Entertainment
Music and football in new show at Fringe
Comedian, actor and musician Aindrias de Staic will present his new show, The Man from Moogaga as part of this year’s Galway Fringe Festival.
Football, music and mayhem collide in this comic tale of jigs, reels, raggle taggle and growing up in rural west of Ireland, which will run at Pádraig’s Place New Dock Road, in the city. The show, which is a work in progress, focuses on the life and adventures of a young man from the town of Moogaga. It is written and will be performed by Aindrias.
Despite having a natural talent for music the young man has only one goal; to play Gaelic football for his town. This becomes more important to him that developing his musical skills. However having neither the skill nor the physique to make the team, and frustrated by life in Moogaga, he decides to travel across Europe and America in the hope that he will find a town like Moogaga that will accept him.
He travels far and wide, all the time acquiring new musical skills yet also driven by the goal to become stronger and play football. In a one-horse town he finds acceptance and love as he learns to play new rhythms but trouble and strife soon follow.
Eventually, he returns home to find his hometown in the football final and desperately in need of something to help them win the match. Can he embrace his musical talents in time to inspire his team to win the cup?
“It’s still a work in progress, but I’m looking forward to getting help and inspiration from the local audience,” says Aindrias. “The Galway shows are always great craic and full of spontaneity, so I’m really excited to previewing the new show in the West.”
Tickets for The Man from Moogaga are €10. Check www.galwayfringe.ie for booking details.
Vocalist and artist Ceara Conway is collaborating with musicians Kevin Murphy (cello), and Ultan O’Brien (viola, fiddle) of Slow Moving Clouds, and Anna Mullarkey, (piano, electronics) to present a live performance of her album, CAOIN.
The event will take place in An Taibhdhearc next Thursday, April 6, at 8pm.
Ceara, who is from an Ceathrú Rua, is known for her unique use of traditional song and lament in contemporary art.
In this collection of sean-nós and world music songs, released last March, she explores the sounds and sentiments of love, loss and longing found in traditional praise songs and lullabies, with an emphasis on the Irish ‘caoineadh, or lament.
Ceara has gained recognition for her singing in traditional repertoires across cultures from Irish sean-nós to Portuguese, Arabic and African song and Georgian chant.
“As a vocal artist, I have been composing, performing, and using songs as a way in which to connect with audiences on issues that we experience individually and collectively,” she explains. This includes “exploring the sense of loss we experience in relation to experiences of death, migration, feminist issues, and the environmental crisis”.
For more, read this week’s Galway City Tribune.
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The performance of Waltsáil Abhaile at An Taibhdhearc this Friday night, March 31, is in support of Peter Nelson.
Peter has been involved with theatre s in Galway for over 30 years, since he began his career with Macnas. In the three decades since, he has worked with almost every theatre company in Galway City and County.
In recent years, Peter has worked with Druid as a stage carpenter and Fíbín as set designer and builder.
However, he recently suffered a series of strokes and is unable to work and support himself financially. Funds are needed to provide Peter with an electric wheelchair, which will give him independent mobility.
The arts community is invited to come together and support Peter and his family during this difficult time by attending the fundraiser production of Waltsáil Abhaile this Friday night at 8pm.
Anyone who can’t attend but who would like to contribute, can do so by clicking on the “Tickets” link on the event page on an Taibhdhearc web site and there is a donate button that will allow you to contribute whatever amount you want. https://www.antaibhdhearc.com/
From Galway to the World is the title of Music for Galway’s strategy for the next three years as the organisation continues to extend its reach while providing access to top-quality classical and contemporary music here in Galway.
The initiative was launched this Wednesday in the city’s PorterShed a Dó.
“The title of the strategy conveys perfectly the main message of the organisation,” said Music for Galway’s CEO Anna Lardi. “In recent years, there has been a major transformation as the organisation has grown in capacity, ambition and output.”
While continuing to look after its home base, Music for Galway (MfG) is increasingly working with national and international partners on initiatives to attract audiences from further afield, she added.
Its eight-day cello festival, CELLISSIMO, with the next one scheduled for May of 2024 is one such vehicle. CELLISSIMO will include Songs of Travel, a major project for which MfG is leading a team of five participating countries. The Songs for Travel initiative has been awarded €1 million through the Creative Europe Cooperation Award.
At this week’s launch of From Galway to the World, MfG’s Artistic Director Finghin Collins announced details of a special concert connected to the CELLISSIMO festival, which is due to take place on November 18 in the city’s Galmont Hotel. Featuring major cello-piano duo Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason, it will give audiences a taste of what to expect in May 2024. Tickets are now on sale for that show.
For more, read this week’s Galway City Tribune.
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