THE work of disabled and deaf artists and of arts venues striving to improve disabled and deaf access has been recognised at a ceremony in Belfast.

GERRY Adams was the most recognisable person to provide a "heavenly voice" at a play celebrating 30 years of the West Belfast Festival, the director said.

ARTISTS, designers and makers around Northern Ireland will be showcasing their talent for the next four weeks with a huge programme of events taking place as part of August Craft Month.

1. When did you think about a career in comedy and what were your first steps into it? I had always thought about doing it, but it didn't manifest until I came to Belfast for university.

HAVING amassed an impressive collection of stage and screen credits during his acting career, Toby Jones can currently be seen in cinemas everywhere as the villain in CGI blockbuster Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

MORE than 70 events will take place in west Belfast over the next 10 days as part of Féile an Phobail's Debates and Discussions programme, starting today with talks at on topics including Martin McGuiness, the 1970 arms trial and whether or not Theresa May's 'magic money tree' exists.

THE work of Nobel Laureate Samuel Beckett is to be performed inside Enniskillen PSNI station.

REVIEW Paperboy The Lyric theatre Belfast THE era of the Troubles has been successfully pinned down by many playwrights from Christina Reid to Stewart Parker and Marie Jones.