Michael Quinn

Northern Ireland reviewer

Reviews

Agreement

Owen McCafferty

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

25 March–22 April 2023

Something Different

Keith Singleton

Tinderbox Theatre Company

The Mac, Belfast

21–25 March 2023

I Am Maura

Clare McMahon

Commedia of Errors

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

10–12 March 2023

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare adapted by Anne Bailie

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

4 February–5 March 2023

Frankenstein’s Monster is Drunk and the Sheep Have All Jumped the Fences

Zoë Seaton

Big Telly Theatre Company

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

1–5 February 2023

Cinderella The Midnight Princess

Charles Way

Cahoots and The Mac, Belfast

The Mac, Belfast

30 November 2022–8 January 2023

The Snow Queen

Paul Boyd

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

25 November–31 December 2022

Revved

Patrick Quinn

An Grianán Theatre

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

17–20 November 2022

After Melissa

Jane Coyle

Powerstone

Brian Friel Theatre, Belfast

3–5 November 2022

Big Man

Paul McVeigh

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

Naughton Studio, Lyric Theatre, Belfast

27 October–13 November 2022

News

Druid announce ambitious O’Casey Dublin Trilogy

21 March 2023

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

Poster image for Owen McCafferty's Agreement

McCafferty marks 25th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement

1 March 2023

Owen McCafferty’s Agreement explores the making of peace in Northern Ireland.

Poster image for The Trumpet and the King

Terra Nova turns Tudor for The Trumpet and the King

24 February 2023

Henry VIII’s boyhood friendship with a black artist explored in world première.

A “shabby little shocker” is next up for Northern Ireland Opera

7 February 2023

NI Opera returns to Belfast’s Grand Opera House with Puccini’s Tosca.

Good Vibrations at the Grand Opera House, Belfast

Teenage Kicks and Good Vibrations at Belfast’s Grand Opera House

6 February 2023

Belfast punk legend Terri Hooley’s story gets a new lease of life

Christmas Craic for care homes in Northern Ireland

30 November 2022

Commedia of Errors to take Christmas shows to Northern Ireland’s care homes.

Covent Garden star hosts fund-raiser for London Ukrainian Institute

12 October 2022

Royal Opera principal Yuriy Yurchuk will lead a fundraising concert for London’s Ukrainian Institute at the Omnibus Theatre on October 16.

Poster image for Jane Coyle's After Melissa

Belfast première for play inspired by Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet

7 October 2022

Jane Coyle’s After Melissa is to receive its world première as part of the 60th Belfast International Arts Festival in November.

Brian Doherty as Hugh in Translations, nominated for Best Play Revival

Northern Irish talent attracts nominations in first UK Theatre Awards since 2019

29 September 2022

Belfast’s Lyric Theatre and writer and actor Richard Clements have been nominated in the 2022 UK Theatre Awards

Conor Mitchell's Propaganda: A New Musical

Cold War passions and satire in Propaganda: A New Musical

14 September 2022

Conor Mitchell takes a satirical view of love in the Cold War in his new "Broadway influenced" musical.

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.