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The Pride of the Marching Bands
Playwright Jonathan Burgess hopes to demystify the marching band culture in a new play at the Waterside Theatre in Derry~Londonderry -
An Evening with Damian Gorman at The MAC
The award-winning playwright, poet and filmmaker prepares to step down as artist-in-residence at The MAC -
Georgia Rhoades on the Bishop of Derry's Cook
A new play by Appalacian State University professor Georgia Rhoades explores the tragic story of Cecily Jackson -
The Real Catriona King
The crime author and founder of Studio Theatre Company on their mysterious forthcoming production at The MAC -
From Story Catching to Story Telling
Artistic director Jamie Harper on how he’s directing Derry~Londonderry’s stories in The Return of Colmcille -
The People's Procession Limbers Up in Derry~Londonderry
Choreographer Sian Thomas looks forward to The Return of Colmcille, the UK City of Culture's most spectacular event -
Frank McGuinness on Writing The Factory Girls
One of Ireland's leading playwrights recalls how his inspirational mother informed his play The Factory Girls -
Ards Puppet Festival Returns from May 24 – 27
The DaSilva Marionette Circus Troupe will be joined by Belfast's The Grimm Brothers this May Bank Holiday -
Comedian Micky Bartlett is Looking for Love
Will the Lurgan comic's latest show, GOWIMA, win over the ladies? As chat up lines go... -
The Return of Colmcille Approaches in Derry~Londonderry
Derry~Londonderry welcomes back its patron saint and founder in the UK’s most ambitious outdoor spectacle of 2013 -
Punk is Re-energized at the Playhouse Theatre
Playwright Gary Mitchell joins forces with The Undertones for new production at The Playhouse, Derry~Londonderry -
Kabosh Bring Inventors at Balmoral Show
Kabosh Theatre Company bring to life some of Northern Ireland's greatest creators at the annual agricultural show -
The Billy Plays Continue
Writer Graham Reid on penning Love, Billy for the Lyric Theatre, the absence of Sir Kenneth and the future for the Martin family -
Aisling Ghéar's Search for Robert McAdam
Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company celebrates the little-known Ulster personality at the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival -
Jazz Up Your Bank Holiday at City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival
The City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival welcomes four international acts to the Nerve Centre and other venues -
Festival of Fools 2013
Director Will Chamberlain celebrates ten years of street theatre, silliness and abseiling in central Belfast -
Opportunities for Freelance Writers / Reviewers
Writers/ reviewers wanted for coverage of City of Culture 2013. -
Transfer Theatre Company Prepare for Second Production
Artistic director Roger Dane on filling a gap in the market and producing Polly Stenham's That Face in Voodoo, Belfast -
The Factory Girls Sells Out in Derry~Londonderry
Director Caitríona McLaughlin on the importance of Frank McGuinness's play to the people of Derry~Londonderry -
Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
Win tickets to Will Self, John Grant, Adam Ant and more as Belfast's busiest arts festival returns -
Millennium Forum Grease Audition Call
Derry~Londonderry's Millennium Forum to stage a new youth production of the classic musical in July -
Vocal Group Sestina Adapt The Fairy Queen
Mark Chambers, director of Sestina vocal group, on fostering new talent and Henry Purcell's 'semi-opera' -
Video: The Royal Ballet in Derry~Londonderry
Northern Irish soloist Melissa Hamilton performs with the world-renowned company in Derry~Londonderry -
John Duddy Boxes Clever for City of Culture
The former prizefighter comes home to Derry~Londonderry on April 8 to star in For Love at the Playhouse Theatre -
Rehearsals Continue for Annie at Ebrington
Dominic Kearney attends rehearsals for Londonderry Musical Society's forthcoming City of Culture production at The Venue -
Win Ralph Steadman Print and Carmen Tickets
Win a signed print worth £500 from the famed Gonzo artist and two tickets to Bizet's opera at the Waterfront Hall -
Féile Laughs Comedy Festival
Derry~Londonderry welcomes a host of stand-up comedians to venues across the city over Easter weekend -
Prime Cut's Kaleidoscope
The Belfast-based theatre company invite you to download a soundfile and experience the city as never before this Thursday -
Fickle Favours All-Female Theatre Company
Fionola Meredith considers the pros and cons of Fickle Favours, Belfast's first all-female theatre company, as they prepare for their first production -
The Sweety Bottle Comes to the Grand Opera House
Playwrights Joe and Gerard Brennan recall the shebeen era in Belfast, when their Falls Road family sweet shop doubled up as a safe haven for affable drinkers -
Get Circus Fit With Adult Circus
Bored of the gym? Want to get trim for summer? Why not join Adult Circus at Belfast Community Circus School? -
Dickens at the Ulster Hall – Meet the McCreadys
