Bach, Bows and Arrows with Julian Lloyd Webber at Town Hall Theatre

What to Expect

Julian Lloyd Webber built a career on the cello across more than sixty recorded albums, won a Brit Award, became the first official classical busker on the London Underground and played at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games. He no longer performs, but he talks, and this evening is built around Bach’s Cello Suites and the strange fact that they sat undiscovered for close to two hundred years before anyone treated them as concert music.

The format mixes storytelling, live performance and archive footage. Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, cellist and Julian’s wife, plays through the evening while Julian draws on his autobiography Bows and Arrows to talk about the music, his own career and the accidents that shaped both. The night ends with an audience question and answer session with both musicians. Running time is 125 minutes including an interval, with an age guidance of 12 and over.

Good to Know

• Tuesday 1 September 2026 at Town Hall Theatre, Courthouse Square, Galway City.
• Running time 125 minutes including an interval.
• Age guidance 12 and over.
• Live cello performance from Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, with archive video and a question and answer session.
• Ticket prices and the start time are not printed on the Town Hall Theatre listing, so confirm at booking.
• Presented by SD Entertainment; booking through tht.ie.

Getting There

Town Hall Theatre is on Courthouse Square at the city end of the Salmon Weir Bridge, a five minute walk from Eyre Square by way of Eglinton Street and Woodquay. Drivers come in from Dublin, Athlone and Ballinasloe on the M6 and N6, or from Limerick, Gort and Ennis on the M18 and N18. The Cathedral car park across the bridge is the nearest large option, with the Corrib Shopping Centre multi-storey on Eglinton Street close behind. Ceannt Station, serving trains and Bus Éireann coaches, is about ten minutes away on foot.