The Green ShootFresh from directing two actors in multi-faceted roles in Stones in his Pockets, Ian McElhinney steps into the breach himself…Fri Jun 11 1999 - 01:00
LoversLovers - the very word may be whispered, muttered, shouted from the rooftops, spat out; it may express passion, wistfulness, …Sat Mar 13 1999 - 00:00
BloodlinesIn John McClelland's thoughtful and thought-provoking new play, Replay Productions, the North's excellent theatre-in-education…Mon Mar 01 1999 - 00:00
A Mother's HeartDubbeljoint Productions have signed up the services of an established young radio playwright, Pearse Elliott, and given him his…Sat Feb 27 1999 - 00:00
PopcornIn The Popcorn Seller, one of Oscar-winning director Bruce Delamitri's famously lurid movies, something unusual happensWed Feb 24 1999 - 00:00
Whistling Irish feudsWe are becoming more and more acquainted with the Michael GThu Feb 04 1999 - 00:00
WitchcrazeThere is a strange sense of deja vu in reading Spanner in the Works' mission statement. "..Mon Jan 25 1999 - 00:00
Sleeping BeautyWhen it comes to Christmas shows in Belfast, each of the four main venues now seems to have found its nicheThu Dec 17 1998 - 00:00
CinderallaAfter last Christmas's biggest and most unfriendly giant in Belfast theatrical history, what on earth could director Derek Nicholl…Mon Dec 07 1998 - 00:00
La Pantera ImperialThe curtains part slowly on a darkened stage, lit only by flickering candles and hung all around with huge, solemn-faced busts…Mon Nov 30 1998 - 00:00
Prologue`Tell me a story", whispers the lover in the prologue to Isabel Allende's The Stories of Eva LunaFri Nov 27 1998 - 00:00
Putting the seasons through their pacesCois Ceim Dance Theatre has joined forces with its favourite Northern stamping ground, the Old Museum Arts Centre, for this Belfast…Wed Nov 25 1998 - 00:00
A masterwork that still thrillsThe second offering of the Royal Ballet's hugely successful eight-day stay in Belfast is a trio of sharply contrasting masterworks…Sat Nov 21 1998 - 00:00
Getting the PictureAndrew Jackson: born in South Carolina of Ulster extraction, seventh President of the United States, founder of the Democratic…Fri Nov 13 1998 - 00:00
In search of true lovesIn common with its central character, The Goodbye Girl has been around the block a few times since it left the pen of New York…Thu Jun 04 1998 - 01:00
Friel's integrity well servedIn this timely and moving production - sadly, Robin Midgley's last as artistic director at the Lyric - he has delivered the intensity…Thu Apr 23 1998 - 01:00
To Hell With FaustMarlowe is there, but so is Seamus Deane; Goethe is there, but so is Yeats; Gounod is there, but so is BusonilSat Feb 07 1998 - 00:00
Into The HeartlandA considerable amount of meat has been grafted onto the bones of John McClelland's play since it was first unveiled by Tinderbox…Mon Feb 02 1998 - 00:00
Marat-SadeWho better to figure as one of the two central figures of a play whose interpretation is strongly influenced by Antonin Artaud…Wed Jan 28 1998 - 00:00
Beckett ShortsScarcely could the stark, isolating vision of Samuel Beckett have been given a more graphic treatment than in the RSC's installation…Thu Nov 27 1997 - 00:00
Tripping the light fantasticIn Robert Wilson's Saints And Singing, a light gleams and is gone, only to be replaced by another blinding beam, then another…Sat Nov 22 1997 - 00:00
Shameful reminderIt would be difficult to know exactly how to describe Srebrenica - drama documentary, reality theatre, theatrical journalism - …Thu Nov 20 1997 - 00:00
Risks of new look festivalIt is now widely recognised that this year's 35th Belfast Festival at Queen's is like no other that has been mounted during its…Thu Nov 20 1997 - 00:00
Sound of the southFew but the most inveterate theatre-goers in these islands would, until now, have had the opportunity of seeing a full-scale, …Wed Nov 19 1997 - 00:00
