Belfast’s mini-festival of miniature theatreThese bite-sized helpings give a sneak preview of an emerging wave of independent theatre makersThu Jun 13 2013 - 17:35
Girls on tourThirty years after its debut, Frank McGuinness’s play is back on the production lineThu May 09 2013 - 07:00
Whatever became of Kenneth Branagh’s Billy?Graham Reid’s Billy plays brought Belfast lives on to British screens in the 1980s. Now he is staging a sequelFri May 03 2013 - 07:00
Callow magicA fascinating and persuasive telling of the most popular story of the past 2,000 yearsThu Apr 11 2013 - 18:00
A northern light on Shakespeare's 'broken' monarchIN STRATFORD-Upon-Avon, he is the toast of the townFri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
Lloyd Webber's lyrical princeWith his version of the classic children’s novel ‘The Little Prince’ now on in Belfast’s Lyric Theatre, Nicholas – son of Andrew…Wed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
Guidelines for a Long and Happy LifeOld Victor Stationery Warehouse, Belfast FestivalFri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Belfast braced for annual arts extravaganzaAs the North’s biggest arts festival kicks off tomorrow, the outgoing director leaves centre stage to his successor, who will…Fri Oct 14 2011 - 01:00
Kicking politics to touch with a home-ground advantageA different kind of drama will play out in Stormont this week, when the IFA helps bring a play about challenging prejudice through…Wed Feb 16 2011 - 00:00
National anthem of nowhereThrough his eclectic writing career, Colin Bateman has established a reputation for fearlessness and black humourFri Oct 15 2010 - 01:00
From the orchards of Armagh to a US dream factoryNorthern Irish director Paul Bosco McEneaney is taking part in the most magical adventure of his upwardly mobile career – seeing…Mon Jul 19 2010 - 01:00
Breathing life back into a great estateUntil recent times Clandeboye, one of Northern Ireland’s finest surviving estates, was in decline, but regeneration has brought…Sat Jul 17 2010 - 01:00
The MiserElmwood Hall, Belfast “You can’t trust banks!” bellows Moliere’s miserly anti-hero HarpagonFri May 07 2010 - 01:00
Drawn to Olympic heights by dramatic landscapesIt’s 60 years since painting featured in the Olympics, but artist Maurice Orr is among those commissioned by London 2012Mon May 03 2010 - 01:00
Performing post-conflict'Antigone' revolves around the notion of war and its aftermath - which makes it particularly relevant for the Belfast Festival…Fri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
Down with this sort of thingArtScape: Feck. The kettle is on and the sandwiches are being made as the organisers gear up for Ted Fest '08, the follow-up…Sat Feb 02 2008 - 00:00
Redundancy fears at Belfast's Lyric TheatreThe staff at Belfast's Lyric Theatre are bracing themselves for possible redundancies.Tue Apr 26 2005 - 01:00
Earthquake Dance Waterfront Hall, BelfastThe Saturday evening triple-bill at Earthquake Dance, Northern Ireland's first festival of international dance, was a multi-cultural…Tue Mar 26 2002 - 00:00
The Sleeping BeautyAt last! A classical ballet that sits prettily and confidently at ease with itself in the great round arena of the Waterfront…Sat Dec 29 2001 - 00:00
Plucked and StuffedBroadcasters, agents and promoters in the North are constantly on the look-out for an elusive product, which they refer to as…Sat Dec 29 2001 - 00:00
Red Riding HoodEverybody knows the story of Little Red Riding Hood, don't they?Fri Dec 14 2001 - 00:00
AladdinThe fact that thousands of people started booking for this pantomime a year ago - and similar numbers are doing likewise for …Tue Dec 11 2001 - 00:00
The Theft of SitaThis enterprising Australian-Indonesian collaboration at the Belfast festival, telling the traditional tale of the beautiful …Sat Nov 10 2001 - 00:00
A Midsummer Night's DreamThink of any production you have ever seen, on stage or screen, of Shakespeare's lyrical romantic comedy and you will still be…Wed Nov 07 2001 - 00:00
Shopping and F***ingIn its bleak, ugly, lovely poetry and subversively moral amorality, Mark Ravenhill's multi-award winning play brings to mind …Sat Oct 06 2001 - 01:00
The Importance Of Being EarnestThe Lyric Theatre has climbed a mountain of well-catalogued difficulties and, thanks in no small measure to the sterling efforts…Mon Oct 01 2001 - 01:00
MiddenIn the dictionary, the word "midden" is given as a dunghill, a refuse heapFri Aug 31 2001 - 01:00
StiffThink of a set of freshly dismembered limbs and organs doing a fandango to the strains of a Scottish reel; think of a piece of…Sat Jun 16 2001 - 01:00
RentOne hundred years after the first performance of La Boheme, a remarkable musical opened at the New York Theater WorkshopThu Jun 14 2001 - 01:00
The WeirThe Royal Court's perfectly paced revival of Conor McPherson's spellbinding play may deprive the Opera House's near-capacity …Sat Jun 09 2001 - 01:00
Hans Und GreteGruppe 38's exquisitely realised piece of dramatic storytelling is nothing less than a little gem of sheer magicSat May 26 2001 - 01:00