COMPETITORS from around the globe are gathering this week at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall for the 2016 Oireachtas Rince na h-Éireann/All Ireland Irish Dance Championships. The week-long Irish dance event, which is the highlight of the Irish dancing community, is organised by An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha and is expected to bring in excess of 1,600 […]
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Youcef (11) dances up a storm in top event
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Lady Dixon in line for top park award
A South Belfast Park has been nominated for the Fields in Trust UK’s Best Park award. Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park and Waterworks in North Belfast are going head to head in the awards. Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park in South Belfast is one of our most popular parks. It is home to […]
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A downside to updating
Some of the best plays shown in Belfast in recent times have been traditional works updated to modern times, but transporting stories is not always plain sailing. That’s certainly the case with Three Sisters, currently running at the Lyric Theatre. The classic has been rewritten by novelist Lucy Caldwell and is set in 1990s Belfast. […]
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New play tells forgotten tale of united Belfast
A forgotten and epic tale about “ten days that shook Belfast” is set to be staged at the MAC Theatre next month. ‘1932 – The People of Gallagher Street’ is the latest production by Green Shoot Productions, addressing a particular episode of shared heritage within the history of Belfast. The much-awaited collaboratively written play by […]
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I go on the hunt for the ghosts of Crumlin
UNEXPLAINED SIGHTINGS, spooky noises and mysterious happenings. Are you brave enough to go ghost hunting? With the hugely popular paranormal tour at Crumlin Road Goal back for Halloween, I went along to check out the spooks and scares in one of Belfast’s most haunted buildings. The chilling paranormal tour involved a guided tour of the […]
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Come Dine With Me gets the James Peake Experience
A top Belfast entertainer makes his C4 debut this afternoon when he belts out a number on the hugely popular C4 show Come Dine With Me. In the show, five complete strangers take turns hosting what they consider to be the ultimate dinner party. Their guests give them points, and when the eating and socialising […]
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