Jane Hardy
ArtBeat: Work, Place and Language at Templemore Baths, Brian Desmond Hurst exhibition at Ulster Museum, poetry from Padraig Regan
THE beautiful and historic Templemore Baths have reopened with a splash and an EastSide Arts Festival event this evening. The Victorian baths provided washing and swimming facilities for the expanding working population drawn to the shipyards, and George Best and James...
ArtBeat: Anne Boleyn at the Naughton Studio, Red-to-Red at The MAC, Ploughboy of the Western World at Strand Arts Centre and Glastonbury highlights...
I WAS lucky enough to see Howard Brenton's drama Anne Boleyn at the Naughton Studio last week and was blown away by the acting, direction and flair.
Weekend Q&A with Cate Conway: I just love my job on the radio
Cate Conway's hot tub is her escape from the pressures of the day
ArtBeat: Race in theatre, The MAC in the mix for a top award, playing for peace and Eamonn Holmes v Phillip Schofield
A real controversy surfaced when a London theatre decided to ban white audience members from a performance of the race satire Tambo & Bones
ArtBeat: Robin Elliott Tonight, Spongebob: The Musical and At The Table
ROBIN Elliott, the multi-talented broadcaster who's the Mr Media of Belfast, is to be congratulated on having his TV programme picked up by Sky.
ArtBeat: David Ireland brings Not Now to Belfast; an exhibition about life in suburbia; and the final events of the CQAF
You might think ‘uniqueness’ is a good thing, artistically. But critic, David Lodge, once said, great books come from other books. It’s about continuity, a kind of cultural Repair Shop.
ArtBeat: The power of art and photography to boost mental health, and what happened when Shakespeare met Christopher Marlowe...
Jane Hardy's cultural canvas this week includes reimagining Shakespeare and the power of art – including photography – to boost mental health
Review: Romeo and Juliet - lots to like, but less to love
Review Romeo and Juliet Lyric Theatre, until March 5 THERE are two schools of thought about Shakespeare.
ArtBeat: Farewell Maggie Muff, we'll really miss you...
Notes and musings from the arts scene as Jane Hardy says farewell to an old friend, looks forward to Adrian Margey's latest exhibition and pays a visit to Harry's House at the Galgorm Hotel...
ArtBeat: Getting jazzy with Kitty La Roar as the Irish sweep the Oscar nominations
ON Tuesday, a fabulous jazzy set by Kitty La Roar in the Black Box illustrated the range of the Out to Lunch Festival which finishes tomorrow (cfaq.