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CLASSICAL DANCE MUSIC 2 for £20 2 for £25 2 for £15 Check In to both: Check In to both: Check In to both: Israel Galván and Gareth Roland Pöntinen Harry Manx & and Mr. TOL. E. RA ncE and Schubert Ensemble Davies Jones (£21 Concession) Muriel Anderson Internationally Renowned Artist Claire Cunningham Saving £6 Saving £5 Saving £5

UK TALKS & The Artist in Residence Programme is an essential been critically acclaimed for its humorous and intelligent THEATRE FILM element for the ongoing creative development of challenges to issues of aesthetics and dance. LITERATURE the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s. 2 for £40 2 for £8 The notion of “being in residence” reflects that value of As Artist in Residence, her principle activities include: 2 for £8 providing artists a time and place away from their usual – Researching a new work called Guide Gods in Belfast Check In to both: Check In to any two environment and obligations for individual reflection, (Spring 2014) that will premiere in Glasgow as part Harkaitz Cano with An Enemy of the Century of Chinese research, presentation and/or production. It also allows an of the 2014 Culture Programme with only two further Deirdre Cartmill and Cinema Films at Queen’s individual or indeed a group of artists to explore their practice opportunities to view the work; at the South Bank Centre People and The Suit within our communities here in Belfast; meeting new people, London and at our very own Festival here in Belfast. Claire (Applies to £27.50 seats only Maria McManus and Film Theatre (QFT) using new materials, experiencing life in a new location. has been working closely with other artists, faith leaders at Grand Opera House) Samarkand, Samarkand for just £8 and communities in Belfast exploring the perspectives In 2014, we are delighted that Claire Cunningham, an of the major religions and faiths towards disability (see Saving £4 internationally sought-after multi-disciplinary, disabled Saving £7.50 Saving £5 page 20 for more information); performer and choreographer from Scotland, will be our Artist in Residence. – Contributing to selected artist talks and conversations with artists from home and abroad; Check In for your Passport Discount Online at: Claire’s unique performance style integrates the dynamic and imaginative use of her crutches, alongside movement, – Working with Arts & Disability Forum to, where www.belfastfestival.com/BookNow/PassportDeals/ acting and vocal skills as a classically trained singer. Her appropriate, advise/mentor disabled artists. or via telephone 028 9097 1197 *Selected performances body of work includes Ménage à Trois which was part of Unlimited (London 2012 Cultural Olympiad) and has www.clairecunningham.co.uk 8 EMBRACE BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest EMBRACE 9

FAMILY & SCHOOLS WORKSHOPS IN CONVERSATIONS, PRE AND POSTSHOW Safari face painting, jungle masks, African animal MUSIC WORKSHOPS AND MASTERCLASSES ARTISTS’ TALKS puppet making and African drum circle for all the Muriel Anderson – Making The Most Of Your Time With All Free entry with performance ticket except where family during the performance of Hannavas, 12pm The Guitar, Sun 19 Oct at 5pm (1 hr), Strand Arts Centre. indicated ‘Booking Essential’. -2pm, Sat 25 Oct, Botanic Gardens Open to all levels from beginners to advanced. FREE – Reinvention and Tradition – a post show talk following Poetry Ireland’s Writers-in-schools programme Booking Essential the performance of La Edad de Oro hosted by Dr Aoife comes to East Belfast, offering poetry workshops Roland Pöntinen – Public Masterclass with the classical McGrath with Israel Galván, Sat 18 Oct at The MAC based on an exploration of some Irish language pianist, Wed 29 Oct at 1pm (1 hr), The Great Hall, Queen’s poems in original and translation ie Pangur Bán, Song In Conversation with Claire Cunningham – hosted by University Belfast. FREE – Booking Essential of Amergin, facilitated by poet and broadcaster, Frank Chris Ledger, Wed 22 Oct at the Skainos Centre Galligan. Suitable for groups of up to 30, ages 8-11 Lizanne Knott – Songwriting Masterclass, Thurs 30 Oct at Has Austerity been Good for Europe? – a post show talk yrs. For further information, email writersinschools@ Public Funding: 2pm (1 hr). Open to all levels from beginners to advanced following the performance of An Enemy of the People with poetryireland.ie Bringing great art within at The Oh Yeah Music Centre, Cathedral Quarter Belfast. Thomas Ostermeier and members of the cast, Fri 24 Oct, everyone’s reach. FREE – Booking Essential Artist Show & Tell during the Belfast Open Studios for Grand Opera House schools, community groups and members of the public, The Big Big Sing Day – Singing workshops, Sat 25 Oct Post show audience talkbacks with Camille A. Brown and from Wed 22–Fri 24 Oct from 12pm–2pm. For bookings EMBRACE is the Festival’s new programme of 12pm-5pm, Whitla Hall, Queen’s University Belfast. £5 & Dancers, Fri 24 & Sat 25 Oct, The MAC and more information, email [email protected] participatory and creative learning activities, £3 Concession. £3 each for Choirs/Groups of 12+ or visit www.belfastopenstudios.com which includes workshops, performance – Indian Singing led by Ranjana Ghatak In Conversation with Dianne Reeves – Mon 27 Oct at 1pm, opportunities, artist talks and hosted visits – An Introduction to Signed Songs with Ali Wood and The Great Hall, Queen’s University Belfast. Booking Essential. Creative Exchange Art In The Eastside Community Suzy Davies from the London based Kaos Signing Choir Projects offers schools and community projects to selected Festival events. In Conversation with Jim McKeever – 2pm, Tues 28 Oct, for Deaf and Hearing Children including Art Flag Bunting outdoor installations and Arts & Disability Forum It’s aimed at engaging communities and groups – Scottish Gaelic Mouth Music led by Joy Dunlop the Wishing Tree. For bookings and more information, throughout the city at a wide range of venues and Contradiction and Creativity – a post show talk following email [email protected] events across the Festival programme. The events in the performance of Neither Either chaired by Dr Aoife Neither Either Dance workshop for schools, EMBRACE are designed to both enhance audience McGrath with an invited panel including Medbh McGuckian PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES available free to schools booking a group of enjoyment and understanding of the productions and George Higgs along with choreographer Liz Roche and 20 or more for performances. Limited availability. and events presented and to encourage active Emerging Conductors Programme – A week-long cast, Thurs 30 Oct, The MAC For bookings and more information, email participation in the arts. All the events are free, project for young conductors from around Europe Makaronik – post show talk with Dave Duggan and [email protected] except where noted, so there’s no reason not to presented in association with the Ulster Orchestra and members of the cast, Sat 25 Oct, Lyric Theatre get involved and embrace! their Principal Guest Conductor Jac van Steen. Come Schubert Ensemble – A schools’ workshop to enhance and join them in a very special lunchtime concert on In Conversation with members of the cast of The Suit, young people’s experience and understanding of More information on EMBRACE activity Wed 22 Oct– Booking Essential Fri 31 Oct, Lyric Theatre composition and performance; Tues 21 Oct at 2pm, is available on the Festival website. (1 hr), St Gerard’s Church. FREE – Booking Essential Camille A. Brown and Dancers – Contemporary dance Sylvia in Belfast by Gerald Dawe, renowned poet and For EMBRACE events indicated as ‘Booking workshop for professional and aspiring dancers, Sat 25 Oct Professor in English at Trinity College Dublin. A pre-show Essential’, please contact Festival Box Office at 5pm (1hr 30mins), The MAC. FREE – Booking Essential talk, with thoughts upon Stewart Parker, Belfast in the late or Book Online. 1960s and the “sheer unrepeatable energy” of Sylvia Plath, Sat 1 Nov, 6.30pm, Lyric Theatre – Booking Essential Go on an adventure with us this festival. Look out for the EMBRACE stamp on individual events. 10 CLASSICAL BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest CLASSICAL 11

