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Performing Arts
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
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Performing Arts
'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
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Music
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
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Literature
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
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Performing Arts
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
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Performing Arts
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
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Young people
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
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Crafts
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
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Heritage
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
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Performing Arts
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
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FeatureDrama Gulliver Travels to The MAC
Big Telly Theatre Company's first co-production with the Belfast venue takes the literary explorer to all new territory
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FeatureMusic Derry Schools to Sing with the Ulster Orchestra
City of Derry International Choral Festival bring together the string ensemble with a 300-strong choir for a new Dumbworld production at St Columb's Hall
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FeatureFestivals Things to Do at Culture Night Derry/Strabane
Handpicked highlights from the North West district's joint programme of free cultural escapades
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FeatureVisual Arts The Social Studios
As the short-lived gallery prepares for its final exhibition, Derry's lesser-known artists are running out of places to turn to showcase their work
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FeatureMusic Watch U2's Historic Botanic Gardens Concert in Full
Fan-recorded bootleg captures the band's famous PopMart tour live in Belfast in 1997
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FeatureDrama Two Sore Legs Kicks Off
Green Shoot Productions' one-woman account of an extraordinary mother in 1950s Belfast embarks on regional stage tour
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FeatureDance Eleesha Drennan Reaches Tipping Point
The Canadian choreographer takes dance into public spaces to explore the feeling of 'life spiralling out of focus' in her first Maiden Voyage piece
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FeatureHeritage Major Decade of Centenaries Conference Announced
'1916 - What’s it all About?' looks ahead to some of the most significant anniversaries in Irish history at the Ulster Museum next month
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FeatureDance Du Dance (NI) Warm Up for BelFest ‘15
Inaugural youth dance festival to brighten up Belfast with pop-up performances, exhibitions and large-scale showcase
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Feature Omagh Makes Way for Culture Night
The regional feast of free arts and entertainment returns to venues and spaces throughout the district for a third year on September 18
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FeatureMusic U2 Announce First Northern Ireland Shows in 18 Years
Dublin band's much-rumoured live dates confirmed for Belfast's SSE Arena on November 18 and 19
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Feature Field Day Celebrates Seamus Deane
New lecture series honours the life of the theatre company's Derry-born co-founder, 35 years on from its first production's premiere
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FeatureFestivals Belfast Festival Launches 2015 Programme
Former Ulster Bank Festival at Queen's rebrands with rich line-up of music, theatre, dance and arts from across the world set for October
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FeatureMusic Shine Through the Ages
Figureheads of Belfast dance culture past and present reflect on its longest-enduring club night turning twenty
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FeatureFestivals Explore the North West's Delights at Culture Night
Derry plays host to an array of late night cultural activities as Culture Night 2015 provides an opportunity to explore, entertain and enjoy the best of local culture
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FeatureMusic Guitar Gods Smile on the Nerve Centre
Derry venue welcomes Eric Bell and Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal for exclusive pair of masterclasses this month
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FeaturePerforming Arts Belfast Theatre - September 2015
The best musical, drama and dance productions taking place on stages across Belfast throughout the next month
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FeatureFilm Cinema in Belfast - September 2015
Blockbuster movie releases, independent film screenings and more in picture houses across Belfast
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FeatureVisual Arts Late Night Art - September 3
Belfast's public galleries open to 9pm on the first Thursday of the month with exciting artist talks, exhibition launches and more
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FeatureLiterature Belfast Literature - September 2015
A round-up of the best literary events, readings and festivals taking place throughout the next month
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FeatureMusic Van Morrison at 70: Twitter Pays Tribute
Birthday wishes flood the Internet as the east Belfast songwriter celebrates at Cyprus Avenue
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FeatureMusic Belfast Music - September 2015
There’s something for everyone with our guide to Belfast’s best gigs happening throughout September 2015
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FeatureVisual Arts Exhibition Preview: George H Smyth
The surrealist painter and album cover artist talks us through some of the selected works on display in his native County Down from September 3
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FeatureFilm Ten Unmissable Films Still to Come This Year
From Matt Damon on Mars to Tom Hardy's turn as East London's evil twins, the big screen has much more to offer before 2015 is out
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FeatureHeritage Derry Walls Day Builds on Heritage of 400 Years
City marks another milestone in its quadricentennial celebrations with historical, family-themed activities at key sites
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FeatureFestivals Belly Laughs Line-up is No Joke
Belfast Comedy Festival returns with more variety than ever in addition to usual programme of stellar stand-up from September 23 to October 4
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FeatureMusic Bangor's Ghost Returns
Master curator Rachel Coulter gets set to summon the spirit of the seaside town's past with her yearly Open House Festival showpiece
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FeaturePerforming Arts Earth to Alice McCullough
The spoken word artist on finding her way with the medium and how poetry keeps her grounded ahead of new one-woman show
