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Theatre & Arts
Visual Art 6/11/09
I’ve finally returned to the new gallery on the Lisburn Road, the Salamander,
which I mentioned a few weeks ago. Owned by Peter Wheatly-Smith, it is at 4A
Maryville Avenue, a bright, modernised Victorian church hall.
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Inside Theatre & Arts
Seatbelts fastened for a colourful flight
Friday, 6 November 2009
Ever wondered what it’s like to turn left when you enter an aeroplane, and
settle down with the beautiful people?
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Transsexual Jesus play sparks outrage
Thursday, 5 November 2009
The creator of a controversial play which depicts Christ returned to earth as
a female transsexual has accused critics of misinterpreting her work. Nearly
300 people picketed the opening night of Jesus, Queen of Heaven at the Tron
Theatre in Glasgow this week, part of the city’s publicly funded annual
Glasgay! arts festival.
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Deepa’s art comes to Opera House
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Award-winning Ulster artist Deepa Mann-Kler is bringing her new exhibition “A
Touch of the Red Blues” to Belfast’s Grand Opera House later this week.
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Michael McIntyre’s hyper energy won the audience over
Monday, 2 November 2009
Michael McIntyre has had a meteoric rise in popularity over the last few
years. It’s not every stand-up comedian who can sell out the Odyssey Arena
in Belfast for two nights, but McIntyre succeeded in style at the weekend.
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Soap stars set to bare all in Calendar Girls
Saturday, 31 October 2009
Former EastEnders star Letitia Dean and ex-Hollyoaks actress Gemma Atkinson
are to strip off in the stage production of Calendar Girls.
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A spooky tale for Halloween chills
Friday, 30 October 2009
Are you one of the 24 hour party people? Those who answer ‘Yes’ are probably
still drawing breath after the end of the Belfast Festival.
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Visual Art 30/10/09
Friday, 30 October 2009
It’s anniversary time on the Lisburn Road as two of Northern Ireland’s
longest-running galleries, the Eakin and the Tom Caldwell, celebrate,
respectively, twenty and forty years in the business.
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Titanic artwork unveiled in Belfast
Friday, 30 October 2009
A giant toy modelling kit of the Titanic was unveiled yesterday on the site
where the doomed liner was built almost a century ago.
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Sean Scully: Artist who added the wow factor to museum opening
Saturday, 24 October 2009
Having just spent £17m on a facelift, the Ulster Museum needed its first major
exhibition to be big on the ‘wow’ factor. Fortunately it is.
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Visual Art 23/10/09
Friday, 23 October 2009
There have been a number of exhibition openings since the launch of the
Belfast Festival last week, including Pretty Deadly in The Naughton Gallery
at Queen’s and Exquisite Corpse in the Ormeau Baths Gallery.
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Festival treats await hungry theatre fans
Friday, 23 October 2009
Here in Belfast, theatre-goers are picking their way through the box of
dramatic treats on offer at the festival, like greedy nephews trawling
through the different chocolates at Christmas — spoilt for choice!
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Revealed: How Belfast’s new Lyric Theatre will look
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
The Lyric Theatre is to give a sneaky peek into designs for its new building
this Friday.
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Visual Art 16/10/09
Friday, 16 October 2009
This year’s Royal Ulster Academy exhibition is being held in the Cathedral
Quarter and apparently an unprecedented 1,454 entries were received,
resulting in around one in eight entries being accepted.
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Find courage, horror and cheer at Festival
Friday, 16 October 2009
It’s eyes down for the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s, which kicks
off tonight.
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Jim Jeffries: No angel
Friday, 16 October 2009
Every job has its occupational hazards, it seems, and life is no different for
stand-up comedians, be it courtesy of double-bookings, shoddy venues, or
even the occasional heckler.
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Belfast Telegraph's canvases of historical Ulster : Belfast blitz
Friday, 16 October 2009
Belfast Telegraph which dates back to 1870 is offering a unique opportunity to
buy selected images taken from the Belfast Telegraph historic archives
mounted on canvas and acrylic.
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Hirst tumbles in 'art power' list
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Damien Hirst has tumbled almost 50 places in the space of a year from the top
of a list of the contemporary art world's most powerful movers and shakers.
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Straight for the jugular
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Like many gay people, Lloyd Newson has seen the venom of anti-gay bigotry at
close quarters.
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‘Macbeth: Who is that Bloodied Man?’
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Macbeth is a story which has been told many times before. How is this
production different?
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Art experts find 'new Da Vinci worth £100m'
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Art experts believe they have identified a new Leonardo da Vinci which a
London art dealer says is worth nearly £100 million.
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