THREE SISTERS

Alchemy Theatre presents its full production of Chekhov’s Three Sisters to sell-out audiences in Paris, in a fresh new version by company member Hannah Coyle.

RSC’s MEASURE FOR MEASURE

The RSC’s sleek production of Measure for Measure results in a play about sexual exploitation, political expediency and religious hypocrisy that could have been written last week.

THE VELVETEEN RABBIT

A classic children’s book for bedtime is given an updated stage adaptation, complete with a pithy script and some seriously clever songs.

WAR HORSE

The National Theatre’s War Horse has lost none of its power to astonish but has gained relevance in its depiction of the horrors of war.

DOM MARTIN: virtuoso blues musician

Rory Gallagher, Van Morrison and now Dom Martin, a virtuoso Belfast blues guitarist, whose life story fuels his powerful songs.

IMPASSE & the gate house

Two impressive dance initiatives, based on personal experiences, light up the second week of the Belfast International Arts Festival.

THE TRAGEDY OF RICHARD III

Art imitates life in this courageous reshaping of Shakespeare’s great history play, with a newly-diagnosed disabled actor in the title role.

YERMA

A dramatically revised version of Lorca’s rural tragedy removes it from the steamy heat of 1930s southern Spain to the chill and gloom of the Irish borderlands in the modern day.

SHIFT

Climate change is the most pressing issue of our time. Some 70 young dancers from across Ireland stage their own epic-scale protest.

CELTIC SEA – carlos nuñez & company

The charismatic Galician piper Carlos Nuñez is one of the world’s great artists. Along with a company of gifted musicians, he performs his new album Celtic Sea at the 2024 Festival Interceltique de Lorient.