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Belfast Children's Festival: The things your family won't want to miss
As Young at Art and its baby turn 20, its landmark offering of events will ensure that audiences big and small will never want to get any older -
Larne-based storyteller gives voice to timeless children's tales
Since moving to Northern Ireland Vicky McFarland has turned her lifelong love of books into a business of audio-sensory magic – listen to a recording from her recent collection -
The Co. Down toy shop getting 'Little Citizens' ready for the big world out there
Holywood's Little Citizens Boutique has found international success by doing things differently. Founder Alicia Peyrano believes that its innovative products and humanitarian approach can help nurture new generations of creative young minds -
Jennifer Johnston: 'What do I do with my life if I can't write?'
The revered author contemplates her creative well running dry after an almost 50 year career - and much more - ahead of her appearance at Seamus Heaney HomePlace -
Bruiser brings back Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole for theatre company's 20th birthday
Founder Lisa May on celebrating the late author after two decades of highs, lows, sleepless nights and moments that make it all worthwhile -
Bernard MacLaverty: 'You have to live your life before you can write about it'
The acclaimed author talks about his first novel in 16 years, where the time went and how one unique place not only inspired it, but changed his way of thinking about life and love -
A Tale of Two Cities in a Play of Two Halves
Jane Coyle's intriguing double-edged play Both Sides, tours venues across Northern Ireland in September and November -
Angela's Ashes Comes to Life On-Stage at Grand Opera House
An interview with Belfast actor Marty Maguire who will be playing McCourt’s father, Malachy, in the musical take of this classic book -
The Enduring Resonance of A Time to Speak
Actress Joan McCready on continuing to deliver the message of Helen Lewis's Holocaust memoir, not just for her 'but for all victims and survivors' -
Changing Perceptions at Belfast Children's Festival
Visionary artists Cleary Connolly lend a fresh pair of eyes with high-tech helmets designed to simulate how different creatures see the world -
The Cove
Echo Echo's dizzying collaboration with climber Dan Shipsides reaches its peak in this hypnotic performance inspired by the cliffs of Donegal -
Maiden Voyage Dance Triple Bill
Brave and breathtaking interpretations of love, loss and living prove the power of three in this new package of works -
Children's Theatre: It's a Kind of Magic
Cahoots NI is conjuring up something special with its revival of Nivelli's War and the sense of wonder its bringing from Belfast to Broadway -
Hamlet's Game of Thrones
Icarus Theatre Company set out to show Shakespeare as the HBO fantasist of his time in this take on his timeless tragedy -
Be Inspired by HomePlace this Season
Events programmer Liam Browne on 'encapsulating' Seamus Heaney's vision and spirit at the new multi-function arts space celebrating his legacy in Bellaghy -
Echo Echo Dance Festival is Poetry in Motion
After nearly 20 years in Derry, the contemporary dance company is spilling out into public spaces, and showing no signs of standing still -
Taking Theatre Beyond the Border
Kabosh's latest post-conflict play explores the relationship of RUC and Garda patrol officers stationed on opposite sides of Ireland's dividing line -
Handpicked Highlights for August Craft Month
As the annual artist-maker marathon celebrates its 10th anniversary, we offer ten suggestions from this year's sprawling programme of creative events -
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 -
The Pillowman
Martin McDonagh pits the lowly writer against a totalitarian system suspicious of creativity in his finest play to date, currently running in the Lyric Theatre in Belfast
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