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The Lyric Theatre has announced a thrilling new season for 2019
Following on from its 50th anniversary year a host of major productions will help kick off the next chapter for one of Belfast's most beloved institutions
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Irish writing talent recognised in annual Stewart Parker Awards
In memory of the 'visionary' Belfast playwright, three writers have received awards for their work adding to a 'vibrant year' for new original theatre
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Belfast writer's own experience of being deported helped inspire play about the city's refugees
Following its premiere last autumn, Rosemary Jenkinson believes Lives in Translation will be even more hard hitting in its first full tour of theatres around Ireland
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Lyric Theatre announces plans to celebrate 50 years on the banks of the Lagan
The milestone anniversary of the Belfast institution's enduring home will be marked with landmark productions, gala events and more
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The Lyric Lough in on Station Island
From Belfast to Bellaghy, Jimmy Fay goes on a literary pilgrimage for a special co-production with Seamus Heaney HomePlace
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The Cove
Echo Echo's dizzying collaboration with climber Dan Shipsides reaches its peak in this hypnotic performance inspired by the cliffs of Donegal
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Children's Theatre: It's a Kind of Magic
Cahoots NI is conjuring up something special with its revival of Nivelli's War and the sense of wonder its bringing from Belfast to Broadway
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Powder Her Face
Northern Ireland's first production of Thomas Adés's notorious, sex-fuelled opera holds a mirror to modern society and the perils of promiscuity
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Ten Payday Weekend Ideas
It's been a long month of tightening the belts, so celebrate the fact that it's almost over by getting out to these great events
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Lyric Launches Spring Season
The new programme looks at the part Belfast plays in the wider world with bold new productions and international ventures
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Why Panto Never Gets Old
Jane Hardy examines the ever-evolving and ageless tradition of Christmas theatre through some of Northern Ireland's current offering
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Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme
The artistic director of a major centenary revival of the seminal play on providing an outsider's perspective on Frank McGuinness's vision
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Royal Shakespeare Company recruit Belfast's Belvoir Players for a frothy but 'bags of fun' take on the timeless comedy
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Here Comes the Night
There's no time like the present as Rosemary Jenkinson's clever and well-acted culture comedy finds firmer footing in the more modern of its two narratives
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Educating Rita
Emma Jordan tactfully transposes Willy Russell's play to Belfast with help from two extraordinary leads in this fine start to the year for the Lyric Theatre
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Duke Special to Take Up Lyric Residency
Belfast theatre names the award-winning musician as latest in line for the prestigious post
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The Night Alive
Minor character inconsistencies aside, Conor McPherson's play is a furiously paced hacky sack of humour full of exceptional stage performances
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Dancing at Lughnasa
The Lyric's first production of Friel's layered masterwork is as rich and rewarding as theatre gets
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The Lyric Dances at Lughnasa
Ireland's inaugural Brian Friel Festival brings the dramatist's finest play to Belfast later this month, 25 years after its triumphant premiere in Dublin
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Belfast Theatre - August 2015
The best musical and drama productions taking place on stages across Belfast throughout the next month
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Playing I, Banquo
Actor Michael Patrick on inhabiting one of Shakespeare's more intriguing lesser characters in a new production of the Tim Crouch monologue
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The Pillowman
Martin McDonagh pits the lowly writer against a totalitarian system suspicious of creativity in his finest play to date, currently running in the Lyric Theatre in Belfast
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International Women's Day 2015
In the wake of the global celebration we list ten of Ulster's most illustrious artists and leaders, from Dana to Mary McAleese
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Lyric Wins Four Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
South Belfast theatre enjoys most successful night at the glitzy ceremony in Dublin after achieving an unprecedented 12 nominations
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Stitched Up
When an NHS surgeon leaves a pair of scissors inside a patient, his moral compass spins out of control in Rosemary Jenkinson's excellent play at the Lyric Theatre
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Death of a Comedian
Owen McCafferty's Faustian play comments on the commercial corruption of art by focussing on one man's journey from gags to riches
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Death of a Comedian
Owen McCafferty on his new play at the Lyric Theatre, refusing to dumb down for the big bucks and why we should all give Russell Brand a break
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Mary O'Malley Changed the NI Stage
Lee Henry pays tribute to the founder of Belfast's Lyric Players Theatre
