09/05/2026
All good things must come to an end 😢 We are on the FINAL day of GTF 2026! Cane you believe it? Check out what we've got on 👇
Whats on at GTF - May 9 📅
🎭 The Heart Ward
📍O'Donoghue Theatre, University of Galway
🕛2.00pm & 8.00pm
🗣 Post show talk 3.10pm
A poetic piece digging into how we deal with hospitalisation, the adult who must advocate for themselves and the disempowered child underneath; how being cured as an old man, cures the hurt of childhood.
🎭 ROOM(S)
📍De Burgos
🕛3.00pm & 5.30pm
A lyrical, time‑bending exploration of identity and desire. ROOM(S) unpacks the quiet ache of loneliness, the weight of expectation and the tender, complicated truth of q***rness.
🎭 Agus Anois An Aimsir [And Now the Weather]
📍Bank of Ireland Theatre
🕛6.00pm
Puppetry, movement and poetry collide in this new show.
Following three generations who find themselves stuck in a cycle of loneliness, this show explores how we may become more connected as a nation even when language fails us.
🎭 HouseWork
📍Mick Lally Theatre
🕛8.00pm
Club spaces, pirate radio and late-night resistance is remixed in the electrifying new show, HouseWork!
Structured like a DJ set, it follows the stories of Ireland's pioneering female DJs and club goers through the backdrop of Ireland in the 80s and 90s, a time of massive social change for female and q***r rights.
🎭 Neill | Páidín
📍An Taibhdhearc
🕛8.00pm
Neill | Páidín is a new show inspired by Pádraic Ó Conaire’s seminal Scothscéalta collection of stories, in a celebration of the vivid imagery and beautiful language of one of Galway’s most beloved writers.
🎭 Cultúr Riot FIGHT NIGHT
📍The Space, Electric Nightclub
🕛10.00pm
What do you get when you mix MMA, theatrics, comedy, DJs, lip sync battles and dance offs? You get one fantastic closing party for GTF 2026 🤩🙌
Cultúr Riot, formally Tabú, presents FIGHT NIGHT, the q***r club night that throws down with unapologetic heat.🔥The perfect way to celebrate the last day of the festival!
🎭 Festival Club
📍Massimo
Need a pitstop? Need somewhere to discuss that show you just saw? Massimo is our Festival Club today and is the perfect place to stop by and refuel in between shows!
