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Leave the politics for panto as Snow White sparkles at the Millennium Forum
Former contestant on The Voice, Rachael O'Connor, on going from young audience member to lead star back home in the Forum's festive production -
'Sing it!' We Will Rock You returns to Derry~Londonderry
The ever-popular dystopian musical is back with renewed relevance, while still maintaining its core of Queen classics, as star villain Jenny O’Leary explains -
Marie Jones on taking her universally loved play to the Moon and back
Audiences from here to New York, Canada and Scandinavia have identified with Fly Me to the Moon, the comic tale of two carers, which continues to speak to the sector's emotional demands and the relationships between workers and patients -
Theatre taught me not to be afraid
Anne McMaster reveals how her driven mindset and love for the stage has kept her going through life's toughest times while giving her a career on both sides of the Atlantic -
Ricky Gervais Announced for Belfast Waterfront
Headline-making comic and creator of The Office marks his return to stand-up with new live show 'Humanity' in March 2017 -
Unboxing Olive Swanzy
Kabosh and Creative Centenaries unlock the history behind a First World War nurse from Newry in a new play inspired by lost artifacts -
Glen Wallace to Teach The Secret of Screen Acting
ITV drama star lined up to lead the next in Theatre Masterclass NI's programme of performance workshops, at the Grand Opera House -
Ulster Hall Plays Host to 'Graeme of Thrones'
Belfast-bound parody show pays homage to Westeros by finding farcical humour in the drama's darkest corners -
Short Strand Becomes a Stage
East Belfast area's history will come to life in a unique series of Kabosh theatre performances to mark Easter Rising centenary -
Terra Nova Take On The Tempest
Artistic director Andrea Montgomery and actor James Doran on modernising the Shakespeare epic in a colossal new Belfast adaptation -
Emma Jordan: Prime Mover
With After Miss Julie premièring across Ireland, the ambitious theatre director opens up about the demands of the job, keeping things fresh and leading actors 'into the darkness' -
Limavady Team Launch TV Series Crowdfunder
The project seeks support to help bring a new contemporary period drama set in 1940s Donegal from the script to the screen -
This Land Drills into Fracking
New Pentabus Theatre Company and Salisbury Playhouse production is hoped to spark a wider debate around the 'muddy' subject dividing communities across the country -
The Virgin Father
Jimmy McAleavey casts the stage lights back on one of the Bible's most overlooked figures in a new revival of his challenging, one-man play -
Gordon Osràm's Funeral
The site-specific send-off for a fictional performance artist is anything but Accidental in an immersive new production from the boundary-pushing theatre company -
Celebrating Peter Quigley
NI's theatre community comes together this month to launch an archive of the much-missed actor/director's work at the Linen Hall Library -
The Journey of The Suitcase
Jane Coyle on how an inconspicuous Jewish Museum artefact inspired her award-winning play, ahead of a special Holocaust Memorial performance at Belfast City Hall -
Belfast Theatre - December 2015
The best musical, drama and dance productions taking place on stages across Belfast throughout the next month -
Life's No Drag for William Caulfield
The Lurgan comic reflects on 10 years as Derry's favourite Dame ahead of this year's Millennium Forum panto -
Grand Opera House Announces 2016 Charity
Leading UK organisation will benefit from funds raised at the theatre's winter shows in addition to sponsored outdoor challenges in the New Year -
The One Who Mocks
Impressionist Miles Allen's One Man Breaking Bad condenses all sixty episodes of the revered series into an explosive comedy juggernaut -
Verdi via Satellite
Metropolitan Opera to stream the Shakespeare-inspired 'Otello' live from the New York stage to Northern Ireland screens -
Belfast Theatre - September 2015
The best musical, drama and dance productions taking place on stages across Belfast throughout the next month -
Earth to Alice McCullough
The spoken word artist on finding her way with the medium and how poetry keeps her grounded ahead of new one-woman show -
Macha Productions Empowers Women with Righteous Theatre
John Higgins lifts the lid on former Kabosh writers Jo Egan and Fionnuala Kennedy's new joint venture, named after the ancient goddess of Armagh -
Belfast Theatre - August 2015
The best musical and drama productions taking place on stages across Belfast throughout the next month -
La Traviata
North West and Spark Opera join forces to stage Verdi's seminal story of love, hypocrisy and self-sacrifice at the Millennium Forum -
Listen to a Preview Track from Nick Boyle's New Musical
The Jazzabelles is a rags to riches tale from the Wireless Mystery Theatre music director set in 1950s Belfast -
NI Opera 2015-16 Season Preview
Director Oliver Mears on tackling a 'gargantuan work of art', venturing into uncharted territory and taking risks to challenge audiences with this year's programme -
Derry Hits Home
AnNua Productions explore the sense of belonging and migration in new audio-visual stage show at the Waterside Theatre from July 1 - 4 -
Patrick Kielty Helps Himself
After years of hard work and lonely nights, life has paid off big time for the County Down comedian. He discusses relationships, LA living and preparing for the 2015 Irish Open -
Walking to the Ark
Carlo Gébler’s new play serves up the Siege of Derry through the eyes of a family in crisis. 'What people think happened and what actually happened is always contested' -
Immersive play at The MAC takes audiences on a journey around abortion rights
Comprised of 12 scenes and an installation, Now For The North explores the subject from a wide variety of women's perspectives, explains the Artistic Director of Three’s Theatre Company, Anna Leckey -
When it hasn’t been your day, your week... Friendsical is the answer
Central Perk comes to Derry's Millennium Forum for a musical reimagining of the iconic 90s sitcom -
Playwright Katherina Radeva on borders, nationality, and Europe today