Working with his director wife Joan on current production Dickens at the Ulster Hall is 'absolutely wonderful' for famed thespian Sam McCready -
Joe McGann the New Billy
English actor takes over from Sir Kenneth Branagh in the fifth instalment of Graham Reid's beloved Billy plays at the Lyric Theatre in May -
Opera North's Otello Comes to Belfast
'There will be blood, there will be thunderbolts, there will be Verdi's stirring music' when Ronald Samm arrives in Belfast on March 6 -
On the Subject of Love
The story of Frederick Hervey, former Bishop of Derry and playboy extraordinaire, comes to the Playhouse in Derry~Londonderry from February 19 -
Frank Carson: It's the Way He Told 'Em Memorial Concert
Northern Ireland's glitterati come out in force to celebrate the life and work of the famed Belfast comedian at the Grand Opera House -
Digital Theatre Archive Launches at Linen Hall Library
Ireland's oldest subscription library launches a fully searchable website 'aimed at both the serious researcher and the idly interested' -
Planet Belfast at The MAC
Rosemary Jenkinson captures the zeitgeist with a timely new play about foodstuff. 'They could be giving you poison, as long as they make money -
Comedy of Errors: The Musical
Theatre at the Mill adapt William Shakespeare's classic farce as a 1920s era musical. Meet the costumer charged with making it feel authentic -
Frank Cottrell Boyce on The Return of Colmcille
He entertained the world with the London 2012 opening ceremony, now Frank Cottrell Boyce has written a new story for Derry~Londonderry and its beloved patron saint -
2013 Belfast Children's Festival Launches
View the full programme of events taking place in venues across the city from March 8-15 -
Pintsized Productions' Herons
The company dedicated to providing new opportunities for emerging actors adapt Simon Stephen's acclaimed play -
NI Opera's The Flying Dutchman
Singers Giselle Allen and Bruno Caproni front NI Opera's historic revival of Richard Wagner's epic opera. 'It's a thrill to be back' -
Maiden Voyage's Manifesto
Can a new three-act performance piece inspire more young men to take up contemporary dance? -
Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty
Before its Grand Opera House run beginning March 12, Jane Coyle travels to Sadler's Wells to experience a fairytale for the Twilight generation -
Rebecca Vaughan's Female Gothic
The playwright and actor's new one-woman show draws on the 'eerie, macabre and subtly terrifying' gothic literature of the 18th and 19th centuries -
Lyric Theatre: Tales of the City
Graham Reid pens a fifth instalment of the Billy plays for the Lyric's forthcoming season, which also features works by St John Irvine, David Ireland and Marie Jones -
Lennon v McCartney: Beatlemania at Out To Lunch
Playwright Stephen Kennedy on bringing a little bit of Beatlemania to the Out To Lunch festival in Belfast on January 17 -
Replay Babble About Theatre
Two new productions from Northern Ireland's theatre company dedicated to young audiences are set to light up the 2013 Belfast Children's Festival this March -
City of Culture 2013: Shona McCarthy's Highlights
After a spectacular opening ceremony on New Year's Eve, Culture Company chief executive Shona McCarthy looks forward to a year of events in Derry~Londonderry -
Sons & Daughters Concert to Open City of Culture
BBC NI to broadcast gala performance at The Venue as Derry~Londonderry's year as the first UK City of Culture begins -
A Christmas Night with George - Watch Video
Co-writing and starring in one of Northern Ireland's most successful plays has 'vindicated' Donna O'Connor after years spent 'out in the cold' -
View the Full Out To Lunch 2013 Festival Programme
Feeling peckish? Browse the full Out To Lunch 2013 festival programme and chow down on some seriously artistic lunchtime treats this coming January -
Field Day Return - Watch Video Featuring Founder Stephen Rea
Mark Phelan of Queen's University welcomes the return of the influential theatre company as it stages two new works in Derry~Londonderry -
Hansel and Grettel Go Large
Paul Boyd's retelling of the wonderfully dark Brothers Grimm-penned story is a 'fairytale for the iPod generation' at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast -
Penny Arcade Knows Too Much
The doyenne of the New York art house movement on sexual freedom, President Obama and performing at the Outburst Festival -
You're Ivan A Laugh - Ivan Little Does Panto
Ivan Little finally gives in to the inevitable – playing a dame in panto. But has he got the singing and dancing chops to pull it off at the Waterfront? -
Kenneth Branagh Knighted
The Belfast-born thespian receives honour at Buckingham Palace for his 'services to drama and the community in Northern Ireland' -
Beating Berlusconi
The story of one Liverpool fan's incredible experience of the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul comes to the Belfast Festival -
Nicholas Nickleby at Dotheby's Hall
Sam McCready, master of the pared-down theatrical adaptation, brings Charles Dickens to the Belfast Festival
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