THEATRE & THE ARTS

Terry Bradley Shines Spotlight On Young Talent With Bradley Art Prize Competition

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Renowned artist Terry Bradley has launched the 2024 Bradley Art Prize giving hundreds of budding young artists a new chance to showcase their work in Belfast and Brussels and win a share in a total prize pot worth £4,000 for themselves and their school or college. Following unprecedented success last year and specifically designed to …

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14th Belfast Media Festival Unveils Impressive Line-Up For Next Week’s Two-Day Festival

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More than 1500 people are expected to descend on The Mac Belfast next week for the opening of the 14th Belfast Media Festival (BMF) entitled A City in Motion which starts on Wednesday 15 November at 10am with host William Crawley and runs until Thursday 16 November. A jam-packed schedule of 36 sessions covering all …

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Ards Arts Centre Opens New Exhibitions For November

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Ards Arts Centre in Newtownards is delighted to welcome two new art exhibitions this November: In Search for the Past, a joint exhibition by Maria and Anna Horvathova and Curious Carnival, a solo exhibition by Anna Donovan. Having graduated with an MFA from Belfast School of Art in 2023, Maria and Anna Horvathova have been developing their practices …

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Portico Ards Announces New Feel Good Festival

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The Portico of Ards has a brand new festival coming up in 2024. From 1-10 March, the Feel Good Festival comes complete with candlelit concerts, laser lit gigs and feel good activities. The Feel Good Festival starts by swathing the grade A listed architecture of Portico in soft candlelight for two concerts on its first …

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Foyle Film Festival Launches 2023 Programme Showcasing Irish & International Film Events

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Searchlight Pictures Next Goal Wins, directed by Oscar® winner Taika Waititi, will open this year’s festival which takes place from Friday 17 – Sunday 26 November 2023. Q&A with Oscar®-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker will follow the screening of Raging Bull as part of Powell and Pressburger season, and Irish International talent is showcased with an …

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West End Star Lights Up The Cathedral This Christmas

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Peter Corry has once again exceeded all expectations in unveiling an exciting line-up for this year’s eagerly awaited “Christmas at the Cathedral”.  Returning to the magnificent St Anne’s Cathedral, the show features an exceptional star of both Broadway and the West End, Rachel Tucker, as a special guest. Returning to her hometown of Belfast, Rachel will …

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Belfast Film Festival Starts Today With Writers, Workers & World-Class Features

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Belfast Film Festival has launched its 2023 programme with a prodigious line-up including the biggest films of both the Cannes and Venice film festivals and seven Best International Feature Oscar selections. The festival will run from the 2-11 November at a variety of locations across the city. Opening and Closing Belfast Film Festival’s Opening and …

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Big Telly At Belfast International Arts Festival 23’

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Critically acclaimed Big Telly Theatre Company, known for their pioneering and groundbreaking approach to playmaking, is making a triumphant return to this year’s BELFAST INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL [BIAF] with not one but THREE exciting new audience offerings. Building on the resounding success of their previous BIAF collaboration, “FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER…” (New York Times, Wall Street Journal), …

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Award-Winning Modern Love Story Ikaria To Embark On Uk Tour

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Writer-director Philippa Lawford’s debut play Ikaria is set to tour the UK this autumn, after a critically acclaimed London run in 2022. When romance blossoms between two university students from different walks of life, the giddy excitement of a first love is at first preoccupying and then stifling as the pair contend with their ultimate …

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Aspects Festival 2023 Starts Next Week

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Aspects, Bangor’s festival of reading, writing and words starts next week with a full programme of events celebrating the written word. This year’s festival features a packed line-up, with something for everyone on offer, from top authors to poetry, exhibitions, history and politics. Opening the festival on Wednesday 27 September is the Galicia Exchange and …

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Waterfront Neighbourhood Photo Exhibition Launches At The Belfast Maritime Festival

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Maritime Belfast Trust, the charity which preserves and promotes Belfast’s rich maritime heritage, has partnered with Belfast City Council to launch the Back to the River Maritime Mile through my lens exhibition.  Based at Hamilton Dock near Titanic Belfast, the exhibition showcases photographs taken by local community neighbourhoods including Sailortown, Lower Ormeau, East Belfast and …

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Mahon’s Way Comes To Clogher And Augher In The Next Two Episodes Of The Beautiful New UTV Series

