One of the most iconic plays of Irish theatre has been reimagined for our times and received a standing ovation at the Lyric Theatre during its opening night. Running until November 2, JM Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World tells the story of Pegeen Mike (Eloise Stevenson) who is tired of her life, working in […]
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Playboy as relevant today as it ever was
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Willkommen to the Cabaret
YOU cannot take your eyes off either actor or scenery – from Berlin border control to the hedonistic Kit Kat Club – in Bill Kenwright’s important and timely production of Cabaret. Idealistic writer Cliff Bradshaw (Charles Hagerty) disembarks from a train, boxed typewriter under his arm, keen to find inspiration and new adventures as Berlin […]
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Neurology waiting lists “a disgrace”
ALLIANCE Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has branded the latest neurology waiting lists “a disgrace” and warned they are the latest example of people paying for others’ political irresponsibility. The South Belfast MLA was speaking after it was revealed the number of people waiting for a first neurology outpatient appointment here has more than doubled in […]
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Police appeal for information following ‘appalling’ damage to war graves
POLICE are appealing for information following the further desecration of war graves in the City Cemetery. It is understood several graves were attacked on Saturday and Sunday night. A cross marking the resting place of a baby was also broken in half. Sinn Féin Councillor Steven Corr said it was “hard to find the words” […]
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Indigenous peoples living under threat
THE world is facing an ecological disaster. Natural resources are relentlessly extracted and natural habitats destroyed in the name of profit, and there are few who feel the harsh realities of this material greed more acutely than the indigenous communities of Guatemala, who are routinely murdered, ‘disappeared’ and brutalised by corporations intent on driving them […]
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