88 stories by "Jane Coyle"
Politically, the time is out of joint in Ireland. Elections and assemblies, tariffs and trade deals, boundaries, borders and Brexit provide the
Shakespeare's plays lend themselves to song and dance adaptations " look at West Side Story and The Boys from Syracuse. Given the
Beauty and the Beast is a fairytale with substance and a message " that real beauty lies within a person. The opening
The auditorium is drenched in purple light. The packed audience is a sea of blue satin dresses. Lights go up on a
Tidings of comfort and joy replace Dickensian filth and misery in this handsome, rip-roaring new take on a Christmas staple. In the
Paul Boyd's new musical adaptation of Peter Pan is a thing of beauty. It keeps faith with both the narrative of JM
There are worst places to be snowed in on Christmas Eve than a cosy pub in the country. But it's an entirely
Rarely is a political party both the subject of an opera and the author of its own libretto. With apposite timing, in
Textually, Oonagh Murphy's nightmarish reimagining of J.M. Synge's once contentious The Playboy of the Western World remains firmly rooted in the lonesome
What on earth could be done with a new production of Shirley Valentine that has not already been done before? Cushioned by
A Streetcar Named Desire requires careful handling. At its best " when the casting is cohesive, the personal chemistry crackles and the
There's more to John Godber's Bouncers than immediately meets the eye. Over four decades, its raucous humour and on-the-nail observations of a dirty,
The King is dead. Long live the king. Through the ages, the replacement of one corrupt despot with another represents the opposite
Writer, poet and politician Victor Hugo is revered as one of the towering cultural figures of 19th-century Europe but less known was
The moon is full, the sky is starry and the elves are out to play. Mischievous Dewdrop (Jolene O'Hara) is new to
Christmas would be a pretty dismal affair without copious quantities of turkey and tinsel but that's the reality for many people. Since
It would be a particularly grudging panto-pooper who would deny the pleasure Belfast derives from the annual Christmas glitterfest at the Grand
Who did Brendan Bracken and William Joyce see when they looked into the mirror? Â Two Irishmen, the first the Tipperary-born son of
Ian McKellen's fascist dictator, Antony Sher's bottled spider, Jonjo O'Neill in biker leathers " they rank among the most memorable recent incarnations
Celebrating Samuel Beckett and Brian Friel, Arts Over Borders presents site-specific events in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Jane
The Belfast Telegraph is a Northern Ireland institution. In its day it was widely looked upon by both communities as the news
Conor Mitchell's work is unpredictable and fearlessly theatrical. That’s what makes it so exhilarating. In The Fall of the House of Usher,
Fifty years ago, at the start of his writing career, Brian Friel was already breaking the mould in dramatic experimentation and structural
Peace ostensibly broke out in Northern Ireland in 1998 with the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. Since then, the place has
Abigail's Party: the very title is synonymous with social climbing, terrible fashion and big hair. The epitome of car crash drama, its
