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Troubles Over the Bridge
James Ellis's memoir raises questions of the times that deprived the late actor of his true off-stage potential as well as the wider barriers art must often overcome -
The Rule of the Land
With eloquence and tact, Garrett Carr charts a timely expedition along the line that divides and defines Ireland, its history and its people -
Lanciatore
Paul Kennedy's wonderfully realised morality tale reveals the plight of the 21st century artist and warns of a brain drain as artistic opportunities dry up in Northern Ireland -
The Sweety Bottle
A Falls Road confectionary doubles up as a drinking den in Joe and Gerard Brennan's tale of love, life and lager -
Mixed Marriage
Contemporary adjustments detract from an otherwise superbly acted and directed revival at the Lyric Theatre -
Stewart Parker A Life
Marilynn Richtarik's definitive biography pays tribute to the 'greatest playwright the city of Belfast has ever produced' -
Quietly
Owen McCafferty's new play, premiered in the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, explores 'the hurt, the carnage and the consequences' of the Troubles -
The Visteon/Ford Occupation
The true story of a workers' revolt in Belfast, written by first-time playwright John Maguire, is ferociously authentic -
Belfast Taxi
A cast of colourful characters feature in Lee Henry's 'brilliantly researched root and branch history of taxiing in Belfast' -
The Titanic Boys
Martin Lynch and JJ Gilmour's musical is marked by a 'joyous disregarding of pompous memorialisation'