http://www.culturenorthernireland.orgCulture Northern Ireland's Performing Arts RSS FeedCopyright 2010 CultureNorthernIrelandWed, 28 Jul 2010 09:36:32 Welsh theatre director Patsy Hughes says the play, about Belfast taxi drivers and ping-pong, is ‘all about men being men'

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3426After a successful first year, Culture Night returns to Belfast - and Derry will be next. Watch a video from Culture Night Belfast 2009 below

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3424Belfast braces itself for eleven days and nights of fun with the Féile an Phobail. Listen to a podcast from the launch featuring Gerry Adams, Danny Morrison and others

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3416New £700,000 fund launched by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to engage older people in the arts

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3412The Downpatrick bank manager was the first Irish writer appointed to the Censorship Board in 1936 and a major influence on early 20th Century Ulster theatre

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3408Conleth Hill catches the eye in London, writes Peter Geoghegan

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3407Joe Nawaz undertakes some gratuitous religious profiling

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3406Five writers, including David Ireland, Stacey Gregg and 'Marty from the Docks', show Joe Nawaz where they're from

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3396Who wouldn't want to go to Donegal? asks artistic director Paul Brown. Watch clips from the Earagail Arts Festival's 2009 parade in Letterkenny below

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3387http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3363Paul McIlwee follows Indigo Moon Theatre down the rabbit hole]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3355http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3351http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3340http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3332http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3331Home Sweet Home]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3327http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3326Joanne Savage]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3322http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3318The A-Team, prepares to play Columbo in Belfast. Joanne Savage caught up with the former soldier of fortune]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3315Joanne Savage about his inspirations and kitchen sink conflicts]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3301http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3300http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3291http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3284http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3267Scarborough]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3261Scarborough to Belfast with the help of the Ramada Encore]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3243Fionola Meredith]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3233http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3228The Miser]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3224http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3220http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3214Andrew Johnston ]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3210The Habit of Art, working with Alan Bennett and how much fun it is to be narky]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3201http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3198I’d Do Anything fame on life, love and phandom]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3191http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3188http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3168Joe Nawaz thinks the blackbird in this production has hit a sour note]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3165Joe Nawaz has an urge to rewind Tinderbox's surreal, subjective play]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3164http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3159http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3158http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3157Over the Bridge over the hill? Martin Lynch talks about his decision to adapt the iconic play]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3154David Lewis thinks Owen McCafferty's latest play a 'perfectly formed, mini-masterpiece']]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3138Tammy Moore talks to Grant Corr about Mena Town transexuals and directorial love at first sight

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3137Tammy Moore has a night of nuns, Nazis and nine Von Trapps]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3131http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3118http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3116Still, The Blackbird Sings]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3112http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3110http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3098Tammy Moore is haunted by the two hours of her life that she won't get back]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3097http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3095Jane Coyle dances around the topic of where dance and football meet with choreographer Andy Howitt. Click Play Audio for a podcast interview]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3091David Lewis thinks Owen McCafferty's latest play a 'perfectly formed, mini-masterpiece']]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3089Joe Nawaz discovers]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3080http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3074Peter Jordan meets the award-winning playwright.]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3070Joanne Savage enjoys a danse macabre in Newtownabbey]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3068Tammy Moore talks Brecht, the Cauliflower Trust and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui with Bruiser's artistic director and 'Woman of the Year in the Arts']]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3067http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3055http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3053Tammy Moore joins the old lags for a night banged up in HMP Grand Opera House]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3045Nation broadcast live from the National Theatre in London to a screen near you - in the QFT, to be precise]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3043Tammy Moore talks with actor Gerard Logan about Doctor Who and the Rape of Lucrece]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3039http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3032Austen's Women in this powerful theatre adaptation]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3031Eddie Mullan finds out what all the noise is about down at the Waterfront]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3028http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3023http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3019http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3013Tammy Moore's e-reader]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3007http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3006http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=3002Joe Nawaz chronicles an eclectic year of the old and the new]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2977http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2969Jane Coyle on the highlights of the year]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2966http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2962http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2957http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2948http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2944Eamon Friel enjoys Scott Marshall's debut at the Derry Playhouse]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2942Joe Nawaz roaring with laughter]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2935Joe Nawaz warms to an engaging portrayal of modern gay men]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2919http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2916http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2913http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2908Garbhan Downey is unimpressed by skull-smashing in Strabane]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2904http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2902http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2893Sleep Eat Party and his 'Ballycastle nativity', Stars]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2892Garbhan Downey is unimpressed by skull-smashing in Strabane]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2884Joe Nawaz finds plenty to scream about in Cahoots' nerve-shredding production]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2882http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2880William Crawley on the importance of artistic representation in the fight for human rights. Click Play Audio to listen to a panel discussion, chaired by Crawley, following a performance in the Grand Opera House]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2877http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2874http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2863http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2859http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2856http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2849http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2848Standing on a plinth in Trafalgar Square was the experience of a lifetime for Belfast filmmaker Tom Magill. Watch a video of Tom's appearance below

