Lyric Theatre
‘I’m hooked on Flipz’ - Tinderbox’s Ciaran Haggerty
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: Ciaran Haggerty, associate director at Tinderbox Theatre Company
Actor Michael Patrick on finding humour amid MND in the Tragedy of Richard III
Actor Michael Patrick is currently in the role of his life, playing Richard III at the Lyric Theatre. He tells Gail Bell about the emotional toll, how his MND is helping bring an authenticity to the part, his hopes for a new drug trial and how humour will always see him through
Love, loss and longing in contemporary Ireland
Set in a village on the Newry/Louth border, Tinderbox Theatre Company’s retelling of Lorca’s powerful tragedy Yerma looks at societal norms and institutions and forces us to assess whether they work in today’s society. Jenny Lee finds out more from their creative director Patrick J O’Reilly ahead of the production's run in the Belfast International Arts Festival
Trans-positive play’s ‘come as you are’ message - Rose + Bud review
Semi-autobiographical piece has an uplifting ending
‘Having gay people stage a play in Belfast was once taboo; now we have one that is celebrating our history’ - How our society has changed, as pioneering gay rights group Cara-Friend marks its 50th anniversary
As Cara-Friend celebrates 50 years supporting Belfast’s gay community, Gail Bell chats to Brian Gilmore, the organisation’s co-founder
Laughing in the face of suffering with a Shakespearean tragedy - Radio review
Actor and writer Michael Patrick’s exhilarating and funny life story
‘It’s good to dream’ – True love, socialism and screen tests in coming-of-age true story from Tony Macaulay
As his coming-of-age memoir All Growed Up comes to the Belfast stage this summer, Jenny Lee chats to writer and peacebuilder Tony Macaulay about what university life taught him about difference, literature and parking on the beach
The Pillowman brings a Martin McDonagh theatrical shock to the Lyric Theatre stage
Director Emma Jordan talks to Gail Bell about the collision of comedy and cruelty in Martin McDonagh’s acclaimed The Pillowman, which opens at the Lyric Theatre this week
Review: Cailíní tells the story of a family’s world on the brink of change
The drama is an absorbing character study that explores the concepts of responsibility, the past haunting the present and the fragility of relationships
The lasting impact of Project Children brought to the stage by Fionnuala Kennedy’s powerful play
Jenny Lee chats to Belfast playwright Fionnuala Kennedy and Project Children volunteer Monica Culbert, one of those who inspired her play about the summer project which brought Protestant and Catholic children to America for respite during the height of The Troubles