opening CONCERT of the 2014 festival

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The Ulster Orchestra THU Time: 7.45pm Four Moods In Music Venue: The Ulster Hall 16 Tickets: £10, £18, £22 & £25 OCT (£16 Concession)

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THE EMOTIONAL VIBROSITY Northern Ireland debut and the Ulster Orchestra’s Principal OF ORCHESTRAL MUSIC Guest conductor Jac van Steen will bring his signature mix An inspirational and thrilling concert to open the 2014 of mastery and charm to the performance. Festival with Northern Ireland’s very own symphony orchestra performing four distinct moods in music. Conductor: Jac van Steen Haydn’s symphony is lively; Strauss’ Interludes, lifted from Violin: Valeriy Sokolov a comic opera, are entertaining; Wagner’s piece about the Haydn: Symphony No. 87 in A major knights of the Holy Grail is so serene it’s almost ethereal, In association with R Strauss: Intermezzo–Four Symphonic Interludes whilst Bartók’s concerto is mighty and powerful. Wagner: Lohengrin–Prelude to Act 1 Outstanding young Ukrainian violinist Valeriy Sokolov, Bartók: Violin Concerto No.2 known for his interpretations of difficult works, will make his Finish Time 9.40pm 12 CLASSICAL BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest CLASSICAL 13

Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert Northern Lights Mini-Fest Trio Rafale Agnew McAllister Duo Flute & Guitar

Time: 7.30pm Time: 3pm FRI Venue: The Great Hall, SUN Venue: The Great Hall, Queen’s University Belfast Queen’s University Belfast 17 Tickets: £10 19 Tickets: £10 (£5 Concession for under 25s) OCT Includes glass of wine OCT Includes interval refreshments

SWITZERLAND NORTHERN IRELAND Schubert TUE Time: 8pm, Doors Open 7.30pm Irish Premiere NEW CLASSICAL MUSIC BY NI COMPOSER Ensemble Venue: St Gerard’s Church, Antrim Road Aisling Agnew (flute), born and raised in Belfast, has toured 21 Tickets: £14 & £12 (Concession) A CLASSICAL GUST OF WIND extensively throughout Ireland and the UK as well as in OCT The name Rafale stems from the French ‘gust of wind’, Europe, North and South America and Asia with her regular which classical music audiences can experience when Passport To CLASSICAL recital partner Matthew McAllister. UK the award-winning Swiss piano Trio Rafale play their first concert in Ireland as part of Festival 2014 and the Swiss Their relaxed, intimate performance includes The Uses of A CHAMBER OF CLASSICAL COLOUR Ambassador’s Award tour. Not by local composer Greg Caffrey, premiered by the duo Instead of performing in Norway, Canada or China in their To say they play with seasoned eloquence, a in Salzburg in 2009, and the sizzling Carmen Fantasy by busy international schedule, one of the world’s leading “unanimity of feeling born of deep communal Founded in Zurich in 2009 by Maki Wiederkehr (piano), Borne, based on Bizet’s ever-popular opera. exponents of music for piano and strings, the Schubert consideration, is an understatement, for they Daniel Meller (violin) and Flurin Cuonz (cello), Trio Rafale Ensemble, will grace the magnificent setting of St Gerard’s demand superlatives. has already won numerous awards and prizes including Church, perfect for classical music performances with its ” Switzerland’s Migros Kulturprozent Chamber Music Sunday Times The fireworks were hugely in evidence as both outstanding acoustics. Competition (2013). The trio has also recently released “players met the piece’s extreme difficulties its second CD with works by Brahms and Vasks. Winner of the Best Chamber Award from the Royal with disarming ease… Altogether this was a Philharmonic Society and a regular contributor to BBC Since 1998 the Swiss Ambassador’s Award Concert has fabulous concert of wonderfully diverse music Radio 3, the ensemble performs the great works of Mahler, presented talented young Swiss musicians across the UK played by a quality duo… Workshop: Schools’ workshop with the Schubert Ensemble Enescu and Dvořák. with a classical and contemporary repertoire. ” Tues 21 Oct at 2pm, (1hr), St Gerard’s Church. Classical Guitar Magazine Opening with Mahler’s only surviving chamber music work, FREE. Booking Essential which he wrote at just 16; Enescu’s World War 2 work is Mahler: Piano Quartet Movement Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor NORTHERN also performed, written in memory of his teacher, Fauré. Enescu: Piano Quartet No 2 Giger: Caprice LIGHTS 3 for the price of 2 – buy a full price ticket The concert finishes with the instrumental colour of Dvořák Dvo ák: Piano Quartet to 2 concerts, get a ticket to the 3rd concert FREE ř Brahms: Piano Trio No. 2 in C major MINI-FEST imbued with Czech folk idioms. Finish Time: 10pm 14 CLASSICAL BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest CLASSICAL 15

