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Artists with disabilities tackle Shakespeare and discover 'talents they never knew they had'
Open Arts CEO Eileen Branagh admits that A Midsummer Night's Dream was a 'frightening prospect' but the hard work of 65 individuals over two years has set the stage for a magical production at the MAC
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Glasgow Girls' Cora Bissett coming back to Belfast with new show for '90s music lovers
What Girls Are Made Of tells the true story of the performer's years as an indie musician with everything along the way, featuring a live band playing classic songs from Nirvana, Radiohead and more
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Stephen Rea returns to the MAC for Aeneid: Book VI
Actor Stephen Rea and musician Neil Martin; friends, collaborators, co-conspirators, makers of mischief
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Actor and drama teaching innovator Brian McMahon on being back on stage with Bardic Theatre
An entertainer and educator, Tyrone-born McMahon's methods have drawn acclaim all over Ireland. He talks to us about his approach to learning and starring in a new production of Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane
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'Who wants to surrender to middle age?' Not the cast of Menopause the Musical
With humour, honesty and a cracking, 23-song soundtrack, the women behind the show's newest run are reassuring audiences that it's fine to be over 50
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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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Satirical play that sparked riots in Paris is being reimagined in Belfast
Tinderbox Theatre Company will present the politically-charged parody Ubu the King at the MAC this month, based on the controversial classic from a century ago
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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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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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The Lyric Theatre has announced a thrilling new season for 2019
Following on from its 50th anniversary year a host of major productions will help kick off the next chapter for one of Belfast's most beloved institutions
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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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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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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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Singer Lucy O'Byrne gets ready to enchant as iconic First Lady Eva Peron
The classically-trained Dubliner is Derry-bound as Andrew Lloyd Webber's award-winning musical makes its way to the Millennium Forum
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How family hardship and heartache inspired Joe's remarkably moving one-man show
The Belfast writer balances humour with poignant home truths in his look-back at growing up in a mixed race house during the Troubles
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Acclaimed adaptation of Derry play tackles perceptions on homelessness and addiction
Brian Foster's beloved Maire is reborn in the award-winning Myra's Story, which takes the tragic but universal tale to the gritty streets of Dublin
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Young Offenders' Jennifer Barry on becoming a Derry Girl for Lisa McGee play
Star of one of this year's two hit Irish comedies discusses her leap from screen to stage and being part of a 'revolution' of women in the industry
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Belfast actor's new play is helping more people talk about a big issue for men
Michael Patrick, who grew up without his father, is using a biographical tale laced with laughs to encourage other young males to open up
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New play East Belfast Granny brings to light stories of city's working class women
Writer Fintan Brady has worked alongside the Ballymac Friendship Centre to highlight issues faced by a generation of marginalised people
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Behind the scenes of the North West's biggest youth production
Stewart Robson speaks to those helping to foster the future stars of musical theatre in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats at the Millennium Forum
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The Nature of Forgetting uses theatre to explain everything you didn't know about dementia
Guillaume Pigé tells Andrew Moore how his play addresses misconceptions around the condition while highlighting the elemental feelings that it leaves behind
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Irish writing talent recognised in annual Stewart Parker Awards
In memory of the 'visionary' Belfast playwright, three writers have received awards for their work adding to a 'vibrant year' for new original theatre
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Theatre show exploring conflict and violence will resonate powerfully in Belfast
Named after the Syrian city, the acclaimed Palmyra promises to hit close to home for anywhere with its own turbulent history
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Dara Ó Briain: 'The internet has become a torrent of disinformation'
It's made 'nerds' like himself cooler, but the web's accountability for spreading ludicrous stories is the greater focus of the comic's new tour which comes to Derry next week
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Roisin Gallagher on hosting Abigail's Party in Belfast and being spurred on by her late father
Before his passing, the actress's dad raved about Mike Leigh's play and the prospect of his daughter as Beverly, and his 'incredible outlook' is what still gives her strength in her artistic pursuits
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Actress Diona Doherty on the creative journey from bleak starts to getting parts
Perseverance has paid off for the TV and stage star who says everyday life skills and some industry savvy can help budding performers have a career without the need to leave home
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Theatre taught me not to be afraid
Anne McMaster reveals how her driven mindset and love for the stage has kept her going through life's toughest times while giving her a career on both sides of the Atlantic
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Theatre company's audio walking tour will let you explore Belfast with new eyes and ears
Dominic Montague's immersive love story Quartered aims to challenge perceptions and remove fear around how the city's LGBTQ+ community might feel in public
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Colin Murphy: 'We've a great knack of running ourselves down – it stops you getting a big head'
With Queen's Comedy Club closing after 25 years, its enduring MC talks about how the game has changed, and why Derry crowds are more merciful than Belfast's – despite hearing the greatest heckle of his life there
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Shining a light on the art of set design
With another award recognising his technical work in theatre, lighting and set expert Ciaran Bagnall tells us how he acquired the skills to make a career out of the craft
