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Wednesday 22 July, 2009

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Propeller

Theatre & Dance

England

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Edward Hall

A Midsummer Night's Dream undergoes a riotous re-working by Edward Hall. Devoted to authoritative, ... (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)

DNA

Galway Youth Theatre

Theatre & Dance

Youth Theatre
Ireland
Galway Youth Theatre

DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
By Dennis Kelly
Directed by Niall Cleary

A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. When a high school "it" gang takes a joke ... (click to read more)

Druid Debuts - Sunday Morning Coming Down

Druid Theatre

Theatre & Dance

Druid's popular Debut season returns to the Festival with rehearsed readings of the most promising plays from a new generation of writers.

Sunday Morning Coming Down

By Micheal Donnellan

Femi Kuti & The Positive Force

Music

Nigeria

Femi Kuti returned to the world stage late last year with a powerful and timeless new album, Day by Day, continuing to explore and push back the frontiers of Afrobeat, the super funky amalgam of Black Power politics, jazz and ... (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)

Furioso

Circa

Theatre & Dance

Physical Theatre/Dance

Created by Yaron Liftschitz and the Circa Ensemble

Circa, Australia’s premier contemporary physical theatre company return to Galway Arts Festival following their sell out ... (click to read more)

Krapp's Last Tape

Theatre & Dance

Ireland

Moving Still
Krapps’ Last Tape
by Samuel Beckett
Directed by Art O’Briain

Performed by Fergus Cronin

Connemara based company Moving Still presents what is often described as ... (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)

Maeve Higgins

Comedy

Ireland

Plus support and MC Gerry Mallon

Star of RTE's Naked Camera and the Ray Darcy Show (Today FM), Maeve is something of a raging firebrand...well more of a sparkler. She has performed in comedy festivals around the world ... (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)

The Gigli Concert

Druid Theatre

Theatre & Dance

Ireland

Druid
THE GIGLI CONCERT
By Tom Murphy
Director Garry Hynes

Cast
Denis Conway, Peter Sullivan & Eileen Walsh

Writer Tom Murphy and Director Garry Hynes once again join ... (click to read more)

13th-26th JULY 2009