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Friday 24 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)

American Old Time

Music

Frank Hall and Lena Ullmann with the legendary Johnny Moynihan have forged a strong reputation as prime exponents of old time music. On fiddle, banjo and mandolin and a wide range of other instruments they weave a magical rythmnical sound.

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- The Home Front

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.

The Home Front

By John O'Donovan

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)

Jack L

Music

Jack Lukeman keeps going from strength to strength, and like a good red wine he just gets better with age. His spellbinding performances recall a blend of Frank Sinatra, Jacques Brel, Scott Walker and Nick Cave. Best described as an iron fist in ... (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)

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)

Spiritualized and Primal Scream

Music

Twelve years ago, Spiritualized set the world alight with their stunning album ‘Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space’ – a space-rock odyssey of epic soundscapes, Afro-American gospel and ... (click to read more)

Steven Galloway

Talks/Literature

Canada

Exquisite and profoundly moving The Cellist of Sarajevo shows how life under siege creates impossible moral choices. It is a story about survival, the temptation to hate and the refusal to do so, and the persistence of ... (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)

The Legend of Lowry Lynch

Your Man's Puppets

Children's Theatre

By Clare Murphy

Directed by Martial Anton and Tommy Baker

Music by Katharina Baker

Performed by Tommy Baker

Based on the children's fable

The King with Donkey's Ears

On the day ... (click to read more)

The Merchant of Venice

Propeller

Theatre & Dance

England

The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Edward Hall

William Shakespeare would delight in the compelling, audaciously cheeky theatre of Edward Hall and ... (click to read more)

13th-26th JULY 2009