Performing Arts
THEATRE REVIEW: The Winters Tale, Royal Shakespeare Company
David Farr’s RSC production, currently at the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-on-Avon, is a play of two halves. Greg Hicks gives…
THEATRE REVIEW: Billy Twinkle, Requiem for a Golden Boy
Ronnie Burkett is a Canadian master marionettiste who writes, directs, builds all the puppets and sets for and does all…
THEATRE REVIEW: The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company
One of the reasons why Shakespeare’s plays have remained so attractive to modern audiences is the vast array of possibilities…
THEATRE REVIEW: Deep Cut, The Tricycle Theatre
A simple living room set and the confessional, conversational tone of the writing combine to achieve something that is beyond…
THEATRE REVIEW: Burnt by the Sun, National Theatre
Chekhov’s name is mentioned in the dialogue and serves to underpin a particularly Russian form of nostalgia that could be…
On Course for Your Career
So you want a career in the creative arts... but where do you start? Should you jump straight in or…
The Best of Times is Now
I’ve never been politically driven but I was amazed how many people were offended enough to leave the auditorium (invariably…
OPERA REVIEW: Carmen, Royal Albert Hall
The four-act opera unfolded within the brilliantly recreated Iberian settings of Seville and was staged on a round platform that…
THEATRE REVIEW: England People Very Nice, National Theatre
Richard Bean’s England People Very Nice, directed by Nicholas Hytner at the National Theatre, is intended to reveal the absurdity…
Re-imaging communities
Murals feature on many a bus or taxi-tour of Belfast, but the powers that be say that any overtly sectarian…