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FeatureSport Rinty Monaghan Immortalised in Bronze
Belfast City Council unveil memorial sculpture honouring the Sailortown boxing great
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FeatureVisual Arts The Presence of Absence
Pete Irvine documents Ireland's forgotten buildings in gritty photo series on display at the Playhouse, Derry, until August 28
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FeatureMusic Track Premiere: Ruairí and The Owls - Lying Eyes
Stream the new single and music video by the Limavady solo artist featuring rising teenage songstress Jessica Doherty
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FeatureVisual Arts Bangor Artist Dedicates Exhibition to Wife After Cancer All-Clear
'Where are they now?' is Leslie's Nicholl's loving tribute to his partner and those who helped her win five-year fight
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FeatureDrama The Lyric Dances at Lughnasa
Ireland's inaugural Brian Friel Festival brings the dramatist's finest play to Belfast later this month, 25 years after its triumphant premiere in Dublin
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FeatureLiterature John McAllister Does Things By the Book
The Armagh author on how early writing habits and working life during the Troubles continues to shape his acclaimed crime novels
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FeatureVisual Arts Exhibition Preview: Degrees of Separation
Ten artists discuss the individual works created for Creative Exchange's new large-scale exhibition, as part of the Eastside Arts Festival
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FeatureMusic Million Dollar Reload Go Out With a Bang
Ahead of the County Tyrone rockers' final performance, guitarist Brian Mallon explains why it's time to move on and what the future holds
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FeaturePerforming Arts Macha Productions Empowers Women with Righteous Theatre
John Higgins lifts the lid on former Kabosh writers Jo Egan and Fionnuala Kennedy's new joint venture, named after the ancient goddess of Armagh
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FeatureDrama Bronagh Waugh Raises a Glass to Pintsized Productions
The Fall actress returns to Belfast ahead of theatre company for emerging talent's newest show at Open House and EastSide Arts festivals
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FeatureVisual Arts Celebrity Makeup Sensation Creates A-Lister Clones with Face Paint
Limerick-born artist Maria Malone-Guerbaa shares her eerily realistic transformation techniques in Titanic Creative Management workshops later this month
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FeatureFestivals Things to See at Stendhal Festival of Art
Over 300 artists and performers, including one Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, are set for Ireland's Best Small Festival this weekend. Here's our pick of what not to miss
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FeatureMusic Derry in for a Guitar Overdose
Applications open for guitar festival's new strand of masterclasses with international virtuosos at the North West Regional College
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FeaturePerforming Arts Belfast Theatre - August 2015
The best musical and drama productions taking place on stages across Belfast throughout the next month
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FeatureLiterature Belfast Literature - August 2015
Round-up of the best literary events, readings and festivals taking place throughout the next month
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FeatureFilm Cinema in Belfast - August 2015
Blockbuster movie releases, independent film screenings and more in picture houses across Belfast
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FeatureVisual Arts Late Night Art - August 6
Belfast's public galleries open to 9pm on the first Thursday of the month with exciting artist talks, exhibition launches and more
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FeatureMusic Belfast Music - August 2015
There's something for everyone with our guide to Belfast's best gigs happening throughout August 2015
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FeatureMusic The Divine Comedy Are Legends
Neil Hannon's long-enduring pop outfit named as this year's recipients of the Oh Yeah Music Centre's top honour
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FeatureVisual Arts Somewhereto_ Profiles: Anna Crawford
Emerging artist Anna Crawford on her love of drawing and pursuing a career in the creative industries
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FeatureFestivals Open House Festival Opens For Business This Weekend
The annual festival returns for a third year with a packed programme of music, food, film, literature and much more
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FeatureCrafts August Craft Month 2015
August Craft Month kicks off this weekend, with over 150 events, demonstrations, exhibitions and workshops taking place in venues across Northern Ireland.
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FeatureYoung people Minecraft Launch Virtual Northern Ireland
A new Minecraft NI map has been launched - giving children the chance to play the game for the first time using a 3D virtual map of Northern Ireland
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FeatureLiterature The Organised Criminal
Dublin-based author, Jarlath Gregory, on his latest novel, set in Crossmaglen in South Armagh
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FeatureVisual Arts George Campbell and the Belfast Boys
Fine art auctioneers Adam's will bring the largest free showcase of public and private artworks by George Campbell to the Ava Gallery, from August 6 to September 3.
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FeatureFestivals Corrymeela’s Arts and Culture Festival Kicks Off This Weekend
Duke Special set to attend inaugural festival of diversity, arts, debates, politics and music, marking 50 years of peacemaking
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FeatureLiterature Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Returns to Home Soil
One of Ireland's leading contemporary poets, Paul Muldoon is back in Armagh for prestigious John Hewitt International Summer School
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FeatureFilm Remembering Jack MacGowran
Beckett Festival and Nerve Centre come together to honour iconic actor Jack MacGowran
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Feature Belfast Festival Makes A Colourful Return
Following withdrawal of Queen's University funding earlier this year, the renamed festival vows 'the show must go on'
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FeatureVisual Arts Breathtaking Drone Footage Teases Derry Urban Arts Festival
Soaring promo clip shows Ebrington Square like never before as graffiti artists prepare to Release the Pressure
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FeaturePerforming Arts Keith Donald Finds Bliss at the John Hewitt Festival
Prolific performer recounts the highs and lows of six decades in the music industry with new solo show combining poetry, storytelling and more
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FeatureFestivals Playwright Brian Friel Celebrated in Inaugural Cross-Border Festival
Organisers behind Enniskillen's Wilde Weekend and Happy Days Beckett Festival honour Ireland's greatest living dramatist with events across Belfast and Co. Donegal this August