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Joe Mahon is continuing his travels around Northern Ireland with his new UTV series of Mahon’s Way and his next two episodes brings him to Co.Tyrone to Clogher and Augher. Due to air on Tuesday 12 and 19 September at 8pm, Joe visits Clogher in the first of the two Co.Tyrone episodes. He heads to …

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Bradley Art Prize Winners Attend Belfast Exhibition Showcase

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The winners of Northern Ireland’s inaugural Bradley Art Prize competition – a new initiative led by renowned artist Terry Bradley and sponsored by Radius Connect – have been honoured at a special exhibition in the Terry Bradley Art Gallery in Victoria Square. To mark the launch of the exhibition, the young artists alongside their family …

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Cast & Creative Team Announced For Northern Ireland’s Biggest Panto

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Belfast’s Grand Opera House has announced the cast and creative team for its 2023 pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which is set to be the biggest show of the festive season, oh yes it is! Guaranteed to be a Christmas treat for all ages, Northern Ireland’s biggest panto has already sold a record …

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Belfast Mela Unveils Exciting Line Up For Nine Day Festival

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The 17th Belfast Mela Festival, sponsored by Sensata Technologies, which is now one of largest arts festivals in Northern Ireland bringing together music, dance, art, theatre, wellbeing and food from around the world to celebrate Belfast’s growing cultural diversity was launched today by the Lord Mayor of Belfast Cllr Ryan Murphy in the Dark Horse. …

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Creative Peninsula’s Twilight Market Is Coming To Newtownards

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Creative Peninsula – Northern Ireland’s premier celebration of Art and Craft, will showcase the Borough’s most talented artists and makers at the Twilight Market and Arts Night event Friday, 4 August. Formerly known as ‘Craft in the Square’, this year’s event has been renamed and moved to the later time of 4pm – 9pm. For …

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NI Youth Theatre Project Will Leave Audiences Wanting ‘More’!

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The Grand Opera House Trust’s 12th Summer Youth Production opens this week when a cast of 160 young people, aged 10-18 years, take to the Theatre’s iconic stage to perform the musical Oliver!. It is sixty years since the premiere of Lionel Bart’s masterpiece and, as well as winning numerous Tony and Olivier awards, it is one …

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Northern Ireland Opera Announces Principal Cast Of Tosca, Grand Opera House, Belfast

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Northern Ireland Opera has announced the Principal cast and creatives for their magnificent new production of Tosca, Puccini’s intense political thriller. This iconic tale of murder, mystery and love is directed by award-winning Artistic Director Cameron Menzies (Nominated Best Director for Into The Woods Irish Times’ Irish Theatre Awards 2022) opens at Belfast’s Grand Opera …

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Peace Heroines At The Linen Hall

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The Linen Hall will be hosting the Peace Heroines exhibition from Thursday 3 June until Saturday 30 September. Peace Heroines is an extraordinary showcase that celebrates women who, spanning the political spectrum, tirelessly worked towards establishing peace. Join us at The Linen Hall and discover the power of nine thought-provoking portraits, skilfully crafted by renowned …

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4 Events You Should Check Out At The Eastside Arts Festival This Year

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The Eastside Arts Festival is set to run for 10 days from the end of this month. Taking place from July 27 there will be a whole host of comedy, live music, art, theatre and everything in between. According to organisers: “The festival will host events in the unique surrounds of heritage venues such as Titanic …

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Dirty Dancing Returns To Belfast This Summer

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Smash-hit musical Dirty Dancing is set to visit Belfast’s Grand Opera House later this summer. The stage adaptation of the cult classic movie of the same name has just finished a season at London’s Dominion Theatre and is now hitting the road to showcase the performance to audiences across the UK. Following 17-year old Frances …

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The Bodyguard Musical Returns To The Grand Opera House

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The acclaimed musical The Bodyguard will return to the Grand Opera House in Belfast later this year. The smash-hit show will continue its UK tour, stopping in Belfast from Monday September 25 to Saturday September 30. The production features several famous faces, including Pussycat Doll Melody Thornton as Rachel Marron and soap star Ayden Callaghan …

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Hit Play The Beauty Queen Of Leenane Comes To Belfast’s Lyric Theatre

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Martin McDonagh’s Tony Award-winning play The Beauty Queen of Leenane has arrived at the Lyric Theatre. Running until Saturday July 1, this contemporary classic play has been enjoyed by audiences for almost thirty years. Based in the Irish village of Lennane, The Beauty Queen of Leenane centres on the character of Mauren Folan and her …

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Armagh Observatory And Planetarium Announces Series Of Summer Events

