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  • Ciaran Carson

    The multilingual poet, author and musician describes surviving a stray bullet as 'happenstance' and muses on aislings, Asimov and other worlds

  • A Verse to Murder

    Belfast's salacious literary scene provides the backdrop for Tony Bailie's latest crime story, which is short, sharp and sleazy

  • Be My Enemy

    The second instalment in Ian McDonald's Infundibulum series for young adults is a riveting ride through time and space

  • Enemy Blue

    Allan Hughes raises questions about 'the reliability of the media' with video works at Belfast Exposed

  • The Decline of the Irish Murder

    Author and performer Reggie Chamberlain-King on crime and punishment in fiction and song

  • Vista Sans Wood Type Project

    A simple (or maybe complex) exhibition of typography with a violent streak

  • Warning! This is Contemporary Art

    The provocative exhibition isn't for the faint of heart, but is well-worth challenging your preconceptions

  • A People Observed

    A stunning exhibition of art by LS Lowry and William Conor is let down by lacklustre presentation

  • Legally Blonde the Musical

    A valid feminist message underlies this musical adaptation, but mostly it is about pink, puppies and pop songs  

  • TV SERIES: Titanic

    With an unimpressive debut episode and a breathtakingly good finale, was the mini-series worth watching?

  • Game of Thrones

    Banter, blood and betrayal, Game of Thrones pulls no punches in the opening episode of its second season

  • Shadowstory

    Jennifer Johnston brings her latest novel to life and talks how it is a 'sort of disappearing book'

  • Wrath of the Titans

    Liam Neeson stars as Zeus in a rollicking sandals and sorcery epic. It's fun, as long as you don't think about it too much

  • Titanic in Belfast

    My Tour Talk have created the ultimate app for the Belfast visitor experience, everything from Paint Hall to wi-fi hotspots

  • Titanic

    Witty writing and a sumptuous setting can't quite rescue the first episode of Julian Fellowes' mini-series from a lack-lustre storyline

  • 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

  • Commemorate

    2012 is a big year for looking back and moving forward – apparently. The Craft and Design Collective interpret the brief

  • Ahab's Daughter

    Lisa Keogh's deftly written, emotionally fluent account of what happened to Captain Ahab's family after Moby-Dick

  • Planesrunner

    Quantum widgets and tarot-reading pilots: a ‘fantabulosa bona’ start to Ian McDonald's Everness series

  • Streets

    The Wireless Mystery Theatre brings urban folklore and children's rhyme together on the very literary Streets

  • Great Expectations

    A lush and enjoyable adaptation of Dickens' classic, but it could have been great

  • 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

  • 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

  • Jess + Moss

    Clay Jeter's low budget directorial debut feels like a chronicle of the summer before the story happened

  • The Kitchen

    A theatrical ballet of knives, social commentary and resentment. The food might not be great, but the play is

  • 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

  • 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

  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

    A very British spy film. Who knew you could have dramatic tension without an explosion or a car chase?  

  • A Sense of Place

    Craft exhibition is a 'love song to Northern Ireland', but does it give a real sense of place?

  • Atomic Fiction

    One of California's leading visual effects studios visit the University of Ulster

  • Game of Thrones

    Season one exceeded expectations, with season two not far off

  • Green Lantern

    Killer characters and a marvelous cast can't make up for a convulted plot in DC's latest offering

  • 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

  • Game of Thrones

    This gritty fantasy can do no wrong as far as Tammy Moore is concerned

  • Ed Byrne

    From baby jokes to drunken particle physicists, Ed Byrne's Crowd Pleaser 2011 tour is just that

  • NT Live - Frankenstein

    Danny Boyle's seminal stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic beamed live into Queen's Film Theatre

  • One Man Lord of the Rings

    'Brave is not the word'

  • Dr Yes

    'A good-natured pastiche of the detective novel' from Colin Bateman, writes Tammy Moore

  • 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

  • The Rising

    It starts with a body, a missing boy and a vigilante group. After that, Brian McGilloway's new novel really starts to pick up

  • Scarborough

    A dirty weekend in one night at the Ramada Encore thanks to Prime Cut's production of Fiona Evans' Scarborough

  • Lunchtime Theatre at The Black Box

    Get a bit of culture in you instead of a cheese and onion sandwich. Your workmates will thank you

  • Rocky Horror Show

    Time to lock up your sons, daughters and poodles - Frank ‘N’ Furter, the most fabulous extraterrestrial transvestite in history, is back at the Grand Opera House

  • The Haunting of Helena Blunden

    The play that you are about to see was based on a true story

  • The Sound Of Music

    Tammy Moore has a night of nuns, Nazis and nine Von Trapps

  • Haunted

    Tammy Moore is haunted by the two hours of her life that she won't get back

  • Launch of The Yellow Nib

    Tammy Moore gives her opinion on the fifth edition of The Yellow Nib

  • Vampires Rock!

    Stocky vampire in zebra skin pimp coat seeks Belfast bride for necking and more

  • Nation

    The National Theatre's latest production is beamed live from London's Southbank to the Queen's Film Theatre

  • Porridge

    Tammy Moore joins the old lags for a night banged up in HMP Grand Opera House

  • Austen's Women

    Guy Masterson and Rebecca Vaughn emancipate Austen's Women in this powerful theatre adaptation

  • Ian Sansom and The Bad Book Affair

    Tammy Moore and Ian Sansom investigate The Bad Book Affair

  • The Gates

    John Connolly's Gates of Hell are about to open - mind the gap

  • Andrew Maxwell

    The comedy anarchist deflowers Tammy Moore's e-reader