Podcasts about Galway International Arts Festival

ACE Galway with Gary McMahon looks back at the first 10 days' of  Galway International Arts Festival and looks forward to the final days coming up.   Gary and his guest critics Martin Kenny & Annie Duffy McMahon review theatre shows including Decadent, Brú, Galway Youth Theatre and Circa's Duck Pond.   The ACE team will cast an eye over the visual arts and discuss the Kneecap and The Undertones gigs and suggest shows to catch over coming days.

Kay is joined by playwrights Marina Carr and Mark O'Rowe, actors Cathy Belton, Robert Sheehan, Marie Mullen, and Bosco Hogan. The programme also featured performances by Tibetan singer Yungchen Lhamo and Trad Rave's Colm Olwill and Jack Dempsey.

Ahead of his concert as part of the Galway International Arts Festival, 'The Police' drummer Stewart Copeland chats to Marty about his orchestral work 'Police Deranged for Orchestra'.

We hear from the CEO of Galway International Arts Festival, John Crumlish

Welcome to the official Audio Guide to We Travel Together By Patricia Piccinini as part of Galway International Arts Festival. Patricia Piccinini is one of Australia's most acclaimed artists who has received worldwide attention for her startling sculptures, installations and digital environments. Born in Sierra Leone, Patricia uses her craft to create striking images of hyperrealistic hybrid animals, humans and creatures to question the way that contemporary technology and culture changes our understanding of evolution and what it means to be human. When leaving this exhibition the artist hopes the audience are inspired to ask questions about the changing relationship between us and the world around us and that hopefully, we can begin to imagine a new way forward, together with other creatures rather at their expense. The Festival Gallery is presented in association with The Dean Galway who also provided support for this audio guide. For more information about other shows in the festival visit www.giaf.ie.

This week's Track of The Week #TOTW is ‘Music' by Niamh Regan 

This week's 'In Conversation with Cathy Belton, a Veteran Stage, film, & TV Actor known for her performances in Hidden Assets and Red Rock. Sean Defoe chatted to Cathy about her career, the summer closure of Abbey Theatre and the premier of the play Reunion' as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Actor Robert Sheehan joined Paula MacSweeney on Weekend Breakfast to chat about his role in 'Reunion' at Galway International Arts Festival.He also told us about THAT Instagram post of a gravestone with his name on it!

On ACE Galway with Gary McMahon after a riotous opening of Galway Film Fleadh, Annie Duffy McMahon reviews the much-anticipated Kneecap film.  As ever, Galway International Arts Festival will follow hot on the heels of the Fleadh, and ACE previews Decadent Theatre's World Premiere show with director Andrew Flynn and looks at Galway Youth Theatre's festival offering.  Plus... is there a Sawdoctors theatre show on the way?

Award-winning composer and conductor Eimear Noone will open the Galway International Arts Festival next week collabarating with Stewart Copeland of The Police.

Mat Fraser, star of Loudermilk and American Horror Story, talks about the world premiere of Unspeakable Conversations, a play at this year's Galway International Arts Festival.To catch the full conversation press the 'Play' button below.

Stewart Copeland on playing this summer's Galway International Arts Festival.

Galway artist Niamh Regan released her second album Come As You Are on May 31. On this episode we talk through all 10 of its tracks, as well as a not-very-secret hidden track, plus some of the fun things that she's experienced since releasing debut album Hemet in 2020. -- From the press release: Since its release, Niamh has embarked on headline tours from Ireland, to UK, Australia, Spain + more. Pairing this with many festivals and a variety of support opportunities with artist such as CMAT, Villagers, John Grant, SOAK, Patrick Watson, Sam Amidon, Cormac Begley, and Sorcha Richardson. In between her performances, Niamh began to write her second record in Attica Studios with producer Tommy McLaughlin. She says, ‘I arrived in Donegal to meet Tommy for the first time with a bunch of demos, half-baked ideas and feeling not ready, it was scary. But I'm so glad that I did it that way. Trusted the process and came into the studio with the intention of capturing exactly where I was with it all and Tommy helped me build from there.' And here we are, with the release of that second album, titled ‘Come As You Are'. It's an album full of acutely observed vulnerabilities and introspection. Its themes are the issues that many of us find loom large in the small hours: questions of self-doubt, uncertainty about your life's direction, whether relationships are flourishing in the way you'd hoped and determining priorities. “A lot of it is about being in your late twenties and kind of realising we're all running out of time,” she ponders. “I'd have bouts of massive self-belief in the studio, and then in the next breath I would be like, ‘This is the worst piece of music I could have even imagined.' It was a rollercoaster. But through that I found self-acceptance; this is where I'm at and making peace with that. That's what the album essentially is, just making peace with where I'm at and being realistic with myself.” -- Niamh Regan tour dates: June 13: Windmill Live Show w/James Vincent McMorrow, Dublin (solo) June 16: Doolin Folk Festival (full band) July 16: Galway International Arts Festival (full band) July 25: Song Room, Wexford (solo) August 2: All Together Now August 12: Kilkenny Arts Festival (solo) August 17: Electric Picnic (solo) November 14: Cyprus Avenue, Cork (full band) November 15: Liberty Hall Theatre, Dublin (full band) -- Buy Niamh Regan - Come As You Are: https://niamhregan.bandcamp.com/album/come-as-you-are

