Galway Arts Festival Programme 2013 by Galway International Arts Festival

GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL 15–28 July 2013

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Galway arts festival 15 – 28 July 2013 Contents Theatre & Dance 4–17, 22–23 Street Spectacle 18–21 Music 24–39 & 60 First Thought 40–46 Visual Arts 47–55 Comedy 56–57 Booking Information 62 Map & Venues 63 Festival Diary 64–66

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Petruska Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre Photo: Colm Hogan

Galway arts festival CHIEF EXECUTIVE

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

WEB EDITOR

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

PHOTOGRAPHY & FILMING

FESTIVAL ADMINISTRATOR

GAF TV

John Crumlish Paul Fahy

Gerry Cleary

Elizabeth Duffy

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Principal funding agencies

Tracey Ferguson Mary McGill

Colm Hogan & Marina Levitina

Festival Leadership partners

Justin McCarthy, Director Leon Butler

Adam Fitzsimons Rob Usher, Production Co-ordinator

FUNDRAISING MANAGER

BOX OFFICE MANAGERS

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Frances Burke Andrea Healy

Funding Agencies & Sponsors

Laura Rigney Workhouse

Major Media Partners

PROGRAMME CONSULTANTS

John Donnelly, Manager Aisling O’Sullivan

Gugai MacNamara, Festival Big Top Brendan O’Regan, Traditional Music Evelyn McClafferty, First Thought Talks

ARTIST LIAISON

WEB DESIGN

SALES & MARKETING

OPERATIONS

Liam Parkinson, Hugh Lavelle & Siobhán Forde Elaine Divilly Mark Burke, Intern

Design Associates

Major supporting sponsors

supporting sponsors

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PUBLICITY MANAGER

Gwen O’Sullivan

Funding Agencies

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bernadette Mullarkey, Chair Padraic Brennan Jacinta Dwyer John Grealish Gary Joyce Maccon Keane Maria Mahon We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Arts Council and our other key funders, sponsors and friends for their continued and vital support. We would also like to thank you, the audience, and we look forward to seeing you in Galway in July.

Galway County Council

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Dance Theatre · Irish Premiere A Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre production in collaboration with Sadler’s Wells, co-produced with Galway Arts Festival, Movimentos Festwochen der Autosadt in Wolfsburg, Brisbane Festival and Melbourne Festival Present

THE RITE OF SPRING & PETRUSHKA CHOREOGRAPHER & DIRECTOR MICHAEL KEEGAN-DOLAN With music by Igor Stravinsky

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There’s no doubting the spell of Keegan-Dolan’s imagination.

The Guardian

Ireland Michael Keegan-Dolan re-imagines his Olivier-nominated version of The Rite of Spring, which premiered at the London Coliseum in 2009 to great critical acclaim. Described both as ‘inspired’ and ‘exhilarating’ by The Times of London, The Rite of Spring draws on the same ancient, savage forces that inspired the Russian composer 100 years ago. The evening is completed by Keegan-Dolan’s new interpretation of Petrushka. Performed by the exquisite dancers of Fabulous Beast, both pieces together create an intoxicating double bill of dance theatre that honours the searing modernity of Stravinsky’s music. The celebrated concert pianists Lidija and Sanja Bizjak will accompany both pieces. Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre is supported by the Arts Council.

“ Financial Times

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Glorious

Independent on Sunday

July Mo

8pm

6.30pm 6.30pm

BLACK BOX THEATRE, €20 - €27 DURATION 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES Backstage at the festival Post-show talk with MICHAEL KEEGAN-DOLAN, 16 July Contains nudity and scenes of a sexual nature. Suitable for age 16+

Supported by

The Rite of Spring Photo: Colm Hogan

SOUTH AFRICA

THEATRE · irish PREMIERE

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THE BAXTER THEATRE CENTRE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN STATE THEATRE present

An astonishing production

MIES JULIE

Time Out

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WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY YAEL FARBER BASED ON AUGUST STRINDBERG’S MISS JULIE MUSIC BY DANIEL AND MATTHEW PENCER

Stunning

The New York Times

Following sensational reviews in Edinburgh, New York and London the multiaward winning, international hit Mies Julie comes to Galway for just eight performances. In the smouldering kitchen of a remote South African farmhouse 18 years after the end of apartheid, a single night of tenderness and brutality unfolds between a black farm labourer, his white master’s daughter and the woman who raised them both. The visceral struggles of contemporary South Africa are laid bare as John and Julie battle over power, sexuality, memory, mothers and land. This explosive new adaptation of Strindberg’s classic Miss Julie from the internationally acclaimed director Yael Farber and Cape Town’s Baxter Theatre gets straight to the drama’s dark and steamy heart.

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The Guardian

Daily Telegraph

Sunday Times

Evening Standard

Daily Express

Scotsman

The Times

July

SA Times

8pm

BACKSTAGE AT THE FESTIVAL Post-show talk with director Yael Farber and the cast, 23 July

8pm

2pm 8pm

8pm

Town Hall THEATRE, €20—€29 DURATION 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES Strong adult themes and nudity. Suitable for age 16 +

U.S.A.

THEATRE · European PREMIERE NORTHLIGHT THEATRE present

STELLA & LOU BY BRUCE GRAHAM DIRECTED BY BJ JONES FEATURING Penny Slusher, FRANCIS GUINAN AND ED FLYNN

On a quiet night at a Philadelphia bar, three kindred spirits find themselves on the cusp of change. Loneliness haunts Lou, a kind bartender set in his ways. He finds company with Stella, a feisty nurse with two grown kids and a failed marriage, and Donnie, a young barfly teetering between excitement and uncertainty about his upcoming wedding.

All three must face up to changing times and relationships past as they struggle to embrace the future in this funny and compassionate new play. From the author of The Outgoing Tide, a huge hit at Galway Arts Festival 2012, Stella & Lou is an intimate exploration of friendship, forgiveness and the longing for companionship.

July Mo

8pm

2pm 8pm

8pm

TOWN HALL THEATRE, €20 - €29 DURATION 1 HOUR AND 20 MINUTES APPROX BACKSTAGE AT THE FESTIVAL POST-SHOW TALK WITH PLAYWRIGHT BRUCE GRAHAM, DIRECTOR BJ JONES AND THE Cast 17 JULY Photo: Mark Wessels

THEATRE · WORLD PREMIERE

IRELAND

THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL present

riverrun

ADAPTED, PERFORMED & DIRECTED BY OLWEN FOUÉRÉ SOUND DESIGN/COMPOSITION BY ALMA KELLIHER SCENEOGRAPHY BY MONICA FRAWLEY LIGHTING DESIGN BY STEPHEN DODD CO DIRECTED BY KELLIE HUGHES

The voice of the river in James Joyce’s famous ‘book of the night’ Finnegans Wake. …Soft morning, city! Lsp! I am leafy speafing. Lpf! Folty and folty all the nights have being falling on to long my hair. Not a sound, falling… Olwen Fouéré’s work towards the creation of this world premiere began by listening for the voice of ALP (Anna Livia Plurabelle) in her guise as the river ‘Life’, whose never-ending course through the Wake generates a powerful transformative energy as she dissolves into the great ocean of time. Fouéré, one of Ireland’s leading theatre makers, in collaboration with an exciting creative team, takes a unique approach to Joyce’s extraordinary ‘sound-dance’. A performance not to be missed. riverrun is made possible with the support of the Arts Council. Production Support provided by Rough Magic.

