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Peter Pan given a dazzling Derry makeover at the Millennium Forum
Big musical numbers, pyrotechnics and pixie dust-like sprinklings of the city's trademark sense of humour takes the age-old panto to a magical new place
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Myra's Story
A play so good they named it twice, Fionna Hewitt-Twamley not only fills Carmel McCafferty's shoes comfortably, but is bewitching as the rock bottom title character once known as Maire
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Hansel and Gretel
Featuring a role call of fictional favourites, the MAC's fairytale production places a feast of Northern Irish theatre talent firmly in the (sweet) shop window
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Waves
Gentle movement and vivid storytelling make more than a few ripples in this poignant and understated play about one woman's remarkable resilience
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The Train
While some elements lack steam, Rough Magic's musical has audiences on board for its retelling of a momentous, reproductive rights-fuelled journey
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The Faerie Thorn
After a promising preview, Big Telly bring Jane Talbot's North Coast fables to the stage in a fully realised adaptation fit for the company's 30th year
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Not everything works in this risky all-male revision, but ultimately the source material proves it to be still Wilde at heart
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Famla
John McCann's brooding drama borders on the bleak, but a sense of hope mirrored by the youth of today points to a better tomorrow
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Dirty Dancing
Staying true to the original, this steamy stage adaptation is guaranteed to satisfy fans of the classic, feel-good film
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Powder Her Face
Northern Ireland's first production of Thomas Adés's notorious, sex-fuelled opera holds a mirror to modern society and the perils of promiscuity
King Lear
Standing room only at the Grand Opera House, but it's worth it for Derek Jacobi's 'chilling whispers' as the dotard king
Lockerbie Unfinished Business
David Benson cracks open a can of worms in a play Andrew Johnston describes as 'essential'
Puckoon
Caught between confusion and delight, Fionola Meredith enjoys the blend of political incorrectness and slapstick
Ed Aczel
The unorthodox comic is a strange mix of the good, the bad - and it gets ugly at the Black Box
Chess
Choreographed and directed by Craig Revel Horwood, this production of Chess is light on politics and big on love
Shoot the Crow
An early work by Owen McCafferty is given its Northern Irish debut, but has it stood the test of time?
David O’Doherty
Despite a 'gaggle of noisy women', the Dublin comic ingratiates himself with the Empire faithful
The Rules of the Game
Does everyone know the rules of sectarianism? This play turns the spotlight on the audience to find out
Adolf
Based on Hitler's writings and rants, this provocative piece of theatre is uncomfortable but essential viewing
Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour
Saucy comments, a passable pasodoble and Anne Widdecombe: there's only one word to describe the Strictly Live show - fab-u-lous!
Cinderella
Scottish Ballet return to Belfast with 'a mischievous, tender, exciting' performance of Prokofiev's masterpiece
Erris
A mother on hunger strike and a daughter sent to enforce the law, but where is the emotional punch in Hannah Burke's two-hander?
Hurricane
The life story of snooker's greatest genius graduates to the Grand Opera House
Fela!
The latest production from NT Live is a dramatised biography of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti
What Would Helen Mirren Do?
