Michael Quinn

Northern Ireland reviewer

Reviews

Pinocchio, The Greatest Wonder of the Age

Paul Boyd

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

26 November–31 December 2021

Mass

Conor Mitchell

Belfast Ensemble, Ulster Orchestra

The Telegraph Building, Belfast

17–18 November 2021

A Night in November

Marie Jones

Soda Bread Theatre Company

The MAC, Belfast

11–28 November 2021

Department Story

Cathy Carson, Jan Carson, Roisín O’Donnell

Big Telly

Royal Avenue, Belfast

20–31 October 2021

The Grimm Hotel

Charles Way and Paul Bosco McEneaney

Cahoots NI

Cityside Retail & Leisure Park, Belfast

12–31 October 2021

The Border Game

Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney

Prime Cut Productions, Lyric Theatre, Belfast

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

2–23 October 2021

Distortion

Amanda Verlaque

The Mac, Belfast

30 September–24 October 2021

Rough Girls

Tara Lynne O’Neill

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

8–25 September 2021

Carson and the Lady

Michael Cameron

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, Theatre at The Mill

Antrim Castle Gardens

2–4 September 2021

Dracula

Liz Lochhead

Lyric Theatre Drama Studio

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

27 July–1 August 2021

News

NI Opera ventures Into the Woods for first outing of 2022

7 January 2022

Northern Ireland Opera has announced full cast details for its first production of 2022, with Sean Kearns and Wendy Ferguson headlining Sondheim and Lapine’s Into the Woods.

My Left Nut writers explore Irish border with new play

3 August 2021

Belfast’s Lyric and Prime Cut Productions will collaborate on a new play by Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney exploring the impact of the Northern Irish border in the centenary year of its creation.

NI Opera announces its delayed return to live performances

23 July 2021

Northern Ireland Opera unveils a new era with its first live performances with audiences in 19 months.

Belfast's Lyric Theatre to re-open after 16 months in the dark

23 June 2021

Belfast’s Lyric Theatre is to re-open in late July with its first productions for live audiences since the nationwide lockdown in March last year.

Lyric Belfast and BBC team up to produce new theatre commissions

30 May 2020

The BBC is to screen six new theatre pieces by leading Northern Irish writers produced by the Lyric Theatre, Belfast.

Lyric Belfast places life in lockdown under the microscope

24 April 2020

George Orwell’s 1984 inspires five new online performances exploring the now and the next of the coronavirus pandemic.

Love is in the air at Belfast's Lyric Theatre

28 November 2019

"Thwarted love, twisted love, forbidden love” to be the focus of the Lyric, Belfast's Spring-Summer 2020 season.

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

2 July 2019

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

Belfast's EastSide Arts Festival announces its 2019 programme

26 June 2019

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

Belfast’s Lyric Theatre to celebrate Belfast Ensemble

22 June 2019

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