Once upon a mattressA 40-year-old musical version of a ludicrous fairytale, which began life at a New York summer camp, took Broadway by storm and…Fri Dec 15 2000 - 00:00
Snow White and the Seven DwarfsFor all that this clearly told, familiar tale delivers - the traditional elements of high-quality, seasonal family entertainment…Sat Dec 9 2000 - 00:00
The Coronation VoyageThe sea is calm and weather conditions are fair as the ocean liner Empress of France sets sail from Montreal, bound for England…Mon Nov 13 2000 - 00:00
Vargas Llosa's tale lost in the tellingUnanswered questions lie at the heart both of this elusive play by Mario Vargas Llosa and of Michael Scott's eagerly-awaited …Thu Nov 9 2000 - 00:00
HamletBill Alexander's superbly crafted Hamlet for the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company conjures up both the vast, infinite space…Fri Oct 27 2000 - 01:00
Shalom BelfastWith pin-sharp timing, just days after Yom Kippur and following the Middle East peace summit, Replay Productions has brought …Sat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
Wonderful TennesseeIn this elusive, deeply spiritual play, the preoccupation with pagan ritual and ancient, primitive customs, which found such …Mon Oct 9 2000 - 01:00
How I Learned to DriveLI'L BIT Is only 11 years old when she has her first "driving lesson"Thu Sep 7 2000 - 01:00
The Wizard Of OzThanks to Stuart Marshall's inventive stage design and Alastair Kerr's vivid, multi-coloured moving lights show, Michael Poynor…Sat Aug 19 2000 - 01:00
Everything must goThe Welsh love their words, that much is admitted in one of the occasional, beautifully-written moments of lyrical coherence …Fri Jun 2 2000 - 01:00
The Lost ChildTwo years ago, Replay Productions, the North's theatre-in-education company, produced one of its most enchanting showsSat Apr 1 2000 - 01:00
The Butterfly of KillybegsBrian Foster's first play, developed from a rehearsed reading at the Lyric's 1999 Signposts season, is, in effect, several plays…Fri Mar 31 2000 - 01:00
The Merchant of VeniceFrom the moment that Marianne Macnaghten launched the Waterfront Theatre Company as the latest addition to Macnaghten Productions…Thu Mar 16 2000 - 00:00
Women on the verge of HRT - Get a life!To the majority of the overwhelmingly female audience, revelling in the first homecoming of this play - Marie Jones's companion…Wed Mar 15 2000 - 00:00
Mary StuartThis clumsy translation, dramatising the ties of blood that bound two legendary queens, Elizabeth I of England and Mary Stuart…Fri Mar 10 2000 - 00:00
Dealer's ChoiceThe title of Patrick Marber's terrific, award-winning play, here receiving its Northern Irish premiere courtesy of Prime Cut …Sat Mar 4 2000 - 00:00
Armchair acting at its comfy bestChair has no words, no discernible storyline and lasts barely half an hourFri Mar 3 2000 - 00:00
Gum BootsThey sing that Nelson Mandela taught them to throw off the chains around their ankles and celebrate their magnificent country…Mon Feb 21 2000 - 00:00
Animal Farm`A fairy story". " Not simply an allegory on the Russian Revolution"Sat Feb 5 2000 - 00:00
Pride and PrejudiceWhereas Jane Austen painted word pictures with devastating, feather-like delicacy, Sue Pomeroy's Good Company production of her…Thu Feb 3 2000 - 00:00
Gut-wrenching view of wasted, desperate livesAfter the chaos and manic blood-letting of Criminal Genius, comes the dark, unflinching focus of Problem Child, the second in…Tue Jan 18 2000 - 00:00
A bug's strifeOnce upon a time, there was a crowd of fresh-faced pantomime characters - Jack, Aladdin, Cinderella and Red Riding Hood - who…Fri Dec 17 1999 - 00:00
