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Comedians on Comedians
With Red Nose Day returning on March 13, some of Northern Ireland's finest stand-ups write about their favourites comics, from Kevin McAleer to Vic and Bob -
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Meet the Writers of Arrivals2
'Racism is a knife sharpened on the whetstone of sectarianism.' Daragh Carville, Fionnuala Kennedy and Maggie Cronin on writing about the intercultural experiences of minorities living in Northern Ireland for Terra Nova -
The Lost Martini
'We will leave drunks or troublemakers to the bar staff but there are lots of other situations that can develop.' Accidental Theatre Company invite audiences to their newest immersive production in a Belfast office building -
Lyric Wins Four Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
South Belfast theatre enjoys most successful night at the glitzy ceremony in Dublin after achieving an unprecedented 12 nominations -
Etcetera Theatre Company
Connal Parr, board member of new organisation dedicated to giving voice to the loyalist working-class community in Northern Ireland, on why 'theatre is very important in a general cultural sense' -
David Meade, Million Dollar Mindreader
Celebrity mentalist on giving up a high-paid teaching job to follow his creative dream, and how he can make people believe 'that miracles are possible' -
A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing
Annie Ryan's harrowing, enlightening and deeply satisfying adaptation of Eimear McBride's Joycean novel is a must-see at The MAC in Belfast -
Death of a Comedian
Owen McCafferty on his new play at the Lyric Theatre, refusing to dumb down for the big bucks and why we should all give Russell Brand a break -
God of Carnage
'We ignore issues of class, racism, sectarianism and bigotry at our perile' says Prime Cut Productions artistic director Emma Jordon -
Queen's Comedy Club Returns
Colin Murphy on two decades of compèring 'the best gig anywhere' and a star-studded 2015 lineup -
Women Writers Dominate Comedy Theatre
Jane Hardy discovers their secrets to success of Northern Ireland's new generation of female comic scribes -
Belfast Goes Out To Lunch in 2015
Festival director Sean Kelly on making the arts accessible to all despite impending funding cuts -
Field Day Enjoy Fairytale in New York
Marie-Louise Muir follows Stephen Rea and his acclaimed theatre company to the Big Apple for its first ever run off Broadway -
Peter Corry is Home For Christmas
Singer returns to Belfast with a new album and festive variety show at the Waterfront Hall -
Mistletoe & Crime at the Lyric Theatre
Dan Gordon on directing Marie Jones' tale of PSNI officers caught up in Christmas chaos for the Lyric Theatre -
Commedia of Errors at South Bank Playhouse
Benjamin Gould's new company brings subversive sensibility of Italian theatre to Irish epic The Tain -
An African Christmas at the Waterfront Hall
Having sung with Gary Barlow and for the Queen, the world famous African Children's Choir prepare to perform in Belfast -
Family Hoffmann’s Christmas Palace
Cahoots NI salutes one of their most successful shows for children with a festive special at The MAC -
Arts Council Launch #13pForTheArts Campaign
Public urged to sign petition and more to help stave off further funding cuts to the arts in Northern Ireland -
Outburst Queer Arts Festival
Ruth McCarthy revels in the transgressive nature of this year's diverse programme -
Tinderbox Bring Unhome to The MAC
Tinderbox Theatre Company bring Jimmy McAleavey's elusive psychological drama to The MAC -
Du Dance: Fallen
Intergenerational dance production recalls the experience of the First World War in Belfast and beyond -
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well
Blunt Fringe theatre company founder Claire Murray on coming home to produce ambitious stage shows on a budget -
Kabosh 20 at Belfast Festival
Artistic director Paula McFetridge on exploring the legacy of the 1994 ceasefire with performance piece and website -
The Autumn of Han
Red Dragonfly productions' first play of innovative three-year project set for NI tour -
More Than a Flag at Belfast Festival
Dan Gordon's world premiere exploring link between east Belfast and First World War -
Makaronik
Dave Duggan fuses English, Irish and invented language Emprish with sci-fi play at the Lyric Theatre -
An Enemy of the People at Belfast Festival
It caused a riot in Argentina – now Schaubühne Berlin brings its incendiary version of Ibsen's play to Belfast -
