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A country music Full Monty? More like a line dancing version of Give My Head Peace
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An entertaining and informative play about 'the father of American music'
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'As the tangled tale of unrequited passion unfolds, their strong, trusting stage partnership blooms into a love affair with the audience'
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A theatrical ballet of knives, social commentary and resentment. The food might not be great, but the play is
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If you like your Dark Knight camp and gothic, this exciting, bat-shaped show is for you
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A post-feminist Dirty Dozen, with lots of buns on display... iced, of course
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It might be 'mean here' in Of Mice and Men, but George and Lennie melt hearts in the Theatre at the Mill
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Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon dominate the stage in the Lyric Theatre's adaptation of Francis Veber's comedy
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The celebration of Michael Jackson's life is just as thrilling third time around
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'It’s like looking at the workings of a pocket-watch that is singing doo-wop and shifting furniture'
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Penny Dreadful, but not THE Penny Dreadfuls. Confused? Peter E Davidson was.
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A disturbing and subtle look into the relationship between abuser and the abused
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It's bombastic, durable and virulently likeable – the show's the thing, and what a show
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A dance piece produced in collaboration with kids – it'll never work, surely
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The men in Owen McCafferty's world still can't dance, but at least now they can talk about it
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A musical about a gay Northern Irish rugby team hits Edinburgh
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Despite the rain, two very different performers attempt to tickle Belfast's funny bone
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The Theatre at the Mill's Summer Youth Musical Group tear it up
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Familiar territory is explored in Pearse Elliott's tale of weathered men in weathered pubs
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The Festival of Fools' Sunday Treats draw an unlikely crowd in central Belfast
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Drawing on Rudyard Kiplings original stories, this production has something for everyone
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Brian Friel's play about language and cultural identity brings out the crowds in Dublin
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George Orwell's allegory is 'a deceptively challenging story to adapt'
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This adult puppet show is the perfect mix of 'show tunes, satire and seediness'
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Jane Coyle enjoys the bite-sized treats at this year's pop up festival
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One of Britain's greatest unsung comedians decontructs the stand-up oeuvre
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Comedian Owen O'Neill delivers verse that is both poignant and hilarious
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Tommy Tiernan, the master puppeteer and the world's smallest imaginary fiddle
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'Sweary, sweaty and stocky' Adrian Dunbar turns in a compelling performance
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English Touring Opera tackle two of the Italian composer's shorter works
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The Queen's visit is making the headlines, but Phill Jupitus as King Arthur is far more entertaining
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European Ballet tackle this sentimental piece with flair and a whole lot of individual talent
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The master of the deadpan one-liner is closer to Woody Allen than Russell Howard - that's a good thing
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Northern Ballet return to Belfast with their first new production in two years
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Interruptions plague Dylan Moran in the Waterfront, but he still manages to deliver some first-class surreal comedy
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A bombastic, fantastic tribute to Irish literature closes the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
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The controversial comic isn't afraid to tackle the taboo subjects on his return to Belfast
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Nuala McKeever's two-hander explores life in an institution, but Tara West is left bewildered
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The Lyric reopens with Arthur Miller's tale of betrayal and distrust in old New England
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Wonderland Productions stage a scandal in a coffee shop
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Tammy Moore - 'the critic with the pen!' - gets a dose of the English comic's humorous abuse
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Was the Féile an Phobail audience justified in booing the comedian off stage? Tara West thinks so
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Did Captain Lord of the California snooze while the Titanic sank?
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Abie Philbin Bowman is intentionally provocative, but isn't that what the best comedy is all about?
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Bruiser bring their physical adaptation to the Derry Playhouse
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Londonderry Music Society deliver an impressive reprisal of the children's classic
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From baby jokes to drunken particle physicists, Ed Byrne's Crowd Pleaser 2011 tour is just that
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Kabosh pull off 'a triumph of creative editing' in this play about the origins of Indiana Jones
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A world-class debut for NI Opera and an exceptional showcase for Derry-Londonderry
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The American singer and civil rights campaigner is remembered at the Island Arts Centre
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Explosive stuff from an emerging playwright in the North West
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The action is moved from London to Belfast - but does the humour translate in this tale of three taxi drivers?
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BalletBoyz return to Northern Ireland with an energetic, diverse contemporary dance performance
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Wireless Mystery Theatre perform classic CBS radio plays - including the ad breaks - in faultless period style
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Danny Boyle's seminal stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic beamed live into Queen's Film Theatre
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A bewildering fusion of styles from the star of cult sitcom Attention, Scum!
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We like radical lefties, and we like a mainstream hipsters. But which is better? Only one way to find out...
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'Five minutes into the future', Joe Nawaz is impressed by the play's ambition but not its scattergun approach
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The improvised hip-hop comedy duo miss their chance to trade 'pithy putdowns' with a heckler, but are still 'devilishly funny'
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Standing room only at the Grand Opera House, but it's worth it for Derek Jacobi's 'chilling whispers' as the dotard king
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