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Snow Patrol
A dedicated crowd get caught up in the emotion 'like their 4x4 keys and gym membership cards depend on it' -
Hostel
Homelessness, suicide and unexpected pregnancy. Somehow, playwright Fionnuala Kennedy shows the funny side -
Josie Long
The Tories are bad. Bankers are bad. You get the gist. Andrew Johnston is not impressed -
Sam Millar on New Play Brothers in Arms
Belfast crime novelist and former republican prisoner on his new play about 'the elephant in the room' – the dissidents -
War Horse
No talking ponies, animated urchins or CGI, just an old-fashioned epic that sees Spielberg back on form -
Lionel Shriver
The author of We Need to Talk About Kevin on why she considers herself a 'Belfast writer' -
The Iron Lady
Despite an all-star cast, too little is left unsaid in this contentious biopic of Margaret Thatcher -
RISING STAR: Johnny McCarthy
The ‘sit-down stand-up comedian’ from Lisburn talks disability, offensive comedy and wanting to be heckled -
Elvis Costello
His committment can't be denied, but a backing band may have made this the gig of the year -
KT Tunstall
Perhaps peforming solo wasn't the best idea, but the chanteuse still draws the crowds