Galway Advertiser 1991/1991_06_13/GA_13061991_E1_023.pdf 

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ILL G A L W A Y Y O U T H T H E A T R E GOT OFF T O A G O O D START W I T H ITS FIRST P R O D U C T I O N " D O N ' T F O R G E T T O W R I T E " , FOCUS E D , A S IT IS, O N T H E ENDURINGLY R E L E V A N T Q U E S T I O N OF E M I G R A T I O N . A S T H E TITLE S U G G E S T S , T H E TYPICAL NOSTALGIC LETTER PLAYS A V E R Y I M P O R T A N T PART I N T H I S P R O D U C T I N . I N D E E D , A S Y O U E N T E R E D N U N ' S ISLAND Y O U A R E C O N FRONTED B Y M A N Y LETTERS - IN IRISH A N D E N G L I S H - WRIT TEN B Y S O N I A B R O D I E , ALL D E P I C T I N G T H E V A R I O U S P R E D I C A M E N T S OF T H E E M I G R A N T , A N D T H O S E S A M E LET TERS A R E C O P P E R - F A S T E N E D I N SET D E S I G N W H I C H I S I N T H E S H A P E OF A N D AT T H E S A M E T I M E U S E D A S A M A T . T H I S STRIKING A N D I M A G I N A T I V E T O U C H PLAYS ITS O W N PART E V E N BEFORE T H E P E R F O R M A N C E B E G I N S .

IN HEAVENS QUARTERS BACK WITH A NEW S U D ON
In Heavens Quarters, a Galway band who've been on the scene for a couple of years now, have recently picked up two new members who're helping them create a new sound. "With Aidan Furey on Chris Issac and A.B.C." drums and Ross Rooney on bass guitar joining Not long ago the band vocalist/guitarist Ronan unveiled their new sound at Rooney, keyboardist Ger A gig in The Oasis and got O'Rourke, and lead guitarist a tremendous response. Kevin Sheridan, the band is Since then they've found currently developing an ap- themselves in great demand proach and an appeal for all over town. They'll be playing what vocalist Ronan Rooney every Sunday night in The is a neglected dimension in Hilltop at 9 p.m. They move the gig scene. "We feel off to Dublin th e last three what we're now trying to do weeks in June, and are also is capture that audience that being eagerly snapped up doesn't necessarily want to for several gigs already durlisten to all-new material, g e summer, but also isn't wild about on ly hearing covers". Says Ronan, "We feel .While In Heavens they're plenty of people out Quarters still play some of there who want to hear good their own material, they've cover material played realalso branched out in the ly well". One area they're direction of good, solid con- exploring at the moment is temporary material that the 21st Birthday scene. If doesn't aim at bursting your you're thinking of booking eardrums. "We play music A band for an occasion like that's certainly lively but not this, you can get Ronan at as loud as we used to - songs 091 -67391 during working by people like Tom Petty, hours.
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What of the play itself, space between and the scafwritten by Rebecca Bartlett folding on the other. It and Molly Fogerty? A S opens with a heart-rending Rebecca writes in the pro- song by Mary McPartland, gramme, "credit must be surrounded by the young acgiven to the dramatic and tors who deliver the song, literary talents of the our jump into action and, nicegroups. It is often their ly controlled, take up all words that appear in the kinds of stances, delivering dialogue". It is not a tight- their sad messages. Yet this ly knit play as such, but is not a sombre show, rather an amalgam of many Through the sadness and the letters, many cameos, each various plights depicted, with its own message, sad there are all kinds of interand sombre interspersed jections which sparkle and with all kinds of action and make for a great night's reaction, riveted in the entertainment, farewells, the homesickness. Though the emigrants the longings and sometimes work in Boston or London awkward blending with or wherever, one can hear other cultures. Letters from the cry, "I can smell the last century, from the hay". And there are so Famine days, 1916 or today many scenes depicting their - those of today differing lot that bind the show very little from those of the together, such as that on the past - showing in so many building site where workers ways that the plight of the who were not able to the get emigrant today has not real- the points to go to College ly changed all that much, mingle with those who The plight of the hadn't the "red or blue emgirant today is cards", highlighted by these young ALL the cast have not the people, for, though we are same acting ability, though almost at the end of the some show great potential. Twentieth century, which But it was wonderful to see has witnessed so many the cast as a whole bring it changes, the overall pattern off so well in such a short of the emigrant has really time. Galway Youth Theatre not changed and the pictures was officially opened only painted here are all the more on Febraury 10th of this poignant. Indeed, there is an year. If in such a short time urgency right through in the they can do a show of this message put before us. calibre, one can entertain Would that our politicians great hopes for the future, would see this production Great credit is due to the and carefully listen to its musical director Jules Maxmessage! well whose very sensitive The actual production is rendering of the many lovefascinating, as is the set - ly tunes leaves very little to just three semi-cicular white be desired, steps on the one side, the an tSiur Ailbhe

THE LONG RIDERS HEAD FOR THE HANGAR
O N E OF IRELAND'S M O S T POPULAR G R O U P S . T H E L O N G R I D E R S , WILL PLAY W H A T SHOULD B E A GREAT GIG THIS S A T U R D A Y NIGHT, J U N E 1 5 T H , A T T H E H A N G A R . O V E R T H E LAST F E W W E E K S , W I T H G R O U P S LIKE T O U C H W O O D A N D T H E LEGENDARY J O E S U N , T H E H A N G A R H A S RAPIDLY A C Q U I R E D A N A M E FOR S H O W C A S I N G S O M E OF T H E B E S T G R O U P S T O HIT T O W N .

THEATRE SUMMER SCHOOL EXPANDS
Due to the large number of young people looking for places in the Theatre Summer School being run by Backstage Productions in the Galway this summer, it has been necessary to add an extra week to the programme. This additional week w.ll run from Tuesday. August 6th, until Saturday. August , f,, ! .TM" 10th. applicatior forms and further informa tion is available from Backstage Productions on
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CREATIVITY SUMMER SCHOOL
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The Long Riders play a distinctive mix of Country and Blues, with their own unique interpretation of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Creedence Clearwater numbers, combined with their own original material. Fronted by the marvellous Ted Ponsenby on lead vocals, electric and rhythm guitar, he's ably supported by Francie Lenehan on lead. Francie has played with some of the very best country acts such as The Cotton Mill Boys and Ray Lynam. and was a founder member of the popular Hennigans Blooze Band. Bass guitar is handl ed by Liam Gilmartin who regularly appears with Chris Meehan and His Redneck

Friends. Eddie Lynch, who's played with Ray Lynam and Those Nervous Animals, takes care of keyboards, and drum mer/percussionist Gene Berrill keep the beat going with style and power. All in all. a terrific group of players making up a terrific band! Don't miss 'em at The Hangar this Saturday night!

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