SADIE

A new play by David Ireland is always an eagerly awaited event, but filming it live in Covid conditions, even with a trusted team on board, proved to be a challenging logistical exercise.

BLOODLANDS

The mysterious, watery world of Strangford Lough in County Down hides all kinds of dark secrets. Detective Tom Brannick (James Nesbitt) has his own personal reason for investigating one of them in the BBC’s new network
drama series.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

In times of Covid, the Old Vic adds A Christmas Carol to its In Camera series, applying 21st century digital technology to the Dickens classic.

SAMSON & GOLIATH

Irish singer songwriter Dani Larkin releases a new single off her first album, which celebrates Ulster, the warrior province.

LIVES REFLECTED

Belfast Cathedral launches an online Book of Remembrance for lives lost during the year 2020.

BELFAST INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL 2020

The 2020 Belfast International Arts Festival goes entirely online for the first time in its 58 year history.

FAITH HEALER

Brian Friel’s towering quartet of monologues is given powerful, persuasive voice by Michael Sheen in the title role of the dissembling faith healer, with
intelligent support by Indira Varma and David Threlfall.

FESTIVAL PHOTO LA GACILLY 2020

This major international festival has escaped the plague of Covid 19. Festival Photo La Gacilly is open-air, brimming with green energy, free to all and full of images that remain long in the memory and the conscience.

FONDATION MAEGHT

Fondation Marguerite and Aimé Maeght is one of the world’s great private collections of modern art, standing tall among the medieval hilltop towns and vineyards of Provence.

KEEPING IT REAL (PÉRIL SUR LA VILLE)

The residents of Marseille’s run-down Saint-Mauront neighbourhood are used to being called ‘scum’ but they eloquently tell their own story to one of their own – film maker Philippe Pujol.