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– Family friendly events to take place on site at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium this summer – Armagh Observatory and Planetarium has announced a number of family friendly events that will take place on site during the summer holidays of July and August 2023. These will include: Planet Roar Live Dinosaur Show. Running at 10:30am, 12:30pm …

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Grand Opera House To Welcome The King And I Next Month

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Multi-Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical The King and I is returning by popular demand to Grand Opera House, Belfast as part of its new international tour.  Running from Tuesday June 20 to Saturday June 24 the production is considered one of the greatest musical shows from the golden age of musicals.  Starring the West End’s …

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Comedian Colin Murphy Brings New Show To Grand Opera House

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Following on from his sold out Colonization Tour, Belfast comedian Colin Murphy is back with his new show. He’ll be taking to the stage with WHATCHAMACOLIN at the Grand Opera House in Belfast as part of his new tour from Thursday June 29 to Saturday July 1. Best known for his television work hosting and …

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Festival Of Fools Is Back Again This Weekend

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Ireland’s largest free street performance festival returns with its 2023 programme in Belfast city centre from April 29th – May 01st 2023.  The programme offers three days of jam-packed, all-inclusive entertainment for the whole family including circus, magic, puppetry and much more. It takes place at various locations across Belfast City, and with all daytime shows free to attend, this …

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Belfast Artist Farhad O’Neill Displays Exhibition In Belfast Central Library

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Libraries NI is delighted to announce that a stunning exhibition of bas relief sculptures in bronze, by local artist Farad O’Neill, will be on display in Belfast Central Library until 27 May. The exhibition, titled ‘A Life in Low Relief’ was launched in the library on Thursday 6 April and  includes 71 works in total, …

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Belfast Parks Photographic Competition Now Open For Entries

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The Belfast Parks Photographic Competition is open once again for entries from amateur photographers in the city. Organised by Belfast City Council, the competition is sponsored by John McQuillan (Contracts) Ltd. There are four award categories to enter with three prizes in each category and you can enter the competition online or by post. The …

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Career Spanning Show By Master Watercolourist Launches In Belfast

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Barbara Allen is a renowned watercolour artist. She is a six-time winner of the Watercolour Prize at the Royal Ulster Academy. She has exhibited extensively including at the White House and at Bergen in Norway. Her work is held in many important collections, including the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, National Self Portrait Collection of …

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Dolphins Herald The New Season At Portico!

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Dolphins kindly answered the call to help Portico Arts and Heritage Centre promote its programme to a wider audience this week. A pair of wine bottle nose dolphins have spent several days making appearances in Strangford Lough. While the rollicking frolicking may seem like playful behaviour to the uninitiated, Professor Gluck of the Institute for …

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The Ocean At The End Of The Lane Review

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It’s always good to see The National Theatre in Belfast and once again they didn’t disappoint. It was well deserved standing ovations all round at the opening night of the thrilling, magical, fantasy, adventure – The Ocean At The Lane Of The Lane. Running at Belfast’s Grand Opera House all week this spectacular show from …

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The Imagine! Belfast Festival Of Ideas And Politics Returns With A Feast Of Events

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The Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics today launched its full 2023 programme with Belfast Lord Mayor, Councillor Christina Black and other guests. This year’s festival, taking place from March 20-26 2023, will explore the theme, ‘Brain Food: A Feast of Ideas for A Better World’ with a programme of film, humour, talks, music, poetry, theatre, exhibitions, tours, …

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The Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas and Politics Returns With A Feast Of Events

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The Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas & Politics today launched its full 2023 programme with Belfast Lord Mayor, Councillor Christina Black and other guests. This year’s festival, taking place from March 20-26 2023, will explore the theme, ‘Brain Food: A Feast of Ideas for A Better World’ with a programme of film, humour, talks, music, poetry, theatre, exhibitions, tours, …

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Original Titanic Artefacts Go On Display In Belfast

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As final preparations are being made ahead of the reopening of Titanic Belfast on Saturday, details have been announced of some of the new artefacts that will go on display including an original deck chair from RMS Titanic and the world-famous violin belonging to the ship’s hero musician, Wallace Hartley, which has been described as one of the rarest and most …

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Oklahoma! The Musical Set For Belfast Stage

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Multi award winning Fortwilliam Musical Society will perform Rogers and Hammerstein’s all-time favourite musical, Oklahoma! in Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey, this March. On the heels of its West End Revival, Oklahoma! tells the love story of cowboy Curly and farm girl Laurey. Judd, a worker at Laurey’s farm, also has feelings for her. Together, …

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