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  • God of Carnage

    God of Carnage

    Prime Cut Productions' adaptation of the Yasmina Reza play is a breath of fresh air at The MAC in Belfast

  • Jack and the Beanstalk

    Terry Blain discovers that for all our technological advances nothing much changes in Pantoland

  • Shot Glass

    Newly established company dedicated to 'pub theatre by new writers' launches with two short plays in the Sunflower Bar

  • Aida

    Ellen Kent's traditionalist production of Verdi's masterpiece fails to set the pulses racing

  • A Portrait of the Artist...

    Dublin's New Theatre tour a stage adaptation of James Joyce's classic novel with mixed results

  • Family Fever

    McCracken Memorial Drama Society resurrect one of Sam Cree's 'downright silly' plays

  • Macbeth

    The golden age of Northern Irish opera continues with NI Opera's contemporary take on Verdi's dark masterpiece

  • The Colleen Bawn

    The Druid production is an object lesson in how to successfully revivify plays to a modern audience

  • Summertime

    A victim of sexual abuse searches for answers in David Ireland's 'consistently watchable' new play

  • Sea Lavender

    A gay love triangle unravels against the backdrop of the Siege of Derry in Andy Hinds' deft play

  • Henry VI

    The Grand Opera House hosts the Globe Theatre's touring production of Shakespeare's history plays

  • Endgame

    Australian company Wits' End arrive at Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival

  • Field Day at Clandeboye

    A work in progress features original compositions and performances by Stephen Rea, Neil Martin and others

  • Tosca

    The Royal Opera House's current production is beamed live to the Big Screen at Belfast City Hall

  • Celine Byrne

    A 'delightfully informal' performance from the soprano is the highlight of the latest Newry Chamber Music concert

  • Romeo and Juliet

    c21 Theatre Company condense Shakespeare's classic tragedy to create 'a serious, articulate' version for young audiences

  • Comedy of Errors

    A 1920s era musical version of Shakespeare's farce is expertly updated and directed by Michael Poynor

  • Macbeth

    The Northern Irish accent lends itself well to Shakespeare's most visceral tragedy, and Stuart Graham excels as the murderous king

  • Huzzies

    Stacey Gregg's story of the rise and fall of a Belfast band is saved by Kerrie Quinn's bullish central performance

  • I Am My Own Wife

    Prime Cut's retelling of the Charlotte von Mahlsdorf story is The MAC's 'finest achievement since launching'

  • The Playboy of the Western World

    Conall Morrison's 'constantly stimulating' take on JM Synge's play retains an anarchic edge

  • DRAG

    'A notably serious examination not just of gay identity, but of identity, period' at Belfast Pride Festival

  • NI Opera Shorts

    NI Opera takes a major gamble with 5 debut works, but it – mostly – pays off at the MAC

  • Orpheus in the Underworld

    Rory Bremner's new libretto brings Offenbach's satire bang up to date

  • Hamlet

    The thought of Hamlet in Lithuanian put some people off – but turned to be a Belfast Festival highlight