The Ulster Orchestra/JTI Lunchtime Special Northern Lights Mini-Fest The Ulster Orchestra Northern Lights Mini-Fest Emerging Conductors Quercus Ensemble: Classics Through Emma Morwood Programme Songs, Games and Dances and Jonathan Fisher The Ages Soprano & Piano Time: 7.30pm Time: 3pm Time: 7.45pm WED Time: 1.05pm WED Venue: The Great Hall, FRI SUN Venue: The Great Hall, Venue: The Ulster Hall Venue: The Ulster Hall Queen’s University Belfast Queen’s University Belfast Tickets: £10, £18, £22 & £25 22 Tickets: £6 22 Tickets: £10 (£5 Concession for under 25s) 24 26 Tickets: £10 (£5 Concession for under 25s) (£16 Concession) OCT OCT Includes interval refreshments OCT OCT Includes interval refreshments

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EMERGING MUSICAL MAESTROS SONGS, GAMES & DANCES AT THE CAFÉ DE PARIS CLASSICAL TRADITIONS OVER 200 YEARS CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR ROMANTICS Join the Ulster Orchestra and their Principal Guest An evening of classical music inspired by the world’s most The concert starts in 1772 with Haydn’s Trauer (Mourning) Emma Morwood, described as ‘a radiant Pamina’ in Opera Conductor Jac van Steen for a very special concert with romantic city. Symphony, witnessing how the classical traditions of the Theatre Company’s Irish tour of Mozart’s The Magic Flute three emerging musical champions. 18th Century resonate through the next two hundred years. (Sunday Times), is one of Belfast’s rising operatic stars. She Be transported back to the golden age of the Parisian salon, has performed with leading UK orchestras (RLPO, CBSO, This concert sees the top three participants selected from with love songs by Fauré, Saint-Saëns’s gripping Danse Sharing in these 18th-Century roots, Brahms’s much-loved Philharmonia, Northern Sinfonia) as well as in opera and an international pool showcasing their conducting skills as Macabre, and Bizet’s vibrant depiction of children’s games. tribute to Haydn, Richard Strauss’s entertaining suite, recital around the UK and Ireland. well as featuring sublime Irish soprano Aoife O’Sullivan. Also hear the magical sound worlds of Debussy and Ravel based on Couperin and Stravinsky’s unique Pulcinella brought to life on the flute and harp. ballet score present a glorious melody. In this concert featuring works by Rachmaninov and Liszt, Conductor: Jac van Steen plus 3 emerging conductors Emma introduces UK pianist Jonathan Fisher to Belfast, Soprano: Aoife O’Sullivan Quercus Ensemble’s diverse instrumentation and imaginative Conductor: Jac van Steen whose notable recent engagements include recitals at the Dvo ák: Carnival Overture programme promises something for all, with a specially Mezzo Soprano: Anna Stéphany ř Oxford Lieder Festival, Chester Festival, Leeds International Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau) from ‘Má vlast’ commissioned work by Northern Irish composer Patrick Tenor: Robin Tritschler Concert Season and at The Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Mozart: Aria with soprano Brennan, and French composer Thierry Escaich’s virtuosic dance Bass: Lukas Jakobski Evangelista in Venice. Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn scenes, which fuse elements of jazz, tango, disco and ragtime. Haydn: Symphony No.44 in E minor Finish Time: 1.55pm Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn Finish Time: 4.45pm Debussy: Danses Sacrée et Profane, Brennan: ‘Cros’, Fauré: La Bonne Chanson, Ravel: Introduction and Allegro, Chausson: R Strauss: Divertimento Op.86 (selection) Chanson Perpetuelle, Escaich: Scène de Bal, Bizet: Jeux d’Enfants Stravinsky: Pulcinella The Northern Lights Mini-Fest is presented in partnership (arr Ian Farringdon) Finish Time: 9.45pm with Belfast Music Society in an annual showcase of Finish Time: 9.15pm outstanding young classical musicians from Northern Ireland.

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Roland Pöntinen The Ulster Orchestra A Fanfare To Fate

Time: 7.45pm TUE Time: 8pm, Doors Open 7.30pm FRI Venue: The Ulster Hall Venue: Clonard Monastery, Falls Road Tickets: £10, £18, £22 & £25 28 Tickets: £12 & £10 (Concession) 31 OCT OCT (£16 Concession) Passport To CLASSICAL SWEDEN NORTHERN IRELAND

