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Taking Theatre Beyond the Border
Kabosh's latest post-conflict play explores the relationship of RUC and Garda patrol officers stationed on opposite sides of Ireland's dividing line -
Taylor Mac Takes Belfast Through Pop History
New York drag artist urges conservative audiences to 'embrace the discomfort' of his glittering tour-de-force set for the MAC later this month -
Consumerist Satire in Belfast - For a Limited Time Only!
Joe Nawaz examines the modern human condition moulded by nonsensical sales speak and skin-deep marketing in new one-man motivational juggernaut 'Hey You!' -
A Man (Dis)Possessed: Pat Kinevane
Ahead of three solo shows at the MAC, the actor/playwright reveals the personal roots of his disenfranchised characters and why theatre is still 'magic' -
Dave Duggan Takes Culture to the Community
A new staging of First World War drama Still, The Blackbird Sings underlines how the arts is on the rise in working class areas -
Tinderbox Show Us What We're Made Of
The theatre company's fearless new three-in-one production confronts humanity's fundamental questions -
Closer
With its imaginative direction and competent cast, this modest adaptation has the charm to see past its lack of Hollywood gloss -
Bill Burr
Though not every topic hits its mark, Belfast still revels in a masterful Northern Ireland debut from the no-frills Boston comic -
Sherlock in Solitude Park
Chapterhouse Theatre Company are on the case with a free outdoor performance of the detective's most famous mystery in Banbridge -
Belfast Bred is Back
Kabosh theatre's outdoor food tour returns to offer visitors an immersive taste of the city's history and culinary hot spots -
Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
The artistic director of a major centenary revival of the seminal play on providing an outsider's perspective on Frank McGuinness's vision -
The Faerie Thorn Set for the Big Telly Treatment
Jane Talbot's debut collection of dark tales will be adapted for the stage as part of the Portstewart theatre company's milestone 30th year -
Egg Breaks America
Actor Hugh Brown reports back following Cahoots NI's four-month tour of Stateside stages with its award-winning children's theatre production -
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 -
Belfast Theatre - November 2015
The best musical, drama and dance productions taking place on stages across Belfast throughout the next month -
Belfast Theatre - October 2015
The best musical, drama and dance productions taking place on stages across Belfast throughout the next month -
The Matchmaker
Mary McEvoy and Jon Kenny play an array of characters in the classic Irish two-hander revived at the Millennium Forum from October 8 - 10 -
Keith Donald Finds Bliss at the John Hewitt Festival
Prolific performer recounts the highs and lows of six decades in the music industry with new solo show combining poetry, storytelling and more -
Belfast Circus: Defying Death for 30 Years
More than just the Greatest Show on Earth, the community performance mainstay is giving back with a whole weekend of spectacular free events to mark the milestone -
Strabane Has Gutz
Singer-songwriter David Oliver’s original play is a fast-paced musical about a group of young hopefuls attempting to make it in the New York business world -
Belfast Soup
Eat, listen to pitches, vote to make Belfast a better place – co-founder Will McConnell on the philanthropic event that will help make community dreams come true -
Lanciatore
Paul Kennedy's wonderfully realised morality tale reveals the plight of the 21st century artist and warns of a brain drain as artistic opportunities dry up in Northern Ireland -
My English Tongue, My Irish Heart
Martin Lynch tells a contemporary cross-border love story set against the backdrop of departure and based on the book The Literature of the Irish in Britain -
Lanciatore – The Juggling Man
Narrated by three prostitutes, and played out in a medieval Italian circus, Rawlife Theatre Company's new production is an allegory on the art sector's current plight -
Nerve Centre Pledges to Keep Culture NI Going
Popular arts website and key sectoral marketing platform will continue 'until every avenue of appeal is exhausted' after formal appeal is lodged with the Arts Council -
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 -
Auditions, Zoe's Auditions Gets The Part
The uplifting comedy is back by popular demand after taking America by storm with shows in Strabane and Newtownabbey -
Reduced Shakespeare Company Return
After the 'kerfuffle' in Newtownabbey, American theatre troupe return with The Complete History of Comedy (abridged): 'The theatre is our temple, and in our church all are welcome' -
Michael Palin's Greatest Sketches
With the legendary comedian, actor and television presenter set to perform in Belfast's Waterfront Hall in October, we look back at five of his finest comedic moments -
Abbie Spallen's Lally the Scut
Lauded playwright on the 'divide and conquer' approach to arts funding cuts in Northern Ireland, why satire is 'an absolutely vital weapon' in the fight against austerity, and her new production at The MAC -
Playing I, Banquo
Actor Michael Patrick on inhabiting one of Shakespeare's more intriguing lesser characters in a new production of the Tim Crouch monologue -
Patrick J O'Reilly Supports #SaveCultureNI
Actor, writer and theatre director praises arts website for 'providing a place to everyone for marketing, reviews and discussion, which is crucial to the arts sector' -
One Sandwich Short of a Genius
Pending nuptials provide the perfect backdrop for Big Telly's chaotic farce featuring a cast of fine comic actors and an hilarious script by Zoë Seaton and Shelley Atkinson -
The Pillowman
Martin McDonagh pits the lowly writer against a totalitarian system suspicious of creativity in his finest play to date, currently running in the Lyric Theatre in Belfast -
'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 -
Arrivals2
Months of workshops and interviews with ethnic minorities inform five short plays revealing how intercultural Northern Ireland is changing for the better and the worse -
The Gift
Cahoots NI work with visually impaired children to create a tantalising sensory journey with the help of playwright Charles Way and composer Garth McConaghie -
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 -
somewhereto_NI Needs You
16-25 and have an idea? Get matched up with free space in towns and cities across Northern Ireland to explore your creative talents, passions and potential -
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 -
The Imp
Having trained in Paris, physical performer Jude Quinn applies a European sensibility to his latest work confronting the events of January 7, 2015 and the Charlie Hebdo massacre -
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 -
Quartet for Fifteen Chairs
The kids love Maiden Voyage Dance's Chaplin-esque piece, marked by slapstick humour, enchanting choreography and a joyous score by Brian Irvine -
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 -
Zombie Science
Are you prepared for the zombie apocalypse? Zombiologist Dr Ken Howe joins forces with the NI Science Festival to equip Northern Ireland for the inevitable -
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' -
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 -
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's Faustian play comments on the commercial corruption of art by focussing on one man's journey from gags to riches -
God of Carnage
Prime Cut Productions' adaptation of the Yasmina Reza play is a breath of fresh air at The MAC in Belfast -
Salome
Strauss, Oscar Wilde and Northern Ireland Opera combine in a sexy, dangerous and accessible production at Belfast's Grand Opera House -
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 -
Thank F*ck It's Christmas
Jude Quinn's one-man show sees Santa in mischievous mood -
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
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