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Olwen Fouéré achieves a pure theatricality that is rare indeed. Fintan O’Toole

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Here form is content, content is form. It is to be looked at and listened to. His writing is not about something; it is that something itself. Samuel Beckett on Finnegans Wake

July Mo

8pm

2pm 8pm

DRUID Lane THEATRE, €20—€25 DURATION 1 hour 10 MINUTES approx Previews July 18, 19 & 20 BACKSTAGE AT THE FESTIVAL POST-SHOW TALK WITH OLWEN FOUÉRÉ AND THE CREATIVE TEAM 24 JULY

Photo: Colm Hogan

PHYSICAL THEATRE · Circus

Australia

Casus presents

Knee deep CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY Casus

Australia’s hottest new circus company takes the art form to a whole new level. Using traditional and contemporary circus techniques, Knee Deep is a spectacular display of choreography, acrobatics, trapeze and aerial stunts, full of incredible physical skill, brute strength and exquisite beauty. Galway Arts Festival has a tradition of introducing young Australian companies to the European stage including the world-renowned Circa. Casus, with their breathtaking and fragile display of skills and performers who test the very limits of the human body, are the next generation about to take the world by storm.

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Awe inspiring

 The Guardian

July Mo

8pm

6.30pm 6.30pm

8pm

BLACK BOX THEATRE, €18–€25 FAMILY TICKET €70 DURATION 1 hour and 10 minutes Supported by

BACKSTAGE AT THE FESTIVAL POST-SHOW TALK WITH THE CAST 23 JULY Photo: Sean Young

THEATRE LANDMARK PRODUCTIONS presents

HOWIE THE ROOKIE WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY MARK O’ROWE starring TOM VAUGHAN-LAWLOR

IRELAND

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An original voice and a staggering achievement New York Observer

Three hearts poundin’ loud, three lungs, pairs of lungs, suckin’ louder, suckin’ hard. Then softer, then calmer, then quieter. Then quiet. Howie tells a story. Then Rookie takes it up. Mark O’Rowe’s electrifying epic tale is a wild, urban odyssey through a nightmare landscape – hilarious and grotesque by turns. Meet the enormous Avalanche, monstrous on the bar stool in her white ski pants. Meet Ladyboy, a dangerous gangland thug with Siamese fighting fish and (it is rumoured) three sets of teeth. Meet Mouse, Howie’s younger brother. Meet the Howie. Meet the Rookie. Mark O’Rowe’s ‘thrilling new play’ (The New York Times) has been re-imagined for a single actor. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, star of RTÉ’s Love/Hate, will play both Howie and Rookie. Brace yourself for an adrenaline-filled theatrical odyssey.

July Mo

8pm

2pm 8pm

8pm

2pm 8pm

AN TAIBHDHEARC THEATRE, €20—€29 DURATION 1 hour 35 minutes Containing strong language and sexual references. Suitable for age 16+

BACKSTAGE AT THE FESTIVAL POST-SHOW TALK WITH TOM VAUGHAN-LAWLOR AND MARK O’ROWE 23 JULY Photo: Patrick Redmond

THEATRE BEWLEY’S CAFÉ Theatre & PAT MOYLAN Present

A Galway girl By Geraldine Aron Directed by Terry Byrne With Joe Hanley and Clare Barrett

ireland

IRELAND

dance JOHN SCOTT/IRISH MODERN DANCE THEATRE Present

The story of an Irish marriage. Maisie and Dermot are the perfect picture of incompatibility. Married in 1950, they tell us about their life together from early disillusion to late acceptance.

HYPERACTIVE

By turns poignant and hilarious, A Galway Girl shows us the ups and downs of a shared life that was a touching mixture of humour and tragedy, held together by a love that endured.

CHOREOGRAPHY BY JOHN SCOTT MUSIC BY MEREDITH MONK Dancers: Marcus Bellamy Ashley Chen Philip Connaughton Kevin Coquillard Winston Dynamite Brown

First produced in 1979, A Galway Girl was a hit in England, Ireland and South Africa and remains a beautifully observed play and a fascinating social document.

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wonderfully enjoyable.

Village Voice, New York on Actions

Geraldine Aron was born in Galway but spent most of her adult life in Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Her other writing credits include My Brilliant Divorce, Same Old Moon, The Donahue Sisters and The Stanley Parkers. She is also the author of numerous plays produced for television and radio, and Toscanini, a screenplay directed by Franco Zeffirelli.

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…an absorbing production The Irish Times

July Mo

6pm

2pm 6pm

6pm

2pm 6pm

BANK OF Ireland THEATRE, €12–€15 DURATION 1 HOUR APPROX

Hot on the heels of John Scott’s internationally successful Actions and Body Duet, comes Hyperactive, an explosive and thrilling new work for five virtuoso male dancers. Hyperactive is wonderfully enjoyable, using frenetic falls, athletic jumps and physical extensions. A development from Scott’s hit Actions – Hyperactive is a live human architecture installation with the finest cast of male dance talent from Merce Cunningham, Alvin Ailey, the Broadway musical Spiderman and the TV musical series, Smash.

July Mo

8pm

ABSOLUT FESTIVAL GALLERY ADMISSION FREE WITH TICKET FROM BOX OFFICE DURATION 45 MINS APPROX

SPECTACLE

SPAIN

France

SPECTACLE

LES LENDEMAINS PRESENT

LES PEPONES

SARRUGA present

dragons

The Flying Trapeze

DIRECTED BY PAKITO GUTIÉRREZ

Les Pepones is a breathtaking comic tale with astonishing acrobatics, swings, catches, hangs and somersaults – all choreographed to a fantastic musical score inspired by the silent movies of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin.

Be prepared to be dazzled as one of Europe’s most exciting outdoor theatre companies, the world famous Sarruga from Barcelona, invade the city streets. Fire-breathing dragons accompanied by pulsating electronic music travel from Eyre Square through the heart of the city to the Spanish Arch. Boldly inventive and hugely thrilling, Sarruga bring excitement and terror in equal measure!

With jaw-dropping skill, this cast of nine performing on a huge circus rig thirty-five feet above the audience has become one of the most talked about trapeze shows in Europe. July

July Mo

10pm

EYRE SQUARE TO SPANISH ARCH VIA SHOP STREET. FREE

4pm

EYRE SQUARE. FREE DURATION 50 MINS APPROX

SPECTACLE

england

spectacle

spain

ANY DAY

DIRECTED BY MAX CALAF SEVE Using clowning and acrobatics Any Day is a beautiful circus show that leaves audiences dazzled. A traveller arrives in Galway, looking for a place to plant his nomadic home. But this traveller’s home is a little different; it’s a trampoline. Catalan trampoline master Max Calaf Seve, mixes extreme physical theatre and touching humour as he flies high into the sky.

July Mo

12pm 3pm

Spanish Parade. FREE

spectacle

the dream engine heliosphere

The WRONG SIZE present

LIGHTWALKERS July Mo

Creating the illusion of flying, an enormous, light-filled, helium 20 balloon rises, falls and glides through the sky, suspending 5pm a stunning balletic aerialist below who tumbles and turns 7pm 10pm from ground level to twenty metres above the audience. An enchanting and beautiful spectacle, which has wowed audiences Eyre Square to Shop Street. FREE all over the world.

england

DIRECTED BY KIRSTY LITTLE CHOREOGRAPHED BY DESIREE KONGEROD Mesmerizing audiences with their simple and beautiful imagery, The Wrong Size use technology and circus skills to create stunning, visual spectacle. Utterly unique Lightwalkers is a multi-colour swirl of movement, costume and light.

