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Programme of Events April - June 2016 What is the status of Galway’s Bid? Ireland will host the European Capital of Culture in 2020 and on 13th November 2015, Galway was shortlisted as one of three nal candidate cities in the competition. Galway is now competing against Limerick and the Three Sisters (Kilkenny, Waterford & Wexford) in the penultimate stage of the bid. In June of this year, Galway will submit its nal bid book to the European Union before presenting its proposed vision, concept and programme of events to a panel of 10 European judges in July. The winner of the European Capital of Culture 2020 designation will be announced towards the end of July 2016. The Judges are coming to visit Galway This July, a selection of judges from the European Union will visit Galway. During their two night We’re Backing the Bid visit the judges will assess Galway’s ability to host a European Capital of Culture and will gauge the level of support that the bid has from the wider Galway community. We are calling on everyone in Let’s make Galway the Galway city and county to show their support for the bid to help strengthen Galway’s case to win this prestigious designation. European Capital of Culture 2020 Are you Backing the Bid? With just 3 months left until Galway submits its nal bid document to the European Union we need everyone in Galway to get involved and actively back the bid. Become a partner, download and use the campaign brand pack, organise your own event, become a volunteer or simply join the conversation online. Find out more about how to get involved by visiting galway2020.ie/en/get-involved/ Príomhchathair Chultúir Galway2020.ie na hEorpa – Iarrthóir #IBackGalway European Capital of Culture – Candidate 4 5 TOWN HALL THEATRE · BLACK BOX THEATRE · TOWN HALL STUDIO APRIL - JUNE PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE MONTH DATE EVENT NAME TIME VENUE EVENT TYPE PAGE MONTH DATE EVENT NAME TIME VENUE EVENT TYPE PAGE APRIL FRI 1 SWING - FISHAMBLE 8PM THT THEATRE 7 MAY SAT 14 REBECCA O’CONNOR AS TINA TURNER 8PM THT MUSIC 18 FRI 1 & SAT 2 CIRCOMICS - GALWAY COMMUNITY CIRCUS 7.30PM BB FAMILY 7 TUE 17 & WED 18 PLEASURE GROUND - FREGOLI 8PM THT THEATRE 19 SAT 2 & SUN 3 YOUTH BALLET WEST VARIOUS THT FAMILY 7 THUR 19 BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL 7.30PM THT CINEMA 19 WED 6 - SAT 9 BRANAR - MALONEY’S DREAM VARIOUS THT FAMILY 8 SAT 21 BRENDAN BALFE - SORRY, WE’RE OFF AIR 8PM THT TALK 20 FRI 8 GALWAY DANCE DAYS FESTIVAL - BREANDAN DE GALLAI/ERIU & OONA DOHERTY 8PM BB DANCE 8 SUN 22 GENEVIEVE RYAN DANCE ACADEMY 3PM THT FAMILY 30 SAT 9 GALWAY DANCE DAYS FESTIVAL - COMPAGNIE NACERA BELAZA 8PM BB DANCE 8 SUN 22 A WALK IN THE WOODS - BEALTAINE FESTIVAL 8PM THT CINEMA 20 TUE 12 - SAT 16 LEGALLY BLONDE - GALWAY MUSICAL SOCIETY VARIOUS THT MUSICAL 9 TUE 24 - SAT 28 THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS - ABBEY THEATRE VARIOUS THT THEATRE 21 SAT 16 REVOLUTION - DAVE JOYCE MARTIAL ARTS 6PM BB MARTIAL ARTS FRI 27 & SAT 28 CORNER BOYS - JOHN McKENNA 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 20 SUN 17 ZERO TO HERO - CLUB SHINE 3PM THT FAMILY 14 SAT 28 ULTRA-FLEX SCHOOL OF DANCE 4PM BB FAMILY 30 MON 18 DUO VOCIS - SEAN COSTELLO & FRANK NAUGHTON 8PM THT MUSIC 9 MON 30 CIRCUS OF HORRORS 8PM BB NEW AGE CIRCUS 22 WED 20 - SAT 23 CÚIRT VARIOUS VARIOUS FESTIVAL 10 & 11 JUNE WED 1 LA BOHÈME - OPERA THEATRE COMPANY 8PM THT OPERA 22 THUR 21 - SAT 23 GIFT GRUB - MARIO ROSENSTOCK LIVE 8PM BB COMEDY 14 FRI 3 & SAT 4 GOD BLESS THE CHILD 8PM THT THEATRE 23 MON 25 STARMAN - TUMBLE CIRCUS 8PM THT CIRCUS 14 SAT & SUN 5 SL DANCE TECHNICS VARIOUS BB FAMILY 30 MON 25 SECRETS OF 1916 - PADDY CULLIVAN 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 15 SUN 5 D-DANCE - PLEASE DON’T STOP THE MUSIC 3PM THT FAMILY 30 WED 27 THE BLUE BOY - BROKEN TALKERS 8PM THT THEATRE 12 TUE 7 - SAT 11 SMALL HALLS AND POTHOLES - LITTLE JOHN NEE 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 23 THUR 28 THE 1916 REBELLION - SONG, MUSIC & STORY 8PM THT MUSIC 15 WED 8 A NIGHT IN VENICE BY CANDLELIGHT 8PM THT MUSIC 23 THUR 28 - SAT 30 RIBBONS - LITTLE JOHN NEE 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 12 SAT 11 THE SPEKS 2PM THT FAMILY 24 FRI 29 SWING CATS 8PM THT MUSIC 15 SAT 11 CHRISTY DIGNAM 8PM THT MUSIC 24 SAT 30 KILFENORA CEILI BAND 8PM THT MUSIC 16 TUE 14 BREAKNECK HAMLET 8PM THT THEATRE 24 MAY TUE 3 WAITING FOR ELVIS - BLUE TEAPOT THEATRE CO 1PM & 8PM THT THEATRE 12 TUE 14 - FRI 17 FRIED EGGS 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 25 TUE 3 - THUR 