Elusive vision of a grand planIn this radical new Bristol Old Vic touring production, an unholy alliance has been forged between Pete Postlethwaite's driven…Thu Nov 13 1997 - 00:00
Exposing a mess of social, romantic misfitsAt surface level, Michael Bennett's A Chorus Line - here receiving its hugely enjoyable Irish premiere, courtesy of Michael Poynor…Sat Aug 16 1997 - 01:00
Queer ThinkingIN spite of the existence of Gay and Lesbian Pride Week in performance artist Patrick Scully's home town of Minneapolis, there…Thu Jun 26 1997 - 01:00
When things go wrongWHEN LookOut Theatre Company's double bill of new plays entitled Virtues was staged at the 1994 Edinburgh Festival, it was judged…Sat Apr 19 1997 - 01:00
Out for the Count"I have to pinch myself sometimes to convince not dreaming," admits Christopher Gable, artistic director of the Northern Ballet…Sat Apr 05 1997 - 01:00
All My Sons, Arts Theatre, BelfastSMALL-TOWN American 1947; the war is just three years past but its mucky fingers are still all over everything.Wed Apr 02 1997 - 01:00
Mapping the hard roadON Wednesday, a new play by one of the North's most outspoken and courageous young writers opens at the Peacock TheatreSat Feb 08 1997 - 00:00
Belfast's riverside jewel glitters for gala opening nightTHE evening may have been damp but the lights along Belfast's River Lagan shone brightly last night for the glittering gala opening…Sat Jan 18 1997 - 00:00
Northern delightsTHE next 12 months will be a testing time for me of the major players in the Northern arts community, with money - as ever - …Thu Jan 02 1997 - 00:00
CinderellaCHEAP and wonderfully cheerful are just two of the reasons why this year's panto at the Belfast Arts Theatre is all but sold …Tue Dec 17 1996 - 00:00
King StagA night at the opera in the company of Opera Circus is a one off experience to be treasured for many moons to comeFri Nov 22 1996 - 00:00
Kings Belfast FestivalA BARE stage, moodily lit; the thud of drums in the distance, creeping ominously closer; a hushed, waiting audienceWed Nov 20 1996 - 00:00
MetamorphosisIN the sensitive, sparky hands of director Zoe Seaton and the ever maturing Big Telly Theatre Company, Steven Berkoff's scream…Fri Nov 15 1996 - 00:00
Putting an edge on the Belfast FestivalFOR many years, the Belfast Festival at Queen's operated at a level of virtual infallibilityThu Nov 14 1996 - 00:00
What The Body Does Not RememberDANCE from Belgium occupies a prime position on the performing arts programme during the first two weeks of the Belfast Festival…Wed Nov 06 1996 - 00:00
PygmalionTHE first voice we hear in Robin Midgley's bright and breezy, restructured Pygmalion is that of GBS himself bemoaning the disrespect…Sat Oct 05 1996 - 01:00
SkylightHAVING written a string of epic works about the great monoliths of society - the law, the church, contemporary politics - David…Sat Sept 07 1996 - 01:00
Juggernaut rolls into townDOWN in Co Kerry, a film is being shot standard Hollywood studio fare, earnestly telling a deep and meaningful tale of post famine…Thu Aug 08 1996 - 01:00
LIVING WITH THE ENEMYAS the curtain falls in the theatre, the sweetest sound to an actor's ears is not the spontaneous thunder of rapturous clapping…Sat Jun 08 1996 - 01:00
Dancing at LughnasaTHE elusive "dream music that seems to be its own echo" is much in evidence in Conall Morrison's rhythmic, resonantly melodic…Sat Apr 27 1996 - 01:00
Tapping into new tastesTHE skyscrapers and scurrying crowds of Manhattan form a massive, blow up back drop to this slick revival of the award winning…Thu Apr 25 1996 - 01:00
Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are DeadSTOPPARD'S virtuoso displays of verbal pyrotechnics and intellectual gymnastics have rarely been unveiled to greater dramatic…Thu Mar 14 1996 - 00:00
