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Old skool all-round entertainer Ryan Hand headlines a bizarre evening at the Black Box
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The John Hewitt hosts Clinton Kirkpatrick's bold vision of the city as a particoloured land of giants
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The famous fiery red head novelist speaks of her memoir 'Country Girl' and the outcry caused by the epochal ‘The Country Girls’
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George Telfer is the boozey, hell-raising, womanising actor Richard Burton at Out To Lunch
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Corruption and ignorance stalk the land in Murphy, Gordon and Mitchell's end of year review
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Three of Belfast's finest writers pay tribute to the legacy of CS Lewis
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20 years of work produced under the Catalyst Arts banner is showcased at the Golden Thread Gallery
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The Scottish collector of otherworldly songs delivers a compelling performance on the Belfast Barge
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Kenneth Gregory's debut fantasy novel leaves John Higgins desperate for the next two volumes
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The iconic London dance studio bring 'a programme of short masterpieces' to the Grand Opera House
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Adrian Dunbar is 'the monster at the centre of the maze' as Brendan Behan at the Lyric Theatre
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The Holywood comic brings his delusional alter ego Mike McGoldrick to the Black Box
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King of the Geeks brings his Feral Man show to the Black Box, with support from Marcus Keeley
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John Higgins joins the 'reactors' at an open discussion on the 2013 Turner Prize nominees
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Pearse Elliott's play set in west Belfast features a bravura performance from Ciaran Nolan as a man plagued by suicide
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Bec Hill's comedy concept evening arrives in the Black Box as the Belly Laughs Comedy Festival continues
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Victim becomes aggressor in a Belgium hotel room in Martin Lynch's 'vivid and harrowing' new play
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John Higgins buys an expensive bus ticket to explore the billboards of east Belfast
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The latest ironic offering from Belfast band War Hole is a thing 'of rare and affecting beauty'
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Alan Partridge finally makes it to the silver screen after 20 years of network nightmares – welcome to big school
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Void gallery in Derry~Londonderry invite an array of theorists, curators and artists to fill a space – or not
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Extinction is a constant threat in Limerick painter Robert Ryan's 'huge and uncaring world'
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With the Edinburgh Fringe on the horizon, Michael Legge hones his latest set, supported by Ruaidhrí Ward
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Is Cian Donnelly's performance piece at the Golden Thread Gallery 'horrible and frightening' or downright hilarious?
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Sylvia Plath's novel makes for a tricky play, but writer James Johnson's script is 'unblemished and blissful'
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A Charles Bukowski short story is relocated to Belfast, where blow-up dolls remains taboo
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Absurdist jokes, ruminations on rambling and 'dizzying, synaesthetic' descriptions of London are the order of the day
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Derry~Londonderry has never looked so beautiful as in Keiron J Walsh's high-octane new feature set in the City of Culture
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Fickle Favours' inaugural production gives new voice to the Bard's heroines
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A 'beautifully put together' retrospective of the pop artist's work cements The MAC's place as Northern Ireland's finest
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Multi-disciplinary artist Sandra Johnston poses more questions than she provides answers with an intriguing exhibition at the Golden Thread Gallery
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Much oil has flowed under the bridge, and into the hands of Western businessmen, since Rob Newman filled Wembley Stadium with David Baddiel
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Photographer Mary McIntyre finds beauty in the most desolate of rural landscapes in a comprehensive exhibition at The MAC
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Once the most expensive living painter, Peter Doig's 'difficult and complicated' paintings brighten up The MAC
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His comedy peers adore him, but what does John Higgins make of Belfast's most eclectic performer? 'Everyone prefers Cash to Czech!'
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Galvinised Productions first foray into theatre has 'audience members audibly gasping'
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'The set is so slick and well-honed you almost forget the incredible craftsmanship.'
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What do the friezes on Edward Carson's statue remind you of?
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Can music affect how the visual artist works? Jamie Harper gets down with the beat at the Black Box in Belfast
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Lawrence Street Workshops continue their Film Night series with a little Gallic S&M. John Higgins is thrilled
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The Crescent Arts Centre hosts 'script midwife' Mary Kate O Flanagan. John Higgins learns a thing or two
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An audience of 'middle-aged bohemians' make life hard for Matthew Collins, Lauren Kerr and Shane Todd at Belmont Tower
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The 'academics versus comics' performance scenario doesn't necessarily travel that well
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The County Louth singer and flautist boasts a 'minimal, decorative and utterly beautiful' sound
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'This is a tour for all but the cripplingly paranoid: everywhere you go in Belfast, hundreds of eyes are staring down'
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Ruaidhrí Ward, Eleanor Tiernan and Michael Legge hone their skills at the Black Box
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A literary jaunt through decaying Sailortown as part of the 'Poets and Players, Dockers and Dreamers' series
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Slapstick, Stevie Wonder and men playing women. The Lyric Theatre inject new life into Oscar Wilde's comic masterpiece
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Sometimes the comedy in Tim Loane's comedy-thriller fails to thrill, but the attempts at drama are usually comical
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The Ulster Covenant, Home Rule and heliotherapy, but only a brief mention of an iceberg. The play is all the better for it
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If the fake Milgram documentary or the naked Smurfette disturbs, you can still get a quiet drink at the Golden Thread Gallery
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The Cork comedian 'has the razzle-dazzle of an alchemist', but lacks preparation where it matters
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A fine lyricist and performer, Omagh's answer to John Martyn is best with a band
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A star is born at the Waterfront Hall, and it's not the geezer with the hard hat. John Higgins is pleasantly surprised
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The comedian's comedian tries his hand at the 'bear pit' that is The Empire Laughs Back
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Terence Davies's silver screen adaptation stays just this side of parody
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Stereotypes abound, but this collection of early Irish-American films show the evolution of cinematic grammar
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The be-quiffed Paul McCartney of film critics charms the Queen's Film Theatre
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Four short films showcase the diversity of talent on the Northern Irish scene
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Incredible solos and collective power from the famed Bulgarian vocal choir
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