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Prime Cut Productions' adaptation of the Yasmina Reza play is a breath of fresh air at The MAC in Belfast
Festival director Sean Kelly on making the arts accessible to all despite impending funding cuts
Terry Blain discovers that for all our technological advances nothing much changes in Pantoland
Intergenerational dance production recalls the experience of the First World War in Belfast and beyond
Arts and Disability Forum host their annual celebration of accessible art in the Lyric Theatre from August 28 – 31
Theatre impresarios John Higgins and Joe Nawaz continue their cottage industry exploits at the Sunflower Bar
Banbridge Musical Society adapt Stewart Love's short play as a musical, featuring popular songs from the era
The singing group set Purcell's semi-opera in First World War territory for two performances in Belfast and Derry~Londonderry
Newly established company dedicated to 'pub theatre by new writers' launches with two short plays in the Sunflower Bar
Ellen Kent's traditionalist production of Verdi's masterpiece fails to set the pulses racing
Dublin's New Theatre tour a stage adaptation of James Joyce's classic novel with mixed results
McCracken Memorial Drama Society resurrect one of Sam Cree's 'downright silly' plays
The golden age of Northern Irish opera continues with NI Opera's contemporary take on Verdi's dark masterpiece
Du Dance and Royston Maldoom showcase their latest cross-community project at the Crescent Arts Centre
The Druid production is an object lesson in how to successfully revivify plays to a modern audience
Stephen Rea, co-founder of the legendary theatre company, on collaborating with 'American literary eminence' Sam Shepard for City of Culture
A victim of sexual abuse searches for answers in David Ireland's 'consistently watchable' new play
The UK City of Culture welcomes the Royal Shakespeare Company's adaptation of Shakespeare's epic poem
A gay love triangle unravels against the backdrop of the Siege of Derry in Andy Hinds' deft play
New director Richard Wakely on this year's festival highlights and his hopes for the future
Artistic director Oliver Mears maintains the company's forward momentum, beginning with L’Elisir d’Amore
Richard Croxford and Mark Dougherty on adapting Jane Austen's novel for the Lyric Theatre stage
The Grand Opera House hosts the Globe Theatre's touring production of Shakespeare's history plays
The Dublin-based theatre company set up shop at the East Belfast Arts Festival
Australian company Wits' End arrive at Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival
A work in progress features original compositions and performances by Stephen Rea, Neil Martin and others
Talent show competition winner Ben Forster is relishing his latest role in Richard O'Brien's gender-bending musical comedy
The Royal Opera House's current production is beamed live to the Big Screen at Belfast City Hall
A 'delightfully informal' performance from the soprano is the highlight of the latest Newry Chamber Music concert
The crime author and founder of Studio Theatre Company on their mysterious forthcoming production at The MAC
Writer Graham Reid on penning Love, Billy for the Lyric Theatre, the absence of Sir Kenneth and the future for the Martin family
Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company celebrates the little-known Ulster personality at the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
Director Will Chamberlain celebrates ten years of street theatre, silliness and abseiling in central Belfast
Mark Chambers, director of Sestina vocal group, on fostering new talent and Henry Purcell's 'semi-opera'
The former prizefighter comes home to Derry~Londonderry on April 8 to star in For Love at the Playhouse Theatre
Playwrights Joe and Gerard Brennan recall the shebeen era in Belfast, when their Falls Road family sweet shop doubled up as a safe haven for affable drinkers
Working with his director wife Joan on current production Dickens at the Ulster Hall is 'absolutely wonderful' for famed thespian Sam McCready
c21 Theatre Company condense Shakespeare's classic tragedy to create 'a serious, articulate' version for young audiences
'There will be blood, there will be thunderbolts, there will be Verdi's stirring music' when Ronald Samm arrives in Belfast on March 6
A 1920s era musical version of Shakespeare's farce is expertly updated and directed by Michael Poynor
Rosemary Jenkinson captures the zeitgeist with a timely new play about foodstuff. 'They could be giving you poison, as long as they make money
Singers Giselle Allen and Bruno Caproni front NI Opera's historic revival of Richard Wagner's epic opera. 'It's a thrill to be back'
Two new productions from Northern Ireland's theatre company dedicated to young audiences are set to light up the 2013 Belfast Children's Festival this March
Paul Boyd's retelling of the wonderfully dark Brothers Grimm-penned story is a 'fairytale for the iPod generation' at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast
The Northern Irish accent lends itself well to Shakespeare's most visceral tragedy, and Stuart Graham excels as the murderous king
Stacey Gregg's story of the rise and fall of a Belfast band is saved by Kerrie Quinn's bullish central performance
Sam McCready, master of the pared-down theatrical adaptation, brings Charles Dickens to the Belfast Festival
After spending 30 years in LA as a successful screenwriter, Ron Hutchinson returns to home soil to explore the life of Baron Bannside
Stefan Booth and Ali Bastian on Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing on Ice and how the two shows helped them prepare for their iconic lead roles
Director and actor Guy Masterson on bringing Neil Simon's classic comedy to Theatre at the Mill in Newtownabbey
Prime Cut's retelling of the Charlotte von Mahlsdorf story is The MAC's 'finest achievement since launching'
Conall Morrison's 'constantly stimulating' take on JM Synge's play retains an anarchic edge
Prime Cut tell the remarkable true story of German transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who murdered her Nazi father, at The MAC
Musicians and dancers encouraged to apply to join the cast of Hofesh Shechter's 'mind-blowing' dance piece for City of Culture 2013
He won awards for The Crucible, now Morrison returns to the Lyric Theatre to direct JM Synge's best-loved play
'A notably serious examination not just of gay identity, but of identity, period' at Belfast Pride Festival
NI Opera stage Benjamin Britten's ark opera in Belfast Zoo as part of the London 2012 Festival
NI Opera takes a major gamble with 5 debut works, but it – mostly – pays off at the MAC
Being diagnosed with cancer whilst pregnant could not disrupt the choreographer's creative process
Jemima Brown and Brona Jackson make Hofesh Shechter's U.Dance troupe
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