11am-12pm Play a part in Galway International Arts Festival this July by becoming a Friend of the Festival    Ours to Protect - Cycle proofing businesses    Music Mornings - GALWAY COUNTY FLEADH  == 'Galway Talks with John Morley' broadcasts every weekday morning from 9am on Galway Bay FM.

Welcome to First Thought Backstage with Galway International Arts Festival, a series where we sit down with theatre-makers from GIAF 2023 to discuss the making of their shows. Life & Times of Michael K, is a hugely ambitious theatrical staging of Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee's novel which combines puppetry, performance, film and evocative music bringing together some of South Africa's most revered, multi-award-winning artists in this epic production adapted and directed by Lara Foot. Listen to Charlotte McIvor, lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at University of Galway, catch up with cast members in this post-show talk recorded live after their performance at Galway International Arts Festival 2023. First Thought Backstage is presented in association with University of Galway.

Der Claddagh Ring ist ein traditioneller irischer Ring, der als Symbol für Liebe, Freundschaft und Loyalität verwendet wird. Der Ring besteht aus zwei Händen, die ein Herz halten, das von einer Krone gekrönt ist. Die Hände stehen für Freundschaft, das Herz für Liebe und die Krone für Loyalität. Der Name Claddagh kommt von einem kleinen Fischerdorf in der Nähe von Galway, wo der Ring seinen Ursprung haben soll. Wir haben die Claddagh Jewellers besucht und Ursula erzählt uns im Interview mehr über dieses besondere irische Symbol.

Welcome to First Thought Backstage with Galway International Arts Festival, a series where we sit down with theatre-makers from GIAF 2023 to discuss the making of their shows. The Pulse by Gravity & Other Myths is a hugely ambitious and monumental work of scale that unites audience, acrobat and choir into a single mesmerising organism. A shimmering mass of sixty acrobats and choir members unite and divide, becoming a spectacular being of muscle, bone and voice as a mountain of bodies crumbles into an ocean of sound. Listen to Charlotte McIvor, lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at University of Galway, catch up with cast members in this post-show talk recorded live after their performance at Galway International Arts Festival 2023. First Thought Backstage is presented in association with University of Galway.

Welcome to First Thought Backstage with Galway International Arts Festival, a series where we sit down with theatre-makers from GIAF 2023 to discuss the making of their shows. In this post-show talk Ian Walsh, lecturer at the University of Galway, sits down with Luke Murphy and Will Thompson to dive deeper into the (out of this) world of ideas that went into creating Volcano. Recorded live at Galway International Arts Festival 2023. Acclaimed director and choreographer Luke Murphy blurs the lines of experimental theatre, contemporary dances and a psychological sci-fi thriller in live performance made for the Netflix era. Taking audiences on a unique and voyeuristic journey Volcano explores the all too familiar struggles of power, time and trust, across four, forty-five minute episodes. First Thought Backstage is presented in association with University of Galway.

Vinyl Hours is a series of talks with music aficionados in conversation with music maestro Tiernan Henry. On this episode Tiernan sits down with New Zealander DJ Fitchie, AKA Mu, of Fat Freddy Drops ahead of his performance at the Heineken Big Top. Recorded live at Galway International Arts Festival 2023. Spend an hour on an aural journey of treasured musical memories with special guests, who reveal their go-to playlists, the soundtrack to their lives and explore what exactly it stirs within them; fun, heartbreak and revolution. 

