SHIRLEY VALENTINE

An exceptional central performance brings genuine emotion and deep feeling to this seamless Belfastised version of Willy Russell’s evergreen favourite.

NOW FOR THE NORTH

Three’s Theatre Company’s multi-faceted storytelling installation throws new light and new angles onto the Pro-Choice campaign in Northern Ireland.

THE YEAR OF GALICIA – 2019 FESTIVAL INTERCELTIQUE DE LORIENT

Galicia in northern Spain is the featured Celtic nation in this year’s Festival Interceltique de Lorient. The Breton naval town is awash with fabulous sights and sounds as 800,000 Celtis converge.

A DAY IN AMBOISE – AT HOME WITH LEONARDO DA VINCI

The town of Amboise on the banks of the River Loire, is celebrating the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo Da Vinci, the great artist, engineer, inventor and designer.

A BELFAST PRIDE WELCOME FOR THE QUEER CEILI

The premiere of A Queer Ceili at the Marty Forsythe brought together old comrades and activists. Now it returns during Belfast Pride 2019.

ARTS OVER BORDERS 2019

With Brexit looming and the significance of the border in Ireland coming into sharp focus, this trio of festivals rings out with cultural and political resonance.

DEAD DOG IN A SUITCASE (AND OTHER LOVE SONGS)

Thunderous, subversive and utterly relevant, Kneehigh produces an anthem for the strange times in which we are living.

LA GACILLY PHOTO FESTIVAL

Russia and its surrounding countries feature in All Eyes East, the theme of this year’s La Gacilly Photo Festival, where threats to our planet are never far from the photographers’ lens.

BASH: THE BELFAST ENSEMBLE

In two short years, the Belfast Ensemble, under its artistic director Conor Mitchell, has produced a catalogue of small theatrical miracles. Some of them are revisited at Bash.

COTTON FINGERS

Many Northern Ireland women take the ferries to Fishguard and Pembroke Dock every year in search of a harrowing medical procedure. Aoife is one of them.