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Theatre & Arts
Tis the season to be jolly? Oh yes it is ...
You can almost hear the sleighbells in the distance, as our theatres roll out
the tinsel in preparation for their festive entertainment.
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Inside Theatre & Arts
Amsterdam red light exhibit for National Gallery
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
The sordid world of Amsterdam's red light district is being laid bare in the
National Gallery, one of Britain's most revered arts institutions.
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It's Curtain up for Christmas
Friday, 13 November 2009
It might seem a little early to be using the ‘C-word’, but the curtain is
rising on Christmas shows all over the place next week — theatres around the
province are digging out those boxes of tinsel and Santa suits for their
festive entertainment.
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Visual Art 13/11/09
Friday, 13 November 2009
Instead of selling through a gallery, some artists are now using the internet
and one in particular who has been doing just that is Trevor Brown from
Coagh.
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Russell Brand: An egomaniac, but very funny too
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Russell Brand returned to Belfast as he rounds off his Scandalous tour and
though you would think enough time has passed to ensure we are all well and
truly over Sachsgate (one year, according to him), then think again.
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Artist unveils cycling exhibition
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
A new exhibition by award-winning Ulster artist Deepa Mann-Kler – entitled
“Kings of the Road” – focuses on her love of cycling.
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A brush withTerry Bradley
Monday, 9 November 2009
Visitors to Terry Bradley’s latest exhibition, which launches on Thursday, may
be a little surprised when they view the most recent work from the
Belfast-born artist, famous for his dramatic, vibrant paintings of
Sailortown dockers, tattooed women and voluptuous, burlesque dancers.
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Visual Art 6/11/09
Friday, 6 November 2009
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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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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