Theatre and Arts

• Northern Ireland’s Weekend

  

• Hillas Smith: ‘I love seeing a film that explores the human condition, rather than a glorified display of CGI’

  

• ‘Writers don't use the last page of their book for the plot… it’s for one last spell’

  

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  Meet the Tyrone magician with over 45bn views on Facebook — and a mission to spread joy to the homeless

  

• ‘We put our heart and souls into this for little reward’: NI artists earning just £11,200 a year from work

  

• Diona Doherty taking back seat in new play to be there for her pre-school daughter

  

• Northern Ireland’s Weekend

  

• Jayne Wisener: ‘I actually can’t wait to go to Curry’s this summer! I’m such a child’

  

• Hairspray’s Belfast performance on song to bring star’s father back home

  

• Blue Lights’ Matt Forsythe: ‘People don’t like me as dodgy lawyer, but maybe if character develops they’ll be on my side’

  

Top StoriesMore

• Northern Ireland

  Twelfth flasher rejects being cast as a bigot in candid podcast appearance

  

• Northern Ireland

  Latest | NI disability rights activist has X accounts restored as platform apologises for ‘mistaken’ suspension

  

• News

  Channel 4 pulls show starring strongman Sean O’Hagan after assault conviction

  

• Armagh

  ‘Everybody wants to see Armagh win’: Poyntzpass Silver Band helped GAA club put their flags up as communities unite

  

• European

  Larne forward on the brink of shock move to Dutch football

  

PodcastMore

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  The Kew Files: Sam McBride unveils secret memos on former NI Secretary of State's IRA intelligence concerns

Popular VideosMore

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  Police arrest woman following mass brawl outside Belfast city centre hotel

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  CCTV shows the moment a man is brutally beaten in Bangor housing estate

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  The cross-community village of Poyntzpass embraces Armagh GAA flags with Twelfth bunting