July Mo

2pm 9.15pm 11.15pm

2PM Eyre Square to Spanish Arch 9.15PM and 11.15PM Spanish Arch to Quay Street, Cross street, Bridge Street, Dominick Street, returning to Spanish Arch. Free

Theatre · NEW WORK FROM GALWAY

Ireland

BLUE TEAPOT THEATRE COMPANY Present

An ordinary trip to the cinema and a welcome break from their training centre provides an opportunity for Larry and Sophie to steal away and be together at last. But now that they’re alone, what will they do?

Sanctuary

By Christian O’Reilly Directed by Petal Pilley

Beautifully bittersweet, this warm comedy keeps you laughing and crying. Sex and disability are explored in this captivating story that shows what happens in those rare moments alone. July Mo

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7pm

A brilliant insightful piece of work…

7pm

Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe Presents

An Tíoránach Drogallach The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant Aistriúchán ar dhráma Tom Murphy Aistrithe go Gaeilge ag Macdara Ó Fatharta Á stiúradh ag Anne McCabe

Theatre · NEW WORK FROM GALWAY

Eipic chumhachtach faoi Arina, máthair shantach atá caithréimeach le linn an bhorraidh, ach ansin tagann an cliseadh agus teipeann ar a rathúnas. Fágtar í dealbh ag saint dhímhorálta agus fimíneacht an mhic is ansa léi. Déanann an aoir seo cáineadh ar an gcóras aicme: is sracfhéachaint é ar bhorradh agus ar chliseadh, téama atá an-oiriúnach don lá atá inniu ann. A powerful epic depicting Arina, a mother consumed by greed who triumphs during the boom but the bust comes and Arina’s fortunes fail. She is thrown onto the charity of her favourite son then left destitute by his amoral greed and hypocrisy. This satire is a savage look at boom and bust with keen resonances for our time.

7pm

BLUE TEAPOT THEATRE, €12-€15 DURATION 2 HOURS 15 Mins approx Not suitable for children

Irish Theatre Magazine

ireland

THEATRE · NEW WORK FROM GALWAY

Ireland July

Galway Community Theatre and Galway Youth Theatre Present

The Adventures of Shay Mouse the mouse from longford

July

NUNS ISLAND THEATRE DURATION 1 hour and 45 mins approx Adults €15. Children €10

5pm

8pm

TAIBHDHEARC NA GAILLIMHE €14–€18 DURATION 2 HOURS

animals their slaves. A disgraced Shay Mouse is forced to flee his home and embark on a wonderful adventure across the Irish midlands. The Adventures of Shay Mouse is a classic story for children by one of Ireland’s finest novelists, Patrick McCabe. Mo

8pm

By Pat McCabe. A Stage Musical for Adults and Children Shay Mouse lives peacefully in Bornacoola Wood in Longford, smoking his pipe and inventing boastful stories for young Tom Pat Badger and Mickey Slug. When an evil band of rats are burnt out of a barn in Mullingar they take over the wood, making the small

5pm

1pm 5pm

Tá Féile Ealaíon an Gaillimhe ar cheann de na hócáidí cultúrtha is mó in Éirinn gach bliain agus ar an bhféile idirnáisiúnta ceannródaíoch is mó san Eoraip. Cuireann an Fhéile taispeántas den scoth ar fáil sna taibh-ealaíona agus sna hamharcealaíona anseo in Éirinn agus thar lear. Ar feadh coicíse gach bliain i mí Iúil, bíonn na sráideanna agus na hionaid i nGaillimh faoi dhraíocht ag an bhféile agus i mbliana tá an-áthas orainn fáilte chroíúil a chur roimh na hEalaíontóirí agus a lucht féachana ó gach cearn den domhain chuig cathair álainn na Gaillimhe don 36ú Féile Bhliantúil.

Fáilte

U.S.A.

Music GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL AND RÓISÍN DUBH present

GRIZZLY BEAR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS

Mesmerizing...nobody makes music quite like this... The Guardian

Sublime, with strings attached.

 Since 2002, Grizzly Bear have gained global recognition for their unique sound and incredible musicianship. Their most recent album Shields won huge praise from influential critics like online music bible Pitchfork and their high profile fans include Jay Z, Paul Simon and Radiohead.

The Telegraph

Brilliant, complex and surprising. MOJO

Grizzly Bear are famous for their eclectic style, incorporating psychedelic pop, folk rock and the experimental with lush vocal harmonies. This staggering creativity can also be seen in the band’s videos, which have amassed millions of views on YouTube. Their 2009 album Veckatimest was selected as an album of the year by The New York Times, Time and the Wall Street Journal. This summer Galway audiences can look forward to seeing one of the world’s finest alternative bands perform in the Festival Big Top. Grizzly Bear are a music lover’s dream.

July Mo

7.30pm

FESTIVAL BIG TOP, FISHERIES FIELD €33.50, STANDING DOORS 6.30PM / SHOW 7.30PM

music

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MATTHEW E. WHITE Matthew E. White is an American songwriter, producer, arranger and founder of Spacebomb Records. His debut album Big Inner was released in August 2012 to universal critical acclaim. It secured Billboard’s breakthrough album of the year and was called ‘One of the great albums of modern Americana’ by Uncut Magazine. Recreating the laidback grooves of vintage soul pop, Matthew E. White brings his unique voice to the Róisín stage.

music

U.S.A.

A reluctant star is born. Uncut

July Mo

8pm

RÓISÍN DUBH, €14 (€12 conc.)

HEATHERS July Mo

8pm

RÓISÍN DUBH, €14 (€12 CONC.)

music

Support by Elaine Mai & Guests July Tu

8pm

RÓISÍN DUBH, €10 (€8 conc.)

Choice Music nominees, Ellie and Louise Macnamara aka Heathers, have enjoyed Irish and international success having firmly proven that they’re a musical force to be reckoned with. Earlier this year, they were invited to perform for Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams at the Oscar party of the Hollywood director in Santa Monica. They are currently working on writing projects with David Guetta and Disney while penning songs for a number of other recording artists including Ashley Roberts of Pussycat Dolls fame.

The reigning queen of rockabilly Imelda May will light up the Festival Big Top stage this summer. Her critically acclaimed albums Love Tattoo and Mayhem both topped the charts. Imelda has performed at the Grammys, toured the US with Jamie Callum and won high praise from the music industry’s most revered names, including Jools Holland and Bono. Starting out in Dublin’s The Liberties, Imelda May has always stayed true to her roots while becoming a world-class performer and artist. Her live gigs are legendary. When it comes to rocking the Big Top this summer, Galway audiences can expect a tour de force from the amazing Imelda. Support from the ever-popular Mundy.

ireland

HUDSON TAYLOR Mo

IMELDA MAY WITH SPECIAL GUEST MUNDY

ireland

Support By Cat Dowling & Julie Hawk

Ireland

Music GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL AND RÓISÍN DUBH present

Hudson Taylor (brothers Harry and Alfie) take their inspiration from both folk and pop, with a vivacity all their own. It is difficult to listen to them and not come away instantly affected. A busking and YouTube sensation long before they even approached a record company, they combine keening melodies with a bustling energy that is as infectious as it is memorable.

her performance is flawless. Clash Magazine

July Mo

7.30pm

FESTIVAL BIG TOP, FISHERIES FIELD €33.50, STANDING DOORS 6.30PM / SHOW 7.30PM

Music

ARTS PROJECT IRELAND

Bird

ireland

music

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Feeney towers over her contemporaries. The Observer

A concert performance of a new opera by

JULIE FEENEY

A NIGHT AT THE PROMS with THE RTE CONCERT ORCHESTRA Conductor David Brophy

Inspired by Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince Julie Feeney has devised a new world around the story set in a land of birds. This concert performance of Bird with score and libretto by Feeney, will go into full production in 2014 with a creative team including Mikel Murfi, Sabine Dargent and Joanne Hynes.

classic movie music

Composer, singer, orchestrator, songwriter and producer, Julie Feeney is a winner of the Choice Music Prize for Irish Album of the Year. Captivating and original, with an unquestionably unique sound, her work, though rooted in classical music, perfectly straddles both the pop and theatrical worlds.

