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Monday 13 July, 2009

Absolut Art

Visual Arts

Absolut Art

Galway Arts Festival is delighted to announce ABSOLUT as new partners of the Festival’s ABSOLUT Visual Arts Programme. Having established ABSOLUT Art in 1981 the company have commissioned a broad range or ... (click to read more)

Blackbird

Theatre & Dance

Ireland

Decadent & Galway Arts Centre
Blackbird
By David Harrower
Directed by Andrew Flynn

Cast: Stuart Graham and Judith Roddy

Blackbird unflinchingly portrays the brutal and shattering ... (click to read more)

Child Soldier

Visual Arts

Visual Art
Denmark/Italy/Greece
Child Soldier

There are an estimated 300,000 children in fighting forces around the world, many of whom have been forcibly recruited or abducted, suffering beatings, rape and other forms of ... (click to read more)

Colm Hogan

Visual Arts

Ireland

Colm Hogan

The history of the West Cork Traveller experience has been one of exclusion, violence, discrimination and inequality. Within the geographical spread of Skibereen, Bandon, Clonakilty and Bantry are ... (click to read more)

David Hockney

Visual Arts

England

David Hockney
Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm

David Hockney is one of the most celebrated post-war British artists of the 20th century and one of the most popular and versatile artists of his ... (click to read more)

Dolores Lyne

Visual Arts

Ireland

Artist and designer Dolores Lyne studied theatre design at Motley in Covent Garden, London. She has worked as a special effects artist and production designer for theatre, film and tv and was awarded The Irish Times ... (click to read more)

Flea Circus

Pignut Productions

Children's Theatre

It's amazing! It's spectacular! It's astounding! It's tiny! Feats of astonishing bravery - acrobatics, trapeze, high wire and more - all performed by highly trained, teeny tiny fleas. Pignut will be joined in this production by ... (click to read more)

Hot 8 Brass Band

Music

The Hot 8 Brass Band's energetic sound embraces elements of modern, traditional and urban music to creat a new and unique sound. The band appeared in Spike Lee's poignant documentary on Hurricane Katrina, When Levees Broke, and they ... (click to read more)

John Brady

Visual Arts

Ireland

Gigantic Cart and Juggernaut Paintings

The Gigantic Cart is a large four-wheeled cart made entirely from salvaged railway sleepers and galvanized iron and is exhibited alongside a number of ... (click to read more)

John Kingerlee

Visual Arts

Ireland

John Kingerlee
Works 2002-2008

For the past 20 years John Kingerlee has lived and painted on the Beara Peninsula in West Cork and has developed an approach to depicting the landscape which is as ... (click to read more)

John Minihan

Visual Arts

England

John Minihan

Two Men Two Cities

John Minihan brings us on a photographic journey with Francis Bacon and Samuel Beckett. Over the years, Minihan developed a close relationship with many writers and ... (click to read more)

Lars Laumann

Visual Arts

Norway

Galway Arts Festival and Galway Arts Centre present
Lars Laumaan

Lars Laumann’s works are complex visual essays on the obscure yet deeply resonant paraphernalia of popular culture. ... (click to read more)

Laughter Loft

Comedy

Described by the Irish Times as the "Oscar De La Hoya of Irish Comedy" gritty street-fighting charmer Gerry Mallon returns to host some of the biggest names in Irish comedy in the intimate setting of the Ruby Room. With a different line-up each ... (click to read more)

Lisa Sweeney

Visual Arts

Ireland

Lisa Sweeney
Magpie’s Attic

A member of Galway’s Artspace Studios, Lisa Sweeney looks to the everyday for her inspiration, integrating non-artistic materials and found objects to ... (click to read more)

LORG

Visual Arts

Ireland

Lorg Invited

Lorg Invited is a showcase exhibition of artists who have made a significant contribution to Irish printmaking and in particular the visual arts in Galway. Curated by Lorg Director ... (click to read more)

MART Open Door Policy

Visual Arts

Ireland/UK

Curated by Ciara Scanlan & Matthew Nevin, Open Door Policy showcases exciting work from contemporary installation, video and performance artists. The works centre on the idea of unveiling and releasing ... (click to read more)

Reptilian

Theatre & Dance

Ireland

Dragonfly

Reptilian
By Shona McCarthy

Dorothy believes her 63rd birthday will mirror every other day: cleaning the house and reciting poetry to her beloved turtles while her husband Richard works ... (click to read more)

Scarborough

Galway Youth Theatre

Theatre & Dance

An electrifying portrayal of a dangerously charged romance between a fifteen-year-old and their teacher. Step into a faded hotel room where a couple is having an illicit weekend away. Amidst the peeling wallpaper, they laugh, quarrel and make ... (click to read more)

Sean Cotter & Ger Sweeney

Visual Arts

Sean Cotter
Notational Morphologies
Ger Sweeney
Notes from a Silence

Ger Sweeney and Sean Cotter both have strong Galway connections having lived and worked in the city during various stages of their ... (click to read more)

Tommy Tiernan

Comedy

Ireland

Not content with breaking box office records all over the world, Tommy recently broke the Guinness World Record for the longest stand-up comedy show by an individual comedian (36 hours 15 minutes). His work is a constant ... (click to read more)

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13th-26th JULY 2009