Hansel and GretelDown in the forest, something is stirring. Grassy glades and crystal-clear pools can just as easily turn misty and sinisterFri Dec 10 1999 - 00:00
Criminal GeniusIt may not deliver quite the degree of "gut-wrenching" laughter promised in the publicity material but it is difficult not be…Sat Dec 4 1999 - 00:00
Peter PanGrand Opera House director Derek Nicholls has demonstrated a shrewd combination of showmanship and restraint in his choice of…Tue Nov 30 1999 - 00:00
The Number 14The publicity material and programme notes for this combined production by Vancouver's Axis Theatre and Touchstone Theatre promises…Sat Nov 13 1999 - 00:00
Cholmondeleys and the Featherstone haughsNothing is quite as it seems in Lea Anderson's new, Bauhaus-influenced, 1920s Berlin cabaret-inspired show for her two celebrated…Wed Nov 10 1999 - 00:00
MasqueradeA softly draped, circular curtain rises on a silent, perfectly-formed other-world, where snow is gently falling and a shabby, …Fri Nov 5 1999 - 00:00
What colour British justice?The question and its shocking answer are implicit in the title of Richard Norton-Taylor and Nicholas Kent's riveting piece of…Wed Oct 13 1999 - 01:00
Twelfth NightMuch care, thought and craft has gone into the making of Andrew Hinds's stylish new production of Twelfth NightSat Oct 2 1999 - 01:00
Never mind the (bigoted) b*ll*xPunk is all about energy. But there is more to Energy than punkFri Oct 1 1999 - 01:00
Private LivesThis week, Belfast audiences are privy to the machinations of a thoroughly modern love affair of incendiary proportions, written…Thu Sep 30 1999 - 01:00
The MikadoA heavily draped, crimson velvet curtain swishes up on a set of beautifully painted flats, depicting a traditional courtyard …Fri Sep 17 1999 - 01:00
The Green ShootFresh from directing two actors in multi-faceted roles in Stones in his Pockets, Ian McElhinney steps into the breach himself…Fri Jun 11 1999 - 01:00
LoversLovers - the very word may be whispered, muttered, shouted from the rooftops, spat out; it may express passion, wistfulness, …Sat Mar 13 1999 - 00:00
BloodlinesIn John McClelland's thoughtful and thought-provoking new play, Replay Productions, the North's excellent theatre-in-education…Mon Mar 1 1999 - 00:00
A Mother's HeartDubbeljoint Productions have signed up the services of an established young radio playwright, Pearse Elliott, and given him his…Sat Feb 27 1999 - 00:00
PopcornIn The Popcorn Seller, one of Oscar-winning director Bruce Delamitri's famously lurid movies, something unusual happensWed Feb 24 1999 - 00:00
Whistling Irish feudsWe are becoming more and more acquainted with the Michael GThu Feb 4 1999 - 00:00
WitchcrazeThere is a strange sense of deja vu in reading Spanner in the Works' mission statement. "..Mon Jan 25 1999 - 00:00
Sleeping BeautyWhen it comes to Christmas shows in Belfast, each of the four main venues now seems to have found its nicheThu Dec 17 1998 - 00:00
CinderallaAfter last Christmas's biggest and most unfriendly giant in Belfast theatrical history, what on earth could director Derek Nicholl…Mon Dec 7 1998 - 00:00
La Pantera ImperialThe curtains part slowly on a darkened stage, lit only by flickering candles and hung all around with huge, solemn-faced busts…Mon Nov 30 1998 - 00:00
Prologue`Tell me a story", whispers the lover in the prologue to Isabel Allende's The Stories of Eva LunaFri Nov 27 1998 - 00:00
Putting the seasons through their pacesCois Ceim Dance Theatre has joined forces with its favourite Northern stamping ground, the Old Museum Arts Centre, for this Belfast…Wed Nov 25 1998 - 00:00
A masterwork that still thrillsThe second offering of the Royal Ballet's hugely successful eight-day stay in Belfast is a trio of sharply contrasting masterworks…Sat Nov 21 1998 - 00:00