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I’m Jane Coyle, a Belfast-based professional arts journalist and critic. Over the years I’ve been a regular contributor to The Stage, the Irish Times, Irish Theatre Magazine, BBC Northern Ireland and many other media outlets in Ireland, the UK and France. The Even Hand comprises features, reviews and comment on arts and culture across Ireland and beyond.

Author: Jane Coyle

I'm a Belfast-based professional arts journalist and critic. Over the years I've been a regular contributor to The Stage, the Irish Times, Irish Theatre Magazine, BBC Northern Ireland and many other media outlets in Ireland, the UK and France. The Even Hand comprises features, reviews and comment on arts and culture across Ireland and beyond.

Double Bill: Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful & East Belfast Boy

Two men, two lives, two very different worlds in a thought-provoking double bill.

Read More Double Bill: Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful & East Belfast Boy

The Man Who Fell to Pieces

A bold, heartbreaking new play brings the issue of mental health out of the darkness.

Read More The Man Who Fell to Pieces

The Threepenny Opera

Visually and musically arresting, this raunchy production could make good use of an added injection of danger and jeopardy.

Read More The Threepenny Opera

Edgefest

Edgefest – a season of three plays which shine light into the darkness of male mental health.

Read More Edgefest

The Final Year

The President is the coolest man in the room during the frantic round of diplomacy that marked his final year in office.

Read More The Final Year

The Death of John Barton

RSC co-founder John Barton leaves the stage and a generation of theatre practitioners mourns his passing

Read More The Death of John Barton

Longing for Snow – A Collection of Seamus Heaney’s Christmas Cards

Longing for Snow – a collection of Seamus Heaney’s Christmas cards is a rare treat at the HomePlace.

Read More Longing for Snow – A Collection of Seamus Heaney’s Christmas Cards

Star-crossed Reviews

To star or not to star? That’s a question facing critics.

Read More Star-crossed Reviews

The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes at the Gate – a dark fairytale for modern day Ireland.

Read More The Red Shoes

Ten of the Best Theatre & Dance Events of 2017 in Northern Ireland

The Even Hand selects ten of the best from 2017

Read More Ten of the Best Theatre & Dance Events of 2017 in Northern Ireland

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