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'Culture NI Was My Lifeline'
Critic John Higgins on how writing for Culture NI provided solace following a bereavement and indirectly led to the foundation of a now thriving fledgling theatre company -
Alternate State / Alternative States
Poets Colin Dardis and Geraldine O'Kane interpret the work of artist Brian Kielt in an exciting and refreshingly challenging exhibition at the Duncairn Centre -
Voicebox
New comedy club in Belfast's Loft – artist's studio by day, platform for new comedy talent by night – is much more than a cheap and cheerful night out -
Stitched Up
When an NHS surgeon leaves a pair of scissors inside a patient, his moral compass spins out of control in Rosemary Jenkinson's excellent play at the Lyric Theatre -
Death of a Comedian
Owen McCafferty's Faustian play comments on the commercial corruption of art by focussing on one man's journey from gags to riches -
Martina Devlin
Out To Lunch festival goers come out in force to hear the story of Ireland's final conviction for witchcraft -
Agloe
Sara Morrison creates a visual history of a dead town at the new Framewerk gallery -
Piaf
Christine Bovill's emotional tribute to the famous French chanteuse leaves the Black Box in tears -
An Evening with CS Lewis
David Payne's play is heavy on anecdote but light on the good stuff – the books -
Unhome
Jim McAleavey's house of horrors bulges with invention and endless witty subversions at The MAC -
Jacques Brel is Alive...
Blunt Fringe reanimate the husky Belgian songwriter and 'matador of emotion' -
Outburst Queer Arts Festival
Ruth McCarthy revels in the transgressive nature of this year's diverse programme -
New Book Tours Weird Belfast
Reggie Chamberlain-King's new book, published by Blackstaff Press, is chock-a-block with odd adverts, sensational songs and all manner of ghosts -
Female Gothic
Rebecca Vaughan's medley of classic ghoulish tales is a tricky treat at The MAC -
An Enemy of the People
Schaubühne Berlin get Belfast fired up for change -
Doppelgänger
Peter Liversidge's Symbolist exhibition at The MAC is a psychosexual Where's Wally? -
Pentecost
Lyric Theatre's latest production is beautifully written, directed with brio and perfectly performed -
Cabaret
Bruiser's confident, sassy and perfectly judged musical is a must see show at The MAC -
Beckett Trilogy
Lisa Dwan is ghostly and ghastly in this extraordinary production at The MAC -
A Fiend in the Furrows Folk Horror Conference
Queen's University hosts three-day event exploring perspectives on folk horror in literature, film and music