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Freud's and Baudrillard's theories of the 'death drive' and its consequences influence a wide range of artists
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Barry Douglas, virtuoso pianist and the 'force of nature' behind the festival, dazzles and beguiles the County Down crowd
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Crime author Gayle Curtis is shocked and informed by Anthony Quinn's journey into the dark heart of the Troubles
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Helen Paisley's prints bring a 'kinetic sense of Gallic energy' to the Lagan Barge for August Craft Month
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Everyone's favourite ska party band, led by the inimitable Buster Bloodvessel, get the crowd bouncing in west Belfast
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Ulster Orchestra principle conductor JoAnn Falletta's 'lithe, supple interpretations' of American composers impress
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Martin Lynch and JJ Gilmour's musical is marked by a 'joyous disregarding of pompous memorialisation'
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Belfast director Jon Wright's latest feature is 'daft and gory enough' to warrant a viewing. Four tentacles up
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Diagnosed with diabetes at 60, Malachi O'Doherty returned to cycling. His thoughts on the subject are inspiring
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The Theatre at the Mill Summer Youth Group do justice to Mel Brooks' hilarious musical satire
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Expect the unexpected at St Mary's University College, where several exhibits tell the story of the westside
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Fionola Meredith makes no apologies for enjoying a terribly middle-class day out at sunny Minnowburn
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The County Louth singer and flautist boasts a 'minimal, decorative and utterly beautiful' sound
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'The world's leading clarinettist' brings a touch of class to the Walled City Music Festival in Derry~Londonderry
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Jeremy Henderson, an artist often compared to Samuel Beckett, proudly proclaims his Scottish heritage
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Funk legend Nile Rodgers – producer, writer, raconteur – regales the Belfast faithful with tales and tunes aplenty
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'A notably serious examination not just of gay identity, but of identity, period' at Belfast Pride Festival
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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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Paul Boyd's musical comedy is a five-star romp 'populated with sleazy, strutting grotesques'
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The Newry thrash metallers 'shriek and solo' their way through a set to celebrate ten years in the business
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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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Groups from across the UK converge on London for a highlight of the Cultural Olympiad
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LaFaro bassist Oisin O'Doherty on headlining the G Session stage and developing an appreciation of Therapy?
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The luminaries of Irish literature photographed in their homes by Darragh Casey. Cup of tea, anyone?
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This London 2012 Festival event on the North Coast is a 'spell-binding, dreamy sight' and one of the arts events of the year
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A simple (or maybe complex) exhibition of typography with a violent streak
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The world has moved on, but iconic frontman Al Jourgensen is still angry. Give that man an electronic cigarette
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Thankfully they don't turn off his microphone in Dublin. Ralph McLean only wishes The Boss had brought his protest North
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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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Belfast poet Gerald Dawe's seven collections distilled into one, with 'home territory' the dominant theme
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A definitive exploration of the idiosyncratic filmmaker's remarkable life and career
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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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One thing Arnocorps, the Arnold Schwarzenegger-inspired 'Greatest Band in the World', doesn't lack is discipline
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From Seven Summits sincere 'The Worrier' to The Answer's stealth power-ballard, listen to the best of July's singles here
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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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Armagh foursome Gascan Ruckus shrug off their 'live act' label to record a polished piece of catchy pop rock
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'A brief but completely enthralling glimpse into the workings of the effervescent mind of a true genius'
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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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NI Opera takes a major gamble with 5 debut works, but it – mostly – pays off at the MAC
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A painting show 'in the loosest possible sense', this exhibition at Catalyst Arts revels in the unusual
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The Royal Ulster Academy enlist primary school pupils to photograph themselves and their environment
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The defiant grandson of a country legend mixes elements of country, punk and metal. Nashville is not amused
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A Plastic Rose show a heavier side in the second single taken from forthcoming album Camera.Shutter.Life
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'Self-obsessed, unsympathetic, predictable.' Playwright Derek Murphy is unforgiving in his exploration of the male psyche
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The Connemara-born artist paints the Irish hinterland in stunning shades of every colour. John Gray is suitably impressed
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Photographer Bernie Brown captures the various characters and vantage points of Strangford Lough
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Broken objects transformed into artworks – and all for free. PS2 help collectors in the Age of Austerity
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Cedric Has a Name, aka Chris Steenson, shows flashes of brilliance in his homemade second outing
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A Scot's take on Northern Ireland's troubled past shows early promise, but 'feels like a wasted opportunity'
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Oscar-winning Belfast director Terry George returns with a fish-based, Tarantinoesque comedy crime caper
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Judah Passow's powerful images of Divis Flats still pack a 'gut-punch' a decade after they were demolished
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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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A cast of American comics riff and pun on 1968 bugsploitation B movie, War of the Insects
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The provocative exhibition isn't for the faint of heart, but is well-worth challenging your preconceptions
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