Theatre: Emma Jordan directs a well-balanced ensemble cast in the playwright’s depiction of a writer suspected of child murder in a totalitarian state
Theatre: Anne-Marie Casey’s production wraps itself around audience like comforting, hand-quilted blanket
Theatre: Devlin cleverly creates workplace mundanity and half-promise of a good time
Belfast International Arts Festival 2023: Patrick J O’Reilly presents cold, sci-fi-inspired dramatic concept
Belfast International Arts Festival 2023: Dark deeds offset by cartoony humour have been a Mitchell trademark. It’s not as potent a combination here
The Belfast playwright still bears the scars of paramilitary intimidation. Burnt Out, his new play, is blunt about the old fantasies and harsh realities of Northern Ireland
Lyric Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s doomed romance emphasises the contemporary at expense of the universal
Belfast International Arts Festival: Conor Mitchell has crafted a slippery, intelligent new opera
Christmas spirits and sympathy for the devil in the Northern Irish premiere of Conor McPherson’s play
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