WORLD-RENOWNED CLASSICAL PIANIST LOCAL PIANISTS & COMPOSERS Since his debut with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic in Bringing together a selection of local 1981, Roland Pöntinen has made soloist appearances with musical talent with the Ulster Orchestra, major orchestras across the globe, such as the Philharmonia world-renowned pianist Barry Douglas Orchestra in Paris and London as well as the Los Angeles performs Beethoven’s lyrical Fourth Philharmonic in the Hollywood Bowl. Piano Concerto whilst the work of local composer Simon Mawhinney (The Pot The acclaimed Swedish pianist has also released more of Pulgarve), which shares its name than 90 recordings for labels including EMI and Philips with the glacial hollow in the Mourne and worked with conductors like Esa-Pekka Salonen, Rafael Mountains, is also presented. Frühbeck de Burgos, Evgeny Svetlanov and Leif Segerstam. Pöntinen has been awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal, Ulster Orchestra Chief Conductor Rafael Payare will close Sweden’s most important award in the arts. the evening by launching his Tchaikovsky cycle with the tempestuous Fourth Symphony, whose opening fanfare Masterclass: Roland Pöntinen, Wed 29 Oct at 1pm, (1hr), The represents Fate. Great Hall, Queen’s University Belfast. Open to all levels. FREE. Booking Essential. Ravel: Sonatine (1903-05); Modéré; Mouvement de menuet; Animé. Conductor: Rafael Payare Prokofiev: Pieces from Cinderella; Oriental Dance, Op.97 No.6; Piano: Barry Douglas Quarrel, Op.102 No.3; Cinderella’s departure for the Ball Op.102 Composer: Simon Mawhinney, The Pot of Pulgarve No.4; Grand Waltz, Op.102 No.1; Amoroso, Op.102 No.6 Chopin: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 Nocturne in D flat major Op.27 No.2; Scherzo No.4 in E major Op.54. Ulster Bank Limited, Registered in Northern Ireland No. R733. Registered O ce: 11-16 Donegall Square East, Belfast, BT1 5UB. Granados: Excerpts from Goyescas (1911); El Fandango del Candil; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 Authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Quejas ó La Maja y el Ruiseñor; El Pelele (1914) Finish Time: 9.35pm Authority, and entered on the Financial Services Register (Registration Number 122315). 18 DANCE BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest DANCE 19

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Dates 16 OCT- 01 NOV #BELFEST Israel Galván FRI 17 Time: 7.45pm AND Venue: The MAC www.belfastfestival.com La Edad de Oro SAT 18 Tickets: £15 & £13 (Concession) OCT Passport To DANCE SPAIN

Irish Premiere To call Galván a brilliant dancer is like saying THE WORLD’S MOST CELEBRATED “Einstein was pretty good at physics FLAMENCO DANCER Daily Express ” Bringing the roots of flamenco to vibrant 21st Century life with his seductive talents, Israel Galván turns dance He’s a dancer you need to see at least once into music with a unique and innovative approach in this “The Guardian ” Bessie award-winning show, giving local audiences the chance to witness first-hand the amazing rhythm, high energy passion and drama. Hailed the world over as the master of contemporary Flamenco and known for mixing rapid fire footwork and intricate movements, Galván has received flamenco’s most prestigious awards, including Spain’s National Dance Prize. Experience the future of flamenco for yourself at the Festival. Postshow Talk: Reinvention and Tradition, Sat 18 Oct 20 DANCE BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest DANCE 21

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Claire Cunningham Camille A. Brown & Dancers FRI 24 Time: 7.45pm AND Guide Gods Mr. TOL. E. RA ncE Venue: The MAC SAT 25 Tickets: £15 & £13 (Concession) OCT Time: 7.30pm Time: 7.30pm Passport To DANCE TUE 21 THU USA AND Venue: Skainos Centre, Newtownards Road Venue: The Duncairn Centre, Antrim Road WED 22 Tickets: £7 & £5 (Concession) 23 Tickets: £7 & £5 (Concession) Includes refreshments after performance Includes refreshments after performance EUROPEAN Premiere OCT OCT Every aspect of the dance-making here is A THEATRICALLY GUTSY PERFORMANCE ABOUT “ thoroughly accomplished AFRICAN AMERICAN PERFORMERS The New York Times ” UK A dynamic, sometimes funny and frequently touching interpretation of how much black performers have had Watching Camille A. Brown dance in and their views on deafness and disability in this witty and “ to tolerate in the history of performance. person for the first time is like observing a Festival Commission & Irish Premiere illuminating new show. hummingbird in nature for the first time A new production commissioned by the Glasgow 2014 Festival is proud to present the European premiere of Camille The Boston Globe ” Cultural Programme, South Bank Centre London With kind advice and assistance from Arts & A. Brown & Dancers, a two-time Princess Grace Award and the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s Disability Forum (ADF) recipient and prolific choreographer who has achieved Claire is disabled. Is it God’s Will? Karma? Genetics? What Postshow Talk: In Conversation with Claire Cunningham, multiple accolades and awards for her daring works. do you believe? Wed 22 Oct Whilst celebrating African-American comedic performance, Guide Gods is performed in accessible community spaces. A newly commissioned performance work, Guide Gods will Captioning and audio description are integrated into the the work examines ‘the mask’ of survival and W.E.B. explore the perspectives of the major religions and faiths piece. BSL Interpreted performance by Stephen Connolly DuBois concept of “double consciousness” in the black Kindly supported by the US Department of State towards disability. on Wed 22nd Oct. More information on venue access performer throughout history and the stereotypical roles through the US Consulate, Belfast available from the Festival website and Box Office. dominating current popular black culture. Is it the will of a higher power? Is Claire paying for the Postshow Talk: After Each Performance Finish Time: 8.40pm mistakes of a past life? Is it a test for her? Or a punishment Inspired by Mel Watkins’ book, On The Real Side: From Workshop: Contemporary dance workshop for professional for her parents? Could she, should she, be healed? Is she Slavery to Chris Rock, Spike Lee’s controversial movie, and aspiring dancers, Sat 25 Oct at 5pm, The MAC. welcomed by all faiths or will it all prove just too inaccessible? After each performance, join the Bamboozled and Dave Chappelle’s Dancing vs. Shuffling FREE. Booking Essential. artist for tea, chat and to ponder Analogy, audiences will experience sketch comedy, 13 yrs +: Parental Guidance. Strong language and sexually Using dance, live music, humour and interviews with your own beliefs (will Karma haunting animation and soul stirring live music from suggestive content. religious leaders, academics and deaf and disabled people, catch up with you if you help ragtime beats to pop culture. Finish Time: 9.15pm acclaimed performer Claire Cunningham goes on a perilous yourself to too many biscuits!?) quest to explore the intricacies of the major world faiths 22 DANCE BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197

