Edinburgh Festival Fringe Preview

Last year I did some posts from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and this year in an aim to get ahead of myself this is the list of shows I am looking forward to seeing this August. I’ve inserted links to the show details where possible. The Vaudevillians, The Sun Also Rises, Assembly 30th Anniversary, Jimmy Carr, Divine Comedy, Adam Hills, Andrew Maxwell, Andy Zaltmen, Axis of Awesome, BBC Comedy, Betrayal of Penguins, Bo Burham, David O’Dotherty, Dead Cat Bounce, Des Bishop, Foil Arms and Hog, GB 25th, Jarlath Regan, Jason Byrne, Maxwell Fullmooners, Newsrevue, Paul Merton, Penny Dreadfuls, Political Animal, Stand Up for Freedom, Two Episodes of Mash, Wittank, Duke Special, Eels, Magnets, Modest Mouse, Fame, Hairspray, Spring Awaking, The Author, Flesh and Blood, Freefall, Girl Yellow Dress, Breakfast @Traverse, Daniel Kitson, Ladder and Moon, La Locandiera, My Romantic Histrory, Newsrome, The Not So Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo, While … There’s more

An Audience with Garry Hynes

The Literary and Debating Society of NUI Galway is hosting an Audience with Garry Hynes, founder and Artistic Director of the Druid Theatre Company, tomorrow evening, Thursday 11th March, in the Aula Maxima in the main Quadrangle of NUI Galway, at 7pm. Hynes will be interviewed by Adrian Frazier, Professor of English in NUI Galway and Director of the MA in Drama and Theatre Studies. The interview will cover topics such as theatre in Galway and Ireland, the role and influence of Irish theatre on the global stage, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Entry is free and everyone is welcome. View Aula Maxima, NUIG in a larger map