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Leave the politics for panto as Snow White sparkles at the Millennium Forum

Former contestant on The Voice, Rachael O'Connor, on going from young audience member to lead star back home in the Forum's festive production
'Sing it!' We Will Rock You returns to Derry~Londonderry

The ever-popular dystopian musical is back with renewed relevance, while still maintaining its core of Queen classics, as star villain Jenny O’Leary explains
Game of Thrones composer Hannah Peel prepares to 'Mix the City' for Culture Night Belfast

The Craigavon born artist discusses her Emmy nominated score for HBO documentary The Last Watch and curating a rich tapestry of Belfast sounds for a new global music platform
Top events to check out at Aspects Irish Literature Festival

Heather McGarrigle does her best to narrow down ten highlights from this year's huge programme, not just for book lovers, from September 20 - October 6 in Bangor
Immersive play at The MAC takes audiences on a journey around abortion rights

Comprised of 12 scenes and an installation, Now For The North explores the subject from a wide variety of women's perspectives, explains the Artistic Director of Three’s Theatre Company, Anna Leckey
When it hasn’t been your day, your week... Friendsical is the answer

Central Perk comes to Derry's Millennium Forum for a musical reimagining of the iconic 90s sitcom
Future stars to shine in youth theatre production of Legally Blonde

Derry's Millennium Forum turns its attention to Hollywood with this musical adaptation of a turn of the century comedy classic
Be inspired by Creative Peninsula 2019

Our top six picks of arts and crafts events at Ards and North Down’s annual celebration of local artists and makers
Young people are reimagining Northern Ireland's museums by giving artefacts a breath of fresh air

Exciting digital programmes are engaging more 16-25 year olds with hubs of local heritage while giving them new skills in photography, 3D technology and event management
Playwright Katherina Radeva on borders, nationality, and Europe today

With Brexit looming, Katherina Redeva revisits her play on the fall of communism in Bulgaria, giving it a contemporary flavour

