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On behalf of Galway International Arts Festival we would like to welcome you to this year’s Festival. We have a new name and a new look and we hope you like both. The Festival has grown significantly over the last number ‘Enda’s plays take a lot of years and we felt it an appropriate time to introduce the name change and new design given our growing international reputation and the changing nature of what we do. We are very honoured to have so many wonderful out of you – but I love it’ artists, writers, performers and creative people join us from across the globe where once again new productions and exhibitions are at the heart of the Festival. Cillian Murphy on working with We are very excited about this year’s Festival productions and co–productions Ballyturk , Chapatti and Room 303 and are thrilled to be working with so many By Charlie McBride Festival friends on these. It is wonderful to think that some of these projects are touring internationally and will carry the flag to both the UK and USA for Galway. THREE YEARS after he delivered an “We were ‘tecching’ Misterman one Cillian was still at university when he This builds on the continuing touring success of last year’s acting tour–de–force in Enda Walsh’s day in ,” Enda recalls “and was cast in Corcadorca’s staging of Disco Festival co–productions The Rite of Spring , Petrushka , Misterman and 18 years after his Cillian was in the middle of a scene Pigs in the autumn of 1996. The play had and riverrun . electrifying debut in Walsh’s Disco Pigs , where, as the character Thomas McGill, an explosive impact; originally scheduled We are delighted to have expanded the Absolut Visual Cillian Murphy once again teams up with he was arguing with his mother whose to run for three weeks, it ended up Arts Programme this year to several new locations his old compañero for a production that voice was on this tape machine. So touring for two years throughout Europe, including a wonderful new city centre location for the will, without doubt, be a highlight of the Cillian was ranting away and at the Canada, and Australia and it firmly Absolut Festival Gallery. In addition, we are happy to be theatrical year. same time the production manager was launched the careers of both men (as able to take the visual arts programme outdoors with Ballyturk , co–produced by Landmark kneeling down right beside him quietly well as that of Murphy’s co–star, Eileen the fantastic installation RedBall Galway . Productions and Galway International fixing a table and it just struck me as Walsh). Our discussions strand First Thought has expanded Arts Festival, is written and directed a great image that could be in a play. In the years since, Enda has written again while our Festival Big Top programme continues by Walsh and features a cast of Cillian “You have these two people right a string of acclaimed plays such as to grow in popularity with our A Night at the Proms with Murphy, Mikel Murfi, and Stephen Rea. beside each other with completely Bedbound, Walworth Farce, The Small the RTÉ Concert Orchestra returning following the success After premiering at the Galway different energies, like two universes Things , and New Electric Ballroom and his of last year’s introductory concert. International Arts Festival this month smacking up against each other. The work has been performed all over the The Street Spectacle programme builds on the success (where its run quickly sold out), the physicalness of that, those two energies world. He recently won a Tony Award for of last year using the backdrop of the city to hopefully production will travel to the Olympia colliding in a small space, really made an writing the book of the Broadway deliver similar memorable performances. Theatre in (7 to 23 August ), impression on me.” musical, Once . Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to thank Opera House (26 to 30 August ), “I’m attracted to people who have a Cillian’s career has followed a similarly all our funders, sponsors and friends for their support and and the National Theatre in real theatrical instinct and Cillian is a starry trajectory; leading stage roles in also wish the city well as it bids to be European Capital ( 11 September to 11 October). completely instinctual actor,” Enda says. prestige productions of Synge, Chekhov, of Culture 2020. Enda Walsh wrote Ballyturk with its “He makes everything seem logical so O’Casey, and Shakespeare and a series Hope you enjoy the Festival! three actors specifically in mind and there’s that and even where there’s an of impressive screen credits, including Cillian was one of the initial sources inarticulacy in the characters he plays , , The Wind That John Crumlish, CEO and Paul Fahy, Artistic Director of inspiration for the play. he can still find a real poetry in them.” Shakes The Barley, Begins,