Druid Theatre Company always had a passion to put on one of Ireland's great playwrights, Sean O'Casey's, The Plough and the Stars, The Shadow of a Gunman and Juno and the Paycock. As the company stage the trilogy at the Galway International Arts Festival before embarking on a national tour they join Arena to discuss.

Dispatches from Lindsey Hilsum, the International Editor at Channel Four News, have for decades informed us of what is happening in some of the most troubled hotspots of the world. Lindsey joins Dearbhail before her talk later today as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.

Join Arena for our Special from the Galway International Arts Festival with guests Colm and Brenda Meaney. Luke Murphy and Darcy Grant as well as photographer's Lorraine Tuck & Brian Cross

Pat McGrath, Western Correspondent, reports that the annual Galway International Arts Festival gets underway this week.

11am-12pm Financial Advice with Dave McCarthy And we are LIVE at the Festival Garden for the Galway International Arts Festival with Gerry Coy, Scottish artist David Mach and Galway Bay FM's Darren Kelly. == 'Galway Talks with Keith Finnegan' broadcasts every weekday morning from 9am on Galway Bay FM.

10am-11am ‘Happy Ever After' Creche with cares for 120 children and employs 24 staff is expected to close in the coming weeks as the lease with ‘Tuam Parish Council' is set to run out.  Public Beware - Corrandulla  And we are LIVE at the Festival Garden for the Galway International Arts Festival with Chief Executive John Crumlish and 'Every Brilliant Thing' actor Clare Barrett. == 'Galway Talks with Keith Finnegan' broadcasts every weekday morning from 9am on Galway Bay FM.

9am-10am Update on meeting with Minister regarding Esker  And we are LIVE at the Festival Garden for the Galway International Arts Festival with Artistic Director Paul Fahy and Festival Box Office Manager Isabel Hanrahan == 'Galway Talks with Keith Finnegan' broadcasts every weekday morning from 9am on Galway Bay FM.

Episode 19. We are joined with Jane O'Leary and Sally Coyle who discuss their involvement with Galway Music Residency over the years, the role of ConTempo Quartet in Galway, the upcoming Galway International Arts Festival and the concerts in which ConTempo will be performing as well as the challenges of describing contemporary music. Also included in the discussion are Music for Galway, the Galway Arts movement, Ed Bennett, West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Christopher Marwood, Siegmund Nissel, getting Galway Music Residency up and running, Matthew Berrill, Hamza El Din, minimalism, Philip Glass, Miles Davis, the negative image of contemporary music, composing music that is popular but without dumbing down, getting into contemporary music for new listeners, free concerts in St. Nicholas Collegiate Church the first Tuesday of every month, Elizabeth Maconchy, female composers, Bill Whelan, Dave Flynn, Amanda Feery, Padraic Keane, Séamus & Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta, Finghin Collins, Arvo Pärt, Oscar Wilde, Eduard Vilde, Rhona Clarke, music oscillating between art and science, the pros and cons of putting a child in music classes and music lessons, how a string quartet functions, a string quartet's ranges and arrangements, Turlough O'Carolan, commissioning music in the 17th century, Beach Boys, the closeness of timbral qualities in siblings and cousins, the future of contemporary music in Ireland.

Father and daughter, Colm Meaney and his daughter Brenda, have teamed up to work together on the new play by Enda Walsh called 'Bedbound'. Funnily enough, the pair play father and daughter and they joined Ian in studio this morning to tell him all about it. Starring Colm Meaney and his daughter Brenda Meaney, it runs from the 14 - 29 July at Bailey Allen Hall, University of Galway as part of Galway International Arts Festival and the 8 - 12 August at 3Olympia Theatre. Colm & Brenda join me this morning in studio. Colm returns to the Irish stage for the first time in over 40 years, to play the once-flamboyant furniture salesman. Brenda Meaney plays his daughter, confined to a small bed.

Brenda & Colm Meaney spoke to Ryan about their careers on stage, coming home, and their upcoming major new revival of Enda Walsh's 'Bedbound' produced by Landmark Production and Galway International Arts Festival.

Welcome to First Thought Backstage with Galway International Arts Festival, a series where we sit down with theatremakers from GIAF 2022 to discuss the making of their shows. Geoff Sobelle's Home throws open the doors and invites you to a must see moving meditation of the relentless passage of time, and a breath-taking spectacle of illusion, choreography, music and storytelling. Listen to Dr El Putnam, Lecturer in Digital Media at NUI Galway catch up with cast members Home in this post-show talk. Hear the ensemble members' thoughts on the characters they play and explore the everyday drama of what makes a house a home. First Thought Backstage is presented in association with University of Galway.

