Author: Jane Coyle
RSC’s MEASURE FOR MEASURE
The RSC’s sleek production of Measure for Measure results in a play about sexual exploitation, political expediency and religious hypocrisy that could have been written last week.
Read More RSC’s MEASURE FOR MEASURETHE VELVETEEN RABBIT
A classic children’s book for bedtime is given an updated stage adaptation, complete with a pithy script and some seriously clever songs.
Read More THE VELVETEEN RABBITWAR HORSE
The National Theatre’s War Horse has lost none of its power to astonish but has gained relevance in its depiction of the horrors of war.
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Rory Gallagher, Van Morrison and now Dom Martin, a virtuoso Belfast blues guitarist, whose life story fuels his powerful songs.
Read More DOM MARTIN: virtuoso blues musicianIMPASSE & the gate house
Two impressive dance initiatives, based on personal experiences, light up the second week of the Belfast International Arts Festival.
Read More IMPASSE & the gate houseTHE TRAGEDY OF RICHARD III
Art imitates life in this courageous reshaping of Shakespeare’s great history play, with a newly-diagnosed disabled actor in the title role.
Read More THE TRAGEDY OF RICHARD IIIYERMA
A dramatically revised version of Lorca’s rural tragedy removes it from the steamy heat of 1930s southern Spain to the chill and gloom of the Irish borderlands in the modern day.
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Climate change is the most pressing issue of our time. Some 70 young dancers from across Ireland stage their own epic-scale protest.
Read More SHIFTCELTIC SEA – carlos nuñez & company
The charismatic Galician piper Carlos Nuñez is one of the world’s great artists. Along with a company of gifted musicians, he performs his new album Celtic Sea at the 2024 Festival Interceltique de Lorient.
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