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Scene of the Titans
A musical about a gay Northern Irish rugby team hits Edinburgh -
Dancing From Dingle to Donegal
Performance artist Dana McPherson explains the concept behind Nomadic Dance -
Shaun Williamson is More Than an Extra
The former Eastender straps on his dancing shoes for Rhinestone Mondays at the Grand Opera House -
Choreographer Dylan Quinn on the Benefits of Funk
Northern Ireland's latest dance production hits the road -
Sunday Treats
Despite the rain, two very different performers attempt to tickle Belfast's funny bone -
Belfast Festival Launches
Elvis Costello heads up this year's programme. Listen to festival veteran Terri Hooley in our podcast -
Oklahoma!
The Theatre at the Mill's Summer Youth Musical Group tear it up -
Comedy Promoter Ryan Hand Thinks Big
The founder of Newcastle's little comedy club, LOL Comedy, has big ambitions -
The Christening
Familiar territory is explored in Pearse Elliott's tale of weathered men in weathered pubs -
Jones and Barnard
The Festival of Fools' Sunday Treats draw an unlikely crowd in central Belfast -
The Irish Famine Explored in New Play, Belfast Girls
Prizewinning playwight Jaki McCarrick premieres new play in London -
Greenwood Players to Perform Shakespeare in Belvoir Forest
Sci-fi author Ian McDonald tackles the bard's 'sketches, songs, sonnets and soliloquies' -
Dancing Shoes Returns
Watch video featuring Martin Lynch and Marie Jones, and find out why a lifelong love affair with Manchester United has come full circle for director Peter Sheridan -
The Jungle Book
Drawing on Rudyard Kiplings original stories, this production has something for everyone -
Translations
Brian Friel's play about language and cultural identity brings out the crowds in Dublin -
The Jungle Book Opens at the Lyric
Listen to extracts from the show and find out why composer Conor Mitchell is attracted to the dark side -
Paddy McDonnell is Having a Laugh
Belfast taxi driver turned comic on Billy Connelly, open mic's and carving a niche -
Belfast Pride Hosts The Laramie Project
Hard-hitting drama tells the tragic story of Matthew Shepard -
The Biscuit Tin Readings at The Ulster Hall
New writers given platform -
1984
George Orwell's allegory is 'a deceptively challenging story to adapt' -
Land of Giants Seeks Crew
Cultural Olympiad art event needs creative talent from across the sector -
Avenue Q
This adult puppet show is the perfect mix of 'show tunes, satire and seediness' -
Pick 'n' Mix Festival
Jane Coyle enjoys the bite-sized treats at this year's pop up festival -
Kevin Eldon
One of Britain's greatest unsung comedians decontructs the stand-up oeuvre -
Stanza Up Poetry
Comedian Owen O'Neill delivers verse that is both poignant and hilarious -
Gay, Bi-Racial Playwright Writes About Belfast Women
Shannon Sickels makes being an outsider an artform -
Adult Theatre Perfected in Avenue Q
The bawdy puppet show comes to Belfast - it's not for the faint-hearted -
Tommy Tiernan
Tommy Tiernan, the master puppeteer and the world's smallest imaginary fiddle -
Belfast Festival Acts Announced
Elvis Costello, KT Tunstall and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa head up this year's music programme -
Marie Jones Stars in Dockers
The playwright talks about being back on stage and playing a money-lender with a 'bit of a heart' -
Oliver Mears Has Big Plans for NI Opera
The artistic director of NI Opera on defying expectations, commissioning Rory Bremner and finding our next star -
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 -
Anne Charleston on a Park Bench
There might be five ladies on the bench, but who has blue hair anymore, asks the Neighbours icon -
Youth Arts Sector Meeting 2011
Watch video of presentations and performances from the Playhouse Theatre -
Kevin Eldon Is Titting About
The publicity-shy comedian on his one-man show, working with Steve Coogan and the downsides of touring -
Brendan at the Chelsea
'Sweary, sweaty and stocky' Adrian Dunbar turns in a compelling performance -
Puccini
English Touring Opera tackle two of the Italian composer's shorter works -
Pick n Mix Returns - One Year Before The MAC Opens for Business
Pick n Mix comes to Queen's Film Theatre, whilst curators visit Venice - let the Mactivities commence! -
Spamalot
The Queen's visit is making the headlines, but Phill Jupitus as King Arthur is far more entertaining -
Coppelia
European Ballet tackle this sentimental piece with flair and a whole lot of individual talent -
Pip Utton is Charles Dickens
The dramatist has taken on Hitler and others - now he explores the inequalities of Victorian society as the beloved novelist -
Stewart Francis
The master of the deadpan one-liner is closer to Woody Allen than Russell Howard - that's a good thing -
Cleopatra
Northern Ballet return to Belfast with their first new production in two years -
Dylan Moran
Interruptions plague Dylan Moran in the Waterfront, but he still manages to deliver some first-class surreal comedy -
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 Rare Oul Times
A bombastic, fantastic tribute to Irish literature closes the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival -
Spamalot Marches on Belfast
Phill Jupitus and Todd Carty love the city - and the city will love Eric Idle's hilarious musical -
Scott Capurro
The controversial comic isn't afraid to tackle the taboo subjects on his return to Belfast -
Belongings
Nuala McKeever's two-hander explores life in an institution, but Tara West is left bewildered -
The Crucible
The Lyric reopens with Arthur Miller's tale of betrayal and distrust in old New England -
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 -
Mark Steel
Was the Féile an Phobail audience justified in booing the comedian off stage? Tara West thinks so -
Blackness After Midnight
Did Captain Lord of the California snooze while the Titanic sank? -
Sex, Lies and the KKK
Abie Philbin Bowman is intentionally provocative, but isn't that what the best comedy is all about? -
Sean Bean Presents The MAC Video
The Game of Thrones star narrates an animated video tour of Belfast's new Metropolitan Arts Centre -
Othello
Bruiser bring their physical adaptation to the Derry Playhouse -
Wizard of Oz
Londonderry Music Society deliver an impressive reprisal of the children's classic -
Polish Cultural Week 2011
Co-ordinator Eva Grosman on how art can strengthen ties and build friendships -
Go Mad for WOMAD
Derry to host Peter Gabriel's international World of Music, Arts and Dance festival
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