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Theatre director Rosie Pelan wants her actors to 'romp, romp, romp' in post-Restoration comedy
The pantomime dame (aka actor and director Dan Gordon) on lip gloss, Bambi and Stormont Live
The comedian on shelving Barry the Blender, grabbing a shandy with Hunter S Thompson and juggling naked for his granny
David Soul gets his groove on at the affordable festival in the Cathedral Quarter this January
Jason Donovan stars in Jeff Wayne's musical, just don't expect it to make any sense
Watch video from the festival of humorous verse, featuring four-time winner Jimmy Rafferty and more
Digest of Arts Statistics highlights the importance of the arts to the Northern Ireland economy
Watch a dance performance in the Ulster Museum and get the lowdown from artistic director Nicola Curry
Back in Belfast for Christmas, the Welsh director looks forward to directing a one-man version of Faustus
Daleks a go-go, Neil the Hippie cast as the anti-hero and a 16-piece band - 'the very definition of crowd-pleasing'
Swearing airmen, saucy parlour games and streamers fail to paper over the cracks
Sign up to the campaign and tell our politicians why you value the arts
The award-winning example of verbatim theatre is 'a story that needs to be told'
'Theatre for young people and children can challenge, encourage, uplift and even inspire them to wonderful heights'
The Glaswegian comic's rapid ascent continues at the Ulster Hall
Follow Jo Wilding's activist evolution from tangerine thrower to tragedienne Trevilino in Iraq
A defiant feminist response to a culture of body hatred
A 'warm, funny and thought-provoking' play at the Festival Fringe
Not one for the tourists, Colin Bateman's first stage show makes for a dark and bumpy ride
Brian Friel’s play enjoys a welcome resuscitation as a rehearsed reading
A tear-inducing dance performance of the highest calibre
Joe Nawaz gets lost in a moment
Post-Troubles triptych of three plays in one day
Challenging our attitudes towards race and immigration
The disabled artist talks about her exciting installation at the Belfast Festival
Laugh with him or at him, all that matters is that you laugh
The life and work of composer Joan Trimble commemorated in her own Enniskillen
The comedy psychic has Joe Nawaz hiding the nibbles
Mamma Mia! for Proclaimers fans. Andrew Johnston is blown away
Watch a video of proceedings ahead of opening night, featuring Colin Bateman, director Rachel O'Riordan and actor Alan McKee
Just another dance show? Mark Ward thought so, but he couldn't have been more wrong
As Guy Masterson prepares to perform his one-man adaptation of Animal Farm for the last time, he tells Joanne Savage about its enduring relevance
Press officer Joe Nawaz on putting it all together, and watching the end result
One homage to rule them all. Andrew Johnston speaks to the man playing 100,000 characters
A frenetic, fast-paced comedy that combines cultural critique with good craic. Just don't laugh at your own jokes
O'Hanlon's comic turn in Bangor is a source of reliable laughs but little controversy. Just don't ask about the 'cassock' joke, writes Julie Harvey
Naked ladies, onstage, at the Belfast Festival? Joanne Savage speaks to director Nic Green about a novel dance piece and the relevance of the f-word (feminism) in 2010
Adrian Howell wants to get eye-to-toe with the feet of Belfast at the Belfast Festival at Queen's
With a commemorative blue plaque recently unveiled at BBC Broadcasting House, John Gray delves deeper into the life and work of the famed theatre director
Three generations of female Dubliners capture the imagination, writes Julie Harvey
Woman of the Year in Art, Lisa May of Bruiser Theatre Company reveals where she stands on catchy pop and much more
Sincere insincerity and statistics that lie capture the teenage experience. We review the show in Dublin before its run at the Belfast Festival at Queen's
He's no Suicide Brunette, but intimidation won't stop this playwright writing
Marx, eco-coffins, sexuality and how they all fit together
He's big down under, but not edgy enough for the Edinburgh Fringe?
Joe Nawaz has to reluctantly admit he likes MT4Uth's production of Our House, even if he doesn't like their name
The countdown to Ireland’s largest arts festival is officially under way
Playwright and actor Neil Edwards has had an eventful life, from playing Sherlock Holmes to running off with an obsessive Texan fan. Now he's home - and writing for Accidental Theatre
Three short plays about charm, luck and politics - 'cause it's grim up north, writes Joe Nawaz
ArtsEkta bring the ancient Indian dance form to Northern Ireland, via their South Asian Dance Academy, writes Joes Nawaz
Joe Nawaz finds that society continues to be 'soft on the causes of hate crime'
Fionola Meredith finds faults aplenty in Lynch and Jones' ode to a damaged national hero
'It's a play about the aftermath of a homophobic hate crime,' says director Sophie Motley, 'but it isn't an issues play'
Playing George Best in a musical is a humbling experience for the Tipperary-born actor
Welsh theatre director Patsy Hughes says the play, about Belfast taxi drivers and ping-pong, is ‘all about men being men'
After a successful first year, Culture Night returns to Belfast - and Derry will be next. Watch a video from Culture Night Belfast 2009 below
Belfast braces itself for eleven days and nights of fun with the Féile an Phobail. Listen to a podcast from the launch featuring Gerry Adams, Danny Morrison and others
New £700,000 fund launched by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland to engage older people in the arts
Writing is a habit that the playwright just can't kick
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