A much-loved music celebration around the world, Galway Arts Festival presents Galway’s first Night at the Proms in the spectacular setting of the Festival Big Top with a thrilling programme of music from the movies.

Bird is the inaugural commission from Festival Firsts, an initiative of IFCN (Irish Festivals’ Co-Production Network - Galway Arts Festival, Dublin Theatre Festival, Cork Midsummer Festival and Kilkenny Arts July Festival) and received an Arts Council Opera Project grant for Mo Tu development.

The programme includes John William’s soaring Superman March, and ET Adventures on Earth, Ennio Morricone’s haunting Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission, the iconic Once Upon a Time In America and The Good The Bad & The Ugly, Michael Giacchion Suite from the Disney/Pixar Movie Up, the classics, Chariots of Fire from Vangelis, the James Bond Theme by Monty Norman, Bill Conti’s Rocky, That’s Entertainment! in A Tribute to MGM, John Barry’s Out Of Africa, and the unbelievably cool Shaft by Issac Hayes.

This performance is supported by Galway Arts Festival’s Directors’ Circle.

ireland

8pm

St. Nicholas’ Church price €25 (€20 conc.) Photo: Justin MacCarthy

July Mo

6pm

FESTIVAL BIG TOP, Fisheries Field €20 (€15 CONC.) Family Ticket €60, Standing

music

U.S.A.

LEE FIELDS AND THE EXPRESSIONS

Ireland

Róisín Dubh present

JACK L The 27 Club

There aren’t too many artists in soul music still working today who had a release in 1969. Lee Fields, however, is one such artist – or maybe he is better labelled a phenomenon. With a career spanning over forty years, Fields has amassed a prolific catalogue of albums and has performed with such legends as Kool and the Gang, Sammy Gordon and the Hip-Huggers and O.V. Wright. His music ranges from James Brown-style funk to lo-fi blues to contemporary Southern soul to collaborations with French house DJ/producer Martin Solveig. Lee Fields has done it all.

The 27 Club is the name bestowed upon a remarkable group of artists who passed away at the age of 27, and features the work of music icons including Janis Joplin, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse, Jimi Hendrix and Nirvana. Jack interweaves their legacy in a rip-roaring musical celebration of life itself. Jack L performs with his full band and orchestra.

8pm

Róisín Dubh, €28 (€26 CONC.)

music

U.S.A.

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JEFFREY LEWIS & the rain Jeffrey Lewis is both a comic book artist and a musician. With his band The Rain, material ranges from acoustic narratives to head smashing garage rock. Lewis’ decade-plus career has included shows with The Vaselines, Stephen Malkmus, The Mountain Goats, Devo, Pulp, and other luminaries.

Gorgeous

The Washington Post

July Mo

Following their sold out show at GAF 2011, these favourite sons of New Orleans return to Galway Arts Festival. This innately talented ensemble ensconced in New Orleans’ musical and sociological heritage, have lyrical depth and dexterity, compositional chops and improvisational flair to spare.

rowdy, exuberant, all-horns-blazing live

8pm

SEAPOINT, €25 Doors 7pm/Show 8pm

U.s.a.

July Mo

July Th

8pm

Róisín Dubh, price €12 (€10 conc.)

RÓISÍN DUBH, €24 (€22 CONC.)

music

8pm

ireland

The JERRY FISH Show Tu

The Irish TImes

NME

HOT 8 BRASS BAND

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The Big Apple’s best-kept secret.… mind-blowing.

Support from So Cow

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music

July

music

With a career spanning two decades Jerry Fish is one of Ireland’s most enigmatic songwriters and performers. Former frontman of An Emotional Fish his swaggering vocal has been described as Tom Waits in a good mood, or Leonard Cohen doing Dean Martin. Jerry Fish’s high-energy shows are legendary.

July Mo

8pm

RÓISÍN DUBH, €18 (€16 CONC.)

Ireland/U.S.A.

Music GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL AND RÓISÍN DUBH present

Glen hansard DAMIEN DEMPSEY WITH

Support by Sam Amidon

Damien Dempsey is the real thing. Hotpress

Glen Hansard and Damien Dempsey are two of Ireland’s favorite and most gifted musicians. Ever since The Frames stormed the Irish music scene back in the 90’s, Hansard has been one of the most popular and recognisable performers on the Irish landscape. His subsequent Oscar-winning international success with the film - and now musical Once has lifted his star even higher. His first studio solo album Rhythm and Repose was released last year to widespread acclaim. Damien Dempsey released his sixth studio album Almighty Love in October 2012. As anyone fortunate enough to have experienced them will testify, Damien’s live gigs are the stuff of legend. It’s no surprise then that he has been invited to perfom with everyone from Bob Dylan to Sinead O’Connor and Willie Nelson to Morrissey. Support from American folk singer Sam Amidon whose solo performances take on a life of their own and are a beautiful assault on the senses. Galway audiences can look forward to Glen Hansard and Damien Dempsey lifting the roof off the Festival Big Top this summer.

July Mo

7.30pm

FESTIVAL BIG TOP, FISHERIES FIELD €35, STANDING DOORS 6.30PM / SHOW 7.30PM

A gifted, emotive frontman who sings as if he must, with a heart on his sleeve that is constantly throbbing.

Support by the wonderful Sam Amidon renowned for his mesmerising live performances.

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Music GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL AND RÓISÍN DUBH present

JOSH RITTER AND THE ROYAL CITY BAND

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Mick Flannery is a singing and songwriting force to be reckoned with. The Irish Times

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Ritter’s directness is emotionally devastating… Fragility is Ritter’s greatest strength. The Guardian

Josh Ritter has enjoyed a very special relationship with Irish audiences for many years. His latest album The Beast in its Tracks is his most personal to date and continues to establish Josh as one of the finest singer songwriters at work today. The Royal City Band will join Josh on the Big Top stage as he performs new songs and old favourites. A Meteor Award winner for Best Irish Male in 2009, Mick Flannery’s distinctive voice and immense talent have marked him out as one of Ireland’s finest performers. His most recent album Red to Blue, topped the charts and received huge radio play thanks to great singles like Gone Forever and No Way To Live. Support on this very special Saturday night at the Festival Big Top comes from the much-loved West Cork Ukulele Orchestra. July Mo

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For the past 37 years, BeauSoleil with Michael Doucet has been making some of the most potent and popular Cajun music on the planet. BeauSoleil’s distinctive sound derives from the distilled spirits of New Orleans jazz, blues-rock, folk, swamp pop, Zydeco, country and bluegrass. Their first studio release in four years, their 25th album From Bamako to Carencro, has been widely acclaimed.