“Belfast has just been amazing, it’s been a real revelation. There’s a buzz and excitement in this city.” Susan, Kilkenny Take a leaf out of Susan’s book and explore Belfast. This culture hub is bursting with artistic events, festivals, music and eclectic happenings – plus, spectacular food and luxurious stayovers. Across our cobbled city quarters, Maiden Voyage Dance Belfast and Grupo Corpo Presents Liz Roche Company Dublin Presents there’s a cultural break for every taste and budget. Neither Either Sem Mim and Parabelo

WED 29 Time: 7.45pm FRI 31 Time: 7.30pm AND Venue: The MAC OCT & Venue: Grand Opera House THU 30 Tickets: £12–£17, Schools £8 SAT 01 Tickets: £16.50, £17.50, £19.50, £21.50 OCT plus free workshop NOV & £25.50

IRELAND/NORTHERN IRELAND BRAZIL WORLD Premiere CLASSICAL BALLET VS LATIN RHYTHMS BRAZILIAN STYLE THE PREDICAMENT OF LIVING OUT TWO Brazil’s internationally acclaimed dance company make CONFLICTING STATES OF MIND AT ONCE a welcome return to the UK following an enormously “…the strain of being in two places at once, of needing successful tour in 2005. Grupo Corpo combine the precision to accommodate two opposing conditions of truthfulness of classical ballet with the sensuality and passion of Latin simultaneously…” Seamus Heaney dance rhythms. The 22 dancers fill the stage with elegant, virtuosic and joyful dance which enraptures the audience. Identities, beliefs, emotions and aspirations are put to the Grupo Corpo translates as Group Body, reflecting the test in this poignant blend of dance, poetry and music. movement style of the dancers, who co-ordinate to fill Neither Either is choreographed by Liz Roche and set to the stage with unmatched energy and excitement. Neil Martin’s score. Presented in association with Dance Consortium Postshow Talk: Contradiction & Creativity, Thurs 30 Oct Workshop: Free dance workshops available for schools booking 20 places or more. Grupo Corpo’s dancers are justly celebrated Audio Described Performance: Thurs 30 Oct “for their virtuosity, and when 22 of them are moving in rippling, flickering, high kicking unison, the audience are guaranteed a physical thrill City Hall, Belfast #discoverni The Guardian ” 24 MUSIC CLUB BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest #MusicClub MUSIC CLUB 25 ALL FOLK ABOUTROOTS THE JAZZ MUSICBLUES “Bettye LaVette now rivals Aretha Franklin The Festival’s Music Club welcomes the as this generation’s most vital soul singer” world of music to the Belfast stage. The New York Times Experience a relaxed music club atmosphere in the Elmwood Hall at Queen’s and listen to great live music for a unique Festival experience. THE LEGENDARY AMERICAN SOULSTRESS BETTYE LaVETTE USA A big opening for this year’s Festival Music Club, the great Whilst all performances start at 8pm sharp, the doors and lady of soul Bettye LaVette is one of this generation’s most bar opens at 7pm so get there early for a good seat and MON 20 OCT vital and impactful soul singers with a career of over 50 years. BOOK IN ADVANCE to unwind before the gig. And there’s no need to rush elmwood hall, queen’s university belfast Since the 1960s Bettye LaVette has been filling the music to ensure entry home as the bar opens late after all Music Club gigs. scene with her blues, country western, and R&B hits. Her intimate venue with 8PM, Doors and BAR 7PM limited tickets. Bar Service – (NB Under 18s must be accompanied by a parent slightly indie style has melodies that’ll make audiences or guardian and will not be served alcohol.) £22 & £20 (Concession) Door Price: £25 tap their toes and sway side to side. Her newest album Thankful N’ Thoughtful, takes her blues, gospel, and soul- NORTHERN Irish Premiere influenced singing style and joins it with her swampy, edgy American roots. In association with In one of only a few European performances this autumn, see ‘The Great Lady of Soul’ live and hear her compelling and inspiring voice. Just ask Northern Ireland’s very own “Soul survivor Bettye LaVette music broadcaster Ralph McLean about his excitement injects serious sass.” Rolling Stone over this unique Belfast gig. 26 MUSIC CLUB BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest #MusicClub MUSIC CLUB 27 Harry manx & USA LULO REINHARDT LATIN GARETH DAVIES JONES UK SWING PROJECT GERMANY WED 22 OCT FRI 24 OCT elmwood hall, queen’s university belfast elmwood hall, queen’s university belfast 8PM, Doors and BAR 7PM 8PM, Doors and BAR 7PM £10 & £8 (Concession) Door Price: £13 £15 & £13 (Concession) Door Price: £18 Passport To MUSIC Irish Premiere

BLUES AND ROOTS STYLE STORYTELLING GYPSY SWINGING AT THE MUSIC CLUB ‘Mysticssippi’ blues man Harry Manx has been called an The Lulo Reinhardt Latin Swing Project combines pure gypsy- ‘essential link’ between the music of East and West, creating swing music with elements of Latin music from Cuba to Brazil musical short stories that combine the tradition of the blues like flamenco, tango and bossa nova. and folk with the depth of classical Indian ragas. He plays the slide guitar, harmonica, six-string banjo, mohan veena and Ellis The Reinhardt name refers to Lulo’s grand-uncle, Django, the stomp box, creating a unique sound that is hard to forget whilst world famous gypsy guitarist who, with violinist Stéphane addictive to listen to. Grappelli and their Hot Club de France, created an entirely new way of playing jazz in the 1930s. He is also the nephew of the Gareth Davies Jones is not only a seasoned singer-songwriter gypsy violin master Schnuckenack Reinhardt. but also plays numerous instruments, combining roots, acoustic and folk whilst telling stories with a vivid sense of the aesthetic. Presented in association with Old Flattop Music The honesty, depth and passion in his beautifully arranged and evocative songs have seen them featured on BBC Radio 2, Radio 4 and across the UK. One of Europe’s finest gypsy guitarists from one “of the most famous gypsy families... the finest concert of acoustic guitar I have ever seen. Very beautiful music. I can thoroughly “ Sydney Morning Herald ” recommend this ” Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2