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2846http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2844Macbeth is Shakespeare with a carbon twist]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2841http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2840http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2826http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2824http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2815http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2813http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2811http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2801Peter Geoghegan enjoys two moments of magic from the playwright's extensive back catalogue]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2798http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2794http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2787http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2769http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2764http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2762http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2740http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2736http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2717http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2689Peter Geoghegan ahead of show case event Âme du Pole (The Soul of the Pole)]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2681http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2674http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2669http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2665http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2651http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2649http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2647http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2638http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2637America Unchained comes to Belfast with gimble in hand]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2630http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2628http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2612http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2595http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2586http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2579http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2564Ripple Affect]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2536Anne-Marie Marquess relives the 1980s dance audition of the decade

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2533Engaging, instructionary tale of regret and rancour

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2516http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2507http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2506http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2505http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2498Brian Friel's fissiparous new play fails to come together

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2496http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2488http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2482Frappé, fairies and fabric make this Scottish Ballet production unforgettable

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2480Belfast's comic stalwards bid farewell - again

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2471The Gentlemen's Tea-Drinking Society ]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2468http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2461Fancy a crack at stand up comedy? Peter Geoghegan finds out if he's got what it takes  

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2450http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2449Star of The Home Place takes time out to talk about Peter Kay, ethnology and the challenges of the job. Click Play Audio for a podcast interview

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2443http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2439http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2437Arts Council of Northern Ireland chairman receives OBE in New Year's Honours List

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2436http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2414http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2409http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2374http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2372http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2356Owen McCafferty discusses his latest adaptation. Click Play Audio for a podcast with McCafferty, with a reading from actor Walter McGonagle

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2284http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2264University of Ulster, Magee invites you to audition for a part in Ulysses - a Musical Odyssey

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2262http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2253Music and dance bring the story of the emigrating Scots to life. Click Play Audio for a podcast interview with composer John Anderson and lead man Peter Corry, featuring music from the production

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1520David Lewis watches sparks fly in the Irish premiere of Abbie Spallen's controversial play]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1518http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1509Six-month programme available for 20 aspiring actors

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1490http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1489Pumpgirl is having its Irish premiere, but playwright Abbie Spallen is not optimistic about opportunities in Northern Irish theatre. Click Play Audio to hear comment]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1488Audiences invited to participate with improvisational theatre at the Linen Hall Library. And if they don't like it, they don't pay

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1478http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1469http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1468Maggie Cronin and Sarah Tipple take the one-woman show to Edinburgh

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1467http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1465Henry & Harriet. Click Play Audio to hear from director Paula McFetridge and actress Carol Moore]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1457
]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1452http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1451http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=315Anne-Marie Marquess enjoys some feline fun, night-time robbery and cheeky comedy]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=302Mozart's stubborn lovers impress on their Belfast date

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=296Before bringing Bastien & Bastienne to Belfast's Baby Grand, Opera Theatre Company director Annilese Miskimmon checks in to chat about Carmen, rising stars and getting the best from her performers

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=287Actors and audience come together for five daringly linked monologues at the Pick 'n' Mix festival

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=286Assault Events throw up a dancing gem at the Pick 'n' Mix festival

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=285]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=276http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=274http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=269http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=263David Lewis dives into Big Telly's latest aquatic adventure]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=257Belfast's Theatre Knights put a feline spin on Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, losing none of its bite

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=240http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=231http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=221http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=215Ross Moore is educated in the ways of theatre at Queen's Drama and Film Centre]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=213David Lewis sees a masterly playwright at work in the Parker Project. Click Play Audio to hear the Parker Project Podcast]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=211It might sound absurd, but The Godot Company's latest performance lets audiences enjoy a laugh with Samuel Beckett

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=204Nutcracker! ]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=187Sinead O'Connor and the Ulster Orchestra lead a packed festival programme, click Play Audio for a podcast special from last year

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=180Lee Henry is left bemused but happy at the Island Arts Centre

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=178Graeme Stewart slips on his dancing shoes for an extraordinary night at the Grand Opera House]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=170http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=168Events programme launched ahead of Belfast's wackiest festival, click Play Audio to a festival launch podcast with director Will Chamberlain

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=167Brendan Deeds meets actor and writer Richard Dormer]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=158David Lewis witnesses a top-class performance with parallels to NI]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=156Two plays from 'the greatest playwright of his generation' return to Belfast. Click Play Audio to hear the Parker Project Podcast

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=131http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=124Watch films and read diaries from the 2007 Washington festival

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=115Anne-Marie Marquess has a whale of a time, and no fibbing]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=91http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=80Scenes From The Big Picture set for awards success]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=74Lee Henry pays tribute to the founder of Belfast's Lyric Players Theatre]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1668Allan Preston goes medieval in the Spiegeltent]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=2128Graeme Stewart sees Mozart come to life at Antrim Castle

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=36Lee Henry finds out how the Belfast journalist and actor has learnt restraint

]]>http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=34http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=830http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=831http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=829http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=415http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=1167http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?art_id=823