Vinyl Hours is Galway International Arts Festival's music discussion series which takes place live at the festival and here on the First Thought podcast. Join us on an aural journey of musical memories with Galwegian singer-songwriter Anna Mullarkey and host Tiernan Henry. Listen as they delve into Anna's eclectic soundtrack that features the artists that inspire her and her work. Anna Mullarkey's Vinyl Hours playlist is available to enjoy on Galway International Arts Festival's Spotify page. First Thought is a series of live and recorded talks and podcasts produced in association with University of Galway.

Welcome to First Thought Backstage with Galway International Arts Festival, a series where we sit down with theatremakers from GIAF 2022 to discuss the making of their shows. Writer and director Enda Walsh ‘s The First Child invites you to an opera like no other – an experience that takes opera to new realms, where a cast of singers is joined by an actor, a dancer and children in a multi-media extravaganza that is at times intimate, explosive and trilling. Listen to Dr Barry Houlihan, Archivist at University of Galway catch up with cast members The First Child in this post-show talk. Hear the cast members' thoughts on the characters they play as they take you on this powerful rollercoaster ride. First Thought Backstage is presented in association with University of Galway.

Welcome to First Thought Backstage at Galway International Arts Festival. In this series we get to sit down with theatremakers at GIAF 2022 to discuss the making of their shows. First Thought is presented in association with University of Galway. One of the world's most celebrated theatre ensembles, Chicago's Steppenwolf make their much-anticipated return to Galway for the first time in 15 years with Sam Shepard's True West. Listen to University of Galway Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, Patrick Lonergan catch up with cast members Randall Arney and Ora Jones in this post-show talk. Hear the ensemble members' thoughts on the characters they play, the history of the ensemble and new resonances in the revived American classic.

Welcome to First Thought Backstage at Galway International Arts Festival. In this series we get to sit down with theatremakers at GIAF 2022 to discuss the making of their shows. This is a post show talk of 'From a Low and Quiet Sea ' at Galway International Arts Festival 2022. University of Galway Drama and Theatre Studies Lecturer, Dr Charlotte McIvor, speaks with the cast and director of From a Low and Quiet Sea, an adaption of Donal Ryan's Booker Prize-nominated novel. In this world premiere by Decadent Theatre and Galway Arts Centre, McIvor is joined by director Andrew Flynn and cast members Aosaf Afzal, Darragh O'Toole, Maeve Fitzgerald and Lorcan Cranitch. Listen closely to hear a guest appearance from the acclaimed author, Donal Ryan! First Thought Backstage is presented in collaboration with University of Galway. You can listen back to all episodes via GIAF.ie or find First Thought Backstage on any podcast platform.

A special edition wandering this year's Galway International Arts Festival, taking in art from Maria del Pacheco, John Gerrard, Sean Lynch, Jack Phelan and Annex.

One of the world's most celebrated theatre ensembles, Chicago's Steppenwolf make their much-anticipated return to Galway for the first time in 15 years with Sam Shepard's True West. Listen to Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, Patrick Lonergan catch up with cast members Randall Arney and Ora Jones in this post-show talk. Hear the ensemble members' thoughts on the characters they play, the history of the ensemble and new resonances in the revived American classic.

Luke Clancy tours the visual art program at Galway International Arts Festival, taking in work by John Gerard, Luke Jerram, Ana Maria Pacheco and Annex.

Artist Anna Maria Pacheco - Philip O Doherty from Fíbín Theatre Company - Helen Meany and Judy Murphy review GIAF - Crash Ensemble

Dave talks to The Frames frontman Glen Hansard, ahead of their gig at the Big Top at the Galway International Arts Festival on 23rd July

With guests - Enda Walsh, Donnacha Dennehy and Paul Fahy - Eímear Noone - Sonya Kelly - Glenn Davis and Brooke Flanagan of Steppenwolf Ensemble & music from Anna Malarkey, ‘Falling Apart'.