Critically acclaimed singer/ songwriter Brian Kennedy’s breakthrough came with his sublime Top 10 international hit Captured. A member of Van Morrison’s band for many years, Brian has also enjoyed a hugely successful solo career for over 20 years with numerous hit albums. Brian makes a welcome return to the Festival stage for the first time in many years.

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Rynne | Barou | Lunny Pádraig Rynne, Sylvain Barou and Dónal Lunny are, individually, masters of traditional Irish music. When three such influential and creative musicians work together the result is a wonderful collaboration of exciting musical talent.

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Kaleidoscope features some of Ireland’s finest musicians including the Galway-based ConTempo String Quartet and the stellar accordionist Dermot Dunne. The concert features two world premieres with Kate Ellis performing a new work by the young Irish composer Emma O’Halloran, and a new piece for the ensemble by the Congolese guitarist and composer Niwel Tsumbu.

Saturday July 20 Absolut Festival Gallery, Galway Shopping Centre 45 MIN | €10 (€8 conc.)

Sunday July 21 Augustinian Church, St. Augustine Street 2 HOURS | €15 (€12 conc.)

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Renowned for their fine harmonies and musical arrangements The Henry Girls are becoming one of Ireland’s most talked about folk/roots acts and are fast developing an international reputation. They have a unique sound, which blends classic traditional Irish folk music with a hint of Americana, a nod to bluegrass and many things in between.

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Monroe’s Live, €15

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Many moments of rare beauty. The Irish Times

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Frankie Gavin and De Dannan are legends in the traditional Irish music world. Performing for over 33 years, the current line-up includes Barry Brady, Colm O’Caoimh and Paul O’Driscoll with Michelle Lally on lead vocals. Frankie is a celebrated Irish fiddle player who has performed and recorded with music legends including The Rolling Stones, Stephane Grappelli and Sir Yehudi Menuhin.

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Music Róisín Dubh Presents Mike Oldfield’s

TUBULAR BELLS FOR TWO

Australia When Mike Oldfield released his 1973 masterpiece Tubular Bells, it required more than 30 musicians to perform it. This thrilling show recreates the album on stage, in real time in a unique and compelling theatrical experience. Witness Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts recreate the beauty and playful lunacy of one of the most important albums of the 20th Century with just four hands and four feet.

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TRAD LUNCHTIMES Paul O’Shaughnessy & Harry Bradley

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Niall Vallely the highly regarded concertina player is joined by Sean Óg Graham on guitar for this Festival gig. Monroe’s Live Thursday July 18, 1pm, €8

Franke Lane & Paul Kelly

Frankie Lane and Paul Kelly are one of Ireland’s most popular duos. Kelly’s virtuoso mandolin and fiddle playing are the perfect compliment to Lane’s wonderful singing, guitar and dobro playing. Monroe’s Live Friday July 19, 1pm, €8

Paul O’Shaughnessy has toured and recorded with many artists from Altan to Beginish. Together, Paul and Harry have recorded the highly acclaimed Album Born for Sport and have toured extensively. Monroe’s Live Saturday July 20, 1pm, €8

Kevin Hough with Gary Hastings & Mick Conneely

Acclaimed guitarist Kevin Hough is joined by Gary Hastings, a well known traditional flute player who has recorded with The Chieftains, and Mick Conneely one of the most respected fiddle players of his generation. Radisson Live Lounge Thursday July 25, 1pm, €8

Toner Quinn & Malachy Bourke

Toner Quinn and Malachy Bourke are a brilliant fiddle duet who play raw, dynamic music. They have just released a live album on the Ergodos label. Radisson Live Lounge Friday July 26, 1pm, €8

Brendan O’Regan & Dermot Byrne

Two of Ireland’s finest musicians Brendan O’Regan and Dermot Byrne join forces for this special Festival performance. On bouzouki/ mandolin and accordion respectively, they play a vast and wide repertoire. Radisson Live Lounge Saturday July 27, 1pm, €8

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The Arcady Experience

The new line-up of Arcady echoes many of the old sounds, but with new elements and musical relationships featuring Johnny ‘Ringo’ McDonagh, Patsy Broderick, Rick Epping, Nell Ní Chróinín, Michelle O’Brien, July Angelina Carberry Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su and Pete O’Hanlon. 16 Special guests 9pm include Stephen James & The Deans. Radisson Live Lounge, €20

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First Thought

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A Gathering of Minds, First Thought is the talks strand of Galway Arts Festival exploring creativity. Introduced in 2012, First Thought features discussions, conversations, readings and backstage talks all based on creativity.

LIFE IN THE OLD DOG YET

Check galwayartsfestival.com for First Thought Season Ticket.

The discussion will focus on the challenges facing traditional media and the shape of things to come. As traditional media outlets reshape, redefine and restructure, we ask how journalism is changing and innovating with an ever growing audience across digital spaces. What role citizen journalism and user generated content will play and can newspaper print editions survive? PANELLISTS INCLUDE: Aine Lawlor, Co-presenter of Morning Ireland, RTÉ Radio 1, John Mulholland, Editor, The Observer, Mark Little, CEO & Founder of Storyful. Chair: Dave O’Connell, Editor, Connacht Tribune Group

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THE ONE RIGHT ANSWER

The discussion will profile four young Irish creatives.

This discussion focuses on the role and place of creativity in education. Is creativity in education as important as literacy, and should it be treated with the same status? Are we educating with too much emphasis on “the one right answer” – predicated on academic ability? In order for companies and countries to stay competitive do we need to take a hard look at how we’re teaching children – and adults – to think? PANELLISTS INCLUDE: Dr. Patrick Collins, Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change, NUI Galway, John Lonergan, Former Governor of Mountjoy Prison, Prof. Kevin Whelan, University of Notre Dame Centre, Ireland July and Dorothy Morrissey, Lecturer in Drama Education, Mary Mo Tu We Th Fr Immaculate College, University of Limerick. Chair: Gavin Jennings, Broadcaster Bailey Allen Hall, NUI Galway €10 (€6 conc.)

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Galvea Kelly, James Whelton, Jonathan Cloonan & Jason Sullivan have embraced the digital world and have mapped out their own careers. In their twenties and internationally acclaimed, these sparkling creatives will speak about their work, their ideas and inspirations. How do they do it? And, is digi entrepreneurship the way forward? PANELLISTS INCLUDE: Galvea Kelly, Global Director of Digital and Social Media for Revlon, James Whelton, Co-founder of Coderdojo computer coding clubs and named by Forbes magazine in their 30 Under 30 List, Jason Sullivan, Creator of the Sminky Shorts animation series. Chair: Jonathan Cloonan, Global WPP Fellow, Digital Strategist Ogilvy & Mather WW and named by Forbes magazine in their 30 under 30 list.

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First Thought

Enda Walsh in conversation with Paul Fahy

“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” Jane Jacobs Death and Life of Great American Cities

Enda Walsh is one of Ireland’s most celebrated playwrights. Recent work includes the book for the Broadway and West End musical Once, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical in 2012, and the award winning play Misterman which toured to New York and following its Galway performances at GAF 2011. Other recent plays include Penelope, The New Electric Ballroom and The Walworth Farce, have toured all over the world.