FOUR TIME GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING JAZZ VOCALIST USA Dianne Reeves is among the pre-eminent jazz vocalists in DIANNE REEVES the world. SUN 26 OCT Sophisticated and deeply soulful, the skilled scat singer is a elmwood hall, queen’s university belfast superior interpreter with a powerful, purposeful and accurate warm voice, often stretching beyond jazz into original folk 8PM, Doors and BAR 7PM music and African-oriented pieces. She appeals to jazz and HARRY MANX £22 & £20 (Concession) Door Price: £25 non-jazz fans alike. NORTHERN Irish Premiere Her most recent album, Beautiful Life, simmers and smoulders through a repertoire extending from Marvin Gaye to Bob Marley. Reeves also featured in George Clooney’s six-time Academy Award nominated Good Night, and Good Luck, and performed every song on the Grammy award- “ A natural story teller, she used her winning soundtrack. timing and phrasing to bring novel Talk : In Conversation with Dianne Reeves Mon 27 Oct at insights to everything she sang.” 1pm, The Great Hall, Queen’s University Belfast. FREE. GARETH DAVIES JONES LULO REINHARDT Los Angeles Times Booking Essential. 28 MUSIC CLUB BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest #MusicClub MUSIC CLUB 29

Hey Harley (feat: Lizanne Knott and Bill Reveles) USA EMIly barker and the red clay halo AUSTRALIA WED 29 OCT elmwood hall, queen’s university belfast 8PM, Doors and BAR 7PM £15 & £13 (Concession) Door Price: £18 NORTHERN Irish Premiere

AN EVENING OF FOLK, COUNTRY AND POPULAR MUSIC FROM ACROSS THE WORLD “Absolutely gorgeous music. We’ve rarely had Award-winning singer-songwriter Lizanne Knott has been as big a reaction to any artist in recent years captivating audiences, including BBC’s Bob Harris, with her as the one we had for Lizanne Knott.” innate ability to capture those little snapshots of life with vivid Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2 imagery and understated music. Blessed with a warm and Heartfelt songwriting... bridging the gap unique voice, she will be sure to find audiences catching a “between folk, country and Fleetwood Mac breath, shedding a tear and smiling like there’s no tomorrow. The Times ” With Lizanne at the Festival Music Club is the award-winning Emily Barker, a compelling singer-songwriter, who with her Masterclass: Songwriting Masterclass with Lizanne Knott, band The Red Clay Halo blends classical, rock, country and Thurs 30 Oct at 2pm (1hr), at The Oh Yeah Music Centre, Cathedral Quarter Belfast. Open to all folk influences to stunning effect. levels. FREE. Booking Essential.

INTOXICATING SAHARAN DESERT BLUES TAMIKREST MALI Winner of The Songlines Music Awards 2014 in the category ‘Best Group’, Tamikrest are one of the best known bands in THU 30 OCT the Saharan desert blues idiom. elmwood hall, queen’s university belfast Tamikrest represent a new wave of Tuareg musicians with 8PM, Doors and BAR 7PM lyrics that deal with a youth without future, a loss of culture, but also about the love of life and for the vast expanse of £15 & £13 (Concession) Door Price: £18 their home the Sahara. Irish Premiere Their intoxicating sunbaked guitars, percussion and bass are a link between the past and future of their nomadic culture, creating a synthesis of their traditional chants, ritual drumming and loping rhythms with the music of their heroes Pink Floyd and Bob Marley, weaving a heady groove that has enchanted festival audiences. If you enjoyed Tinariwen at the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival LIZANNE KNOTT EMILY BARKER this year, Tamikrest are following in the steps of these distinguished and must-be-heard live Saharan sounds. 30 MUSIC CLUB BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest MUSIC 31

CLOSING NIGHT of the 2014 festival

SAT Time: 12pm-5pm Venue: Whitla Hall, Queen’s University Belfast 25 Tickets: £5 & £3 (Concession) £3 each for Choirs/Groups of 12+ “The Gloaming are now Irish folk’s famous five” OCT Includes Free T-shirt and tea & coffee throughout the day The Herald UK

Performing a distinctive style of their own beyond traditional SING COMMONWEALTH STYLE IN A THE GLOAMING IRELAND/USA Irish music, they feature memorable melodies alongside FUN-FILLED AFTERNOON – Scottish Gaelic Mouth Music Led by Joy Dunlop deep felt performances, rooted in tradition but scoured – Indian Singing Led by Ranjana Ghatak Love to sing? In the shower? In a choir? Then the Big SAT1 NOV of sentimentality. – An Introduction to Signed Songs with Ali Wood and Big Sing Day is for you! Suzy Davis from The Kaos Signing Choir for Deaf and elmwood hall, queen’s university belfast Formed in 2011 and selling out Dublin’s National Concert Hearing Children Join in a fun afternoon of song with inspirational Hall and a host of European festivals, the relatively new 8PM, Doors and BAR 7PM choirmasters Stephen Deazley and Eugene Skeef, band is made up of some of Ireland’s finest folk musicians, Everyone is welcome, individuals, families, who will have you singing songs from around the £20 & £18 (Concession) Door Price: £23 each with their own successful individual careers, groups of friends and music groups – no previous Commonwealth, including the beautiful sounds and including Martin Hayes (Irish Fiddler), Iarla Ó Lionáird (Irish experience required. Just come along at 12pm for rhythms from Africa, the Caribbean and Samoa. vocalist), Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (Irish 10-string violinist) warm ups and introductions, sign up to a selection HIGHLY ACCLAIMED IRISH AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY as well as Dennis Cahill (American Guitarist) and New York The afternoon also includes workshops for all ages of workshops and sing up all afternoon on a journey FOLK SUPER GROUP pianist/producer Thomas Bartlett aka Doveman. exploring particular singing techniques and traditions. around the Commonwealth. Festival 2014 will come to a rapturous finish at the Music Club with popular Irish American folk band, The Gloaming, connecting the rich Irish folk tradition with the New York Part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme. Big Big Sing is supported by Glasgow 2014, Spirit of 2012 Trust, contemporary music scene. Creative Scotland and Glasgow UNESCO City of Music. Supporting The Gloaming is Hannah McPhillimy, local This will be The Gloaming’s first appearance back in Belfast singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who blends Check In to the Festival website for more workshop information. since their No.1 album in the Irish Independent charts. blues, jazz and folk. 32 MUSIC BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest MUSIC 33

