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The Royal Shakespeare Company recruit Belfast's Belvoir Players for a frothy but 'bags of fun' take on the timeless comedy
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There's no time like the present as Rosemary Jenkinson's clever and well-acted culture comedy finds firmer footing in the more modern of its two narratives
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Though not always subtle, this interactive swan song is a multi-layered and undeniably fun piece of theatre which puts every inch of its surroundings to use
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Emma Jordan tactfully transposes Willy Russell's play to Belfast with help from two extraordinary leads in this fine start to the year for the Lyric Theatre
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Out to Lunch continue to brighten the dark days of January with a no frills fix of book-based works from NI Opera's fabulous young artists
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Roysten Abel's hypnotic fusion of culinary and performance art is a sumptuous metaphor for human experience that will inflame the senses
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The Lyric's first production of Friel's layered masterwork is as rich and rewarding as theatre gets
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The celebrated American humorist delivers an evening of interlacing tales and outrageous material disguised in a performance akin to catching up with an old friend
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Without enough plot or pizazz to sustain its run-time, Brenda Murphy's country-tinged comedy unravels despite fizzing performances from its cast of three
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With its imaginative direction and competent cast, this modest adaptation has the charm to see past its lack of Hollywood gloss
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Abbie Spallen creates a local Hell for local people in this powerful, hilarious, gruelling satire on post-conflict Northern Ireland currently running in The MAC
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New comedy club in Belfast's Loft – artist's studio by day, platform for new comedy talent by night – is much more than a cheap and cheerful night out
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When an NHS surgeon leaves a pair of scissors inside a patient, his moral compass spins out of control in Rosemary Jenkinson's excellent play at the Lyric Theatre
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Owen McCafferty's Faustian play comments on the commercial corruption of art by focussing on one man's journey from gags to riches
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David Payne's play is heavy on anecdote but light on the good stuff – the books
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Jim McAleavey's house of horrors bulges with invention and endless witty subversions at The MAC
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Blunt Fringe reanimate the husky Belgian songwriter and 'matador of emotion'
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Rebecca Vaughan's medley of classic ghoulish tales is a tricky treat at The MAC
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Schaubühne Berlin get Belfast fired up for change
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Lyric Theatre's latest production is beautifully written, directed with brio and perfectly performed
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Lisa Dwan is ghostly and ghastly in this extraordinary production at The MAC
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A series of brilliant stage debuts transport Lyric Theatre audiences into the teenage heart of darkness
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American comedy preacher brings his anti-consumerist campaign to Belfast's Corn Market with choir in tow
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Colin Geddis is ringmaster as the Crescent Arts Centre hosts a smorgasbord of Northern Irish comics
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Chatterbox Productions enter the weird world of Victorian renaissance man Edward Lear at The MAC
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Gary Mitchell serves up a new crime comedy at the Lyric Theatre
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Winner of the 2014 Chortle Student Comedy Award at Queen's brings his Party Hard show to the Black Box
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Staged Assault bring Tom Well's pithy play to the Black Box, chipped black nail varnish and all
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Old skool all-round entertainer Ryan Hand headlines a bizarre evening at the Black Box
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George Telfer is the boozey, hell-raising, womanising actor Richard Burton at Out To Lunch
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Corruption and ignorance stalk the land in Murphy, Gordon and Mitchell's end of year review
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The iconic London dance studio bring 'a programme of short masterpieces' to the Grand Opera House
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Adrian Dunbar is 'the monster at the centre of the maze' as Brendan Behan at the Lyric Theatre
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The Holywood comic brings his delusional alter ego Mike McGoldrick to the Black Box
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King of the Geeks brings his Feral Man show to the Black Box, with support from Marcus Keeley
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Pearse Elliott's play set in west Belfast features a bravura performance from Ciaran Nolan as a man plagued by suicide
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Bec Hill's comedy concept evening arrives in the Black Box as the Belly Laughs Comedy Festival continues
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Victim becomes aggressor in a Belgium hotel room in Martin Lynch's 'vivid and harrowing' new play
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With the Edinburgh Fringe on the horizon, Michael Legge hones his latest set, supported by Ruaidhrí Ward
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Sylvia Plath's novel makes for a tricky play, but writer James Johnson's script is 'unblemished and blissful'
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A Charles Bukowski short story is relocated to Belfast, where blow-up dolls remains taboo
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Fickle Favours' inaugural production gives new voice to the Bard's heroines
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Much oil has flowed under the bridge, and into the hands of Western businessmen, since Rob Newman filled Wembley Stadium with David Baddiel
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His comedy peers adore him, but what does John Higgins make of Belfast's most eclectic performer? 'Everyone prefers Cash to Czech!'
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Galvinised Productions first foray into theatre has 'audience members audibly gasping'
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'The set is so slick and well-honed you almost forget the incredible craftsmanship.'
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An audience of 'middle-aged bohemians' make life hard for Matthew Collins, Lauren Kerr and Shane Todd at Belmont Tower
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The 'academics versus comics' performance scenario doesn't necessarily travel that well
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Ruaidhrí Ward, Eleanor Tiernan and Michael Legge hone their skills at the Black Box
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Slapstick, Stevie Wonder and men playing women. The Lyric Theatre inject new life into Oscar Wilde's comic masterpiece
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Sometimes the comedy in Tim Loane's comedy-thriller fails to thrill, but the attempts at drama are usually comical
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The Ulster Covenant, Home Rule and heliotherapy, but only a brief mention of an iceberg. The play is all the better for it
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The Cork comedian 'has the razzle-dazzle of an alchemist', but lacks preparation where it matters
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A star is born at the Waterfront Hall, and it's not the geezer with the hard hat. John Higgins is pleasantly surprised
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The comedian's comedian tries his hand at the 'bear pit' that is The Empire Laughs Back
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'It’s like looking at the workings of a pocket-watch that is singing doo-wop and shifting furniture'