:: WHEN were you last on stage doing live comedy? I actually can't remember, time seems to have wrapped into itself over the past two years.

THE "sourdough belly" now completely gone and replaced with trapeze-ready muscle, Ken Fanning, acrobat, juggler, funnyman and film-maker, is ready to rave again the way he knows best: circus-style.

BE aware, be very aware, they are all round us, they've taken over theatres, town halls, indoors and outdoors and there's one near you - in fact you may well have taken advantage already.

CHRISTMAS is the loud, comedic time of year.

BELFAST'S Out to Lunch festival will return for its 17th year this January, with over 50 live events taking place at the festival's traditional partner venue The Black Box and elsewhere in the city between January 8 and 30.

ONE of Belfast's best known parks is being transformed into a winter wonderland this month for a special immersive theatre experience.

Keith Singleton (41) is a clown doctor and actor whose CV includes Michael the Smuggler in Soft Border Patrol.

1. When did you think about a career in the arts and what were your first steps into it? I grew up in an underprivileged area of Palermo in Sicily, where the schools offered musical courses as a means of keeping the kids off the streets.