Galway Arts Festival

In it for the music

Galway Arts Festival Posted on 27/06/2012 by Conor Harrington
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ChicHiResImage_1.jpg The biggest blessing and the biggest curse of his career, Nile Rodgers says, has been that he was never a star. Even today, when you mention his band, Chic, people may recognise their signature song ‘Le Freak’ or maybe even ‘Good Times’, but the sheer volume of hits that Rodgers and his song-writing partner, Bernard Edwards, penned is staggering. Diana Ross’ biggest hit, ‘I’m Coming Out’, David Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’, Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’, and Sister Sledge’s ‘We are Family’ were all penned by Rodgers.
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  • Art of epic proportions

    Galway Arts Festival Posted on 27/06/2012 by Marie Madden
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    Never known to shy away from a challenge, David Mach’s latest work ‘Precious Light’ was certainly that. A large-scale production interpreting the messages of the Bible, the striking visuals of the exhibition will prove to be among the most enduring of this year’s Galway Arts Festival and will be displayed to full effect at the Absolute Festival Gallery at Galway Shopping Centre.
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  • Bursting bubbles

    Galway Arts Festival Posted on 27/06/2012 by Marie Madden
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    Galway Arts Festival’s reasons for staging the world premiere of Julian Gough’s latest play ‘The Great Goat Bubble’ aren’t hard to figure out. This comedy-drama is set in Ballinasloe and Gough himself is well known to the area, having studied at NUI Galway and thrilled music fans as frontman with Toasted Heretic.
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  • Renaissance man

    Galway Arts Festival Posted on 27/06/2012 by Conor Harrington
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    Terry Alderton is finally suiting himself. After experiencing a meteoric rise to fame at the turn of the century, he looked destined for a comfortable, yet mediocre career presenting game shows and doing inoffensive comedy routines; he even presented the UK National Lottery.
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  • In good compagnie

    Galway Arts Festival Posted on 27/06/2012 by Cianna Greene
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    Physical theatre elements of previous Galway Arts Festival programmes have always proved incredibly popular, prompting the return of Circa to the various festivals over the years. Circa don’t make a return this year, but French group Compagnie Ieto are sure to quench festivalgoers’ thirst for all things acrobatics.
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  • Living the good life

    Galway Arts Festival Posted on 27/06/2012 by Lorraine O' Hanlon
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    While many may view philosophy as merely abstract, it has long had practical applications in everyday life, as writer and university lecturer Jules Evans will explain during his talk at the Galway Arts Festival on Saturday 28 July.
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  • Engineering imagination

    Galway Arts Festival Posted on 27/06/2012 by Conor Harrington
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    Macnas’ Artistic director Noeline Kavanagh talks Conor Harrington through the task of managing a troupe of “conjurers, dreamers and schemers” One of the highlights of the Galway Arts Festival each year is the Macnas Parade, which dazzles young and old alike with its wondrous creations and spectacle.
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