Movie
Rye Lane
Rye Lane is like a tsunami, violently clearing the cobwebs off a stale genre struggling for its place…
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Theatre
“Being kinder and more accepting – hopefully that’s what they would take into the future”: Sarah Irvine and Nicola McNamee on Tuesday at the Lyric Theatre Belfast for NT Connections
One of the schools chosen for the National Theatre's Connections Festival, Saint Patrick’s College in Ballymena has continually…
By Mae Trumata
Theatre
“I loved it so much because it feels more real, like something you actually would see performed”: The cast of Alison Carr’s Tuesday for NT Connections at The Lyric Belfast
The Connections Festival is an annual youth theatre event, set up by the National Theatre, that works to…
By Mae Trumata
Show
Shadow and Bone season two
Hit teen drama Shadow and Bone returns to Netflix for its second season to pick up where the…
By Andrew Murray
Cinema & TV
“Cinematic language is a very beautiful way to tell stories to people and give them knowledge of different things, including culture”: Hassan Nazer on Winners
Hassan Nazer’s Winners reimagines facts of the director's experience as a kid growing up in Iran in a…
By Sarah Bradbury
Movie
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Shazam! was a pleasant surprise for fans back in 2019, when their DC universe was flailing following the…
By Musanna Ahmed
Live music
Chineke! Orchestra: Coleridge-Taylor, Price and Simon at Queen Elizabeth Hall
A cold Thursday evening gained some warmth as Chineke!, on the eve of their first tour of North…
By Michael Bennett
Art
The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance at the National Gallery
A single painting can spark many a discussion, especially when it’s as iconic as Quintin Massys’s An Old…
By Mersa Auda
Art
Souls Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Black Artists of the American South at the Royal Academy
Souls Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Black Artists of the American South is an exhibition of 64 works…
By Jessica Wall
Cinema & TV
“It touches upon a universal theme, and that is seeking where one belongs”: Pawo Choyning Dorji on Lunana – A Yak in the Classroom
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom is a heartwarming film from writer-director Pawo Choyning Dorji that follows teacher…
By Sarah Bradbury