Galway International Arts Festival

Father and Daughter are bound, inextricably, to each other. And the walls are closing in.

He talks frantically about his extraordinary past in furniture sales; she talks no less compulsively about anything at all, to fill the terrible silence in her head.

Enda Walsh’s savagely funny play - a sensation in Dublin, London and New York - gets a major revival.

Bedbound is the latest in a series of significant productions of Enda Walsh’s plays from Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival, which have toured widely internationally.

The Pulse is a hugely ambitious and monumental work of sixty acrobats and choir members. It’s raw, it’s real, it sings, it sweats, it pulsates.

Towering human structures move with precision through a pulsing web of noise and light. Seemingly impossible levels of cooperation and feats of shared humanity, repeat, stretch, blossom and decay. Witness an intricate, organic synchronicity of human movement and sound — all to the beat of your own pounding pulse.

Their live performances are legendary and this gig at the Heineken Big Top sees the band return to the Festival stage for the first time in almost 20 years.

Forming in the 1980s in Galway, The Saw Doctors found success both in Ireland and beyond, with chart topping hits like ‘N17’ and ‘I Useta Lover.’ Having gained steadfast fans all over the world, there is particular excitement for the band’s return to Galway this summer. With two sold-out performances in Tuam already, The Saw Doctors presence at Galway International Arts Festival is another chance to see the band in the county where it all began.