Galway Advertiser 1991/1991_07_18/GA_18071991_E1_027.pdf 

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way Arts Festival
^GALWAY ADVERTISE^ K^AL FTA S PLMN EVL UPE E T SI
Wednesday 17 July
12.00 2.00 p.m. p.m. Cinema in Ireland

17-28

JULY 19 9 1
9.30 10.00 11.00 p.m. p.m. p.m.

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-- an exhibition at Eyre Square Centre introduced by Liam O'Leary. The Film Fleadh opens it's Women and Film programme at the Claddagh Palace with The Hitchhiker, directed by Hollywood star Ida Lupino. Main Cinema. The programme of children's films begins with My Little Pony. Mini Cinema. The Women in Westerns programme continues with the classic Johnny Guitar with Joan Crawf srd as a tough-as-nails saloon-keeper at war with a cattle baroness. Main Cinema.
Official Opening of the 14th Galway Arts Festival at

P R O G R A M M E
Friday 19 July
70.00 a.m.
11.00 1.00 1.05 2.00 a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.

DAY BY DAY
New Irish Shorts at the Claddagh Palaca Main Cinema. Hit from previous night repeated in the Mini. Festival exhibitions till 6 p.m. See panel. Lunchtime concert with Tommy Peoples and Matt Molloy at An Taibhdhearc, Middle Street. Druid Theatre present John Hughdy and Tom John by Vincent Woods. Selection of films from Leeds Animation Workshop -- a woman's collective, followed by a special forum on Women In Film at the Claddagh Palaca Main Cinema. The Fleadh's children's programme continues with 77w Care Bears and Banjo in the Mini.

11.15 p.m.

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the Festival Marquee, Fisheries Field. The Fleadh's Documentary section gets off to a kickstart with Yvonne Rainer's controversial film on sexual identity, Privilege. Mini Cinema. From Zimbabwe, the celebrated 8 piece acapella choir, Black Umfolosi play a festival concert in An Taibhdhearc. Galway Film Fleadh 1991 opens at the Claddagh Palace with Nancy Kelly's powerful but elegant 1,000 Pieces of Gold. Main Cinema. Robbie Coltrane plays an opera-loving restaurateur on the run in Perfectly Normalat the Claddagh Palace. Main Cinema. My Father Is Coming, a quirky tale of sexual initiation and culture shock in New York. Mini Cinema. Tennents Live presents Soul Train at the Festival Club in the Warwick Hotel.

Na Fanaithe present Lorca's Yerma at Fr. Burke Park, Fr. Griffin Road. Comedian Jon Kenny at Taylor's Bar, Dominick Street. Blues and boogie with Paul Lamb & The Kingsnakes from London at the Festival Club, Warwick Hotel. Tennents Late 'n' Live! A brilliant black comedy from Germany, 77w Nasty Girl. plays in the Claddagh Palaca Main Cinema. AH Of Me. plays in a double-bill with Gold Mountain. Claddagh Mini. Poetry reading with Decadence Moore. Punchbag Theatre. Galway's own hilarious comedy duo, Maguire and McBride present their late night comedy show in the Druid Theatre

Saturday 20 July
70.00 a.m.
11.00 11.00 a.m. a.m.

12.30

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Thursday 18 July
11.00 1.00 1.05 2.00 5.00 a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.

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6.00 7.00

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Production Finance -- Rien Ne Va Plus, an open forum with film makers and financiers from Europe and Ireland at the Claddagh Palace. Main Cinema. Hit from previous night repeated in the Mini. Festival Exhibitions till 6 p.m. See panel. Official Opening of the Marja Van Kampen exhibition by Eva Bourke at the Arts Centre, 47 Dominick Street. Druid's world premiere of two playlets, John Hughdy and Tom John by Vincent Woods. John Wayne in True Grit, the Claddagh Palace. Main Cinema. As part of the Fleadh's tribute to Maureen O'Hara, Rio Grande plays in the Claddagh Palaca Main Cinema. Blood In The Face, a powerful documentary film by Anne Bohlen. Mini Cinema. Official opening of the Waldemar Otto exhibition at the Arts Centre, Nuns Island. A special 40th anniversary screening of The Quiet Man with Maureen O'Hara and original cast members at the Claddagh Palace. Main Cinema. Lizzie Borden's Working Girls, about "life on the make" in lower Manhattan, plays in the Claddagh Mini. Official Opening of the Western Artists Exhibition, Kiltartan House. From Germany The Vogter String Quarter with Michael Collins, clarinet and Gudrun Reschke. oboe at the Aula Maxima, U.C.G. Druid Theatre present the Irish premiere of Cheapside by David Alien. Punchbag Theatre Company present Sean O'Casey's
Shadow Of A Gunman.