It is envisaged that public spaces be the inspired centres of civic life; vibrant, active, sustainable places: reflecting the best of who we are. But, do our urban environments shape up to match? This discussion will focus on creativity and the use of public spaces. PANELLISTS INCLUDE: Elizabeth Francis, Irish Commissioner, Venice Architecture Biennale of Architecture 2012, Róisín Heneghan, Architect, heneghan peng architects, Rich Gilligan, Photographer, Professor Kevin M. Leyden, NUI Galway. Chair: Ali Grehan, Dublin City Architect

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Bailey Allen Hall, NUI Galway €10 (€6 conc.)

COLUM McCANN TransAtlantic

Colum McCann is the author of six novels and two collections of stories. He has won numerous international literary awards including the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award and the National Book Award in the USA for his last novel Let The Great World Spin. In his new novel TransAtlantic, from which he reads, McCann weaves together personal stories to explore the fine line between what is real and what is imagined, and the tangled skein of connections that make up our lives.

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Enda is joined by Artistic Director of Galway Arts Festival Paul Fahy to discuss his life and work.

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Artistic Director and co-founder of Druid Garry Hynes, interviews her longtime collaborator and friend, actor and cofounder of Druid, Marie Mullen. Garry and Marie are two of Ireland’s most celebrated and successful theatre artists, having toured extensively the highways, byways and broadways of the theatre world. The recipients of numerous awards, they both received Tony Awards in 1998 for The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Garry for Direction and Marie for Best Actress. Both received Special Tribute Awards at the Irish Times Theatre Awards for their enormous contribution to Irish theatre, Garry in 2005 and Marie in 2012.

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Dave Eggers on Let The Great World Spin

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THICKER THan WATER

Backstage at the Festival is a series of theatre and gallery talks with selected artists and companies participating at the Festival. This is an informal platform for audiences to hear artists discuss their creative process. Gallery Talks – no ticket required. Pre and post show talks – admission free for ticket holders.

In this year of The Gathering, this discussion will focus on creativity and the Diaspora. The power of the Diaspora is irrefutable. With creativity lauded as being at the core of the Irish psyche, can networks based on ideas, and bound by family and heritage, transcend geography to help shape Ireland’s future? Can a collaboration of creative talents build a new narrative for Ireland? PANELLISTS INCLUDE: Tim O’Connor, Chairman of The Gathering and former Irish Consul General NY, Aidan Connolly, Executive Director, Irish Arts Centre, New York. Chair: Prof Kevin Whelan, University of Notre Dame

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GALLERY TALKS

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Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre Post-show talk with The Rite of Spring & Petrushka cast and Michael Keegan-Dolan. 16 July, Black Box Theatre

John Gerrard Gallery talk with the artist. 15 July, 2pm Absolut Festival Gallery

Julie Feeney Composer of Bird, Julie Feeney in pre-concert conversation. 28 July, 7.30PM St. Nicholas’ Church

Baxter Theatre Post-show talk with the cast of Mies Julie and writer and director Yael Farber. 23 July, Town Hall Theatre Northlight Theatre Post-show talk with playwright Bruce Graham, director BJ Jones and the cast of Stella & Lou. 17 July, Town Hall Theatre

TERRI HOOLEY IN CONVERSATION WITH TONY CLAYTON-LEA

Howard Hodgkin Gallery talk with curator Neil McConnon. 16 July, 2pm Absolut Festival Gallery Nathaniel Mellors Gallery talk with the artist. 17 July, 2pm Galway Arts Centre

The Emergency Room/ Galway Arts Festival Post-show talk with writer and performer Olwen Fouéré and the creative team of Riverrun. 24 July, Druid Lane Theatre

Terri Hooley was born in Belfast. In 1978 he opened a record shop, and later founded the music label Good Vibrations which quickly estblished an impressive portfolio of bands including The Undertones. In spite of bankruptcy, arson, and run-ins with Bob Dylan and John Lennon, the label, the shop and Terri survived a turbulent and colourful career in the music industry. A biopic, Good Vibrations, was released earlier this year. Terri is joined in conversation by journalist Tony Clayton-Lea.

BACKSTAGE AT THE FESTIVAL

Casus Post-show talk with the cast of Knee Deep. 23 July, Black Box Theatre

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Landmark Productions Post-show talk with Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Mark O’Rowe. 23 July, An Taibhdhearc

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Play Readings

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACOB BY MICHAEL MARSHALL

Happy Birthday Jacob sees 17-year-old Jacob Dooley impersonate his parents for his 10-year-old brother, Lucas, after Mum leaves and Dad absents himself for months on end. And no one suspects, least of all the school authorities. Only Jacob’s girlfriend, Terry, is in on the act. They are doing just fine, until Mum returns. Jacob is suspicious, but then Mum gives him the birthday present he’s always wanted. Michael Marshall is from Ennis and is studying Performing Arts at the Institute of Technology, Sligo.

Howard Hodgkin, Norwich, 1999 - 2000 © The Artist

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BE INFANTS IN EVIL

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BY BRIAN MARTIN

Fr. Patrick is newly posted to a parish in Dublin and, this afternoon, finds himself in his new church hearing confessions he is in no mind to hear and, in any case, distrusts for their insincerity. From elderly Noleen who for all her guilelessness, knows more than she lets on to know. From unmarried mother Jacinta, who is anything but repentant for misdemeanours in the eyes of the church. And from Henry, a 12-year-old boy who has somehow made it alone from the other side of the city to be with his old friend. Brian Martin is a Dublin native now resident in London. He is a graduate from TCD where he studied playwriting with Marina Carr and has been a participant in the Royal Court’s Young Writers’ Programme where Be Infants in Evil was developed.

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July Howard Hodgkin is one of Britain’s most internationally celebrated artists and is best known as a painter. However, he Mo Tu We Th Fr has also explored the possibilities of printmaking throughout his 15 16 17 18 19 career, producing a substantial body of work as accomplished 22 23 24 25 26 as his oils. Absolut Festival Gallery This is the first large-scale exhibition spanning the artist’s entire Galway Shopping Centre 11am–6pm. Free career in print. Over the past forty years, he has produced over 130 editions of striking and beautifully crafted prints which range in size from the very small to huge, and the exhibition will Backstage at the Festival Gallery Talk, 16 July, 2pm provide the opportunity for a full appraisal of his prints.

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JOHN GERRARD CUBAN SCHOOL The first Irish showing of two recent works by John Gerrard consolidates his reputation as one of Ireland’s most innovative and internationally respected artists working today. Recent shows include the Venice Biennale and Manchester International Festival, and his work has also been seen onstage at the Royal Opera House in London. The two large-scale digital projections presented for his Festival exhibition are meticulous slow-moving ‘virtual portraits’ of schools constructed in the 1960’s Cuban countryside. The original schools were part of an ambitious education programme by the Cuban government to mix work and study. The disappointing results of the programme and the lack of resources are reflected in the decaying conditions of the buildings. The structures were not abandoned however and Gerrard has referred to them as ‘functioning ruins’. As a group made up of members of staff and students struggled to keep them going against all odds. The schools have however effectively been closed since the making of the work. Gerrard’s attention was initially drawn to the strangeness of their architecture in the landscape and their dilapidated appearance. The Cuban School pair is part of a series of works that have focused on architectural and industrial structures. Both works are infinite in duration and powerfully mark the melancholic demise of a political vision. This is his first major Irish exhibition since 2007.

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RICHARD GILLIGAN DiY

Ourhouse Episode 1: Games 2010, HD Video

DIY is a movement within skateboarding, which operates outside civic and societal norms. Using abandoned terrain in both urban and rural settings, the modern skateboarder exists within a more unconventional environment. These unauthorized, temporary constructions have fascinated photographer Richard Gilligan, who has spent the past four years tracking down these ephemeral spaces throughout Europe and the USA.