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The Dark Knight , and The Dark Knight been straight into the work and the thing of it, and I love live performance – Ballyturk , preferring that the audience together,” Cillian admits. “We might Rises . He has just finished shooting the rehearsals are always energetic and full I love film and TV but there is discover it for themselves when they do it but Enda’s just so busy and I’m second series of hit BBC series Peaky of ideas, there is no ego or anything something special about live go see it, though the play does largely reasonably busy so it’s about the time Blinders . Amid all their many accolades like that, it’s a brilliant groove to be in.” performance and I’ll never lose the focus on the friendship between the factor really. With our collaborations and awards, Murphy and Walsh have When we meet, Cillian is still love of it.” characters played by Cillian Murphy there can be a long gap or a short gap, remained good friends and they live sporting his Thomas Shelby haircut I ask him would he like to be able to and Mikel Murfi. there was a long, long, gap between near each other in London. from Peaky Blinders , the shoot of which do more theatre. Murfi, who has directed or acted in Disco Pigs and Misterman and a much “I just really like his plays,” Cillian finished just two days before he began “I’ll always go back to theatre,” he several Enda Walsh plays, offered this shorter one between Misterman and says of the writer. “I always try to rehearsals for Ballyturk . replies. “The gap before Misterman is sliver of insight; “In terms of its energy, Ballyturk . But we have talked about it.” follow good writing, regardless of the “Ideally you shouldn’t crash two jobs the longest I’ve been away, that was it reminds me of The Walworth Farce , Getting back to Ballyturk , Cillian medium. I was very lucky when I was into each other but if you are going to about five or six years and that was too we ran 38 minutes of it there in concludes by revealing how he is still a kid really that he gave me my do it, it might as well be into something long for me. It’s now been three years rehearsal the other day and after it looking forward to taking the play to first ever professional role, in Disco Pigs , like this,” he says, wryly. “It’s good to be since we did Misterman in Galway and we were all totally drenched in sweat. his native Cork. and we’ve managed to tolerate each back in the world of theatre. I just love if I can keep doing it at that sort of rate It’s this mad monstrous machine of “It’s my first time back on the Cork other ever since then! From a purely the rehearsal room. It’s been three I’d be quite happy. a play that just devours you!” stage since Disco Pigs which is going selfish point of view you want to be in years since Misterman and I’d forgotten “It takes a lot out of you – Enda’s Aside from his brilliant writing for on 20 years ago now,” he says. “It’ll be the best plays and work with the best how wonderful it was to be just plays certainly take a lot out of you! – the stage, Enda has also shown himself great to be back, Mary Hicks is doing writers and Enda happens to be that.” ‘making stuff’. but I love it and it’s necessary for me as to be a fine screenwriter, perhaps most a brilliant job there at the Cork Opera Noting their latest reunion, he says: “As Enda says you start off with this a performer to go and do it. You get to notably with the Bobby Sands’ film House and I’m delighted we’re bringing “The reason people re–collaborate is ‘document’, this script with all these act with your body which you don’t get Hunger . Is there any likelihood of Walsh the show there.” because there’s a sense of trust. You words on it then four weeks later by to do in film or television and I’d and Murphy teaming up on the big can go straight to the work, there is some miracle people are sitting in a forgotten the joy of doing that and screen (admittedly Cillian did reprise none of that finding out what makes dark space watching you do it and it’s the liberation of doing that.” his Disco Pigs role in the 2001 film people tick. Every time myself and just bananas! I can’t get over that it Neither Cillian nor Enda was willing version)? Enda have teamed up it’s always happens every time. That’s the exciting to disclose much about the content of “We have talked about doing a film

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A BECkETT TRILOGY than their historical Parisian counterparts! Orfeo is The trio of short Beckett pieces, Not I, Footfalls , and based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and it has Rockaby is performed by Irish actress in an songs, ensembles, and choruses in abundance, all with Beckettian acclaimed production from the shapely lyric phrasing and more than a hint of French Company, which runs at An Taibhdhearc from 22–26 musical style in some of the dance music and arias July. Alessio Rosati, from Siena, has worked as a director, Not I is an intense monologue, set in a pitch–black set and costume designer, and has devoted himself to space lit by a single beam of light. A disembodied the study of baroque musical theatre, collaborating female mouth floats eight feet above the stage and with many ensembles, theatres and cultural drama, Baroque institutions throughout Europe. The coming together delivers a stream of consciousness, spoken, as Beckett directed, at the speed of thought. Billie Whitelaw, who of these outstanding artists promises to be a treat originally performed the part at its 1973 British for music lovers. Orfeo is at St Nicholas’ Church on premiere and was personally coached for the part by 23 and 24 July at 8pm. Beckett himself, tutored Lisa Dwan in the role. Footfalls opera and is the moving story of May, a ghostly figure who paces STAR OF ThE SEA back and forth like a metronome on a strip–bare Moonfish Theatre Company’s imaginative and landing outside her dying mother’s room. Completing exciting adaptation of Joseph O’Connor’s Star Of The the trilogy is Rockaby , probably the most famous of Sea , which they are co–producing with An Taibhdhearc Beckett’s last works. Rockaby explores loneliness and where the show is presented from 10 –19 July, could well a Moonfish loss as a woman sits on her rocking chair, which be one of the hits of the festival. appears to rock of its own accord, recounting moments O’Connor’s novel was first published in 2004 and from her past. became an international