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Wise men say only fools rush in, but we can't help falling in love with the Festival of Fools
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Extract from ACES participant James McAleavey's play, Sign of the Whale
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The ACES participant talks about being broke, Turning the Page and how Tinderbox is like his kindly uncle
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Director David Nixon takes inspiration from the Egyptian people and puts the iconic queen centre stage
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From baby jokes to drunken particle physicists, Ed Byrne's Crowd Pleaser 2011 tour is just that
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Comedian Abie Philbin Bowman - set for the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival - takes his comedy seriously
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The director of the new Lyric Theatre's inaugural play returns to home turf
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Kabosh pull off 'a triumph of creative editing' in this play about the origins of Indiana Jones
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The ACES participant talks about working with Young at Art, attending the World Congress of Children's Theatre and dancing with two year olds
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Listen to full podcast recordings, including Irish Labour Party leader Michael D Higgins' keynote address
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A world-class debut for NI Opera and an exceptional showcase for Derry-Londonderry
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The American singer and civil rights campaigner is remembered at the Island Arts Centre
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X Factor judge joins Nelson McCausland in celebrating Northern Ireland's participation in the 2012 Games
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Explosive stuff from an emerging playwright in the North West
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Listen to a podcast with festival director Sean Kelly and get booking your tickets now
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NI Opera stage their first ever production in three different venues throughout the city of Derry-Londonderry this weekend
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The action is moved from London to Belfast - but does the humour translate in this tale of three taxi drivers?
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BalletBoyz return to Northern Ireland with an energetic, diverse contemporary dance performance
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Wireless Mystery Theatre perform classic CBS radio plays - including the ad breaks - in faultless period style
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Danny Boyle's seminal stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic beamed live into Queen's Film Theatre
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A bewildering fusion of styles from the star of cult sitcom Attention, Scum!
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We like radical lefties, and we like a mainstream hipsters. But which is better? Only one way to find out...
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£4.2m funding cut averted as Finance Minister Sammy Wilson recognises the 'employment potential' in the sector
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'Five minutes into the future', Joe Nawaz is impressed by the play's ambition but not its scattergun approach
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The improvised hip-hop comedy duo miss their chance to trade 'pithy putdowns' with a heckler, but are still 'devilishly funny'
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Patrick J O'Reilly talks about working on 'one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies'
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Dan Gordon hopes to 'inspire a new generation of titanic thinkers' with this play about the Belfast shipyard
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Standing room only at the Grand Opera House, but it's worth it for Derek Jacobi's 'chilling whispers' as the dotard king
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David Benson cracks open a can of worms in a play Andrew Johnston describes as 'essential'
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Caught between confusion and delight, Fionola Meredith enjoys the blend of political incorrectness and slapstick
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Emerging playwright David Ireland looks forward to playing his part 'at this exciting time in the Lyric's history'
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The unorthodox comic is a strange mix of the good, the bad - and it gets ugly at the Black Box
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Choreographed and directed by Craig Revel Horwood, this production of Chess is light on politics and big on love
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An early work by Owen McCafferty is given its Northern Irish debut, but has it stood the test of time?
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Despite a 'gaggle of noisy women', the Dublin comic ingratiates himself with the Empire faithful
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Listen to a podcast with writer David Kodeski and find out how a suitcase bought on eBay came with an added surprise
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Andrew Johnston talks to comedy club promoters about the new wave of Northern Irish comics
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Does everyone know the rules of sectarianism? This play turns the spotlight on the audience to find out
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The Chinese Ministry of Culture will be present - artistic director Phillip Gandley hopes they like it
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Based on Hitler's writings and rants, this provocative piece of theatre is uncomfortable but essential viewing
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Saucy comments, a passable pasodoble and Anne Widdecombe: there's only one word to describe the Strictly Live show - fab-u-lous!
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Dance troupe Core brings together 50 champion festival dancers from across Northern Ireland to challenge Flatley's domination of the art-form.
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Scottish Ballet return to Belfast with 'a mischievous, tender, exciting' performance of Prokofiev's masterpiece
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A mother on hunger strike and a daughter sent to enforce the law, but where is the emotional punch in Hannah Burke's two-hander?
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Owen McCafferty's play has never been produced in Belfast. Listen to a scene from rehearsals
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Videos highlighting what the arts do for us screened at venues across Northern Ireland
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Why it's okay to go to gigs and events on your own - by Sarah Hughes, aged 36 (nearly!)
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The life story of snooker's greatest genius graduates to the Grand Opera House
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A funding boost from Derry City Council ensures that the amateur drama festival returns to the Waterside Theatre
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Register now for a free event highlighting inspiring and innovative business models in the cultural sector
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The Belfast-born actor to star alongside comedian Rob Brydon in a highlight of the Lyric's forthcoming season
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The latest production from NT Live is a dramatised biography of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti
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A supermarket attendant lives by the example of the Oscar-winning actress
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Claire Allen picks the brain behind Masons Comedy Club to find out about Derry's burgeoning stand-up scene
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The first-time mother on kissing men with beards, witnessing a 'slagalanche' and drinking at lunch time
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Autobiographical comedy with a slightly smutty centre from the unlikely star of Mock the Week
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Your voice can make a difference
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The Arts Council say public support for the arts 'has never been more important than it is now'
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Derry comic Adam Laughlin comperes a line-up of raw talent in the Black Box
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Engaging new adaptation of Marlowe’s classic tale, with moments of great theatrical frisson
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