A supermarket attendant lives by the example of the Oscar-winning actress
Lucy Porter
The first-time mother on kissing men with beards, witnessing a 'slagalanche' and drinking at lunch time
Andi Osho
Autobiographical comedy with a slightly smutty centre from the unlikely star of Mock the Week
Big Laughs Belfast
Derry comic Adam Laughlin comperes a line-up of raw talent in the Black Box
Faustus
Engaging new adaptation of Marlowe’s classic tale, with moments of great theatrical frisson
War of the Worlds
Jason Donovan stars in Jeff Wayne's musical, just don't expect it to make any sense
Doctor Who Live
Daleks a go-go, Neil the Hippie cast as the anti-hero and a 16-piece band - 'the very definition of crowd-pleasing'
Armstrong & Miller
Swearing airmen, saucy parlour games and streamers fail to paper over the cracks
Black Watch
The award-winning example of verbatim theatre is 'a story that needs to be told'
Kevin Bridges
The Glaswegian comic's rapid ascent continues at the Ulster Hall
Don't Shoot the Clowns
Follow Jo Wilding's activist evolution from tangerine thrower to tragedienne Trevilino in Iraq
Trilogy
A defiant feminist response to a culture of body hatred
Hostel
A 'warm, funny and thought-provoking' play at the Festival Fringe
National Anthem
Not one for the tourists, Colin Bateman's first stage show makes for a dark and bumpy ride
Freedom of the City
Brian Friel’s play enjoys a welcome resuscitation as a rehearsed reading
AfterLight
A tear-inducing dance performance of the highest calibre
Foot-Washing for the Sole
Joe Nawaz gets lost in a moment
True North
Post-Troubles triptych of three plays in one day
Did You Come By Boat?
Challenging our attitudes towards race and immigration
Al Murray, Pub Landlord
Laugh with him or at him, all that matters is that you laugh
Green Rain
The life and work of composer Joan Trimble commemorated in her own Enniskillen
Tony St Clair
The comedy psychic has Joe Nawaz hiding the nibbles
Sunshine on Leith
Mamma Mia! for Proclaimers fans. Andrew Johnston is blown away
One Man Lord of the Rings
'Brave is not the word'
Circa
Just another dance show? Mark Ward thought so, but he couldn't have been more wrong
Animal Farm
As Guy Masterson prepares to perform his one-man adaptation of Animal Farm for the last time, he tells Joanne Savage about its enduring relevance
Low Pay? Don't Pay!
A frenetic, fast-paced comedy that combines cultural critique with good craic. Just don't laugh at your own jokes
Ardal O'Hanlon
O'Hanlon's comic turn in Bangor is a source of reliable laughs but little controversy. Just don't ask about the 'cassock' joke, writes Julie Harvey
Little Gem
Three generations of female Dubliners capture the imagination, writes Julie Harvey
FML
Sincere insincerity and statistics that lie capture the teenage experience. We review the show in Dublin before its run at the Belfast Festival at Queen's
Jimeoin
He's big down under, but not edgy enough for the Edinburgh Fringe?
Our House
Joe Nawaz has to reluctantly admit he likes MT4Uth's production of Our House, even if he doesn't like their name
The Black North
Three short plays about charm, luck and politics - 'cause it's grim up north, writes Joe Nawaz
Vincent River
Joe Nawaz finds that society continues to be 'soft on the causes of hate crime'
Dancing Shoes
Fionola Meredith finds faults aplenty in Lynch and Jones' ode to a damaged national hero
Come to Where I'm From
Five writers, including David Ireland, Stacey Gregg and 'Marty from the Docks', show Joe Nawaz where they're from
Write on the Edge
Last writes for Ransom’s groundbreaking theatre programme
A Man From Stratford
Who was William Shakespeare really? Simon Callow looks for the answer using Shakespeare's history and work in this ambitious one-man play
Under Milk Wood
One-man production of Dylan Thomas’s masterpiece brilliantly discombobulates, writes Joanne Savage
Scarborough
A dirty weekend in one night at the Ramada Encore thanks to Prime Cut's production of Fiona Evans' Scarborough
Rock Doves
It might ruffle some feathers, but Marie Jones' latest production doesn't impress Fionola Meredith
Lunchtime Theatre at The Black Box
Get a bit of culture in you instead of a cheese and onion sandwich. Your workmates will thank you
Rocky Horror Show
Time to lock up your sons, daughters and poodles - Frank ‘N’ Furter, the most fabulous extraterrestrial transvestite in history, is back at the Grand Opera House
Still, the Blackbird Sings
Joe Nawaz thinks the blackbird in this production has hit a sour note
The Sign of the Whale
Joe Nawaz has an urge to rewind Tinderbox's surreal, subjective play
The Haunting of Helena Blunden
The play that you are about to see was based on a true story