best seller, winning a number The plays are directed by Walter Asmus who was of prestigious international literary awards. Set against Beckett’s long–time friend and collaborator, assisting the backdrop of the Famine, and spanning a variety of world premiere him on many of his productions at the Schiller Theatre different locations from Connemara to London, much in Berlin and for TV in Stuttgart. of the action unfolds on a famine ship sailing from When the trilogy was presented earlier this year in to America, the eponymous Star Of The Sea . London it was greeted with ecstatic reviews; “Taken Among its passengers are the dissipated Earl AMONG THE many delights in the cultural together, they last only an hour but the experience Merridith who has evicted thousands of his Irish is profound and deeply moving” ( The Telegraph ), tenants, condemning them to almost certain death, cornucopia of this year’s Galway International “Mesmerising power” ( ), “Performed young widow Mary Duane, a servant of the Merridiths with a dazzling sense of control by Lisa Dwan” who has a history of past intimacy with the Earl, and Arts Festival are an acclaimed trilogy of short (The Times ). This Beckett trilogy seems sure to be Pius Mulvey, a sinister murderer lurking with ill intent. plays by Samuel Beckett; the 17th century opera a memorable theatrical experience. Their lives and fates, their hopes and histories, are intertwined in a truly gripping tale. Orfeo , jointly presented by Atalante and Resurgam; A NIGhT AT ThE OPERA If bringing O’Connor’s epic story to the stage seems Orfeo , by 17th century Italian composer Luigi Rossi, a challenging undertaking, it’s a challenge that and Moonfish Theatre’s brilliant new staging of brings together Erin Headley’s Atalante ensemble and Galway’s Moonfish Theatre Company are admirably Joseph O’Connor’s Star Of The Sea . Mark Duley’s Resurgam choir in a presentation directed equipped to meet. by Alessio Rosati. Moonfish’s work is defined by its energy, imagination, Rossi’s opera premiered in Paris in 1647, and was and quality. Star Of The Sea continues in that richly one of the first operas to be staged in France. While inventive vein and incorporates use of overhead the performance itself was a great success, the projections, sound, movement and imagery, allied to extravagant expense of its staging further stoked fine writing and first–rate acting to build up a fluent, widespread public resentment against French first richly layered, and compelling dramatisation of minister Cardinal Mazarin (who had commissioned the O’Connor’s feted novel. This is a bilingual production work) which flared into outright rebellion. Galway and, it should be noted, is intended for those aged By Charlie McBride patrons will probably be more accepting of Rossi’s work over 16.

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BE INFANTS IN EVIL theme within the different characters so our ROOM 303 Room 303 runs every twenty minutes, approach is about being aware of that biblical commencing at 11 am, every day throughout Druid’s main contribution to this year’s While Enda Walsh’s Ballyturk may have been reference and maybe subverting it the Festival at the Absolut Festival Gallery, Festival introduces a new voice to the Irish getting most of the headlines it’s not the only occasionally.” Market Street, Galway. Each performance lasts stage, Brian Martin, with his debut play, Be premiere of his in the programme. Room 303 is Murphy has worked as an Assistant Director 13 minutes. Full details from www.giaf.ie Infants in Evil . A native of Dublin, Martin is an intriguing piece of theatre/installation taking with the and the Donmar in an actor currently based in London where he place each day at the Absolut Festival Gallery. London and has been very good friends with has been appearing in the Globe’s production Paul Fahy, Artistic Director of Galway DEEP Martin since their time together studying of Titus Andronicus . He has also studied International Arts Festival, explains how the Sweat @ Sir Henry’s...were you there? drama in Trinity. I ask her how she juggles the playwriting with Marina Carr and been a piece came about and what audiences can A play written and performed by Raymond play’s blend of contentious topics like child expect; “A while ago Enda sent me an audio participant of the Royal Court Young Writers Scannell , who won ‘Best Male Performer’ at abuse, religion and abortion with its strong recording of this piece he’d written and asked Programme. Dublin Fringe Festival Awards 2013 for the play, vein of laugh–out–loud black humour. “Brian’s what we thought of it and could we do The action of Be Infants in Evil unfolds in a Deep explores the lifecycle of Cork’s legendary writing is so darkly comic,” she agrees. “A lot something with it, maybe for the festival. Dublin sacristy. We meet the priest, Fr Patrick, clubbing institution, Sir Henrys. Featuring of the time that is about inviting the audience I listened to it and I loved it. After thinking it who longs to be alone but instead, today, he interviews with Sir Henry’s main figures and to look at themselves and then maybe giving over we decided to do it as an installation.” finds himself hearing confessions he has no footage of nights at the club, Deep is part them a bit of a sucker punch by a twist or a “Room 303 refers to a hotel room where this fiction, part documentary and explores the mind to hear, from Noleen, a blind widow who joke. Or else there’s something they find funny old man is spending, or has spent, the latter spiritual home of Cork’s first generation of knows more than she lets on to know. He’s that is later revealed as not