5 ORPHEUS ROAD - WAKING THE FEMINISTS WEST 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 13 WED 15 & THUR 16 THEATRE FORUM ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2016 VARIOUS THT CONFERENCE THURS 5 ALL-STAR VARIETY SHOW - IN AID OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY 8PM THT VARIETY 16 WED 15 ÉAMONN CEANNT MEMORIAL CONCERT 8.30PM THT MUSIC 25 FRI 6 NEW PLAY SERIES - WAKING THE FEMINSTS WEST 6PM STUDIO READING 13 FRI 17 BRENDAN SHINE - THE LOBBY TOUR 8PM THT MUSIC 25 FRI 6 CARE - WILLFREDD THEATRE 8PM THT THEATRE 13 SAT 18 IQUE MALA ERES! - DRAMABLA 7PM STUDIO FAMILY 26 SAT 7 1916 SONG PROJECT - NUN’S ISLAND - TALK 6PM NUN’S ISLAND TALK 16 SAT 18 TALES OF THE UNSEEN - CIRCUS DOUBLE BILL - 10+ 8PM THT CIRCUS - 10+ 26 SAT 7 1916 SONG PROJECT - NUN’S ISLAND - CONCERT 8PM NUN’S ISLAND MUSIC 16 SUN 19 HESSION SCHOOL OF DANCING - REELING IN THE YEARS VARIOUS THT FAMILY 30 SAT 7 THE NUALAS 8PM THT COMEDY 17 MON 20 - SAT 25 THE WEIR - DECADENT THEATRE COMPANY 8PM THT THEATRE 28 & 29 SUN 8 MICK HANLY 8PM THT MUSIC 17 WED 22 CLUB TROPICANA 2016 8PM BB CLUB NIGHT 26 TUE 10 OMIG AWARDS 6PM THT AWARDS 17 JULY FRI 1 & SAT 2 THE SPINNER - COLOURS FRINGE FESTIVAL 8.30PM STUDIO THEATRE 26 THUR 12 HUBERT BUTLER - WITNESS TO THE FUTURE 8PM THT CINEMA 18 FR1 13 DAVID O’DOHERTY 8PM THT COMEDY 18 SEPT FRI 9 THE UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN 8PM THT MUSIC 30 THT Town Hall Theatre · BB Black Box Theatre · STUDIO Town Hall Studio 6 CULTUREFOX.IE 7 HOW TO BOOK? Fishamble: The New Play Company YOUTH BALLET WEST 1. CLICK SWING COPPELIA Buy online twenty-four hours at www.tht.ie. You can now choose your seat when you book online for both the Town Hall AND Black Box. Fri 1 April 8pm AND 2. CALL Tickets €18*/€15* ASPIRATIONS TO Phone 091 569777 Mon-Sat 10am -7.30pm. Visa, MasterCard and Visa Debit are accepted. Running time 60 mins 3. VISIT DREAM An international hit, fresh from New York, Paris, Call in to the box office at the Town Hall Theatre at Courthouse Square, Galway. We’re here Edinburgh and New Zealand. A comedy about Mon-Sat, 10am -7.30pm and one hour before performances on Sundays and Bank Holidays. Sat 2 April 7pm & Sun 3 April 5pm dancing and music and love and not settling Tickets €18*/€14* * Please note telephone and personal bookings are subject to the Town Hall Theatre Development Charge and feeling like an eejit and being brave and € of 50 cent per ticket and online bookings are subject to a 1 Booking & Development Charge per ticket. having doubts and trying your best and trying Youth Ballet West presents the unmissable family NEVER new things and thinking outside the box and classic, Coppelia. CONCESSIONS/GROUP RATES seeing things clearly and living as well as you We offer discounts on most shows - concessions apply to under 18 year olds, can and giving it a lash. With rock ‘n’ roll music. Immerse yourself in an enchanting and comical students, senior citizens and the unwaged. Proof of eligibility and ID required. It’ll make you want to dance. love-triangle between boy, girl & beautiful, 10% discount for groups of 10+. Some exceptions apply. Galway Community Circus presents clockwork doll! The magical toy maker Dr INTERVAL DRINKS MISS WINNER OF BEWLEY’S LITTLE GEM AWARD Coppelius can create many wonders but he cannot Avoid the rush by ordering your interval drinks before the show. The bar on AT DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL 2013 CirComics alter the path of true love. the first floor is open before and after all performances. Gift This dynamic, talented young company also VOUCHER “Endearing visions of stalled lives in premier Aspirations to Dream with live cellist SPECIAL ASSISTANCE a whirl of possibility” Fri 1 & Sat 2 April 7.30pm Please let us know - when booking your tickets - of any special requirements Adrian Mantu. IRISH TIMES Tickets €12*/€8* so we can make your visit as enjoyable as possible. If you book online, you GIFT VOUCHERS - OUT Running time 100mins should phone or email us to let us know of any special requirements. IDEAL GIFTS! “there’s a real sweetness to this Looking for the ideal CONDITIONS OF SALE comedy. Give it a whirl” The ruffle of capes; the elaborate disguises; the gift? One to suit every We regret that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded unless a performance SUNDAY TIMES power of flight and host of astounding super taste? Then why not is cancelled or abandoned. Your statutory rights are not affected. For full list powers. See the colour and drama of comic books treat someone special of conditions, see reverse of tickets.