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The second instalment in Ian McDonald's Infundibulum series for young adults is a riveting ride through time and space
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Belarus Free Theatre shed light on the suppression of human rights in Europe's last dictatorship
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How does the 'reliably sophisticated font of witticisms' as featured on 8 Out of 10 Cats transfer to the stage?
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Dermot Bolger's adaptation of James Joyce's famous novel is 'a tribute to Joyce's own curious imagination'
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Admirable acting and direction cannot save a weak script, as Big Telly fall victim to cliché and hungry hens
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Robert Welch's moving account of his alcoholic son's death 'should be on every school curriculum'
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The Royal Ulster Academy's 131st annual showcase is a joyous compendium of Northern Irish talent
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The 'seemingly inexhaustible' pianist has Philip Hammond on the edge of his pew at Rosemary Street First Presbyterian Church
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The Northern Irish accent lends itself well to Shakespeare's most visceral tragedy, and Stuart Graham excels as the murderous king
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The heavenly hordes are 'anti-abortion, anti-evolution homophobes' in Accidental Theatre Company's latest outing
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Stacey Gregg's story of the rise and fall of a Belfast band is saved by Kerrie Quinn's bullish central performance
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John McSorley remains preoccupied with ethereal landscapes, but includes a rare self portrait in this exhibition for the Belfast Festival
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Neil Simon's rib-tickling examination of male friendship finds added relevance in the era of the ‘bromance’
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The Belfast Festival's new marquee plays host to the shaggy-haired comic who is unusually grouchy and all the better for it
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Pianist Michael McHale and the Ulster Orchestra play Holst's masterpiece to launch the Belfast Festival at Queen's
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A 'flawlessly constructed, expertly executed' set from the King of UK Comedy
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The Essex actor and QI stooge returns to stand-up after a 12 year wait. Perhaps he should have stayed sitting down
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Experiencing Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company's new production is 'like observing a seaside trip on a time-lapse camera'
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Jim Maginn's compendium of traditional and folk musicians 'captures the dignity of those who still make music'
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Writers Marion Maxwell and Brian Gallagher use multi-media to tell the story of watery Fermanagh
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Pianist and artist-in-residence at Queen's University handles the masters with an 'unusually judicious approach'
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A 'shambling behemoth of an album' from Belfast-based progressive metal masters Slomatics
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Can Agatha Christie's most famous play enthral modern audiences outside of the West End?
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Jenny Cathcart takes in a varied selection of classical performances, DJ sets, plays, exhibitions and author talks
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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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Paddy Scully's engaging one-man show puts flesh on the bones of 'this most misunderstood of Irishmen'
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'To describe O’Neill’s act simply as ‘stand-up’ would do him a great injustice'
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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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Nuala McCallister Hart recalls three centuries of music and theatre in Derry~Londonderry
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A diverse range of work by artists including Gerard Dillon and Comhgall Casey showcases a century of Irish art
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Kylie Minogue cameos in Leos Carax's 'free-form oddball odyssey', in Queen's Film Theatre from October 1
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Adam's Auctioneers showcase masterworks in Bangor before raising the gavel in Dublin, where a le Brocquy sold for €320,000
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Singer-songwriter Tracy Dempsey leads an array of performers in the Ulster Hall foyer
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Prime Cut's retelling of the Charlotte von Mahlsdorf story is The MAC's 'finest achievement since launching'
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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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Allan Hughes raises questions about 'the reliability of the media' with video works at Belfast Exposed
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The Derry chanteuse brings 'a screenwriter's panache' to a new set of soulful songs, writes Ralph McLean
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Conall Morrison's 'constantly stimulating' take on JM Synge's play retains an anarchic edge
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Adapted from the BBC series, this arena spectacular features life-sized T-Rexes and much more
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A cast of colourful characters feature in Lee Henry's 'brilliantly researched root and branch history of taxiing in Belfast'
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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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Moving on Music invite the Californian folk stalwart to perform on the Belfast Barge, fiddle and all
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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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Duke Special curates a week of events at the MAC, including this beguiling show by Dublin's Cathy Davey and friends
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Flute bands and fisty-cuffs – Rosemary Jenkinson's 'hard man' character seeks to break the vicious cycle
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Patrick Kielty, Jackie Fullerton, Van Morrison and a host of Olympians share the stage at the Grand Opera House
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A great cast and Nick Cave script save what is otherwise an 'uncomplicated and predictable' prohibition era gangster flick
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The 'academics versus comics' performance scenario doesn't necessarily travel that well
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Their sound may be derivative, but Seven Summits' 'irresistible' sophomore release is a confident album nonetheless
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Andrew Johnston goes back for a second viewing, and cares even less for James Marsh's troubled characters
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Samuel Beckett would have approved of the programme of concerts at the Enniskillen festival in his honour
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Enniskillen is 'enriched, educated and entertained by the spirit and the words' of Samuel Beckett
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Master of the sean-nós singing style opens Féile An Droichead Irish language festival at the MAC
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Six artist/designer/makers contextualise their respective creative processes at Craft NI
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Comebacks, comedowns and complaints: there was something for everyone at Boucher Playing Fields
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Author and performer Reggie Chamberlain-King on crime and punishment in fiction and song
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Rosie Johnston's story of Orion the hunter is 'an epic poem in the classical tradition', writes Louise Richardson
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