so innocent. It’s days of his life,” Paul continues. “He has spent House Fanatics. also wrangling with Jacinta, an unmarried also about creating the right kind of his days going around spreading the word of It’s the summer of 1988 and Cork’s mother and recent Muslim convert who wants atmosphere so we feel we’re looking at or God from room to room and town to town and emigration generation are following the it in writing that she’s left the church. And he’s meeting familiar characters and setting up has ended up in this rundown seaside hotel beat… in perfect time, for a Music Movement playing host to Henry, a 13–year–old boy who a comedy atmosphere which allows you to which is where we meet him, or experience simmering from Ireland’s first House Club. has somehow made it alone from London to immerse them in something darker.” him. In classic Enda fashion it’s fantastically Deep is the story of an era told through the be with his former tutor and old friend. Murphy and her cast (Marty Rea, Marion funny and every word is so well chosen, it’s a personal journey of a hapless Vinyl Junkie The play’s title is a Biblical quote from O’Dwyer, Roxanna NicLiam and Bailey heartbreaking story as well as being funny.” Larry Lehane who, at 35, is turning the tables Corinthians which goes ‘Brothers, do not be Hayden) are currently well immersed in “It’s the first time Enda’s work has been children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but rehearsals and she professes herself delighted presented in this way,” Fahy notes. “We on the peaks and troughs of two decades, in your thinking be mature.’ Oonagh Murphy, with how the show is coming together; “It’s explored a few ideas, it could have been done from the rise of Acid House to the Euro the director of Be Infants in Evil explains how going brilliantly. We’ve got four incredible as a site–specific performance in a hotel for Changeover. the title relates to the play’s thematic actors who have from day one really engaged example, but ultimately we preferred the Larry is growing up in a society slowly concerns; “The quote refers to the innocence with what the play is trying to speak about notion of doing it as this installation. We becoming disillusioned with institutions. of a child and the idea that at a young age and Brian has been in the room with us as rehearsed it in London and recorded it in the Henry’s dance floor evinced an unprejudiced you don’t know any evil. That idea is well s o it’s been hugely collaborative. We read National Theatre there, with Niall Buggy cross–section of class, race, sex and creed. A something that is explored within the play. and worked through various drafts and Brian providing the voice of the old man.” sense of communion for those disenfranchised With the central character, Patrick, that would might come in with a new edit or ideas about So what can audiences expect when they from the wider community. Looking back now, be the basis of his own personal philosophy something he wants to cut or change so visit the installation at the Absolut Gallery? Larry wonders how much of it is remembered which is that if we can do anything in the that’s constantly keeping things alive and “When the audience go in you see what is through smiley–faced, rose–tinted glasses? world to serve the innocence of a child we dynamic which maybe you wouldn’t get with essentially a white box and you walk down a said, “DEEP isn’t just the title should. This of course has various a play that was a few years old. This is a new corridor of the ‘hotel’ and turn into Room 303,” of Raymond Scannell’s fascinating new play, ramifications; how does society do that? how play and it’s saying something exciting as Fahy replies. “The piece will be performed for but an indication of how far it digs and how does an individual do that? In exploring those well.” four people at a time. The idea is that they can much it reflects.” questions the play touches on things like Be Infants in Evil runs at the Mick Lally mooch around the room, then there’ll be a shift Deep will run at the Radisson Live Lounge, abortion and paedophilia. The quote itself Theatre from 10 –26 July. Full details from in light and you start to hear the voice of the Galway on the July 14 at 7.30pm and 15–19 July never comes up in the play but it refracts the www.giaf.ie man telling the story.” at 9.30pm. Full details at www.giaf.ie

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‘A gift to the people of Galway ’ John Mahoney talks about Chapatti

By Charlie McBride

PLAYWRIGHT Christian O’Reilly and their material or something. I learned it’s so natural, and so real, yet it’s also ‘It’s got to be Penny Slusher.’ At the Having enjoyed a long and illustrious actor John Mahoney have both that lesson doing Frasier , we were heightened almost poetically in some reading we did all the audience totally acting career are there any particular featured prominently in the Galway always told under no circumstances parts, his mastery of the language is backed me on that because they roles that he would still like to play? International Arts Festival programme to read unsolicited manuscripts. wonderful.” cheered her, and they cheered her every “Most of the roles I would love to over the past few years, but 2014 sees “But this time, I didn’t have anything The play premiered in Chicago in night we did the performance. She’s do I am now too old to play, let’s be them unite for O’Reilly’s acclaimed new to read on the plane going home from March where it met with glowing just a terrific actress.” realistic,” he says, philosophically. play, Chapatti , co–produced by the Ireland, I’d read everything on my reviews. The