Festivals & Exhibitions
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Leave Your Mark
31st March to 2nd April @ Kinvara Courthouse
Debbie Browne, an experienced abstract artist from Kinvara, Co. Galway, will be having a weekend long exhibition of her most recent project, ‘Leave Your Mark’, at The Old Courthouse in Kinvara. Showcasing a collection of paintings, prints and photographs that was inspired by Debbie’s recent diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy.
Wáltsáil Abhaile
Until 1st April @ An Taibhdhearc
Cuirfidh Fíbín sa Taibhdhearc tús le séasúr nua amharclannaíochta leis an gcéad léiriú domhanda de ‘Wáltsáil Abhaile’, scríofa ag ceann de mhórscríbhneoirí na Gaeilge, Antoine Ó Flatharta, stiúrtha ag Stephen Darcy agus deartha Lulu Tam.
Galway Film Society Spring Season
Until 3rd of April on Sunday and Monday evenings at Pálás Cinema
The season will present 8 films, representing a range of new award-winning titles from around the world. French comedy-drama The Rose Maker (La Fine Fleur); Berlin Film Festival 2022 winner Alcarràs from Catalan director Carla Simón, Jafar Panahi’s latest film No Bears, which was completed shortly before his recent arrest in Iran; and the heart-warming Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom, Bhutan’s first-ever Academy Award nominee for Best International Feature
Cúirt International Festival of Literature
18th to 23rd of April
Featuring an array of some of the most exciting Irish and international writers at work today, and spanning over 50 events, the programme includes poetry, fiction, theatre, memoir, masterclasses, exhibitions, and family events.
Set to go
Until 22nd of April @ Galway Arts Centre
An exhibition of works by Benjamin de Búrca and Bárbara Wagner. This selection of films of Wagner & de Burca, shown together for the first time in this exhibition, explore how traditional forms of dance and music are fashioned and refashioned for a contemporary public, involving a balancing act that bridges past and present.
Galway Theatre Festival
April 28th – May 6th
A 9 Day Festival dedicated to platforming and developing independent theatre and performance.
Borderland
Until May 31 @ Galway City Museum
Borderland – Ukraine 2022 is a series of images taken by award-winning documentary photographer Karen Cox. These photographs offer an insight into the reality of displaced people crossing from Ukraine into Poland in the hope of finding safety. These images, from both sides of the border, were taken in April 2022 at the border crossing in Medyka.