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Northern Ireland

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Brian Doherty as Hugh

Translations

Brian Friel

Lyric Theatre, Belfast and Abbey Theatre, Dublin

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

23 April–29 May 2022

This Sh*t Happens All The Time at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast

This Sh*t Happens All The Time

Amanda Verlaque

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

22 March–2 April 2022

News

Poster for Northern Ireland Opera's La Traviata

Northern Ireland Opera tease first Traviata company details

28 April 2022

Northern Ireland Opera has revealed three key female participants for its highly anticipated La traviata in September.

Poster image for Lyric, Belfast and Abbey, Dublin's revival of Brian Friel's Translations

Friel’s Translations major Belfast and Dublin revival

18 March 2022

The Lyric Theatre, Belfast and Dublin’s Abbey Theatre have announced a significant new production of Brian Friel’s play Translations.

Poster image for Amanda Verlaque's This Sh*t Happens All The Time

Verlaque play to première at Lyric Belfast

16 March 2022

Amanda Verlaque’s eagerly awaited second play, This Sh*t Happens All The Time, is to receive its first production at Belfast’s Lyric Theatre.

Lisa Duffy, Eimear Fearon and James Doran in Laurence McKeown's Before You Go

Kabosh to tour McKeown’s online success Before You Go

15 March 2022

Belfast-based Kabosh is to take Laurence McKeown’s intense family drama Before You Go on tour following its success online last year.