Chicago Sun–Times called “I’ll be 74 this month. One part I’d loved Galway International Arts Festival with Kindle and all the magazines. So I it “a deft mix of heartache, despair and A Love of Acting to have done is George in Who’s Afraid Chicago’s Northlight Theatre Company. thought ‘Oh I’ll have a read of the gentle comedy”, and all the reviews Mahoney was born in 1940 in of Virginia Woolf . I tried to do that for O’Reilly made his professional debut script, I won’t tell anybody I read it’ so raved about the performances of Blackpool, where his family had been years but every time I suggested it to in the 2002 festival with Druid’s staging I did and I just fell madly in love with it. Mahoney and his co–star, Penny evacuated due to wartime bombing Steppenwolf they said ‘Oh somebody of The Good Father . Three years later he Then I remembered seeing Christian’s Slusher; “Mahoney and Slusher create raids on their home city of Manchester. else did it just a couple of years ago so wrote Teacher for Galway Youth The Good Father in Druid and being characters that are complex and He emigrated to the US as a young man we can’t do it.’ There are still some little Theatre, while last year he contributed terrifically impressed with that. As soon tremendously appealing,” wrote when his older sister, Vera, a GI bride, things out there that I would like to do to one of the most talked-about shows as I got back to Chicago I gave the Chicago Theatre Beat . “Together they sponsored his move. but once you hit your seventies there of the 2013 festival, Sanctuary , from script to BJ Jones, Northlight’s artistic have chemistry to burn.” After graduating from Illinois just aren’t that many parts available Blue Teapot. director, and he felt exactly the same Galway audiences may recall Slusher University he worked in teaching and as any more.” John Mahoney has previously made way. from Northlight’s Stella and Lou , which editor of a medical journal. It was not While Mahoney has made five five festival appearances, the first of “He then arranged a reading before featured in last year’s festival until he was in his thirties that his previous appearances at the festival, which was Long Day’s Journey Into an invited audience of about 200 programme. Mahoney reveals how the childhood love of acting resurfaced and interestingly Chapatti is his first time Night , and the most recent was The people and they just stood and cheered pair of them came to be working prompted him to make a dramatic performing here in a contemporary Outgoing Tide, with Northlight in 2012. so we knew we had to do it and that’s together on Chapatti . career change. Irish play. how it came about.” “I’d never even heard of Penny for “I did a lot of theatre at school and I “It’s kind of scary doing an Irish show Receiving the Chapatti a long time even though she is a very just loved doing it,” he recalls. “I joined here to tell you the truth!” he declares. Script Chapatti Rave Reviews highly regarded actor in Chicago,” he the Stretford Children’s Theatre and did “I regard it as a gift to the people of The festival was also instrumental in Chapatti is a warm, funny, and confesses. “For some reason, I don’t a lot of stuff there. When I emigrated Galway and I’m proud to present it to O’Reilly first connecting with Mahoney. poignant play about the relationship know why because I go to a lot of to the States I didn’t want to be like a them, this wonderful experience they When the actor was here performing between two lonely Dublin animal– theatre, I never got to one of her plays. leeching brother–in–law so I decided to are going to have but it is also scary in The Outgoing Tide , O’Reilly left in lovers. Bereaved Dan and his much– Then I was told she was going to be my do something I could earn a living at at the same time with my tuppence – a copy of the Chapatti script for him at loved dog Chapatti cross paths with the wife about three years ago in Hugh and became a teacher and hated every ha’penny Irish accent. This is my sixth the Town Hall Theatre on the off chance amiable Betty and her 19 cats and a Leonard’s A Life , which we did with minute of it. time doing a play in Galway and I hope that he might read it. Mahoney spark of affection and empathy begins Northlight and that was when we first “Then, when I was 37, I thought I was I keep coming back there.” normally does not read unsolicited to grow between them. met. going to have to do something before It’s a hope that Galway audiences scripts, but, luckily for all concerned “It’s a two character piece and both “Her role in that is a totally different I killed myself because I was so bored will surely share. (including Galway audiences!), this of those characters are such real, part to the one she plays in Chapatti . and my mind flashed back to the time he made an exception. honest, people,” Mahoney observes. It wasn’t a huge part but I could still wonderful times with the Stretford Chapatti will run at the Town Hall “I get scripts sent to me quite often “They have their faults but are also very say, having worked with her, ‘Wow, this Children’s Theatre and I decided Theatre from the 15 – 27 July at 8pm. but I usually don’t read them,” he tells good, decent people trying to do the woman is incredible. I want to do ‘I’m going to try and be an actor’. So, Matinees on the 18, 19, 25 and 26 July me, speaking by phone from Chicago. best they can in difficult circumstances. something more meaningful with her, I enrolled in an acting class with David at 2pm. There will be a Backstage at “It’s a legal thing; we’re always told not They triumph over all the odds and it in terms of the relationship we would Mamet and he cast me in his new play, the Festival post–show talk with the to read any unsolicited manuscripts or just moved me a lot. Then there is have onstage – I’m not saying A Life is The Water Engine , and then I did a play cast, playwright and director on 17 July. anything that doesn’t come through Christian’s use of the language which is not meaningful, because it is a great with John Malkovich and he invited me Bookings at www.giaf.ie and an agent in case the authors could turn brilliant and his dialogue is so easy to play.’ So when we got Chapatti and BJ to join Steppenwolf and since then I’ve www.tht.ie or phone the Festival Box around and sue you or say you stole memorise, it just trips off the tongue, said ‘Who do you think for Betty?’ I said done 30 plays with them.” Office at 091 566577. 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G G H N N I I C T L L L L A I I B W B First Thought explores innovation in health and cultural creativity by Martina Nee

Now in its third year the First Thought Talks Dr Michael J Dowling on how he stays creative City and talk to Irish Times journalist and process with actor and director, hugh O’Conor . series, a hugely popular part of the 2014 Galway about his life and job. Originally from County broadcaster Sinéad Gleeson about his work. The Props from Wes Anderson’s film will also be on International Arts Festival, takes place the Limerick, Dr Dowling is President and CEO of Town Hall Theatre in Courthouse Square will hold display. weekend of Saturday 19 July, to Sunday 20 July, North Shore/LIJ Health Care System, America’s the event titled Billington Meets Hytner at 5pm. Two more events will be taking place at 4pm on offering a platform where a broad range of ideas third–largest non–profit secular health care Nicholas hytner , artistic director of the National Sunday 20 July. The event Billington Meets Asmus and topics on creativity are explored, with system, and New York State’s largest integrated Theatre in London will talk to Guardian drama takes place at the Hotel Meyrick and will see audiences hearing from innovators in their field health care network. critic, Michael Billington , about why the National Michael Billington in conversation with renowned and encouraged to really think about what The event titled Taking the National Theatre is special and discuss his 11 years at the director of Samuel Beckett’s work and director of creativity means. Temperature , at 2pm on Saturday 19 July, will see helm of the South Bank. the Royal Court Theatre’s Beckett Triology, Walter “We are very excited about how First Thought Dr Stephanie O’keeffe , national director for D Asmus , who will talk about his distinguished has grown as the festival discussion platform and health and wellbeing in the Health Service Creativity discussion continues on career. how it has become an integral part of the Executive, discussing how people’s health impacts day two The Mick Lally Theatre in Druid Lane will play programme very quickly,” said festival Chief their happiness and lives, with author and film There is even more to discover on Sunday 20 July, host to the sold out event The Enduring Appeal of Executive, John Crumlish, who added the subject director Gerard Stembridge whose latest book the MixTape featuring Ballyturk actor, Cillian beginning with How to Write a Book at 11am at the of health will be tackled for the first time along Unspoken was published in 2013. This will be Murphy , and blogging brothers Mark and Craig Aula Maxima, NUI Galway. In a current series of with cultural creativity. Audiences have grown followed by Spirit of Enquiry , which features Dr Carry from Fractured Air mixing it up with Irish features in The Irish Times called How to Write a significantly and Galway International Arts Maccon keane , one of Ireland’s leading Times journalist, Tony Clayton–Lea . Those who Book , journalist and broadcaster, Sinéad Gleeson , Festival plans to progress the series further every oncologists in a lively discussion with Gabriel have bought tickets are encouraged to bring along and writers Eimear McBride , Mike McCormack year. “Last year was very successful and we’re very Weston who is a surgeon, author, and presenter of their own mixed tape, leave it in a box when they and Alan McMonagle will discuss the process of much looking forward to the next stage of its the popular BBC series, Trust Me I’m a Doctor . enter the venue and when the event is over collect wanting to write a novel, how to get it out and on development,” said Mr Crumlish, who hinted there Both experts will share their thoughts and worlds another mixed tape from the box. An additional would be an announcement regarding the next on the intersection of medicine and the arts. the page, how to handle the story’s structure, surprise guest will be announced closer to the chapter during this year’s festival. At 6pm on Saturday 19 July the event Cities and dialogue and plot, and once it is written how best date. There are wide ranges of topics this year, from Happiness: Places, Spaces, Art, and the City will to get it published. A special panel of guests will gather for the health to how to write a book, with the common discuss our happiness in the place and space we Theatre actor and director Mikel Murfi , who also event titled In Sight at the Aula Maxima, NUI thread of creativity running across all platforms, live in, and features participants: Tina Saaby , city appears in the festival’s sell out show, Ballyturk , Galway, at 6pm on Sunday 20 July to discuss according to festival Artistic Director, Paul Fahy. architect, Copenhagen; kevin Leyden , professor of will hold a demonstration lecture in