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ABSOLUT FESTIVAL GALLERY 11AM-6PM. Free FDR Philadelphia

GALWAY ARTS CENTRE AND GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAL PRESENT

Nathaniel Mellors Ourhouse

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RÓISÍN COYLE The People of the Sea

The complex relationship between language and power is a recurring theme in Mellors’ multi-faceted work, typically manifesting itself in absurdist, humorous narratives that reveal a penchant for satire and the grotesque.

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Mellors writes his own texts and explores different approaches to the performance of these through a variety of media. Parodying the formats and structures through which information is popularly conveyed – such as the television drama, political broadcast, critical analysis or avant-garde plays - Mellors sets up theatrical frameworks to test the line between meaningful content and incomprehensibility. At the core of his practice lies a fascination with the relationship between word and effect.

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‘At Inishark low music is heard under the water before an accident or wreck’ Lady Gregory

10am–5.30pm SUNDAY 12PM–5.30PM. Free

The People of the Sea is an immersive installation created in response to sea folklore on the west coast of Ireland. The installation merges a sound composition arranged with musician and composer Mike Smalle using Atlantic grey seals singing and film footage of a currach passing slowly overhead.

Backstage at the Festival Gallery Talk, 17 July, 2pm

The People of the Sea is kindly supported by The Heritage Council and The Arts Council.

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VISUAL ARTS · ARCHITECTURE Ireland at Venice

SHIFTING GROUND Beyond national architecture

Shifting Ground from heneghan peng architects was Ireland’s official entry at the Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition in 2012, the most important architectural exhibition in the world. An interactive installation that invites viewers to physically engage with the exhibit and, in doing so, collaborate with each other. In a site-specific response, heneghan peng architects designed an oscillating ‘bench’ that invites visitors to balance their respective weights. The work considers issues of geometry and number in the architects’ work. “Ireland’s see-saw was worth the trip to Venice alone.” Architectural Review

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AN ISLANDS RETROSPECTIVE - CEILIÚRADH & BUÍOCHAS

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Derrick Hawker is an artist and designer-craftsman who has been involved with the community and the landscape of the western islands of Connemara since the 60’s. This exhibition is a celebration of his love for the people and the place. He has spent the last twelve years making a series of twelve paintings which focus symbolically on Ballynakill Lake in Gorumna. This is the first time they have been exhibited. Galway City Museum 10am-5pm. Free

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WHAT REMAINS

The Night Scene Series is part of an ongoing project from American artist Levi Hanes, exploring light and abstraction through digital photography and painting. Born in the United States in 1977, Hanes completed his MFA at the Glasgow School of Art in 2008.

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Hooves and Watermarks

Kathleen Furey is from Galway and is a founder member of Artspace Studios. Exploring the relationship between narrative and image, her work deals with loss, memory and realisation..

NORMAN VILLA GALLERY, SALTHILL 12 NOON–6PM. Free

Levi Hanes

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Hooves and Watermarks features O’Hehir’s iconic motif of the horse through her series of ink drawings and wire and bronze sculpture. The fluid, high-spirited energy in her work belies the years of disciplined figurative study and search for her unique voice. Debi O’Hehir was born in England and grew up in Kinvara, Co. Galway.

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HOOVES AND WATERMARKS

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Gallery 126, Flood Street 1pm-6pm. Free

Split Rock, West Side, Ballynakill Lake

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Pat Collins, in collaboration with Tadhg O’Sullivan and Sharon Whooley, presents three new film works Pilgrim, What Remains and Fathom exploring aspects of place and cultural memory.

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comedy

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One of Ireland’s best know comics, Andrew Maxwell continues to dominate the live and festival comedy circuits with sold-out shows around the world including the Edinburgh Festival and Montreal’s Just for Laughs. His TV appearances include One Night Stand, Wall of Fame, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Have I Got July News for You?, Argumental, Celebrity Juice, Mo Mock the Week, Sky Atlantic’s new comedy series Don’t Sit in the Front Row and Morgan Spurlock’s New Britannia.

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WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? With Special Guest Greg Proops Five brave performers arrive with no script and not the faintest idea of what will happen. Willed on by a supportive crowd, they improvise whole sketches and comic dramas that are amazingly inventive, blossoming into flights of surreal brilliance. This show features the improvisational talents of Stephen Frost, Andy Smart, Steve Steen, Ian Coppinger and Greg Proops.

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Father Ted star, Ardal O’Hanlon is delighted to present his latest stand-up show for 2013. The style is observational, the subject matter is life itself, and the default expression is one of utter disbelief! Lurking beneath Ardal’s mild-mannered demeanour resides a sharp and probing comic brain. Here, he explores the world within and around him demonstrating why the peddling of jokes was not only his fate, but probably the only sensible way to live life.

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A comedy genius at the peak of his powers.

A truly original and unique voice in Irish comedy, David O’Doherty’s shows are a gentle rollercoaster ride through the general absurdities of life, love and erm.... pandas. Quite simply, one of the best stand-ups in the world, with a slew of awards, sold out tours and TV appearances; David is an unmissable, late night Festival treat.

The Sunday Times

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Catch Greg Proops’ podcast The Smartest Man in the World on Thursday July 25 at 8pm upstairs in the Róisín Dubh. €15

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Early afternoon mayhem with a big side helping of mirth and madness as local lad made good Gerry Mallon, hosts and introduces some of the biggest names on the comedy circuit. With a different line up every day, the best and brightest new talent will be joined by stalwarts like Kevin Gildea, Fred Cooke, Eleanor Tiernan, Eric Lalor, Foil Arms and Hog and Jarlath Regan.

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Silent Night Special Guests Kormac’s Big band

Silent Night is back. For one night only, Galway Arts Festival brings the Festival Club to the Big Top for a massive ‘Headphone Disco’ one of the Festival Club highlights of 2012. In the tradition of the ‘Silent Disco’, two top DJ’s battle for your attention on two-channel headsets. Stirring visuals and lots of surprises make this an unmissable party night of fun! Kicking off the night are Kormac’s Big Band live on stage. July Mo

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selected Selected is a Galway Arts Festival/NUI Galway professional development programme for emerging artists and producers. Participants are drawn from the NUI Galway’s theatre and drama post-graduate courses and from emerging Irish theatre makers and visual artists.

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Selected offers participants the opportunity to experience how a festival is produced, attend key elements of the Festival Programme and participate in lectures and seminars facilitated by Irish and international arts professionals.

VOLUNTEERING PROGRAMME Volunteerism has played a key role in Galway Arts Festival from its inception and has been hugely important in its success. In partnership with CKI, the NUI Galway groundbreaking community knowledge initiative, this volunteering programme offers a rewarding and unique experience. To find out more visit galwayartsfestival.com/volunteer

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Please arrive at the venue at least 20 minutes before the show time. Allow time for traffic and parking. Latecomers may only be admitted at the discretion of management. Galway Arts Festival reserves the right to alter any advertised programme if necessary. Free outdoor programme may change due to weather conditions. Please check our website or social media for updates.

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Gift Vouchers are available online at galwayartsfestival.com and from our Box Office or by phoning +353 91 509 700.

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Friends priority booking from 31 May–14 June. To become a Friend of the Festival phone Laura Rigney at +353 91 509 700 or Email: friends@galwayartsfestival.com

We ask where possible that any special needs or seating requirements are made known to us at the time of booking.

