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Dance
Renowned dance company Rambert bringing world's top young talents to Belfast
A new junior ensemble born from the original British dance brand will be channelling its flawless artistry in a specially chosen trio of new and old works
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Performing Arts
Marie Jones on taking her universally loved play to the Moon and back
Audiences from here to New York, Canada and Scandinavia have identified with Fly Me to the Moon, the comic tale of two carers, which continues to speak to the sector's emotional demands and the relationships between workers and patients
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Performing Arts
Love that transcends death: Ghost the Musical coming to the Millennium Forum
Theatre star Jacqui Dubois on her prophetic encounter with Demi Moore, channelling Whoopi Goldberg and giving Derry a dose of classic Hollywood romance this Valentine's
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Performing Arts
A crackling Belfast comedy to cure the winter blues
Christina Nelson talks about the hilarity of hair salons and sharing the spotlight while still playing half the cast in the follow-up to I'll Tell My Ma. Leave your seasonal worries and woes at the door...
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Heritage
The Place of Young People in the Museum
Young creative Niamh Kelly explains how an innovative new project with technology at its core is reinvigorating the museum sector for a new generation
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Music
The Fureys: 'We can't imagine doing anything else'
For brothers Eddie and George, family is everything, and audiences in Belfast and Derry are invited to be part of theirs this Christmas as the two toast 40 years in Irish folk music
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Film
Dead Souls, Crows and Tadpoles: The Extraordinary Visions of John McCloskey
Charting the Derry-based, BAFTA-nominated animator's career, from the very first frame across almost three decades of wondrous works
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Film
Homemade Highlights You Have to See at Foyle Film Festival
Littered throughout a packed programme in Derry this year is a feast of Irish cinema from modern classics to new works by fresh filmmaking talents
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Film
Anim18: Celebrating the art of animation in Northern Ireland
People across Belfast, Derry, Armagh and Strabane will have opportunities to watch award-winning works and learn from masters of the craft throughout November
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Performing Arts
Dancing in the dark: multi-medium show brings scary stories to Derry walls
Stories of ghosts and wise women are the perfect ingredients for a frightfully good night at Echo Echo Studios this weekend
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FeatureOlder People #SaveCultureNI Campaign Video
More than 1,000 Culture NI users, artists and cultural organisations have responded to our campaign in a week – watch video showing how Culture NI impacts on people's lives
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FeatureFilm Filmmakers Find Online Success With Farr
Four part Belfast-set crime series among the most popular programmes available on RTÉ Player – director Aiden Largey and actor Shaun Blaney on making it through the Storyland commissioning process
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FeatureSport Foyle Arena Opens
New £12.7m leisure and live events facility aimed to be a major asset to Derry and the wider region
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FeatureMusic Walled City Music Spring Series
Line-up of leading classical ensembles to perform 20th century masterpieces and more at three-day Derry 'mini-fest'
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FeatureVisual Arts Attempt at Normality
During World Autism Awareness Week, Sync Space in Bangor hosts photographic exhibition revealing the everyday experiences of children on the autism spectrum
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FeatureMusic Axis Of, The Mid Brae Inn
'I love chatting to some random person in Germany about music you wrote in your bedroom in Portstewart.' Trio on touring, writing about home and releasing new album on Smalltown America
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FeatureLiterature Lucy Caldwell Supports #SaveCultureNI
Award-winning novelist and playwright 'dismayed' to hear of popular arts website's imminent closure, and rues the loss of 'an invaluable resource'
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FeatureFestivals Creativity Month Video Highlights
The best action from Belfast Fashion Week, 'Icons: Batman' at the Nerve Centre, Eoin McNamee crime writing workshop in Bangor Carnegie Library and David Best's 'Temple'
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FeatureMusic MusED 2015
Duke Special and Julian Lloyd Webber attend Northern Ireland music education conference in Derry
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FeatureMusic David Holmes Supports #SaveCultureNI
Respected DJ, producer and Hollywood film composer laments imminent closure of 'one of the best sources of information within the Northern Ireland arts and culture family'
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FeatureVisual Arts Jim Fitzpatrick at The Wicker Man
Belfast craft shop exhibits original artwork and prints by Ireland's foremost Celtic art specialist and creator of that iconic two-tone Che Guevara portrait
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FeatureVisual Arts Users Support #SaveCultureNI Campaign
Our users have rallied to tell the Arts Council of Northern Ireland how and why they use our website and associated digital platforms - read what they have to say
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FeatureLiterature David Park Supports #SaveCultureNI
Acclaimed novelist praises popular arts website for 'energetically highlighting the work of new artists across all genres... I am personally indebted to it'
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FeaturePerforming Arts 'Culture NI Was My Lifeline'
Critic John Higgins on how writing for Culture NI provided solace following a bereavement and indirectly led to the foundation of a now thriving fledgling theatre company
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FeatureVisual Arts RUA President Supports #SaveCultureNI Campaign
Colin Davidson, president of the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts and portrait artist to the stars, labels Culture NI 'an increasingly vital and hugely supportive website'
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FeatureFestivals Derry to Host Pan Celtic Festival
Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin and Derry City Council collaborate to bring celebration of Celtic culture back to Derry, with Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall and the Isle of Man represented
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FeatureFestivals Specialisterne NI Perspectives Conference
Employment agency working to connect employers with those on the autistic spectrum engages the creative industries with March 31 event supported by the Department of Culture, Arts & Leisure
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FeatureClassical Terry Blain: My Culture NI
'Its archival and historical value are considerable... It seems to me hugely sad that a proven centre of journalistic excellence such as Culture NI is being done away with'
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FeatureLiterature Guildhall Press Statement
Paul Hippsley, managing editor of the Derry-based publishing house, releases statement following news that the Arts Council of Northern Ireland have withdrawn its funding
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FeatureVisual Arts Arts Council Announce £1.38m Funding Cut
List of Annual Funding Programme awards for 2015/16 now available to view, with Culture Northern Ireland, Blackstaff Press, Musical Theatre 4 Youth and others losing core funding
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FeatureYoung people Science and Innovation Programme Launched in Derry
Young minds across the North West encouraged to take part in a packed line-up of stimulating events later this year
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FeatureClassical Magnificent Seven Classical Artists
2015 is set to be a busy year for flautist Eimear McGeown, composer Ryan Molloy, baritone Ben McAteer and others – here's what to look out for
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FeatureLiterature Humdinger! Children's Story Festival 2015
The celebrated festival returns to Derry with illustrator Nick Sharratt, comedian David O'Doherty and more hosting fun family events from March 23 - 28
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FeatureFestivals Seamus Heaney's Belfast Festival Memories
Following news that Queen's University has withdrawn funding for the Belfast Festival, watch a video interview from 2012 in which the late poet recalls transformative Festival experiences
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FeatureMusic Belsonic 2015 Headliners Announced
Rudimental, Paloma Faith, Bastille and more set to play Belfast's Custom House Square in August – watch video of each act and prepare to buy your tickets on March 27
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FeatureMusic Julian Lloyd Webber To Speak At Music Education Conference in Derry
Renowned performer is joined by Duke Special and a host of industry professionals for free MusED 2015 symposium
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FeatureVisual Arts Batman: The Evolution of an Icon
David Campbell, event coordinator of the Nerve Centre's Icons: Batman programme of events, on five artists whose incarnations of the Dark Knight will go down in history
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FeatureLiterature Guildhall Press Inspired Festival
One-day literary celebration encourages aspiring writers of all ages in Derry
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FeatureMusic Best Boy Grip
Derry-based songwriter and producer on collaborating with football pundit Guillem Balague, refusing to be categorised and releasing his debut album in June – listen to lead off single 'Sharks'
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Feature Irish Animation Awards Success
Children's television production company Sixteen South scoops award for Best Music/Sound Design for Lily’s Driftwood Bay score composed by Score Draw Music
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FeatureFestivals Belfast Fashion Week 2015
'All our styles tend to mingle together in one big melting pot.' We meet the Northern Irish designers showcasing work in Belfast from March 19-22
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FeatureVisual Arts Temple Opens in Derry
View photographs from Bards Hill as Californian artist David Best's awe-inspiring structure provides thousands with the opportunity to 'leave a memory behind, let go of the past and look to the future'
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FeatureLiterature Sheena Wilkinson Still Falling
Eclectic author leaves gritty realism behind for a teenage love story. She's no fan of Fifty Shades: 'If you're going to write something romantic, the reader has to be in love with the hero'
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FeatureVisual Arts Cyclists Needed for Lullaby
Artist Luke Jerram calls for cyclists of all abilities to lead or take part in three community cycle rides through Derry at dusk for the benefit of sleepy children
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FeatureMusic David Holmes Announces New Residency
DJ, producer and film composer reveals details of 'God's Waiting Room', a new Tuesday night residency in an undisclosed location 'where music has never been played'
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FeatureMusic SXSW Archive Video Highlights
As the annual music and media conference returns to Austin, Texas, we journey back in time to see how Northern Ireland's delegation fared in 2013
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Feature Liam Neeson Goes Green For St Patrick's Day
Hollywood star lends voice to Tourism Ireland's latest ad campaign celebrating the annual holiday
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FeatureMusic Muse Announce Surprise Belfast Date
Rock giants will play an intimate show at the Ulster Hall Sunday, March 15 ahead of new album release this summer
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FeaturePerforming Arts Comedians on Comedians
With Red Nose Day returning on March 13, some of Northern Ireland's finest stand-ups write about their favourites comics, from Kevin McAleer to Vic and Bob
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Feature The Fall Season Three Confirmed
New episodes of BBC Two serial killer drama commissioned with Fifty Shades of Grey actor Jamie Dornan and Gillian Anderson set to reprise roles
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FeaturePerforming Arts somewhereto_NI Needs You
16-25 and have an idea? Get matched up with free space in towns and cities across Northern Ireland to explore your creative talents, passions and potential
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FeatureFilm Liam Neeson's Five Best and Worst Movies
We appraise the Ballymena-born Hollywood heavyweight's five best and five worst films. Agree or disagree?