With Brexit looming, Katherina Redeva revisits her play on the fall of communism in Bulgaria, giving it a contemporary flavour -
Dave Duggan play featuring live jazz band back at Derry festival
Chezzie gets another Chance at this year's City of Derry Jazz & Big Band Festival, after first impressing audiences with its relatable, real music-driven story -
Artists with disabilities tackle Shakespeare and discover 'talents they never knew they had'
Open Arts CEO Eileen Branagh admits that A Midsummer Night's Dream was a 'frightening prospect' but the hard work of 65 individuals over two years has set the stage for a magical production at the MAC -
Stephen Rea returns to the MAC for Aeneid: Book VI
Actor Stephen Rea and musician Neil Martin; friends, collaborators, co-conspirators, makers of mischief -
Actor and drama teaching innovator Brian McMahon on being back on stage with Bardic Theatre
An entertainer and educator, Tyrone-born McMahon's methods have drawn acclaim all over Ireland. He talks to us about his approach to learning and starring in a new production of Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane -
'Who wants to surrender to middle age?' Not the cast of Menopause the Musical
With humour, honesty and a cracking, 23-song soundtrack, the women behind the show's newest run are reassuring audiences that it's fine to be over 50 -
Love that transcends death: Ghost the Musical coming to the Millennium Forum
Theatre star Jacqui Dubois on her prophetic encounter with Demi Moore, channelling Whoopi Goldberg and giving Derry a dose of classic Hollywood romance this Valentine's -
A crackling Belfast comedy to cure the winter blues
Christina Nelson talks about the hilarity of hair salons and sharing the spotlight while still playing half the cast in the follow-up to I'll Tell My Ma. Leave your seasonal worries and woes at the door... -
Dancing in the dark: multi-medium show brings scary stories to Derry walls
Stories of ghosts and wise women are the perfect ingredients for a frightfully good night at Echo Echo Studios this weekend -
Singer Lucy O'Byrne gets ready to enchant as iconic First Lady Eva Peron
The classically-trained Dubliner is Derry-bound as Andrew Lloyd Webber's award-winning musical makes its way to the Millennium Forum -
How family hardship and heartache inspired Joe's remarkably moving one-man show
The Belfast writer balances humour with poignant home truths in his look-back at growing up in a mixed race house during the Troubles -
Acclaimed adaptation of Derry play tackles perceptions on homelessness and addiction
Brian Foster's beloved Maire is reborn in the award-winning Myra's Story, which takes the tragic but universal tale to the gritty streets of Dublin -
Young Offenders' Jennifer Barry on becoming a Derry Girl for Lisa McGee play
Star of one of this year's two hit Irish comedies discusses her leap from screen to stage and being part of a 'revolution' of women in the industry -
Belfast actor's new play is helping more people talk about a big issue for men
Michael Patrick, who grew up without his father, is using a biographical tale laced with laughs to encourage other young males to open up -
New play East Belfast Granny brings to light stories of city's working class women
Writer Fintan Brady has worked alongside the Ballymac Friendship Centre to highlight issues faced by a generation of marginalised people -
Behind the scenes of the North West's biggest youth production
Stewart Robson speaks to those helping to foster the future stars of musical theatre in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats at the Millennium Forum -
The Nature of Forgetting uses theatre to explain everything you didn't know about dementia
Guillaume Pigé tells Andrew Moore how his play addresses misconceptions around the condition while highlighting the elemental feelings that it leaves behind -
Theatre show exploring conflict and violence will resonate powerfully in Belfast
Named after the Syrian city, the acclaimed Palmyra promises to hit close to home for anywhere with its own turbulent history -
Dara Ó Briain: 'The internet has become a torrent of disinformation'
It's made 'nerds' like himself cooler, but the web's accountability for spreading ludicrous stories is the greater focus of the comic's new tour which comes to Derry next week -
Roisin Gallagher on hosting Abigail's Party in Belfast and being spurred on by her late father
Before his passing, the actress's dad raved about Mike Leigh's play and the prospect of his daughter as Beverly, and his 'incredible outlook' is what still gives her strength in her artistic pursuits -
Actress Diona Doherty on the creative journey from bleak starts to getting parts
Perseverance has paid off for the TV and stage star who says everyday life skills and some industry savvy can help budding performers have a career without the need to leave home -
Theatre company's audio walking tour will let you explore Belfast with new eyes and ears
Dominic Montague's immersive love story Quartered aims to challenge perceptions and remove fear around how the city's LGBTQ+ community might feel in public -
Colin Murphy: 'We've a great knack of running ourselves down – it stops you getting a big head'
With Queen's Comedy Club closing after 25 years, its enduring MC talks about how the game has changed, and why Derry crowds are more merciful than Belfast's – despite hearing the greatest heckle of his life there -
Shining a light on the art of set design
With another award recognising his technical work in theatre, lighting and set expert Ciaran Bagnall tells us how he acquired the skills to make a career out of the craft -
Belfast writer's own experience of being deported helped inspire play about the city's refugees
Following its premiere last autumn, Rosemary Jenkinson believes Lives in Translation will be even more hard hitting in its first full tour of theatres around Ireland -
A1 singer onto another hit with Millennium Forum-bound Flashdance the Musical
As we continue to mine the '80s to satisfy our nostalgic needs, pop star Ben Adams promises 'everything and more' from a production that epitomises the colour and energy of the period
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