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Basra Boy Brings the Bands to West Belfast
A new play from Rosemary Jenkinson explores the flute band tradition during Feile an Phobail -
Found Footage Festival Comes to Belfast
Curator Nick Prueher talks about dumpster diving for VHS tapes and how he can 'dish it out, but can't take it' -
Rising Star: Derek Murphy
The expatriate playwright brings his latest play from New York to Northern Ireland, and maybe back again -
The Importance of Being a Blogger
An exclusive blogosphere preview of The Importance of Being Ernest at the Lyric Theatre -
Pick 'n' Mix Festival Returns to the Mac
Gillian Mitchell on how to pick 'n' mix from a variety of plays, installations and performances this June -
Can't Get the Roles? Write Them Yourself
Omagh actor and writer James McAnespy on his debut play, Sitting Up For Michael -
The Titanic Boys and Martin Lynch
Waiting for the Titanic craze to be over? Don't hold your breath. The Grand Opera House brings something new to the story -
ponydance Are Straight to DVD
It all started in 2009 for Leonie McDonagh's dance company, now they are bringing their new show to the MAC -
New Play Recalls the Heyday of Templemore Baths
Prime Cut's new 'then and now' play explores culture, community and closure through the history of a building -
Legally Blonde the Musical
A valid feminist message underlies this musical adaptation, but mostly it is about pink, puppies and pop songs -
The Ulster Kama Sutra, With Puppets
Our sexual habits and mores explored in Andrea Montgomery's new show at the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival -
Ulster Group Theatre: From Foundation to the Festival of Britain
Listen to Dr Scott Boltwood's Linen Hall Library talk on the formation of the Ulster Group Theatre -
The Turn of the Screw
NI Opera create a creepily atmospheric version of Britten's opera, with mad governesses, ghosts and shadows -
White Star of the North Rises
Rosemary Jenkinson trades contemporary Belfast for the Titanic era in a new play for the Lyric Theatre -
Adrian Dunbar Brings Carthage to Derry
The actor turned director tackles Frank McGuinness's play about 'gender, politics' and Bloody Sunday -
Mary Byrne Tours with Grease
The X-Factor star on how she's no beauty school drop-out after fame hit like greased lightning -
Lisa Keogh Reimagines Moby-Dick
The story that Herman Melville left untold comes to life at the Ulster Hall -
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 -
Live-Action Radio Drama on the Titanic
Wireless Mystery Theatre test the boundaries of audio-theatre with an original production on the Titanic -
Kevin McAleer
The Tyrone comedian's use of slides and film is way out of date -
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 -
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 -
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 -
The Painkiller
Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon dominate the stage in the Lyric Theatre's adaptation of Francis Veber's comedy -
Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life
Paul Kennedy and Kerry Woods on staging an apocalypse play in an abandoned warehouse -
Shaun Williamson is More Than an Extra
The former Eastender straps on his dancing shoes for Rhinestone Mondays at the Grand Opera House -
Greenwood Players to Perform Shakespeare in Belvoir Forest
Sci-fi author Ian McDonald tackles the bard's 'sketches, songs, sonnets and soliloquies' -
The Biscuit Tin Readings at The Ulster Hall
New writers given platform -
Gay, Bi-Racial Playwright Writes About Belfast Women
Shannon Sickels makes being an outsider an artform -
Marie Jones Stars in Dockers
The playwright talks about being back on stage and playing a money-lender with a 'bit of a heart' -
The Ulster Kama Sutra
People thought Andrea Montgomery was mad, but the Foxy Box of Thought is coming to an Art and Design Festival near you -
Brendan at the Chelsea
Playwright Janet Behan talks about her uncle, who had 'a great gift for living', and her biographical play at the Lyric Theatre -
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wonderland Productions stage a scandal in a coffee shop -
Russell Kane
Tammy Moore - 'the critic with the pen!' - gets a dose of the English comic's humorous abuse -
ACES Artists: James McAleavey
The ACES participant talks about being broke, Turning the Page and how Tinderbox is like his kindly uncle -
Ed Byrne
From baby jokes to drunken particle physicists, Ed Byrne's Crowd Pleaser 2011 tour is just that -
Conall Morrison Prepares for The Crucible
The director of the new Lyric Theatre's inaugural play returns to home turf -
ACES Artists: Anna Newell
The ACES participant talks about working with Young at Art, attending the World Congress of Children's Theatre and dancing with two year olds -
NT Live - Frankenstein
Danny Boyle's seminal stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic beamed live into Queen's Film Theatre -
Adapting Othello the Bruiser Way
Patrick J O'Reilly talks about working on 'one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies' -
Shoot The Crow Finally Comes Home
Owen McCafferty's play has never been produced in Belfast. Listen to a scene from rehearsals -
Ulster Museum Welcomes The Rivals
Theatre director Rosie Pelan wants her actors to 'romp, romp, romp' in post-Restoration comedy -
Rising Star: Patsy Hughes
Back in Belfast for Christmas, the Welsh director looks forward to directing a one-man version of Faustus -
Noemi Lakmaier
The disabled artist talks about her exciting installation at the Belfast Festival -
One Man Lord of the Rings
'Brave is not the word' -
Low Pay? Don't Pay!
A frenetic, fast-paced comedy that combines cultural critique with good craic. Just don't laugh at your own jokes -
Foot-Washing for the Sole
Adrian Howell wants to get eye-to-toe with the feet of Belfast at the Belfast Festival at Queen's -
My Cultural Life: Lisa May
Woman of the Year in Art, Lisa May of Bruiser Theatre Company reveals where she stands on catchy pop and much more -
INTERVIEW: Gary Mitchell
He's no Suicide Brunette, but intimidation won't stop this playwright writing -
The Kitchen, The Bedroom and The Grave
Marx, eco-coffins, sexuality and how they all fit together -
Vincent River
'It's a play about the aftermath of a homophobic hate crime,' says director Sophie Motley, 'but it isn't an issues play' -
Not A Game For Boys
Welsh theatre director Patsy Hughes says the play, about Belfast taxi drivers and ping-pong, is ‘all about men being men' -
2010 Féile an Phobail Launches
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 -
INTERVIEW: William Patterson
Writing is a habit that the playwright just can't kick -
My Cultural Life: Rachel O'Riordan
Director on the Edge Rachel O'Riordan discusses her refusal to be average and her love of Lear -
Dinner, An Edible Cabaret
Playwright Patrick J O’Reilly puts sex on the menu in the latest production from Red Lemon -
Scarborough
A dirty weekend in one night at the Ramada Encore thanks to Prime Cut's production of Fiona Evans' Scarborough -
Scarborough
Taking theatre to the hotel rooms of Belfast, Prime Cut bring the experimental play Scarborough to Belfast with the help of the Ramada Encore
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