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A variety of special offers, discounts and packages are available. Please check our website galwayartsfestival.com or ask our Box Office staff for details.

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We are delighted to offer discounts to groups of 10 or more for most performances. Complete the group booking form on our website. Email groups@galwayartsfestival.com Phone +353 91 509 700 or contact the Festival Box Office for details.

Online, telephone and postal bookings are subject to administration charges. Bookings in person at the Festival Box Office are not subject to administration charges. See website for full details.

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From 17 June Galway Arts Festival Box Office, Galway Tourist Office, Forster Street, Galway, Ireland. Monday–Saturday 10am–5.30pm, Sunday 21 July 1pm–5pm.

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For events in the Town Hall Theatre or Black Box Theatre bookings can also be made at +353 91 569 777 or in person at the Town Hall Theatre. Bookings are subject to administration charges.

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Nimmo’s Pier

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FESTIVAL BIG TOP, Fisheries Field FESTIVAL BOX OFFICE, Forster Street TOWN HALL THEATRE, Courthouse Square BLACK BOX THEATRE, Dyke Road DRUID lane THEATRE, Druid Lane FESTIVAL CLUB, Waterside NUNS’ ISLAND THEATRE, Nuns’ Island BAILEY ALLEN HALL and BANK OF IRELAND THEATRE, NUI GALWAY, University Road ST. NICHOLAS’ CHURCH, Lombard Street An Taibhdhearc, Middle Street RADISSON BLU HOTEL, Lough Atalia Road RÓISÍN DUBH, Dominick Street

13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.

MONROE’S LIVE, Dominick Street THE KING’S HEAD, High Street Blue Teapot Theatre, Munster Avenue ABSOLUT FESTIVAL GALLERY, Headford Rd GALWAY CITY MUSEUM, Spanish Parade GALWAY ARTS CENTRE, 47 Dominick Street NORMAN VILLA GALLERY, Lower Salthill UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY, Newcastle Rd SEAPOINT, Salthill 126 GALLERY, Flood Street AUGUSTINIAN CHURCH, Middle Street Hotel Meyrick, Eyre Square

GALWAY ARTS FESTIVAl Diary Event

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The Rite of Spring & Petrushka (Preview July 13)

4-5

Black Box Theatre

Mies Julie

6-7

Town Hall Theatre

Stella & Lou

8-9

Town Hall Theatre

Riverrun

10-11

Druid Lane Theatre

Knee Deep

12-13

Howie the Rookie

14-15

Fri 19

Sat 20

8pm

6.30pm

Sun 21

Mon 22

Tues 23

Wed 24

Thurs 25

Fri 26

Sat 27

Sun 28

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Howard Hodgkin

2pm & 8pm

8pm

2pm & 8pm

Black Box Theatre

8pm

6.30pm

8pm

Nathaniel Mellors

An Taibhdhearc

8pm

2pm & 8pm

8pm

2pm & 8pm

8pm

Galway Arts Centre

6pm

2pm & 6pm

Absolut Festival Gallery

Sarruga - Dragons

Streets of Galway

Les Pepones - The Flying Trapeze

Eyre Square

The Dream Engine

Streets of Galway

Any Day

Spanish Arch

Lightwalkers

Streets of Galway

Sanctuary

Blue Teapot Theatre

The Adventures of Shay Mouse

Nun's Island Theatre

An Tíoránach Drogallach

An Taibhdhearc

8pm

6pm

8pm

6pm

8pm

2pm & 8pm

*8pm

6pm

10pm

Róisín Dubh

Imelda May

Festival Big Top

Julie Feeney - Bird

St. Nicholas' Church

A Night at the Proms - RTE Concert Orchestra

Festival Big Top

Lee Fields and the Expressions

Róisín Dubh

Jeffrey Lewis & The Rain

Róisín Dubh

Jack L The 27 Club

Seapoint

Hot 8 Brass Band

Róisín Dubh

The Jerry Fish Show

Róisín Dubh

Glen Hansard, Damien Dempsey & Guests

32-33

Festival Big Top

Josh Ritter, Mick Flannery & Guests

34-35

Festival Big Top

BeauSoleil with Michael Doucet

Radisson Live Lounge

Kaleidoscope

Festival Gallery & Augustinian Church

Brian Kennedy

Monroe's Live

The Henry Girls

Monroe's Live

Rynne, Barou & Lunny

Monroe's Live

Frankie Gavin & De Dannan

Radisson Live Lounge

Tubular Bells for Two

Seapoint

Lunchtime Concerts

Monroe’s Live / Radisson Blu Hotel

The Arcady Experience

Radisson Live Lounge

Backstage at the Festival

Various Venues

Druid - Rehearsed Readings

Druid Lane Theatre

Ardal O'Hanlon

Róisín Dubh

Greg Proops / Whose Line is it Anyway?

Róisín Dubh

Andrew Maxwell

Róisín Dubh

David O'Doherty

Town Hall Theatre

Laughter Loft

Ruby Room, The King's Head

Silent Disco

Festival Big Top

Richard Gilligan

4pm

Shifting Ground 12noon & 3pm

5pm

7pm

5pm

1pm & 5pm

8pm

Derrick Hawker 1pm & 5pm

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Absolut Festival Gallery

2/9.15/11.15pm 7pm

Absolut Festival Gallery

5/7/10pm 12noon & 3pm

Absolut Festival Gallery Roisin Coyle

4pm

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Absolut Festival Gallery

10pm

Festival Big Top

Heathers

2pm & 6pm

Absolut Festival Gallery John Gerrard

8pm

5pm

7pm

5pm

1pm & 5pm

Galway City Museum 1pm & 5pm

Debbi O'Hehir

Norman Villa Gallery Levi Hanes

7.30pm

Róisín Dubh

Hudson Taylor

2pm & 6pm

8pm

Visual Arts

8pm

Bank of Ireland Theatre

Thurs 18

8pm

Wed 17

8pm

24-25

Tue 16

8pm

Hyperactive

Grizzly Bear & Special Guests

Mon 15

8pm

A Galway Girl

Matthew E. White

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University Hospital Galway Brian Kenny

8pm 8pm

126 Gallery Kathleen Furey

7.30pm 8pm

Pat Collins

6pm 8pm

University Hospital Galway 55

Absolut Festival Gallery

8pm FIRST THOUGHT TALKS

8pm

The One Right Answer

8pm

Life in the Old Dog Yet

7.30pm

#YoungGuns

9pm

Common Ground Garry Hynes & Marie Mullen

9pm

1pm

7pm

Enda Walsh with Paul Fahy

1pm

NUI Galway, 6pm, Sunday 21 Colum McCann

9pm 2pm/9.45pm

9.30pm/10pm

9.30pm

7.30pm

2pm 8pm 11.15pm 1pm

1pm

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NUI Galway, 4pm, Sunday 21

8pm 1pm

NUI Galway, 4pm, Saturday 20 Terri Hooley with Tony Clayton Lea

8pm

Hotel Meyrick, 6pm, Tuesday 16 Thicker Than Water

2pm 8pm

1pm

NUI Galway, 6pm, Saturday 20

9pm

2pm/9.30pm

NUI Galway, 2pm, Sunday 21

10pm

2pm

NUI Galway, 2pm, Saturday 20

8pm

10pm

1pm

NUI Galway, 12 noon, Sunday 21

7.30pm 10pm

NUI Galway, 12 noon, Saturday 20

8pm

1pm

1pm 9.30pm

1pm

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