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Paul Boyd's musical comedy is a five-star romp 'populated with sleazy, strutting grotesques'
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Ruaidhrí Ward, Eleanor Tiernan and Michael Legge hone their skills at the Black Box
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'The singers and instrumentalists let out a volley of mad mutterings and animal sounds... it is impossible not to smile'
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NI Opera stage Benjamin Britten's ark opera in Belfast Zoo as part of the London 2012 Festival
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Groups from across the UK converge on London for a highlight of the Cultural Olympiad
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Surrealist whimsy, Mario, Queen of the Circus and a 'bum-off' at City Hall – that's right, it's the 12th of July
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A new play from Rosemary Jenkinson explores the flute band tradition during Feile an Phobail
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Artists and climbers Dan Shipsides and Neal Beggs recall an ascent to the summit of Lagazuoi
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A selection of old VHS clips proves that embarrasment is truly the international language of hilarity
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The taboo-tacking comedians keep the laughs coming in the preview of their Edinburgh Fringe show
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The Deadly 60 presenter engages young naturalists at the Ulster Hall with sharks and rhinos, but isn't too fond of Giant Pandas
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Belfast actor Jonjo O'Neill takes Stratford-upon-Avon by storm in this Royal Shakespeare Company production
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Watch video from the largest outdoor arts event of the London 2012 Festival from Titanic Slipways
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Curator Nick Prueher talks about dumpster diving for VHS tapes and how he can 'dish it out, but can't take it'
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NI Opera takes a major gamble with 5 debut works, but it – mostly – pays off at the MAC
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Highly acclaimed Swiss circus duo bring fairytale classics to life at the Holywood Steiner School
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Five composers, five playwrights, five snapshots of lives on the edge. Watch video of rehearsals and book your tickets
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Theatre at the Mill develop Northern Ireland's first ever professional production of the hilarious musical comedy
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'Self-obsessed, unsympathetic, predictable.' Playwright Derek Murphy is unforgiving in his exploration of the male psyche
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Watch video from the Lyric Theatre as practitioners from north and south of the border exchange ideas
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The expatriate playwright brings his latest play from New York to Northern Ireland, and maybe back again
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She finds most Northern Irish comedians 'stomach churning', but the Bright Club Belfast MC admits she still has a lot to learn
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A two and a half-day showcase of new Northern Irish theatre that goes from bed to brilliant
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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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Bruiser's energetic, hep-tastic 'Noo Yoik' musical at the MAC is 'witty, wordy and full of heart'
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An exclusive blogosphere preview of The Importance of Being Ernest at the Lyric Theatre
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Comedy writer Toby Morton on swapping the US for Northern Ireland, meeting Radiohead and our dark sense of humour
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A new theatre piece produced specifically for toddlers, Babble brings a touch of magic to the Pick 'n' Mix Festival
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Pick 'n' Mix Festival comes to the MAC on June 9 and 10. Tinderbox's Kerry Woods and Prime Cut's Emma Jordan can't wait
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Phil Coulter, Stephen Rea and The Voice's Ben Kelly get the cultural ball rolling
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Watch videos from the glitzy ceremony at St Columb's Hall in Derry~Londonderry
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Gillian Mitchell on how to pick 'n' mix from a variety of plays, installations and performances this June
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Forget Belfast and Derry~Londonderry – founder Victoria Armstrong invites everyone to the east coast this weekend
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Ponydance satirise reality television and the Olympics with this 'well performed and presented' show at the MAC
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Decapitation, manky medicine and Catholic versus Protestant. History has never been this much fun
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Being diagnosed with cancer whilst pregnant could not disrupt the choreographer's creative process
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Ostensibly celebrating their 21st birthday, this Grand Opera House show is also a statement of intent
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Omagh actor and writer James McAnespy on his debut play, Sitting Up For Michael
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Charles Dickens thought them 'quite harmless'. The Web Theatre shows the puppets' good side on their 350th birthday
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Composer Brian Irvine seeks to add to chorus in innovative performance piece and art installation, NEST
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Find out more about how to get involved in the largest ever outdoor art performance in Northern Ireland
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Sam McCready's one-man show recalls Charles Dickens's three visits to Belfast
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Full programme of events unveiled as the festival of art culture comes to the UK from July to September
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The comic actor performs his one-man show, Immigrant!, at the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
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The play has the comedian's trademark props and unique delivery, but never quite his genius
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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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Waiting for the Titanic craze to be over? Don't hold your breath. The Grand Opera House brings something new to the story
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It all started in 2009 for Leonie McDonagh's dance company, now they are bringing their new show to the MAC
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An hilarious exploration of 'the hypocrisy, the absurdity and the sexual immaturity' of our wee country
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The Newry comic is off to crack Oz, but Northern Ireland's comedy scene is strong enough to survive without him
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Prime Cut's new 'then and now' play explores culture, community and closure through the history of a building
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Owen McCafferty's verbatim play at the MAC is sleek, beautiful and finely-crafted, but perhaps a little cold
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Newry actor and writer Kieran Cunningham pays homage to one of Ireland's greatest satirists
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A valid feminist message underlies this musical adaptation, but mostly it is about pink, puppies and pop songs
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Watch video from the opening of a MAC-nificent new addition to the Northern Irish arts scene
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Our sexual habits and mores explored in Andrea Montgomery's new show at the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
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The Lyric Theatre is exporting two successful Titanic productions across the Irish Sea to reach wider audiences
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Listen to Dr Scott Boltwood's Linen Hall Library talk on the formation of the Ulster Group Theatre
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The Scottish Ballet bring a 'thrilling new take on a great old play' to the Grand Opera House
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Near-the-knuckle humour, celebrity girlfriends and the Titanic are what the comedian brings Home
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