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  • Portico of Ards

    A Place for Ards and Culture

    Ahead of its official grand opening on May 24, Neil McClure recounts the restoration of a doomed church building into Portaferry's newest arts venue
  • Ruth McGinley

    Ruth McGinley Reconnects

    From childhood stardom to having children of her own, the Derry pianist has rediscovered her passion for performing after years in the wilderness
  • Black Box 10

    The Black Box Turns 10

    A decade after opening its doors the Belfast arts hub continues to play a pivotal role and build on its legacy at the heart of city's cultural quarter
  • Theatre lights

    Nothing Amateur About the North West

    As the City of Derry and Strabane Drama Festivals mark milestone years, organisers are stressing just how far standards on and off-stage have soared
  • Fra Fee Theatre Masterclass NI

    Fra Fee Keeps Up the Act

    The Les Mis star on the roadblocks that come with musical theatre and giving back through his new drama initiative for young people
  • Mydidae 6

    Mydidae

    Martin Byrne's instrumental score for the harrowing Prime Cut theatre production stands strong even when removed from its dramatic visual context
  • Hard Rain

    Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble

    Through fearless programming and financial initiative, Greg Caffrey's contemporary music group are delivering a scintillating season of classical in Belfast
  • Belfast Gazetteer

    Central Belfast: An Historical Gazetteer

    Marcus Patton on the task of revising his architectural directory to reflect the city's modern rebirth and the history lying beneath
  • Hillsborough Oyster Fest Main

    Shuck It and See: Hillsborough Oyster Festival

    The long-running celebration of seafood may be miles from the County Down coast, but it's come even further from its modest beginnings
  • Terry Blain

    Terry Blain: My Culture NI

    'Its archival and historical value are considerable... It seems to me hugely sad that a proven centre of journalistic excellence such as Culture NI is being done away with'
  • Classical arts

    Magnificent Seven Classical Artists

    2015 is set to be a busy year for flautist Eimear McGeown, composer Ryan Molloy, baritone Ben McAteer and others – here's what to look out for
  • God of Carnage

    God of Carnage

    Prime Cut Productions' adaptation of the Yasmina Reza play is a breath of fresh air at The MAC in Belfast
  • Hard Rain Ensemble

    Night Music

    Moving on Music and the Belfast Music Society prove there is a demand for unfamiliar, challenging classical music in Northern Ireland
  • Philip Hammond

    Miniatures and Modulations

    Philip Hammond's reimagining of ancient Irish songs originally transcribed by Edward Bunting are wonderfully entertaining
  • Phil Hammond

    Composer Philip Hammond's 2015

    With a new album and Piano Concerto to premiere in Belfast on January 5, life has never been busier for the composer

  • Belfast Goes Out To Lunch in 2015

    Festival director Sean Kelly on making the arts accessible to all despite impending funding cuts
  • Cappella Caeciliana

    Reflecting Light

    Cappella Caeciliana record contemporary pieces and festive classics

  • Jack and the Beanstalk

    Terry Blain discovers that for all our technological advances nothing much changes in Pantoland
  • Lisaire String Quartet

    Ode to Sting

    Lisaire String Quartet interpret classic Police and Sting tracks – watch a live performance
  • Du Dance

    Du Dance: Fallen

    Intergenerational dance production recalls the experience of the First World War in Belfast and beyond
  • Quercus Ensemble

    Quercus Ensemble's Songs, Games and Dances

    1920s Parisian café culture is recalled in the group's immersive new touring production

  • Remembering Gerry

    A host of musicians indebted to the late Radio Ulster presenter Gerry Anderson perform in Belfast

  • Finding Finaghy Memoir Reveals Bygone Belfast

    Artist David Gepp embraces prose in this intensely visual memoir of life growing up in post-Second World War Belfast

  • Choral Group Anúna Return North

    The incredible Irish choral group travel North to their spiritual home for two concerts in Newry and Belfast this week

  • Rafael Payare Leads Ulster Orchestra

    34-year-old new chief conductor challenges audiences with debut 2014-15 season
  • Tom Hartley

    Milltown Cemetery

    Tom Hartley writes a richly complex history of the Belfast graveyard

  • Sestina

    The innovative vocal ensemble welcome theorbo player Paula Chateauneuf to the Ulster Museum
  • Cabaret