Titanic Fanzone for Euro 2016
Ten thousand capacity venue screening this summer's soccer internationals will create a 'festival of football' for those not in France
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The Black Box Turns 10
A decade after opening its doors the Belfast arts hub continues to play a pivotal role and build on its legacy at the heart of city's cultural quarter
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Theatre at Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
Ambitious adaptations, fearless drama and a play packed into a Belfast bathroom; we sift through another sprawling array of events for the on-stage highlights
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Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition Calls for Entries
Submit now to the annual arts calendar highlight, open to artists working across all disciplines and ability levels
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Casting a Light on the Emerald Isle
Red Barn Gallery exhibition traces the origins of Ireland's famous moniker through the poetry of William Drennan
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Craft Beer Culture Brews Up a Storm
Hop on the national taste train as Claire McKeever speaks to the key players helping to transform a hipster hobby into a commercial phenomenon
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Walled City Music Festival Announcements
American pianist Jeremy Denk joins fellow countrymen Andy Akiho and Ian David Rosenbaum as Derry's classical concert series takes shape for an eighth year
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Graphic Novels Recall Irish War Poets
New educational resources from the Nerve Centre's Creative Centenaries project explore 1916 through the literature and lives of Alice Milligan and Francis Ledwidge
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Derry Showcase for Historic Music Scheme
John Leighton and a host of others will mark 100 years since the birth of renowned violinist and Live Music Now founder Yehudi Menuhin at Bennigan's Bar
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Emma Colbert is Wild at Art
With her work starting to see international recognition, the Portrush-based painter hopes to progress even further from her signature pet portraits
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Ulster Hall Plays Host to 'Graeme of Thrones'
Belfast-bound parody show pays homage to Westeros by finding farcical humour in the drama's darkest corners
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On the Shelf: April 2016
Michael Conaghan lays Ireland's claim to Shakespeare and rounds up this month's must-read releases
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Short Strand Becomes a Stage
East Belfast area's history will come to life in a unique series of Kabosh theatre performances to mark Easter Rising centenary
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Words of Encouragement: Annemarie Neary
The 2014 Michael McLaverty Award winner outlines why writers shouldn't stop short of submitting their works of fiction to the biennial competition
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Alexandrina McCausland Stewart: A Life in Music
Nuala McAllister charts the largely unsung contribution of a musical trailblazer to Derry~Londonderry at the turn of twentieth century
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Terra Nova Take On The Tempest
Artistic director Andrea Montgomery and actor James Doran on modernising the Shakespeare epic in a colossal new Belfast adaptation
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Introducing Sylvier
The latest of the North West's recent wealth of young female solo acts, Emma Hughes brings us up to speed on her debut single and the path her studies have helped pave
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London Calling for Derry's Dawn Cruttenden
Having had her work bought by Stevie Nicks, the artist has become the first woman to be commissioned by the English capital's 'most famous hotel'
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Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival Comes of Age
Belfast's best-loved arts festival marks its 17th year with an eclectic as ever line-up – see what's in store now
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Your Memories of Anderson and McAuley
Culture NI readers recall their experiences of the iconic Belfast department store ahead of a special anniversary reunion event
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Belfast and Dublin Unite for Two Cities One Book
Author Lia Mills on her Easter Rising-set novel Fallen, chosen to bring the Irish capitals together with a month of reading-related events throughout April
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Sing Along with the Open House Festival Choir
Katie Richardson leads the 70-strong community ensemble with singer-songwriter Gill Landry for two nights of choral covers in Bangor and Belfast
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Remembering 1916: Your Stories
Rare Easter Rising and Battle of the Somme memorabilia featured as part of Ulster Museum's new exhibition
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Michael McLaverty Short Story Award Returns
Linen Hall Library launch the biennial competition offering writers the chance to win one of Irish literature's top prizes
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Strand to Screen 'Nazi Titanic'
The once-banned 1943 film about the ill-fated liner was commissioned by Joseph Goebbels as a piece of wartime propaganda
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Them and Now: Jackie McAuley
Though not as angry nor as young as he was fifty years ago, the blues legend has at last lifted the barriers back on his days with Van Morrison and co.
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Emma Jordan: Prime Mover
With After Miss Julie premièring across Ireland, the ambitious theatre director opens up about the demands of the job, keeping things fresh and leading actors 'into the darkness'
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Creativity Month Writers in Residence
Authors Martina Devlin and Anthony Quinn share their enthusiasm for the Libraries NI role as duties are split for the first time
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Spring Féile Fever
It may be the smaller sibling of the Féile an Phobail, but timing of this year's Belfast festival sees it take on a greater significance than ever before
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Limavady Team Launch TV Series Crowdfunder
The project seeks support to help bring a new contemporary period drama set in 1940s Donegal from the script to the screen
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BP Portrait Award Exhibition Opens in Belfast
Ulster Museum hosts the returning competition after 18 years away featuring previously nominated Banbridge artist Ian Cumberland
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This Land Drills into Fracking
New Pentabus Theatre Company and Salisbury Playhouse production is hoped to spark a wider debate around the 'muddy' subject dividing communities across the country
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Spend St. Patrick's with Colin Glen
The outer-Belfast forest park launches its spring/summer season with a day of enchanting experiences for all the family to enjoy
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Picture Perfect: Audrey Kelly
With help from her young daughter, the Derry-based photographer is expanding her portfolio from wedding portraits to award-winning digital art
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The Virgin Father
Jimmy McAleavey casts the stage lights back on one of the Bible's most overlooked figures in a new revival of his challenging, one-man play
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Silence is Deafening for Dylan Quinn
In new two-person dance production 'Tost' the daring choreographer seeks to explore the nature of 'the space between' verbal communication
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Owen Jones: Change Isn't Beyond Imagination
The noted 'activist who happens to write' discusses hope as the basis for political progress and the importance of inciting young people ahead of a sold-out Belfast talk
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Gordon Osràm's Funeral
The site-specific send-off for a fictional performance artist is anything but Accidental in an immersive new production from the boundary-pushing theatre company
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Radio Gold: Annie Nightingale
After 50 years on the air, we speak to the pioneering presenter about breaking into broadcasting and not settling for society's expectations
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The Woman on the Other Side
Ballyclare poet Stephanie Conn on how she turned words of comfort into an award-winning trade ahead of her debut collection's release
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Sort by Gender
American music journalist Jessica Hopper previews her Women's Work keynote with thoughts on where inequality in the industry remains most rampant
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On the Shelf: March 2016
In the first of a new column, writer Michael Conaghan considers literature's link with upcoming centenaries and rounds up this month's best releases
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The Fashion and Textile Design Centre
Derry's new style hub is harnessing the city's shirt-making heritage to foster a new generation of fashionistas
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Creative Centenaries Programme Launches
The launch of a major Northern Ireland-wide programme will help to shine a light on key centenaries through adopting creative, artistic and cultural approaches
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Nothing Amateur About the North West
As the City of Derry and Strabane Drama Festivals mark milestone years, organisers are stressing just how far standards on and off-stage have soared
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Titanic Shift for Belsonic
First wave of acts announced as the annual concert series uproots for 2016
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Create: Innovate: Armagh
Award-winning materials scientist Mark Miodownik leads a line-up of distinguished speakers set for the cross-sectoral conference on March 2
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Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival
The spotlight returns to the minds behind the music in a programme boasting decorated international names plus educational elements
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Ignite Your Creative Spark During Creativity Month
The month-long programme launches with hundreds of creative events across NI
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Silence in Paris
Colin Davidson's powerful portraits of those left mourning by the Troubles take on a profound new significance in the tragedy-stricken French capital
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Applications Open for Derry Choral Festival
Derry International Choral Festival due to return from 19 – 23 October 2016
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Guerrilla Shout, Visual Ideas Collective
Not just for techno heads, the Belfast firm is lighting up Ireland's leading festivals and stimulating the senses of top brands across the globe
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The Mother of All Children's Festivals
Young at Art's Ali Fitzgibbon on bringing her baby full circle and the 'short-sighted' cuts that lead to little ones losing out
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Start Making Sense with Imagine! Belfast
The Festival of Ideas and Politics returns to stimulate discussion on the big issues of today with high profile talks, theatre and more
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Rembrandt, the Drawing Club and Me
Jane Hardy discovers a deeper understanding of the Dutch artist's final work with like-minded learners at the Ulster Museum
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NI Science Festival: 10 Things Not to Miss
With over 100 brain-tingling events, we handpick the highlights of a packed programme running from February 18 to 28
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Women Aloud NI
One-day literary celebration aims to bring due recognition to our wealth of female authors, poets and storytellers
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Submit Your Short to Cinemagic Young Filmmaker 2016
The Belfast festival is calling for entries up to ten minutes in length to compete in the annual awards showcase
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See a Different Side to Ireland this Spring
Claire McKeever rounds up an assortment of exhibitions each offering a unique take on the people and places around us
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Leading Rock Critic to Give Belfast Talk
Former Pitchfork editor and feminist writer Jessica Hopper will deliver a keynote at next month's Women's Work festival
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