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.

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

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

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

Irish actress Valene Kane takes on the role of a lifetime, a part she has waited years to play.

A powerful, affectionate homage to an old soldier, whose spirit was crushed after active service in World War II.

An extraordinary world premiere in Derry by one of the world’s leading contemporary circus companies, Lille-based Compagnie XY

In the idyllic Breton town of La Gacilly, the world’s top photo-journalists remind us of the perils facing millions of our fellow citizens.

The island of Paxos is the glorious setting for Irish Wings, an annual cultural dialogue between Greece and Ireland.