Belfast Waterfront in association CHECK-IN TO FESTIVAL 2014 with Asgard Presents Muriel Anderson Elvis Costello Solo Genre In Concert MUSIC FRI Time: 8pm SUN Time: 7pm Venue: Belfast Waterfront Venue: Strand Arts Centre, Holywood Road Dates 17 19 16 OCT- 01 NOV #BELFEST OCT Tickets: £35 & £30 OCT Tickets: £10 & £8 (Concession) Passport To MUSIC www.belfastfestival.com UK USA

A FESTIVAL FAVOURITE RETURNS ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST VERSATILE One of the most influential and popular singer-songwriters FEMALE GUITARISTS in modern music, Elvis Costello returns this October for a Muriel Anderson is one of America’s premier solo-acoustic solo concert, performing his popular songs as well as some guitarists. Not only was she the first woman to have won the hits of tomorrow. National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship in America, she is revered by guitarists worldwide as she transcends across Costello first emerged as a champion of the late Seventies folk, classical, jazz, bluegrass and international music. Her New Wave music scene and his career has taken many unique approach to the instrument virtually transforms the critically acclaimed twists and turns. guitar into a lyrical choir, then a marching band, and then a He has won numerous music awards, including a Grammy, Bluegrass band one minute launching into a Beatles tune and in 2004 he was named by Rolling Stone as one of their and the next, Rodrigo’s Concerto de Aranjuez. ‘100 Greatest Artists of All Time.’ Muriel will be supported by Isobel Anderson.

Mr. Costello offered something else: Has justifiably gained a reputation as one of “a continuing, challenging, intimate “the world’s best, and most versatile, guitar engagement with his songs, old and new instrumentalists The New York Times ” Chicago Tribune ”

Workshop: Making The Most Of Your Time With The Guitar Sun 19 Oct 5pm (1hr), Strand Arts Centre. Open to all levels covering technique, arranging/composing, interpretation and inspiration. FREE. Booking Essential. 34 MUSIC BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest MUSIC 35

A Stór Mo Chroí Old Crow Sharon Jones & Neil Cowley Trio A Musical Gathering Medicine Show The Dap-Kings With Special Guests

Time: Doors Open 8pm Time: Doors Open 7.30pm MON Time: 7.45pm TUE SAT SAT Time: 8pm Venue: Mandela Hall, Queen’s University Venue: Mandela Hall, Queen’s University Venue: The MAC Venue: The Crescent Arts Centre Belfast Students’ Union Belfast Students’ Union 20 Tickets: £18 & £15 (Concession) 21 25 25 Tickets: £12 & £10 (Concession) OCT OCT Tickets: £22.50, Door Price £25 OCT Tickets: £22.50, Door Price: £25 OCT

IRELAND USA USA UK LOVING THE TRADITION OLD-TIME MUSIC WITH A PUNK SWAGGER NORTHERN Irish Premiere JAZZ FOR RADIOHEAD FANS Following the success of sold-out shows in Dublin’s Christ Well known for their classic hit, Wagon Wheel, Old Crow In 2006, Neil Cowley Trio burst onto the Jazz scene with rip- BONA FIDE FUNK SOUL TIME Church Cathedral and Sugar Club, the award-winning Medicine Show rub musical shoulders with many great roaring riffs, hook-laden tunes and thrilling climaxes sitting For over a decade, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings have members of Supergroup A Stór Mo Chroí are coming Americana and folk artists including Gillian Welch, Dave side-by-side with heart-shattering musical whisperings, travelled the world, blowing minds with their explosive live to Belfast. Rawlings, Mumford & Sons, Bob Dylan, Nickel Creek and turning the concept of the piano trio on its head. funk and soul performances. The Avett Brothers. They return to Belfast with a brand Éilís Kennedy, Pauline Scanlon, Muireann NicAmhlaoibh, Aside from his trio, Cowley has been the go-to pianist for new album and a brand new live show. Using only original instruments from the 60s and 70s Mary Dillon, John Spillane, Donogh Hennessy, Dónal soul and pop acts requiring a jazz technique and rhythmic and recording in analogue, they eschew any post-modern O’Connor and John McSherry have been members of the suppleness. Indeed his work with Adele on albums 19 and references and create full-on grooves. most influential folk and traditional groups of the past 21 made him quite literally 2011’s most listened-to pianist It’s so extraordinary to hear a band where 15 years. The band has attracted everyone from Prince to John on the planet. “there are three good singers; their harmonies Legend and Michael Bublé and they’ve even had a cameo This show offers the rare opportunity to witness their shared remind me of the Dead or the Band. role in the recent film The Wolf of Wall Street. Previously in repertoire performed together on one stage, connecting Gillian Welch ” the UK they were Mark Ronson’s house band and featured The greatest stadium-filling anthems that the past with the present and creating a new tradition. on Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black. “Coldplay never wrote. Uncut ” Presented in association with Open House Festival. Presented in association with Red Roof & 18 yrs + Strange Victory. 18 yrs + Presented in association with Moving On Music. B.Y.O. #BelFest 37

