Belfast, my home city, has just honored one of its favourite sons, Sir Kenneth Branagh, by giving him freedom of the city. In what can only be described as a rare instance […]
Sir Kenneth Branagh Receive’s the freedom of Belfast
Sleeping Beauty (2014)-A Musical Review
‘Magic is real’, or at least it is at the Lyric right now. We, at NG, were given the opportunity to see ‘Sleeping Beauty’ the musical and (music lovers that we are), […]
Mistletoe and Crime – Christmas, Crime and Comedy
Think Cagney and Lacey but in Belfast and on Christmas Eve and that’s Mistletoe & Crime. Northern Ireland has an interesting sense of humour; it’s black, witty, self deprecating and also very […]
Pits and Perverts (2014) Theatre Review
Pits and Perverts The Lyric Theatre 9th October 2014 The 1984 Miner’s Strike was a key defining factor in Margaret Thatcher’s controversial legacy. Thousands of miners flocked to London to strike over […]
‘Pentecost’ at the Lyric Theatre Belfast
“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place”. (Book of Acts – Acts 2:1–6) At the time that this play was set, […]
Punk Rock (Theatre Review)
Simon Stephens’ award winning Punk Rock has arrived at the Lyric Theatre. Directed by Selina Cartmell and starring an all-new young cast, were the seemingly privileged clan of youths whose lives, under […]
Can’t Forget About You (Theatre Review)
After his recent break-up, Stevie (Declan Rogers), at 25 is a broken man, self-imprisoned in his dingy student flat and an ill-fitting pink dressing gown once owned by his beloved ex-girlfriend. Stevie’s […]
Lyric Theatre Summer-Winter 2014/15 Season Launch Review
Thanks to the Lyric Theatre, I was invited to their season launch, which was held today in the Rehearsal room. The new season is entitled ‘Northern Soul’, and begins with this summer’s production […]
Theatre Review: Demented – Lyric Theatre
“It’s like the start of a really bad joke, ‘a woman, a cripple, and a man with dementia walk into a bank’” Gary Mitchell’s latest play features Andrew (Ian Beattie) who is […]
Review: Bullet Catch
Friday, 25th October 2013 at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast as part of the Belfast Festival at Queen’s Rob Drummond a talented performer, director, playwright and magician brought his magical theatre show, Bullet […]
