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NI Opera 2015-16 Season Preview
Director Oliver Mears on tackling a 'gargantuan work of art', venturing into uncharted territory and taking risks to challenge audiences with this year's programme -
Opera, Literature and Lunch
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 -
The Divine Comedy Are Legends
Neil Hannon's long-enduring pop outfit named as this year's recipients of the Oh Yeah Music Centre's top honour -
Turandot
NI Opera's contemporary co-production of Puccini’s visceral last work leaves no one on the fence in fulfilling the composer's modern vision -
Top Ten Things Still to See at the Belfast Festival
One week into the new-look Ulster Bank Belfast International Arts Festival we run down the best of what's left -
Belfast Theatre - August 2015
The best musical and drama productions taking place on stages across Belfast throughout the next month -
Fra Fee Keeps Up the Act
The Les Mis star on the roadblocks that come with musical theatre and giving back through his new drama initiative for young people -
Glen Wallace to Teach The Secret of Screen Acting
ITV drama star lined up to lead the next in Theatre Masterclass NI's programme of performance workshops, at the Grand Opera House -
Belfast Theatre - December 2015
The best musical, drama and dance productions taking place on stages across Belfast throughout the next month -
Central Belfast: An Historical Gazetteer
Marcus Patton on the task of revising his architectural directory to reflect the city's modern rebirth and the history lying beneath -
Out to Lunch Sets the Menu for 2016
The bespoke Belfast arts festival is back to lift spirits in the New Year with three weeks of cultural nourishment -
Reel Love
BFI and FilmHub NI bring a whirlwind season of romantic classics to screens across Northern Ireland - watch trailers and book tickets now -
Still Out to Lunch
After a year fraught with cuts, the enduring festival is back to help Belfast ring in 2016 with another hearty helping of performing arts -
Belfast Festival Makes A Colourful Return
Following withdrawal of Queen's University funding earlier this year, the renamed festival vows 'the show must go on' -
Things to Look Forward to in Northern Ireland
Let your cultural calendar take shape with expert picks for 2016 from our own dedicated critics -
Eleesha Drennan Reaches Tipping Point
The Canadian choreographer takes dance into public spaces to explore the feeling of 'life spiralling out of focus' in her first Maiden Voyage piece -
Ten Unmissable Films Still to Come This Year
From Matt Damon on Mars to Tom Hardy's turn as East London's evil twins, the big screen has much more to offer before 2015 is out -
The Best Moments from Game of Thrones Seasons 1 - 5
As HBO's fantasy behemoth reaches the end of its published source material we look back on its most memorable sequences so far. Spoilers ahead... -
NI Opera Shorts
NI Opera takes a major gamble with 5 debut works, but it – mostly – pays off at the MAC -
NI Opera Young Artists
Four Northern Irish soloists thrive in the intimate surroundings of the Black Box -
NI Opera's The Flying Dutchman
Singers Giselle Allen and Bruno Caproni front NI Opera's historic revival of Richard Wagner's epic opera. 'It's a thrill to be back' -
Opera Fringe
6th festival serves up six premieres -
Watch Video of NI Opera's Tosca
NI Opera stage their first ever production in three different venues throughout the city of Derry-Londonderry this weekend -
NI Opera Launch Festival of Voice
Five young singers compete to perform alongside Dame Kiri Te Kanawa