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Belfast writer's own experience of being deported helped inspire play about the city's refugees
Following its premiere last autumn, Rosemary Jenkinson believes Lives in Translation will be even more hard hitting in its first full tour of theatres around Ireland
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A1 singer onto another hit with Millennium Forum-bound Flashdance the Musical
As we continue to mine the '80s to satisfy our nostalgic needs, pop star Ben Adams promises 'everything and more' from a production that epitomises the colour and energy of the period
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Shakespeare specialists return to Derry with The Bard's bloodiest tale
The company which reimagined Hamlet for a modern audience continues to fill the gap left by Game of Thrones this year with its take on Macbeth
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Festival of Theatre for Social Change
In a first for Northern Ireland, Sole Purpose Productions stages four days of performances, workshops and more addressing important issues in society while highlighting the work being done to promote positive change
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Lyric Theatre announces plans to celebrate 50 years on the banks of the Lagan
The milestone anniversary of the Belfast institution's enduring home will be marked with landmark productions, gala events and more
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Open auditions for The Wizard of Oz
Belfast's Grand Opera House calls for talented young performers to take part in Northern Ireland's largest youth theatre production
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Meet the Northern Ireland actor starring in Trainspotting Live
James Boal on joining the cast of the hit adaptation as it returns to Belfast and being permitted to keep his accent by Irvine Welsh himself
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Search for Northern Ireland's next musical theatre stars
The company which helped propel Ed Sheeran to stardom is holding auditions for young actors and musicians to kickstart their stage careers
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Three plays, two companies, one issue: mental health in NI | EdgeFest
The artistic directors behind a series of bold new theatre productions on coming together and responding creatively to the crisis on our doorstep
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A three-week festival of 'explosive' theatre is coming to Belfast
The MAC brings two of Northern Ireland's most daring theatre companies together for a trio of new productions from February 5 - March 3
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This teaser clip from Belfast's newest theatre company will pique your curiosity
'What's in the box?' asks Andrew Doyle's dark comedy Borderland, about two brothers faced with one final delivery before packing in their paramilitary deeds
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Out To Lunch 2017
The Belfast arts festival returns for its 13th instalment with a smorgasbord of entertainment
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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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The Barber of Moville and Other Songs
We meet the creative trinity behind a comedy exploring perceptions of identity – problem is, they're all fragments of the same man's mind
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NI Opera Bring the Music of Mozart into the Roaring Twenties
Award-winning soprano Aoife Miskelly on wrapping her voice around the Italian language for Così fan tutte's glittering makeover
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Theatre Company Acts Fast With Plays Offering a 'Rapid Response' to Real-Time Events
Whether it's with tractors or Trump, Belfast's Accidental Theatre is giving writers a new stage to react to the ever-changing world around them
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The Good, the Bad and the Glittery
On stage they're two opposing forces, but the stars of the Millennium Forum's Jack and the Beanstalk both agree that the Christmas panto is here to stay
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The Complexities of Nora and Jim
Bangor actor Thomas Galashan on his not-so celebratory portrayal of James Joyce based on famous letters to the writer's wife and muse
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Outburst Arts Festival 2017
Ten day celebration of LGBTQ+ art and performance featuring explosive new theatre, film, music, exhibitions and more
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Awakening The Walls to light up Derry~Londonderry's Walls this Hallowe'en
Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to flock to the Awakening The Walls supernatural illuminated animation trail which will light up Derry's historic City Walls for three magical evenings in the run-up to Hallowe'en
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RuPaul’s Christmas Queens make their Northern Irish debut
Christmas comes but once a year, but this December in Belfast, the city is set for its second glittering helping of festive fun when the Christmas Queens Tour hits the Ulster Hall
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Make-do master chef George Egg is preparing a feast of culinary comedy
The hit show which demonstrates how to prepare a meal using hotel room appliances also has a soft centre about perseverance and how almost anything is possible
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I'm a Celebrity runner-up Joel Dommett will have the last laugh in new comedy tour
The English stand-up entertained viewers of the reality show, but isn't relying on tales from the jungle when he comes to Northern Ireland
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Fermanagh Live Arts Festival
Creativity on and off the Island Town is celebrated in its 10th anniversary festival programme which offers something for all ages
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Belfast Comedy Festival
Have a laugh this autumn with over 50 different events featuring some of the funniest names on the local and international stage
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Giving Spamalot the full Monty at Belfast's Grand Opera House
Rather than try to recreate the Pythons on Broadway, Neil Keery wants to ramp up the relentless musical theatre in his directing debut with the Ulster Operatic Company
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Bounce Disability and Deaf Arts Festival
Ten days packed with thought-provoking dance, theatre, visual art and more highlighting the exceptional work of artists with disabilities
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New season at Belfast Waterfront and Ulster Hall promises over 100 great nights out
Whether its stand-up comedy, theatre, live music or seasonal blockbusters, the months ahead are chock-full of choices for your evening's entertainment
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Stewart Lee: 'I've laughed more at Kevin McAleer live than anyone else ever'
The inimitable comic talks about his new tour, how he might've courted the Ricky Gervais controversy in Belfast and has advice for local newcomers to stand-up
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Bruiser brings back Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole for theatre company's 20th birthday
Founder Lisa May on celebrating the late author after two decades of highs, lows, sleepless nights and moments that make it all worthwhile
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