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The southern soul rockers crank things up a level, but the solitary Josh T Pearson steals the show
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The Waterboys frontman reads from his forthcoming autobiography - but the audience want more
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Stage gimmicks cheapen an otherwise solid performance from the act that put the funk into punk
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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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Laughable lyrics and a balding frontman can't put Fionola Meredith off getting lost in 'the joys of pop nostaliga'
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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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An 'audacious and bizzare' departure for director Kenneth Branagh - but it's not as bad as it looks
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And So I Watch You From Afar delivering their best yet with an outstanding, slow-burning odyssey
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Turkey provides the setting for Ian McDonald's near-future science-fiction epic. It is the 'one SF book to read this year', says Gerard Brennan
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Bruiser bring their physical adaptation to the Derry Playhouse
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This gritty fantasy can do no wrong as far as Tammy Moore is concerned
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Londonderry Music Society deliver an impressive reprisal of the children's classic
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Neil Shawcross and Charles Walsh paint it black at the Ormeau Baths Gallery
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'Like a diet of bitter herbs - this film leaves you unsatisfied,' writes Fionola Meredith
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Michael Longley expertly explores the passing of a generation in his latest collection, writes Ross Moore
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A 'well organized and accessible' compendium of eyewitness accounts by Stephen Douds
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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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A screening on the Lagan Boat has Andrew Johnston pining for dry land
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Filmed in Northern Ireland, this garish comedy is 'gross, obnoxious and puerile'. Andrew Johnston loves it
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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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Peter McCaughan gets hooked up to the machine - literally - to experience Emotional Response Cinema
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Artist Jon Kelly builds an exhibition around a 10ft tall Trojan horse
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Robyn G Shiels finally releases some new material - James Meredith thinks it was well worth the wait
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The long-standing Lisburn quartet's debut album is a departure from their early sound
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Narcissistic wannabes, a plot to kill Bono and a last screen appearance by Pete Postlewaite make this a movie not to miss
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A 'deliciously diabolical' Northern Irish animation about spides and their wicked ways
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Ken Loach has his say on the war in Iraq in this 'old-fashioned thriller of which John Le Carre would be proud'
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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 FE McWilliam Gallery encourages printmakers to shake off the constraints of 2D
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No matter what you call it, this English folk duo's sound is likely to get you moving
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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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One of Belfast's most talented photographers celebrated in a new exhibition at the Red Barn Gallery
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A blistering set from an aging artist intent on bringing delta blues bang up to date
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A Moving on Music Festival screening introduces the wierd and wonderful Tom Zé
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BalletBoyz return to Northern Ireland with an energetic, diverse contemporary dance performance
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Ireland's financial ruin provides a new narrative, but the influence of the old masters still pervades
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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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Two folk musicians, poles apart, bring a taste of water and wine to the Black Box
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A screening at the Moving on Music Festival has Steven Rainey waxing lyrical
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A bewildering fusion of styles from the star of cult sitcom Attention, Scum!
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The poses and Sartean emptiness appeal to Joanne Savage, but she still isn't sure what to make of the woodlice
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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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A British remake of a British classic - but was it worth the effort?
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Gritty, cool and unsentimental, Richard Ayoade's dramedy is unlike anything British cinema has produced in eons
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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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Joe Nawaz undergoes 'the ultimate torsion of the old artsy cullions' at the Ormeau Baths Gallery
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David Benson cracks open a can of worms in a play Andrew Johnston describes as 'essential'
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Caught between confusion and delight, Fionola Meredith enjoys the blend of political incorrectness and slapstick
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Can art be made of the world's largest rubbish dump, Rio's Jardim Gramacho?
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The illustrated sections are unnecessary, but Beat aficionado James Meredith is impressed nevertheless
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The unorthodox comic is a strange mix of the good, the bad - and it gets ugly at the Black Box
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Would you like to swipe your 'loyalist card'? The leftie tunesmith brings the funny to the Empire Music Hall
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National and international street artists and bands descend on the Ulster Hall for a family-friendly weekend event
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Choreographed and directed by Craig Revel Horwood, this production of Chess is light on politics and big on love
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