1.10 p.m.

The New Irish Shorts programme continues at the Claddagh Palaca Main Cinema. New release repeated in the Claddagh Palace Mini. Festival exhibitions till 6 p.m. See panel. Galway Arts Festival present their first ever Childrens Festival with Little Big Heart, a newly written show for children of all ages. It stars Galway's best loved children's entertainer. Little John Nee and can seen at Ballygroovy Avenue, Convent of Mercy, Newtownsmith. Children's Festival Opening Parade promises lots of fun for everyone! Starting Point: Ballygroovy Avenue Convent of Mercy, Newtownsmith. Sharon Shannon and friends play a lunchtime concert in An Taibhdhearc, Middle Street. Druid Theatre present John Hughdy and Tom John by Irsh playwright Vincent Woods. Punchbag Theatre Company's world premiere of Galway poet, Rita Ann Higgin's play, FaceScker Come
Home. Festival Choral Music in the open air with Turning Point in Cross Street. Two documentary films from Ireland, Dragon's Teeth. about the Border, and W9d In The WUd from Dingle play in the Claddagh Palace Mini. The programme of Children's Films continues with The Princess Bride in the Main Cinema. A talk on folk-song collecting with accompanying slide show with Jean Ritchie, Diane Hamilton and Robin Roberts. Druid Lane Theatre Festival Choral Music in the open air with Turning Point at the Eyre Square Centre Special matinee performance of The Right Size Theatre Company's sparkling production Ffght lb Finland at An Taibhdhearc, Middle Street Ballygroovy Avenue: Acclaimed French Puppet company Theatre da Fust present King Midas. Galway rocks with The "Kachiadi at Na Fanaithe's tent, Fr. Burke Park, Fr. Griffin Road. Tennents Live! A documentary on Fungie the dolphin. The Dolphin's Gift plays in the Claddagh Mini Calamity Jane with Doris Day continues the Woman in Westerns programme in the Claddagh Palaca Main Cinema. Festival Reading with Michael O'Gorman and his new collection of poetry Up She Flew. An Taibhdhearc

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pm.

At The Warwick this S a t u r d a y
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Right Size Theatre Company present Flight To Finland as part of their world tour. Red Dust as part of the New Releases Programme, Claddagh Palace. Main Cinema. Mexico City provides the backdrop for the moving story of Lola in the Claddagh Palace. Mini Cinema. Na Fanaithe present their exciting production of Lorca's Yerma at Father Burke Park, Fr. Griffin Road. Comedian Jon Kenny at Taylor's Bar, Dominick Street. Neil Jordan's marvellous film The Miracle plays in the Claddagh Palace. Main Cinema. Matador. Blood, sex and bullfighting. An exciting work from Spanish director, Almodovar. Claddagh Palace Mini. Tennents Late 'n' Live present The Frames with special guests The N.E.S.T. in the Festival Club, Warwick Hotel.

continues the Fleadh's Women in Westerns programme in the Mini. The award winning documentary Locked-Up Tina from Germany plays in the Claddagh Palaca Main Cinema. 6.00 p . m . Official opening of the Mark Tobey exhibition at the UCG Gallery. Festival Reading at An Taibhdhearc with the inimitable Nel McCafferty. Comedian Jon Kenny at Taylor's Bar, Dominick Street. 7.00 p.m. The Last Crop, a cheerful and quirky feature from Australia, plays with a repeat of the Leeds Animation Workshop films at the Claddagh Mini. The Last Butterfly, a moving remembrance of courage and creativity during the Nazi regime with Tom Courtenay. Main Cinema. 8.00 p . m . From Cuba, a welcome return to Galway of the popular pianist Jorge Luis Prats for a Festival Concert in the Aula Maxima, U.C.G. Druid Theatre present the Irish premiere of Cheapside by David Allen. Punchbag Theatre Company present Sean O'Casey's
p.m. The Woman They Almost Lynched Shadow 8.30 p.m. Of A Gunman.

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6.00

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BOX OFFICE
NOW OPEN
Eyre S q u a r e C e n t r e

The Right Size Theatre Company present Flight To Finland at An Taibhdhearc, Middle Street. 9.00 p . m . The legendary American folk-singer Jean Ritchie in a festival concert at Smokey Joe's, The Warwick Hotel. A Tennents Live presentation. Riff Raff the new Ken Loach film. Claddagh Palace Main Cinema. Women In Tropical Places, a weird and wonderful comedy. Claddagh Mini.

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