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Titanic
Witty writing and a sumptuous setting can't quite rescue the first episode of Julian Fellowes' mini-series from a lack-lustre storyline -
Your Paintings and Alison Mitchelson
Paintings from Northern Ireland's national collection have been unearthed from basements and 'secret stores' and made available online -
Adrian Wootton: Great Expectations for Dickens 2012
The co-director of the festival on the author's enduring popularity, and what stories he would like to see adapted -
Belfast A City Shaped by Conflict
PLACE's new city tour is a fascinating look at how conflict has shaped Belfast's urban architecture -
The Turn of the Screw
NI Opera create a creepily atmospheric version of Britten's opera, with mad governesses, ghosts and shadows -
The Fall
Violent gangs, murderous bankers and a clever, twisty narrative herald the arrival of Claire McGowan, a new voice in crime -
Newtownards and the Global Rainbow
New York artist Yvette Mattern brought her international light exhibition to Scrabo Tower -
Claire McGowan, the Accidental Crime Writer
Debut novelist takes on the tough topics of race, murder and class in The Fall -
My Cultural Life: Malachy Doyle
The children's author on button boxes, reading in public and living on an island 'off the edge of Donegal' -
Commemorate
2012 is a big year for looking back and moving forward – apparently. The Craft and Design Collective interpret the brief -
Anna Eggert Lecture Podcast: Ulster Suffragettes
Listen to Dr Margaret Ward's Anna Eggert lecture on 'Prison, Protests and Hunger Strikes: the Ulster Suffragettes' -
White Star of the North Rises
Rosemary Jenkinson trades contemporary Belfast for the Titanic era in a new play for the Lyric Theatre -
Jenny Keane Explores Imagery in Horror
A distillation of horror's iconic bathroom scenes at Belfast Platform for the Arts -
Ahab's Daughter
Lisa Keogh's deftly written, emotionally fluent account of what happened to Captain Ahab's family after Moby-Dick -
Adrian Dunbar Brings Carthage to Derry
The actor turned director tackles Frank McGuinness's play about 'gender, politics' and Bloody Sunday -
BBC Thriller The Fall Set in Belfast
Starring Gillian Anderson in the lead role, Allan Cubitt's five-part series to have 'authentic feel' -
Rising Star: Trucker Diablo
Guitarist Tom Harte is thrilled that his song, 'Drink Beer, Destroy', is now available on Rock Band -
Mary Byrne Tours with Grease
The X-Factor star on how she's no beauty school drop-out after fame hit like greased lightning -
Planesrunner
Quantum widgets and tarot-reading pilots: a ‘fantabulosa bona’ start to Ian McDonald's Everness series -
Lisa Keogh Reimagines Moby-Dick
The story that Herman Melville left untold comes to life at the Ulster Hall -
Titanic Tour App Sets Sail
My Tour Talk give visitors a digital experience in the famous ship's centenary year -
Euthanasia Explored in An Instinct for Kindness
Chris Larner helped his ex-wife to commit suicide in Switzerland. Writing a play about the experience was his way of coping -
Streets
The Wireless Mystery Theatre brings urban folklore and children's rhyme together on the very literary Streets -
Live-Action Radio Drama on the Titanic
Wireless Mystery Theatre test the boundaries of audio-theatre with an original production on the Titanic -
Portfolio Exchange at Belfast Print Workshop
Gallery manager Alice Dixon talks about the 'alternative printmakers' putting Ireland on the map -
Lisburn Friends' School Take Youtube by Storm
PE teacher Stephen Robinson on the viral video that everyone is talking about -
Great Expectations
A lush and enjoyable adaptation of Dickens' classic, but it could have been great -
QFT SCREENING ROOM: Episode 10
Don't feel shame over liking silent movies, Queen's Film Theatre is there for you this January -
Kevin McAleer
The Tyrone comedian's use of slides and film is way out of date -
Celebration
The ghost of photographers past is waiting for you at Belfast Exposed Gallery -
Crime Writer Gerard Brennan is a Wee Rocket
Belfast author Gerard Brennan sells two books to Blasted Heath e-publisher. Listen to a reading here -
Nuala McKeever Gets Festive With Carol's Christmas
Is it a panto? Oh no it isn't! Listen to extracts from rehearsals -
The Little Prince
A flight of fancy on a paper airplane, but they haven't got all the rough edges off yet -
Damian McGinty in Glee
He wowed America on The Glee Project, but things haven't gone so smoothly thereafter -
Deirdre McKenna Models Reality
What is more Christmassy than fibre-optics, glue and models? The artist talks about the PS2 exhibition -
Blackstaff Launch eBook List
The Belfast-based publisher celebrates their 40th anniversary by joining the ebook revolution -
Has Martin McCann Made It?
From the Artful Dodger to Titanic 'bad lad', the Belfast actor is back for the Takeover Festival -
QFT SCREENING ROOM: Episode 9
It's a wonderful winter programme at Queen's Film Theatre -
Jess + Moss
Clay Jeter's low budget directorial debut feels like a chronicle of the summer before the story happened -
Nicholas Lloyd-Webber's The Little Prince
The crown prince of the Lloyd-Webber musical dynasty adapts Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's book for the Lyric -
My Cultural Life: Phil Hession
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland puts artists in 'Corners' -
The Kitchen
A theatrical ballet of knives, social commentary and resentment. The food might not be great, but the play is -
Curtain Call at the Grand Opera House
Michael Ockwell introduces the highlights of the Grand Opera House's October to April programme -
Brian Irvine is Collecting for Nest
Barbie dolls, bricks and bearskins are just some of the 'twigs' donated to Dumbworld's latest project -
The Painkiller
Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon dominate the stage in the Lyric Theatre's adaptation of Francis Veber's comedy -
Stolen Souls
Monsters are ten-a-penny in crime novels, Neville writes humans and makes them so much worse -
SCREENING ROOM: Belfast Festival
'Here's....the Belfast Festival at Queen's Film Theatre.' -
Northern Ireland's First Discworld Board Game
David Brashaw on the process of turning Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards! into a game -
One Man, Two Guvnors
There's a hummus sandwich on the go and Daniel Rigby playing a tune on his bare chest in the latest NT Live Broadcast -
Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life
Paul Kennedy and Kerry Woods on staging an apocalypse play in an abandoned warehouse -
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
A very British spy film. Who knew you could have dramatic tension without an explosion or a car chase? -
Rebecca O'Brien on Producing Ken Loach
Ahead of her talk at Queen's Film Theatre, the producer talks about making movies that matter -
The Future is Weird in Lydia Holmes' World
Queen Street Studios exhibition combines art and synthetic biology -
A Sense of Place
Craft exhibition is a 'love song to Northern Ireland', but does it give a real sense of place? -
Shaun Williamson is More Than an Extra
The former Eastender straps on his dancing shoes for Rhinestone Mondays at the Grand Opera House -
Northern Ireland's 'Perfect Murder' on Channel 4
Director Judy Kelly on her documentary into the Howell murder case -
Will Irish Eyes be Smiling for Glee Project Contestant Damian McGinty?
The Derry~Londonderry native made it onto The Glee Project, but will he win? -
Nicola Pierce is No Ghost Writer With Spirit of the Titanic
Children's author had prior experience with ghosts. Listen to a reading from chapter one below -
Greenwood Players to Perform Shakespeare in Belvoir Forest
Sci-fi author Ian McDonald tackles the bard's 'sketches, songs, sonnets and soliloquies' -
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