the Aula site –specific, site –responsive, and environmental Mr Fahy added: “We are thrilled to have The political science at NUI Galway; Ciaran Cuffe , Maxima at 2pm on 20 July. During the event titled arts events. The panel will feature Louise Lowe , Guardian’ s Michael Billington return to the festival Green Party/DIT; Tom de Paor , architect; kaethe Architecture and the Playability of Theatre , Murfi Anu Productions; kurt Perschke , Red Ball Galway, participating in one–to–one interviews with two of Burt O’Dea , Desireland; and Gerry Scullion , The will talk about his process when working with a sculptural installation and outdoor spectacle the world’s leading directors, Beckett’s great Chocolate Factory. The event will be chaired by actors, directors, and scenographers and will offer event at the Festival; Denis Conway , Ouroborus collaborator Walter Asmus, and Nicholas Hytner Nathalie Weadick of the Irish Architecture a unique perspective on making theatre, its Theatre Company. Manchán Mangan , playwright, from the National Theatre of , among Foundation. architecture, and its playability. broadcaster, and documentary maker will chair a host of other leading medics, artists, and Other First Thought events taking place on At 4pm in the Aula Maxima the event Watch the event. commentators”. Saturday 19 July, include From Out Of The City: Closely Now: Creative Graphic Design will discuss For more information on the box office, John Kelly , at 4pm in Róisín Dubh in Dominick the creativity and graphic design involved in programme details, festival updates, and previews Exploring innovation in health Street. RTÉ broadcaster and writer John kelly has theatre and filmmaking. Welsh–born, Dublin– visit www.giaf.ie or follow Galway International First Thought Talks series opens on Saturday 19 published several works of fiction including Grace based designer Annie Atkins specialising in Arts Festival on Facebook and Twitter at #giaf14. 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The full majestic expanse of train the public by easy stages,” he said. punk and early rock 'n 'roll into this album. nominees and Snow Patrol, The Coronas Galway Bay now opened on our left, while “Popular at first, gradually raising the That’s what drives me,” said Imelda, who have become the biggest–selling to our right lay a strange, rocky, land of standard until I have created a public for grew up to the sounds of The Clash, The independent group in Ireland. They have hills and ancient stone walls. I began to classical and modern music.” Undertones, The Buzzcocks and The released three albums and enjoyed sold– get goosebumps. The wildness of the land As a result, this year’s programme will Cramps, as much as she did Howlin’ Wolf, out live shows across Ireland and Britain and the light on the bay did something feature the overtures to Berlioz’s Roman Billie Holiday, and Gene Vincent. last year. fateful to me and I turned and said to Carnival and Strauss’s Gypsy Baron ; The album also reflects on May The support act for the night, Walking Dunford, with a sudden certainty ‘This is Offenbach’s Baracalle , from the Tales becoming a mother, with the gentle, 1950s On Cars are also worth checking out. Their the land of my soul!’ And it really was. The Of Hoffman and Pachelbel’s Canon . styled pop of ‘Little Pixie’ dedicated to her melodic debut single Catch Me If You Can western vastness of Connemara, into Seated and standing tickets available daughter, and the recent single, ‘It’s Good gained extensive radio play and stayed in which we were advancing, would become with limited seating. To Be Alive’. the Irish charts for more than 20 weeks, my favourite place in the world and the “I wrote it in the early hours of the and reached No 1 on the iTunes chart. They spiritual home of .” SILENT DISCO morning one day after I had the baby,” followed this with the single Two Stones The Waterboys will play the Festival Big To finish off the Festival Big Top events, Imelda says of the latter song. “I was and the EP As We Fly South , produced by Top on Sunday 20 July so expect to hear the annual Silent Night event takes place sleep–deprived and feeling very exhausted. Tom McFall (REM, Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, such magnificent classics as The Whole of that same evening from 9pm. This is a I looked out of the window, watched the Editors), and an array of live shows from the Moon , A Bang On The Ear and show of two halves, with the first half sun rise through the trees and felt, God, The Academy to Other Voices to a plethora Fisherman’s Blues . They are also a stunning being a performance by kormacs Big it’s good to be alive!” of festival gigs in 2013. live act and a great night is guaranteed. Band , which mixes brass band funk and Staying somewhat with this theme is the DJ skills, followed by a silent disco. dark and sleazy ‘Wicked Way’, about the ThE WATERBOYS A NIGhT AT ThE PROMS In a silent disco, two DJs will play songs kind of interactions between consenting The Waterboys may be a Scottish/ The Festival Big Top concerts are not all to hundreds of people, who, via couples, which can lead to them becoming English band, but in Galway we like to for rock fans, classical music enthusiasts headphones can switch between the two, parents! claim them as our own given that violinist have A Night at the Proms with the RTÉ meaning no music will be heard, except All in all, plenty of fun can be expected now lives here and Concert Orchestra , with conductor Robert the voices of the dancers singing along to for the Imelda May tribe who will descend works with both The Saw Doctors and The Houlihan, to look forward to on Saturday classic hits anthems, guilty pleasures, and on the Festival Big Top for the show. Cabin Collective; and, that in 1988, The 26 July, from 5pm. pure cheese. Waterboys recorded much of one of their The Night at the Proms made its Galway ThE CORONAS finest albums, Fisherman’s Blues , in An debut at last year’s festival and treated The Coronas are possibly Ireland’s Spidéal. audiences to music from Star Wars , and favourite band, with their pop–rock Band leader , on a visit to other much loved films. This year, the anthems striking a chord with the nation. Galway in the 1980s was captivated by Proms will be going deeper into the They also are returning to Galway to play Connemara, and it proved to be something orchestral and classical repertoire, very

