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Before… Tara Lynne O'Neill as Shirley Valentine at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast

Shirley Valentine

Willy Russell

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

10 September to 5 October 2019

Lisa Dwyer Hogg as Fianna in Meghan Tyler's Crocodile Fever

Crocodile Fever

Meghan Tyler

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in association with Lyric Theatre, Belfast

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

3 to 8 September 2019

Getting fruity: Greg Caffrey's The Chronic Identity Crisis of Pamplemousse for NI Opera

The Chronic Identity Crisis of Pamplemousse

Greg Caffrey

Northern Ireland Opera

Brian Friel Theatre, Belfast

16 June 2019

News

Sir Ian McKellen in year-long 80th birthday celebrations

Sir Ian McKellen to fund internships at Belfast's Lyric Theatre

Young talent to benefit from theatre star's appearances in Belfast.

Matthew Forsythe in Marie Jones' A Night in November

Belfast's EastSide Arts Festival announces its 2019 programme

Theatre and circus steal the limelight in Belfast’s EastSide Arts Festival.

Belfast Ensemble's The Fall of the House of Usher, 2017

Belfast’s Lyric Theatre to celebrate Belfast Ensemble

Belfast’s Lyric Theatre to host a celebration of the work of the Belfast Ensemble.