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FeatureFestivals Watch Video from Invasion Belfast
Star Wars convention at W5 attracts costumed fans from across Northern Ireland – watch video featuring Darth Vader actor David Prowse as Creativity Month gains momentum
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FeaturePerforming Arts Meet the Writers of Arrivals2
'Racism is a knife sharpened on the whetstone of sectarianism.' Daragh Carville, Fionnuala Kennedy and Maggie Cronin on writing about the intercultural experiences of minorities living in Northern Ireland for Terra Nova
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FeatureVisual Arts Ulster Festival of Art & design
Students at the University of Ulster's York Street Campus exhibit work in photography, fashion, architecture and more alongside invited artists from around the world
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FeatureMusic Mash-Up Sensation Emma Horan
Lurgan singer-songwriter on generating hundreds of thousands of YouTube views, sharing the iTunes number three spot with Ed Sheeran and writing original material with the help of Generator NI
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FeatureFestivals Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics
New festival endorsed by Stephen Fry and scheduled to encourage creative engagement ahead of the May 2015 election – enter your five proposals for change to the Alternative Manifesto
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FeaturePerforming Arts The Lost Martini
'We will leave drunks or troublemakers to the bar staff but there are lots of other situations that can develop.' Accidental Theatre Company invite audiences to their newest immersive production in a Belfast office building
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FeatureMusic Sick Records Celebrates Birthday with In-Store Gigs
'A good record shop should be about something more than commerce.' Owner Kenny Murdock marks one year in business with free sets from Robyn G Shiels, OneKnown and more
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FeatureVisual Arts Can You Identify the Unknown Photographer?
Mysterious case donated to Red Barn Gallery – view photographs taken in Belfast circa 1930-1940 including image of 'Moshulu' ship featured in The Godfather
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FeatureFilm Kenneth Branagh Premieres Cinderella in Belfast
Director to attend charity screening of Disney movie starring Cate Blanchett at Dublin Road Movie House Cinema in aid of NICVA and Into Film
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FeatureVisual Arts How We Built Temple
Watch video as artist David Best and a network of volunteers working from the Nerve Centre's FabLab construct the monumental wooden structure that will tower over Derry from March 14-21
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FeatureFestivals Why Do We Kiss?
Queen's University student Emer Maguire wins FameLab science communication competition with intriguing talk exploring humans' urge to kiss - watch her hilarious presentation in full
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FeatureFestivals International Women's Day 2015
In the wake of the global celebration we list ten of Ulster's most illustrious artists and leaders, from Dana to Mary McAleese
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FeatureFestivals Creativity Month 2015 Starts Here!
Nationwide celebration of creativity and the creative industries kicks off this week – get inspired to take part with our playlist of videos from last year's events
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FeatureFilm Intercultural & Anti-Racism Programme
Foyle Film Festival marks ten years of promoting diversity through film from March 23 - 28
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FeatureMusic Rising Country Stars Ward Thomas Set For Derry Debut
Twin sisters tipped as Britain's answer to America's household names play the Nerve Centre this Friday
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FeatureVisual Arts Deprogramming at Void Gallery
'What is a game and what is art?' Three of Derry's digital innovators blur the lines between artistic expression and entertainment gaming with interactive installation
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FeatureLiterature Eoin McNamee
Libraries NI's Writer in Residence for Creativity Month on 'faction', the writing life and why the arts matter
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FeatureHeritage Malachi O'Doherty: My Kelly's Cellars
With its listed status under threat, the author and journalist makes the case for protecting one of Belfast's oldest pubs, traditionally a haven for radicals, artists and tourists, for future generations