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This year’s Absolut Visual Arts how superficial events can have earth– Paolozzi’s work Pre–Pop to Post–human: Programme features an eclectic mix of shaking consequences.” Collage in the Digital Age also brings Irish and international exhibitions with Regarded as the artist's masterwork, together 15 young artists who have created Visual Art the introduction of a newly designed The Forty Part Motet is a sound installation newly commissioned prints in response to city –centre gallery in the former Print by leading Canadian artist Janet Cardiff . the ideas behind one of Paolozzi’s most Works of the Connacht Tribune on Market The installation features a reworking of the famous portfolios. Both shows are at the Street. With Festival –curated exhibitions by forty–part motet, Spem in alium numquam new Absolut Festival Gallery. At Galway Irish artists John kindness , and Patrick habui translated as In No Other Is My Hope Other exhibitions in this year’s O’Reilly , a stunning sound installation by by English composer Thomas Tallis. Visitors programme include Liam O’Callaghan’s Canada’s Janet Cardiff , and US artist kurt to the Aula Maxima at NUI Galway are If and then…(again) which transforms Perschke’s enormous roving installation encouraged to walk among the speakers the ordinary into the extraordinary and RedBall Galway which crosses the and hear the individual unaccompanied expresses a willingness to engage with the International voices as well as the polyphonic choral absurdity of life encouraging us to look boundaries of visual art and spectacle, this year’s programme presents an exciting effect of the combined singers in an anew at ourselves, and the world in which mix bringing work out onto the streets and immersive experience. In this setting The we live, is at Galway Arts Centre, 47 breathing new life into old spaces. Forty Part Motet which was exhibited at Dominick Street. Galway artist Leonie Arts Festival Adapting buildings and re–presenting the Venice Biennale and most recently New king’s Inextricably Linked at the Absolut them as major visual art centres has York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, will be Festival Gallery salvages the past in become a signature component of the nothing short of glorious. vibrant, reconstructed illumination, as the Festival’s impressive visual arts programme Patrick O’Reilly is one of Ireland’s most artist traces four generations of her over the past 10 years. As momentum prolific artists perhaps better known and ancestors. gathers pace in the build up to Galway celebrated internationally where he Brian Bourke & Jay Murphy Commonage city’s bid for the European Capital of exhibits regularly. A hugely imaginative captures the seasonal change of the Culture 2020, the Festival’s commitment to sculptor O’Reilly had his first professional Connemara landscape in this new show at re–imagining and transforming buildings show at Galway Arts Festival in 1996. This Norman Villa Gallery while karen Conway as galleries reinforces the argument for exhibition of new work Prelude at the An+Aisthēsis at University Hospital Galway a contemporary municipal art gallery for transformed space The Shed at Galway originated from the artist’s visit to the UCH the city. Docks features recent sculpture and Anaesthetic Department’s Archive, which Irish painter, sculptor and multimedia installation including an enormous new provided a rich creative source for artist John kindness ’ work demonstrates work Thorn , created specifically for this investigation. Paul McAree curates the an insatiable curiosity for understanding show. annual 126 exhibition at the artist –led society, politics, literature, history and The work of Scottish pop artist Eduardo Gallery 126 and Maurice Quillinan’s Music culture and this most recent body of work Paolozzi features in two exhibitions in on the Water features beautiful large–scale Odysseus on show at the Absolut Festival association with London’s Hayward Gallery. canvases by the Limerick –based artist at Gallery, relates to Homer’s Odyssey. One of the pioneers of the pop art the Galway City Museum. Speaking about the new body of work John movement in the UK Paolozzi was a And finally, the much anticipated Kindness said. “It was not Homer who compulsive collector, revered as a sculptor RedBall Galway by kurt Perschke sees introduced me to Odysseus but James and print maker. The author J.G. Ballard, an enormous red ball pop up in various Joyce. It was also Joyce who taught me described General Dynamic F.U.N as a locations from 17–23 July and is sure to about layers of meaning in art; how the ‘unique guidebook to the electric garden become one of the talking points of quotidian can play a role in the epic and of our minds’. The other show featuring Galway International Arts Festival 2014.

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