CELTIC 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.

YES FESTIVAL

Joyce’s Molly Bloom has her own weekend of festivities at the climax of the two-year Ulysses: European Odyssey.

RIOT SYMPHONY

A symphony built around protest and activism makes for a thrilling new adventure for the Ulster Orchestra.

BECKETT : unbound

A multi-faceted celebration of the work of Samuel Beckett connects two great cities – Paris and Liverpool .

BOTH SIDES IN PARIS

A play, inspired by life on the Paris streets and the Côte d’Azur, receives its European premiere in the city where it all began.

FAREWELL TO RUSTIONI

The Ulster Orchestra honours the departure of its dynamic music director Daniele Rustioni with Mahler’s monumental Symphony No 2.

CARAVAGGIO & LAVERY

An unprecedented pairing of Caravaggios and 70 works by Sir John Lavery make for an exceptional visit to Belfast’s Ulster Museum.

GRANNY JACKSON’S DEAD

Digital memorialisation meets immersive, site-specific theatre in the shifting shape of a recreated family wake in a Belfast home.

the best of NORTHERN IRELAND THEATRE in 2023

It’s been an excellent year for Northern Ireland theatre. Here’s a selection of some of the highlights of 2023.

ATELIER SAMUEL BECKETT

Gare St Lazare Ireland, the leading Beckett specialists, have opened an artists’ residency an hour from Paris, dedicated to the great Irish writer.