cuatro, Backing Vocals) and Paul many more besides. O’Driscoll (Double Bass, Backing Vocals).

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