Bernie McGill: ‘I got through an English degree at Queen’s without encountering a single Irish female writer’
The author on parity of esteem, the genius of Hilary Mantel, and the inestimable importance of libraries
Belfast International Arts Festival
A Belfast-Palestine dance collaboration: ‘The project is fraught with problems, but that didn’t stop us’
Belfast International Arts Festival 2025: Our Voice Together Now includes a trio of commissions in Belfast, Cairo and Ramallah
The Tragedy of Richard III: Editing Shakespeare’s crude portrait of the disabled royal
Belfast International Arts Festival 2024: Oisín Kearney and Michael Patrick’s inventive staging exposes some of the play’s bile
Michael Patrick on Richard III: ‘It’s the first time on the island of Ireland a disabled actor has played this role’
‘We ask what happens when you have a life-threatening disease and only a few years to live,’ says the actor, who was diagnosed with MND last year
‘The church no longer has the same grip on moral values and lives but is still very much in our bodies and our mindsets’
Belfast International Arts Festival 2024: Patrick J O’Reilly on the power of Yerma, Lorca’s haunting rural tragedy, which he has relocated to Cooley for Tinderbox’s new production
Rhino review: Ionesco reimagined in the virtual worlds of gaming and automaton-like avatars
Belfast International Arts Festival 2023: Patrick J O’Reilly presents cold, sci-fi-inspired dramatic concept
Kévin Coquelard: ‘I loved the madness. You could just throw yourself on the floor and scream’
The formally trained performer of Gutter found a freer way to be creative after working with Irish choreographers
Burnt Out review: In Gary Mitchell’s new play, the destructive past resurfaces in the blink of an eye
Belfast International Arts Festival 2023: Dark deeds offset by cartoony humour have been a Mitchell trademark. It’s not as potent a combination here
Gary Mitchell: ‘I physically went into hiding because of the terror I saw in my children’s eyes’
The Belfast playwright still bears the scars of paramilitary intimidation. Burnt Out, his new play, is blunt about the old fantasies and harsh realities of Northern Ireland
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