Wednesday, May 06, 2026

The Bodyguard – high production values but emotionally light adaptation of classic film (Grand Opera House until Saturday 9 May)

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The spirit of Whitney Houston is much less pronounced in this latest UK touring version of The Bodyguard musical (based on the 1992 film) d...
Monday, May 04, 2026

Trojans – epic yet contemporary themes explored with a choreography that creates an intimate connection with the audience (Luail at Island Arts Centre)

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The last time I saw work by Luail, their inaugural show occupied the full width of the Lyric’s main stage. Last week, the experience was mu...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

Cuckoo-Land – rage, reason and realpolitik in this punk exploration of the NI Women’s Coalition (Kabosh and The MAC until 26 April)

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It was a pretty punk move to wheel an electoral trojan horse onto the ballot paper and contest the 1996 Northern Ireland Forum elections kno...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

A Bomber’s Moon – bombs, babies and barbarianism in the name of God (Bright Umbrella at The Sanctuary Theatre until Saturday 2 May)

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It’s 1941. Sadie Murray – ‘Minty’ to her friends – is employed in the Ropeworks. Her boyfriend has a safe job working as RAF ground crew. Bu...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Anything Goes – nautical nuptials nixed by true love (St Agnes’ Choral Society in Grand Opera House until Saturday 18 April)

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With music and lyrics by Cole Porter and PG Woodhouse amongst the team writing the book, Anything Goes is a sea of madcap twists and witty ...
Friday, April 10, 2026

Call to Adventure: The life and times of Francis Maginn – a tale of historical language injustice which still resonates today (c21 Theatre on tour)

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Paperwork and files from a building are being cleared. The boss is not impressed when he discovers a woman hoking through the kerbside skip ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Midwinter Break – an overly gentle exploration of exile and trauma (Queen’s Film Theatre from Friday 20 March)

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A pregnant woman was caught up in gunfire during the Troubles in what she euphemistically refers to as “as accident” in Belfast. Her baby wa...
Sunday, March 08, 2026

Front & Centre / Dangerous Play / Poached (6-8 March in The Playhouse)

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Back in November 2015, the #WakingTheFeminists campaign erupted in the realisation of a dearth of women’s voices and female creatives in th...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

Consumed – soup is taken while intergenerational trauma comes back to bite four generations of women (Lyric Theatre until Sunday 8 March, then Park Theatre in London)

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Do we pass on trauma from the Troubles and even as far back as the Irish Famine from one generation to the next as easily as we learn to rep...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

Animal Farm – modern day protesters give their take on Orwell’s classic tale (Tinderbox Theatre at The MAC until 28 February)

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Four stellar performances anchor Tinderbox’s adaptation of Animal Farm . A group of women have been placed in a distressed holding cell that...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

The Barber of Seville – a finger-picking and financially-wise Figaro engineers romance (Lyric Opera Ireland at Grand Opera House until Saturday 21 February)

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Figaro can fix your love life as well as spruce up your barnet. The barber helps a poor student Lindoro to enter the Seville home of a beaut...
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