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The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Martin McDonagh

Lyric Theatre and Prime Cut

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

27 May–24 June 2023

Reviews

Ger Ryan as Mag and Nicky Harley as Maureen in The Beauty Queen of Leenane

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Martin McDonagh

Lyric Theatre, Belfast, Prime Cut Productions

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

27 May–1 July 2023

Poster image for Charis McRoberts' Expecting

Expecting

Charis McRoberts

c21 Theatre Company

The Mac, Belfast

6–7 May 2023

Poster image for Owen McCaffety's Agreement

Agreement

Owen McCafferty

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

25 March–22 April 2023

Poster image for Something Different

Something Different

Keith Singleton

Tinderbox Theatre Company

The Mac, Belfast

21–25 March 2023

Calla Hughes in Clare McMahon's I Am Maura

I Am Maura

Clare McMahon

Commedia of Errors

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

10–12 March 2023

News

Poster image for The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Prime Cut to revive McDonagh’s Beauty Queen

23 May 2023

Belfast’s Prime Cut partners with Lyric Theatre for anticipated revival of Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy The Beauty Queen of Leenane.

Banner image for Equity's petition against funding cuts

Equity petition against Northern Ireland arts cuts nears 12,000

28 April 2023

Growing support for Equity campaign against 10% arts cuts.

Tom Chambers who will lead the cast of Murder in the Dark

Tom Chambers in Murder ghost story

12 April 2023

Original Theatre and Trafalgar Entertainment will co-produce a new Torben Betts thriller, Murder in the Dark, for a UK and Ireland tour from September 2023.

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Druid announce ambitious O’Casey Dublin Trilogy

21 March 2023

Druid to stage three seminal O’Casey plays in all-day marathon.

Features

Michael James Ford and Eloïse Stevenson in Prime Cut's X'ntigone at The Mac, Belfast

Northern Ireland theatre highlights in 2022

23 December 2022

Michael Quinn picks his top 10 Northern Ireland theatre shows in 2022.