#LightsOutNI Campaign Launches
Thomas Greene reports from a galvanising public meeting in the wake of arts funding cuts in Northern Ireland -
Anti-Poverty Festival
Organiser Anton Glackin hopes to raise awareness of poverty and homelessness in Northern Ireland with inaugural arts festival -
Sive Comes North
Abbey Theatre venture outside of Dublin to perform JB Keane's famous play in Derry and Belfast -
Accidental Theatre Get Fast & Loose at the Lyric
Accidental Theatre Company produce four new plays 'for the terminally impatient' in just 24 hours on October 4 -
Josef Locke – A Grand Adventure in Derry
Felicity McCall dramatises the life of controversial singer and Derry hero Josef Locke at the Playhouse -
Jesus, Mary and Joseph at Belly Laughs Festival
Belfast Paddy Mcdonnell on the therapy of live performance and confronting issues of intolerance in his new show -
Lyric Theatre Stage Stewart Parker's Pentecost
Jimmy Fay on the challenges of directing the classic play set during the Ulster Workers' Council Strike -
Culture Night Belfast
Jim Meredith plans a route through the myriad free arts events taking place in the Cathedral Quarter on September 19 -
Owen McCafferty New Lyric Writer in Residence
Acclaimed playwright is unveiled at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast ahead of an exciting new season -
Belfast Festival 2014 Programme Unveiled
Full festival programme is revealed, with disabled artist Claire Cunningham announced as artist-in-residence -
Chatterbox Interpret Edward Lear in Little Jokes
The absurdist verse of the English author inspires a new family-friendly stage play coming to Belfast and Derry~Londonderry -
EU Peace III Conference
Smashing Times Theatre Company work with Troubles survivors on real stories at The MAC on September 2 -
Pulling Michael's Legge
The London-based comic returns home to Northern Ireland for the Open House Bangor Festival on August 29 -
Bounce! Festival 2014
Arts and Disability Forum host their annual celebration of accessible art in the Lyric Theatre from August 28 – 31 -
Lisa Dwan's Beckett at The MAC
The Irish actor performs three of the playwright's most challenging plays in Belfast from September 2 -
Shot Glass: Part Deux
Theatre impresarios John Higgins and Joe Nawaz continue their cottage industry exploits at the Sunflower Bar -
Arts Funding Cuts Announced
In year cuts of 5% will affect 37 Arts Council clients in 2014/15, with wider cuts scheduled for next year -
Walled City Tattoo
Derry~Londonderry's shipbuilding heritage forms the basis of Yaron Engler's unorthodox introduction -
Rhys Dunlop in Punk Rock
The Lir graduate on exciting debut role in acclaimed production at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast -
A Step In Time
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum exhibition traces the history of Irish dancing at home and on the global stage -
Beckett in Border Country
Happy Days International Beckett Festival returns to Enniskillen with new connections and a wealth of events -
The Acorn Fund Grantees Announced
Community and arts projects throughout Derry~Londonderry receive financial backing post-City of Culture -
Trilingual Play Bás Comes to Féile an Phobail
Schizothemia Theatre Company bring their First World War drama to Belfast in the year of centenaries from August 1 -
Samuel Beckett's Catastrophe
Director Adrian Dunbar and actor Frank McCusker bring the short play to a secret location in Enniskillen -
Youth Music Theatre: Macbeth
Watch video from rehearsals as two Northern Irish performers shape up for the show of their lives at the Lyric Theatre -
Lyric Theatre's Northern Soul Season
New Owen McCafferty play The Death of a Comedian features in first programme under executive producer Jimmy Fay -
Culture Night Belfast Needs You!
Submissions round opens for individual artists, organisations, entrepreneurs and others to take part on September 19 -
LegenDerry Maritime Festival
Derry~Londonderry evokes the spirit of 2013 as the Round the World Clipper race stops off on the Foyle -
Double Bill of Political Drama at Culturlann
Prime Cut Productions and the MAC bring a double bill of theatre to Derry~Londonderry -
Swinging Northern Ireland
Eve Rosato joins the old school dance revolution with the Bellehoppers and Swing Belfast -
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
European Arts Company dramatise the epic courtroom battle between the witty playwright and Edward Carson
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