    Bruiser Tackle Cabaret at The MAC

    From September 16 The MAC transforms into the Kit Kat Klub in this immersive production of the classic musical

  • Aspects Irish Literature Festival 2014

    Terry Blain takes in the 2014 programme from a deckchair overlooking Bangor marina

  • Bounce! Festival 2014

    Arts and Disability Forum host their annual celebration of accessible art in the Lyric Theatre from August 28 – 31

  • Shot Glass: Part Deux

    Theatre impresarios John Higgins and Joe Nawaz continue their cottage industry exploits at the Sunflower Bar

  • Romeo & Juliet

    Ulster Youth Orchestra perform music from Provofiev's great ballet and more at the Ulster Hall

  • Walled City Music Festival

    Founders Cathal Breslin and Sabrina Hu lead the opening concert in Derry~Londonderry
  • BD

    Schubert

    Barry Douglas's thunderously authoritative interpretation of the Austrian composer's final piano sonata

  • Pipeworks International Organ Festival

    Belfasts hosts the prestigious competition at the Ulster Hall and elsewhere from June 25

  • The Cinema of Childhood at Queen's Film Theatre

    Cinephile Mark Cousins on his odyssey through international cinema and new season at Queen's Film Theatre

  • Chamber Babies Concert Series Continues

    Belfast Music Society aim live performances at parents and toddlers at the Crescent Arts Centre

  • Composer Ian Wilson Releases 'Stations' Album

    Innovative composer tackles the crucifixion story in 'demanding' new recording featuring English pianist Matthew Schellhorn

  • Banbridge Musical Society Stage Titanic Serenade

    Banbridge Musical Society adapt Stewart Love's short play as a musical, featuring popular songs from the era

  • Sestina's King Arthur

    The singing group set Purcell's semi-opera in First World War territory for two performances in Belfast and Derry~Londonderry

  • Brian Ború Festival Storms Armagh

    The historical city marks the 1000th anniversary of the ancient Irish king's death with a series of events from April 22 to May 4

  • Shot Glass

    Newly established company dedicated to 'pub theatre by new writers' launches with two short plays in the Sunflower Bar

  • Chamber Choir Ireland

    Paul Hillier conducts a new work by American composer David Lang at St Thomas's Church in Belfast

  • Behind the Headlines

    Veteran journalist Alf McCreary recalls a 'multi-faceted, constantly stimulating' career in print

  • Aida

    Ellen Kent's traditionalist production of Verdi's masterpiece fails to set the pulses racing

  • A Portrait of the Artist...

    Dublin's New Theatre tour a stage adaptation of James Joyce's classic novel with mixed results

  • Ulster Hall's Organic Lunches

    Belfast City Organist Colm Carey on curating a musical programme to be performed on the Mulholland Organ

  • Night Music

    An innovative presentation of classical music at The MAC proves popular

  • Family Fever

    McCracken Memorial Drama Society resurrect one of Sam Cree's 'downright silly' plays

  • Grosvenor Choir at 20

    The 40-strong Belfast-based choir celebrates a landmark anniversary with two special performances

  • Macbeth

    The golden age of Northern Irish opera continues with NI Opera's contemporary take on Verdi's dark masterpiece

  • Percy French Quartet

    The renaissance man's songs and poems hark back to a simpler time at the Linen Hall Library

  • Du Dance at CityDance 2014

    Du Dance and Royston Maldoom showcase their latest cross-community project at the Crescent Arts Centre

  • The Colleen Bawn

    The Druid production is an object lesson in how to successfully revivify plays to a modern audience

  • Jack go Black in MAC

  • The Eighth Gate

    City of Culture musician-in-residence Neil Cowley bids a fond farewell to Derry~Londonderry

  • Danish String Quartet

    Moving on Music invite the Scandinavian foursome to Belfast and Armagh

  • Field Day Present A Particle of Dread

    Stephen Rea, co-founder of the legendary theatre company, on collaborating with 'American literary eminence' Sam Shepard for City of Culture

  • Summertime

    A victim of sexual abuse searches for answers in David Ireland's 'consistently watchable' new play

  • Ailish Tynan

    Newry Chamber Music survive a funding scare to host the prize-winning Welsh singer

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