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A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Royal Shakespeare Company recruit Belfast's Belvoir Players for a frothy but 'bags of fun' take on the timeless comedy -
Here Comes the Night
There's no time like the present as Rosemary Jenkinson's clever and well-acted culture comedy finds firmer footing in the more modern of its two narratives -
Gordon Osràm's Funeral
Though not always subtle, this interactive swan song is a multi-layered and undeniably fun piece of theatre which puts every inch of its surroundings to use -
Educating Rita
Emma Jordan tactfully transposes Willy Russell's play to Belfast with help from two extraordinary leads in this fine start to the year for the Lyric Theatre -
Opera, Literature and Lunch
Out to Lunch continue to brighten the dark days of January with a no frills fix of book-based works from NI Opera's fabulous young artists -
The Kitchen
Roysten Abel's hypnotic fusion of culinary and performance art is a sumptuous metaphor for human experience that will inflame the senses -
Dancing at Lughnasa
The Lyric's first production of Friel's layered masterwork is as rich and rewarding as theatre gets -
Earth to Alice McCullough
The spoken word artist on finding her way with the medium and how poetry keeps her grounded ahead of new one-woman show -
Macha Productions Empowers Women with Righteous Theatre
John Higgins lifts the lid on former Kabosh writers Jo Egan and Fionnuala Kennedy's new joint venture, named after the ancient goddess of Armagh -
David Sedaris
The celebrated American humorist delivers an evening of interlacing tales and outrageous material disguised in a performance akin to catching up with an old friend -
Crazy
Without enough plot or pizazz to sustain its run-time, Brenda Murphy's country-tinged comedy unravels despite fizzing performances from its cast of three -
Giving Spamalot the full Monty at Belfast's Grand Opera House
Rather than try to recreate the Pythons on Broadway, Neil Keery wants to ramp up the relentless musical theatre in his directing debut with the Ulster Operatic Company -
Wilde Boys
Bruiser and the MAC might be a match made in heaven on The Importance of Being Earnest, with an all-male cast looking at marriage through a modern lens -
Closer
With its imaginative direction and competent cast, this modest adaptation has the charm to see past its lack of Hollywood gloss -
Theatre at Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
Ambitious adaptations, fearless drama and a play packed into a Belfast bathroom; we sift through another sprawling array of events for the on-stage highlights -
Lally the Scut
Abbie Spallen creates a local Hell for local people in this powerful, hilarious, gruelling satire on post-conflict Northern Ireland currently running in The MAC -
'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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Pentecost
Lyric Theatre's latest production is beautifully written, directed with brio and perfectly performed -
Beckett Trilogy
Lisa Dwan is ghostly and ghastly in this extraordinary production at The MAC -
Punk Rock
A series of brilliant stage debuts transport Lyric Theatre audiences into the teenage heart of darkness -
Reverend Billy
American comedy preacher brings his anti-consumerist campaign to Belfast's Corn Market with choir in tow -
Comedy Day Festival
Colin Geddis is ringmaster as the Crescent Arts Centre hosts a smorgasbord of Northern Irish comics -
Little Jokes
Chatterbox Productions enter the weird world of Victorian renaissance man Edward Lear at The MAC -
Demented
Gary Mitchell serves up a new crime comedy at the Lyric Theatre -
Alan Irwin
Winner of the 2014 Chortle Student Comedy Award at Queen's brings his Party Hard show to the Black Box -
About a Goth
Staged Assault bring Tom Well's pithy play to the Black Box, chipped black nail varnish and all -
Handwritten
Old skool all-round entertainer Ryan Hand headlines a bizarre evening at the Black Box -
FRAM! Two Men, One Suggestion, Zero Script
Introducing Northern Ireland's first and only Chicago style long-form improv group -
Burton's Last Call
George Telfer is the boozey, hell-raising, womanising actor Richard Burton at Out To Lunch -
Forget Turkey
Corruption and ignorance stalk the land in Murphy, Gordon and Mitchell's end of year review -
Made at Sadler's Wells
The iconic London dance studio bring 'a programme of short masterpieces' to the Grand Opera House
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