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Mydidae
Martin Byrne's instrumental score for the harrowing Prime Cut theatre production stands strong even when removed from its dramatic visual context -
God of Carnage
Prime Cut Productions' adaptation of the Yasmina Reza play is a breath of fresh air at The MAC in Belfast -
Night Music
Moving on Music and the Belfast Music Society prove there is a demand for unfamiliar, challenging classical music in Northern Ireland -
Miniatures and Modulations
Philip Hammond's reimagining of ancient Irish songs originally transcribed by Edward Bunting are wonderfully entertaining -
Reflecting Light
Cappella Caeciliana record contemporary pieces and festive classics -
Jack and the Beanstalk
Terry Blain discovers that for all our technological advances nothing much changes in Pantoland -
Ode to Sting
Lisaire String Quartet interpret classic Police and Sting tracks – watch a live performance -
Remembering Gerry
A host of musicians indebted to the late Radio Ulster presenter Gerry Anderson perform in Belfast -
Milltown Cemetery
Tom Hartley writes a richly complex history of the Belfast graveyard -
Sestina
The innovative vocal ensemble welcome theorbo player Paula Chateauneuf to the Ulster Museum -
Romeo & Juliet
Ulster Youth Orchestra perform music from Provofiev's great ballet and more at the Ulster Hall -
Walled City Music Festival
Founders Cathal Breslin and Sabrina Hu lead the opening concert in Derry~Londonderry -
Schubert
Barry Douglas's thunderously authoritative interpretation of the Austrian composer's final piano sonata -
Shot Glass
Newly established company dedicated to 'pub theatre by new writers' launches with two short plays in the Sunflower Bar -
Chamber Choir Ireland
Paul Hillier conducts a new work by American composer David Lang at St Thomas's Church in Belfast -
Behind the Headlines
Veteran journalist Alf McCreary recalls a 'multi-faceted, constantly stimulating' career in print -
Aida
Ellen Kent's traditionalist production of Verdi's masterpiece fails to set the pulses racing -
A Portrait of the Artist...
Dublin's New Theatre tour a stage adaptation of James Joyce's classic novel with mixed results -
Night Music
An innovative presentation of classical music at The MAC proves popular -
Family Fever
McCracken Memorial Drama Society resurrect one of Sam Cree's 'downright silly' plays