This is a post show talk of 'From a Low and Quiet Sea ' at Galway International Arts Festival 2022. NUI Galway Drama and Theatre Studies Lecturer, Dr Charlotte McIvor, speaks with the cast and director of From a Low and Quiet Sea, an adaption of Donal Ryan's Booker Prize-nominated novel. In this world premiere by Decadent Theatre and Galway Arts Centre, McIvor is joined by director Andrew Flynn and cast members Aosaf Afzal, Darragh O'Toole, Maeve Fitzgerald and Lorcan Cranitch. Listen closely to hear a guest appearance from the acclaimed author, Donal Ryan.

The Galway International Arts Festival is kicking off this week and, as part of it, there's a show happening called Muc Rí. It's being described as like a graphic novel on stage with the atmosphere of a rock concert right in the heart of Galway. Dave chats to writer and director of the show Philip Doherty

Today on the show: Our new County Development plan officially comes into effect. This has been the culmination of over 2 years of deliberations. Those applicants whose family home are in villages, with no Local Area Plan, with no public services, are deemed eligible for housing need. Examples of this are the villages of Clarinbridge, Ballinderreen, Ardrahan. To build on a restricted Regional road, you now must demonstrate it is family lands, rather than previous, on the “family farm”. We have not included any limit to the number of one-off houses, the Draft recommendation was 911. Proposals for back land development will be considered. Cllr Joe Byrne and Cllr Alistair McKinstryspoke to Keith. Last Friday saw the election of both the new Galway City Mayor and the Cathaoirleach of Galway County Council. So with new faces at the top table, what are they hoping to achieve in their new roles? Mayor Clodagh Higgins and Cllr Mogie Maher spoke to Keith. The build up to this year's Galway International Arts Festival is well and truly underway. Today sees another step taken as this morning the festival box office officially opened. Paul Fahy Artistic Director of GIAF and John Crumlish CEO of GIAF spoke to Keith.

On the show today: Galway Talks Listener Says Galway City Council Needs A Wake Up Call When It Comes to the State of the City. Sinéad O'Connor cancels upcoming live performance at Galway International Arts Festival. Parking At The Long Walk- Why Drivers Are Confused  And Is it time to bring back the Wavemakers to Galway? 

Festivals are back! And there are plenty to choose from - and not just ones that require a pair of wellies and a poncho! Bobby was joined in Studio by: ● Sorcha O'Reilly, Artistic Director of Kaleidoscope Family Festival taking place in Blessington, June 24th-26th. ● John Crumlish, CEO, Galway International Arts Festival, July 11th-24th. ● Declan Forde, Festival Director of Beyond the Pale in Glendalough in Wicklow on this weekend June 10th-12th.

How do you stage a large-scale artwork during a global pandemic? Galway International Arts Festival, in association with its education partner NUI Galway, lifts the lid on the making and staging of John Gerrard's stunning large-scale artwork Mirror Pavilion, Corn Work and Leaf Work, during the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic in this new podcast documentary. Mirror Pavilion, by Irish artist John Gerrard, is a beautiful and striking large-scale structure (7m x 7m), with three sides and the roof clad in a highly reflective mirror and the fourth wall a high–resolution LED wall, which hosts the artworks Corn Work and Leaf Work. The artwork, which is powered by sustainable energy sources, is a response to the escalating climate crisis.  

Today on the show we had Oisin O'Brien and Councilor John Connolly debate the current situation with the Galway Coach Station, Leo Haverty came on to speak about the shortage of kennel spaces on airplanes, John Crumlish and Paul Fahy came into studio to speak about the Galway International Arts Festival and much more. 

Vinyl Hours host Tiernan Henry is joined by award–winning and critically acclaimed musician and composer Philip King for a special live recording of Vinyl Hours, which took place during Galway International Arts Festival 2021. In the episode, Philip shares the songs that have stuck with him throughout his remarkable music and entertainment journey! (available to enjoy on Galway International Arts Festival's Spotify page). Vinyl Hours is Galway International Arts Festival's music discussion series which takes place live at the festival and here on the First Thought podcast. 

Vinyl Hours host Tiernan Henry is joined by Galway singer-songwriter Niamh Regan for a special live recording of Vinyl Hours, which took place during Galway International Arts Festival 2021. In the episode, Niamh shares the "soundtrack of her life" (available to enjoy on Galway International Arts Festival's Spotify page). Vinyl Hours is Galway International Arts Festival's music discussion series which takes place live at the festival and here on the First Thought podcast. 

On this episode, former Republic of Ireland football manager Brian Kerr sits down with Tiernan Henry for a Vinyl Hours session. Listen to Brian's playlist on Galway International Arts Festival's Spotify page.