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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
Pianist Michael McHale and the Ulster Orchestra play Holst's masterpiece to launch the Belfast Festival at Queen's
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
Pianist and artist-in-residence at Queen's University handles the masters with an 'unusually judicious approach'
It's set to be a huge year for the Belfast pianist. He talks Belfast Festival at Queen's, Sir James Galway and new album The Irish Piano
Director and actor Guy Masterson on bringing Neil Simon's classic comedy to Theatre at the Mill in Newtownabbey
Australian pianist Tristan Russcher prepares to perform one of the longest and most challenging classical compositions ever written on the Mulholland Organ
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
Belfast composer Colin Reid scores Flann O'Brien's surreal masterpiece. Listen to an extract narrated by Stephen Rea
Prime Cut tell the remarkable true story of German transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who murdered her Nazi father, at The MAC
Duke Special curates a week of events at the MAC, including this beguiling show by Dublin's Cathy Davey and friends
Musicians and dancers encouraged to apply to join the cast of Hofesh Shechter's 'mind-blowing' dance piece for City of Culture 2013
Samuel Beckett would have approved of the programme of concerts at the Enniskillen festival in his honour
Master of the sean-nós singing style opens Féile An Droichead Irish language festival at the MAC
He won awards for The Crucible, now Morrison returns to the Lyric Theatre to direct JM Synge's best-loved play
Barry Douglas, virtuoso pianist and the 'force of nature' behind the festival, dazzles and beguiles the County Down crowd
Ulster Orchestra principle conductor JoAnn Falletta's 'lithe, supple interpretations' of American composers impress
'The world's leading clarinettist' brings a touch of class to the Walled City Music Festival in Derry~Londonderry
Chair Maurice Kinkead on working with Féile an Phobail and attracting Van Morrison back home
'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
Musicals, silent cinema and soul searching. Following a busy few years, Peter Wilson goes back to basics with his latest album
NI Opera takes a major gamble with 5 debut works, but it – mostly – pays off at the MAC
It's been five years since the Ulster Orchestra released a CD, this stirring, buoyant recording was worth the wait
Duke Special's new album is his 'most personal yet, an absorbing picture of the singer growing up in public'
Being diagnosed with cancer whilst pregnant could not disrupt the choreographer's creative process
Moving on Music programme an energising and enthusiastic evening of classical music at the MAC
The MAC's inaugural classical concert by the New York string quartet is a 'stunning, world-class performance'
Composer Conor Mitchell hopes his new work may offer some 'small comfort' to the families of the Disappeared
Barry Douglas is 'in absolutely top form' in his first studio album for over a decade
Brian Irvine gets the Cultural Olympiad started with a 'wondrous, occasionally frightening' take on Heaney's poem
Technique to die for and sweeping rhapsody, the Belfast Music Society deliver their promise of 'world-class' performances
Jemima Brown and Brona Jackson make Hofesh Shechter's U.Dance troupe
Artistic director Zoë Seaton's adaptation of the 'first ever horror novel' brings it back to its roots in Ireland
The jazz wunderkind's new album features hip-hop guests and himself on vocals – but he'll always beat the drum
Four Northern Irish soloists thrive in the intimate surroundings of the Black Box
The Ulster Orchestra recreate some of the 'zap and playfulness' of the original Strauss concerts
Guided by Nigel McClintock, the first full-time choirmaster employed by the Catholic Church in Ireland
Soprano Rebekah Coffey is more than a match for Mozart's operatic output
A 'timely issue for the Christmas season' from Nigel McClintock's choir
A Sanskrit libretto, a cackling chorus and a 20 minute soliloquy 'Live in HD' is 'not better, but usefully different'
NI Opera's fairy-tale opera brings witches, cannibalism and the economic crisis to the Grand Opera House
A meeting of East and West full of 'dreamy embellishments and flights of fancy'
The voluntary organisation keeps lovers of classical music enthralled
Rory Bremner's new libretto brings Offenbach's satire bang up to date
The thought of Hamlet in Lithuanian put some people off – but turned to be a Belfast Festival highlight
Artistic Director Greg Beardsell wants to flip a choral music switch
The composer is busier than ever, and happy with the 'total liberation' that retirement brings
JoAnn Faletta injects the Ulster Orchestra with a newfound rhythm
New audiences are seeking out a classical concert with their coffee
A career change, illness, gale-force winds – nothing can stop this soprano
'Pianistic fireworks' and 'blues inflections' make this birthday celebration CD anything but dry
The Ulster Orchestra's new principal conductor's balletic style gives performances an exciting edge
Ben McAteer wins the Northern Ireland Opera's inaugeral vocal competition
From Kiri te Kanawa to Franz Liszt, this year's classical programme offers some mouth-watering prospects
Dance United NI prepare for their Belfast Festival show
Listen to a track entitled 'Óró, Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile' and find out why the moniker is justified
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