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  • The Man Jesus

    Simon Callow tears his way through an 'astonishing' cast of historical figures in Matthew Hurt's take on the Gospel of Mark

  • Forget Turkey!

    Writers Dan Gordon, Gary Mitchell and Colin Murphy raise a fleg for tasteless topical satire with the Lyric Theatre's end of year review show

  • A Christmas Night with George

    A rumination on love, life and Long Kesh – Donna O'Connor shows how the Troubles affected Belfast's women

  • Sleeping Beauty

    'Overly garrish, flapping, whimsical and foolish' – Ivan Little leaves his broadcasting days behind him to play the dame at the Waterfront Hall

  • Death (On a Shoestring)

    The heavenly hordes are 'anti-abortion, anti-evolution homophobes' in Accidental Theatre Company's latest outing

  • Lord Carson Signs Off

    Paddy Scully's engaging one-man show puts flesh on the bones of 'this most misunderstood of Irishmen'

  • Appendage

    'Self-obsessed, unsympathetic, predictable.' Playwright Derek Murphy is unforgiving in his exploration of the male psyche

  • Sweet Charity

    Bruiser's energetic, hep-tastic 'Noo Yoik' musical at the MAC is 'witty, wordy and full of heart'

  • Owen McCafferty Shoots the Breeze

    The Belfast playwright embraces verbatim theatre, and has harsh words for 'those who play the political percentages'

  • Uncle Vanya

    Brian Friel's take on Chekhov's original is wilfully melancholic, but Conleth Hill's central performance makes this production great

  • Brothers in Arms

    Sam Millar's play explores the divide between 'pro- and anti-agreement republicanism'

  • My Cultural Life: Santa Claus

    It's business as usual for the man in red. A touch of Wagner is as cultural as he gets

  • A Year Of Magical Wanking

    Neil Watkins is 33 years old, gay, Irish and masturbates more than most. Sometimes on stage, metaphorically

  • Outburst Queer Arts Festival 2011

    Director Ruth McCarthy on a new sense of optimism and a programme to remember

  • Egg

    Cahoots ovular production is fun, silly and surprisingly poignant

  • Calendar Girls

    A post-feminist Dirty Dozen, with lots of buns on display... iced, of course 

  • Blackbird

    A disturbing and subtle look into the relationship between abuser and the abused

  • Stephen Beggs Is Cooking With Elvis

    Bruiser Theatre Company's new production is Brit pop theatre at its best

  • Joseph

    It's bombastic, durable and virulently likeable – the show's the thing, and what a show

  • Dan Gordon Prepares for Blackbird

    A challenging play about the 'relationship' between a man and a girl at the Lyric Theatre

  • Wobble

    A dance piece produced in collaboration with kids – it'll never work, surely

  • The Absence of Women

    The men in Owen McCafferty's world still can't dance, but at least now they can talk about it

  • Citizen

    'Five minutes into the future', Joe Nawaz is impressed by the play's ambition but not its scattergun approach

  • Shoot the Crow

    An early work by Owen McCafferty is given its Northern Irish debut, but has it stood the test of time?

  • Festival Dance at the Core of the Matter

    Dance troupe Core brings together 50 champion festival dancers from across Northern Ireland to challenge Flatley's domination of the art-form. 

  • Andi Osho

    Autobiographical comedy with a slightly smutty centre from the unlikely star of Mock the Week

  • Big Laughs Belfast

    Derry comic Adam Laughlin comperes a line-up of raw talent in the Black Box

  • Faustus

    Engaging new adaptation of Marlowe’s classic tale, with moments of great theatrical frisson

  • Why The Arts Matter: Gathering 2010

    'Theatre for young people and children can challenge, encourage, uplift and even inspire them to wonderful heights'

  • Don't Shoot the Clowns

    Follow Jo Wilding's activist evolution from tangerine thrower to tragedienne Trevilino in Iraq

  • Freedom of the City

    Brian Friel’s play enjoys a welcome resuscitation as a rehearsed reading

  • Foot-Washing for the Sole

    Joe Nawaz gets lost in a moment

  • True North

    Post-Troubles triptych of three plays in one day

  • Tony St Clair

    The comedy psychic has Joe Nawaz hiding the nibbles

  • Culture Night Belfast

    Press officer Joe Nawaz on putting it all together, and watching the end result

  • Our House

    Joe Nawaz has to reluctantly admit he likes MT4Uth's production of Our House, even if he doesn't like their name

  • The Black North

    Three short plays about charm, luck and politics - 'cause it's grim up north, writes Joe Nawaz

  • Vincent River

    Joe Nawaz finds that society continues to be 'soft on the causes of hate crime'

  • Come to Where I'm From

    Five writers, including David Ireland, Stacey Gregg and 'Marty from the Docks', show Joe Nawaz where they're from

  • Write on the Edge

    Last writes for Ransom’s groundbreaking theatre programme

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