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NORTHERN IRISH Premiere Sat 25 Oct 12pm – 3pm Botanic Gardens THE AFRICAN SAVANNAH COMES Free, family-friendly, African-animal themed Sat 18 Oct 10.30am, 11.30am & 2.30pm TO BELFAST! SAT 18 Meet Twiga the Giraffe with her daughter Sambah activities, workshops: Sun 19 Oct 2.30pm, 3.30pm & 4.30pm AND and Tembo the Elephant with her calf Tembito. · African animal puppet making/crafts SUN 19 Venue: The Duncairn Centre, Antrim Road · Jungle mask making OCT Tickets: £6 Adult & Baby Combo Ticket Enter into the lives of these great, large-scale, · Tribal armbands mechanical, African mammals, each with a · African shakers NORTHERN IRELAND personality all of their own, and join them as they · African drum circle discover a very different Savannah in Belfast. A TEENY WEENY SHOW FOR OUR VERY · Safari face painting YOUNGEST AUDIENCES Did you notice that Hannavas is Savannah spelt · Belfast Zoo animal encounter TiNY, is Replay’s new show for babies which comes with backwards?! 2pm: Promenade style performance of the its own magical theatre space and is performed to just a Presented by Catalan company, Sarruga who are animals around the park few babies at a time. making their NI debut at this year’s Festival. Full of magical sounds, lights and textures, TiNY takes our Sun 26 Oct very youngest audience members on a fantastical journey 2pm City Hall Belfast full of wonder and surprises! Promenade style performance of animals Duration: 45 Mins in the grounds of City Hall Replay 0–12 Months TiNY 6 baby places per performance #BelFest ABSORBING MODERNITY 41 Arts Council of Northern Ireland Public Funding

ABSORBING MODERNITY 1914-2014

A series of events and exhibitions created by local arts organisations, looking at the impact North West Migrants Forum Intercultural Gala Festival Intercultural Forum Migrants West North of modernism in Northern Ireland, inspired by this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale under the curation of Rem Koolhaas and the British Bringing great art within Pavilion’s exhibition A Clockwork Jerusalem. everyone’s reach

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ABSORBING EXHIBITIONS & TALKS WORKSHOPS Building for The Silver Screens of Belfast The Paper Salon for Inspiring Architects MODERNITY Children’s Event Date: Thurs 16 Oct – Sat 1 Nov, 6pm –10.30pm 1914-2014 (Mon – Fri, weekend times vary) Date: Sat 18 Oct, 10am – 4pm (lunch included) Venue: Queen’s Film Theatre Foyer (QFT) Venue: The MAC Tickets: FREE Admission Tickets: £10 Suitable for ages 7-11 yrs A flavour of the days when over 40 cinemas were (limited to 30 spaces – Booking Essential) WHAT CAN WE GAIN FROM operating in Belfast. THIS PERIOD? – Thurs 16 Oct – Opening Reception & Talk Challenging children to design amazing and imaginative by Michael Open, 6.30pm – 7.30pm buildings for Belfast. Can the condition of being – Collected projected installation of new and old cinemas continues at the Strand Arts Centre with the modern keep inspiring Belfast and The Paper Salon for Architects and film programme in particular, architecture today? Architecture Students The Ulster Museum 1914-2014: Date: Fri 24 Oct, 10am – 6pm Be inspired to draw or design buildings in Evolution Amidst Revolution Venue: The Ulster Museum paper salons, take part in discussion and Tickets: £10 (lunch & evening drinks reception included - Date: Fri 17 Oct – Sat 1 Nov, 10am – 5pm debate with international guest lectures or just Limited to 40 spaces – Booking Essential) enjoy the tours, screenings and exhibitions. (Closed Mondays) Venue: The Belfast Room, Ulster Museum Thought-provoking presentations by distinguished Tickets: FREE Admission practitioners. Participants will also develop and present creative ideas for a local urban city site. Featuring rarely seen archival drawings, photographs and models. – Fri 17 Oct – Opening Reception, 6pm – 8pm – Exhibition Tours: Thurs 23 & 30 Oct, 1pm (40 mins) TOURS by Rosaleen Hickey Heritage Tour of The Strand Arts Centre Modern Schools in Belfast Talk: With projectionist & film enthusiast Alan McClurg The Work of RS Wilshere Date: Sat 18 Oct, 12.30pm – 1.30pm Date: Thurs 23 Oct, 6pm – 7.30pm Venue: Strand Arts Centre, Holywood Road Venue: Lecture Theatre, Ulster Museum Tickets: £3 (limited to 10 spaces – Booking Essential) Tickets: FREE Admission Explore its unique Art Deco architecture and go behind the Architectural Historian, Dr Paul Larmour focuses on 26 scenes of a traditional movie theatre. Belfast schools constructed in the 1920s & 1930s. Modernist Churches of Belfast Bus Tour: Craigavon New Town: 50 Years of Modernity With architectural researcher Rosaleen Hickey Date: Sat 25 Oct – Sat 1 Nov, 11am – 5pm, in association with Belfast Exposed (Closed Monday) Date: Sat 25 Oct, 11am (1hr) Venue: Golden Thread Gallery Venue: Ulster Museum (Stranmillis Rd) Tickets: FREE Admission Tickets: FREE (limited to 30 spaces – Booking Essential) Created by PLACE, featuring new and archival Exploring if the universalising tendencies of modernism photography by Victor Sloan. erased the differentiation between Protestant and Catholic – Fri 24 Oct: Opening Reception 6pm – 8pm churches in Belfast. – Bus Tour of Craigavon: Sat 1 Nov, 12noon – Booking Essential 44 ABSORBING MODERNITY BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest TOUR 45

Belfast Civic Trust Presents MODERNITY ON FILM ABSORBING MODERNITY Floodlit Tour of ULSTER MUSEUM DAY Exploring how modernity has influenced some of Belfast Heritage and Date: Sat 25 Oct cinema’s leading lights. FREE Admission Modernist Buildings Strand Arts Centre Modernist Churches of Belfast Bus Tour THU Time: 7.30pm Tickets: £5, £4 Students & £3.50 OAP & Children Time: 11am (1hr) – Limited to 30 places. Venue: Bus Pick Up: Queen’s University Booking Essential 23 Belfast, University Road Modern Times Tickets: £12 & £8 (Concession) Exploring if the universalising tendencies of OCT Charlie Chaplin & Paulette Goddard. modernism erased the differentiation between Date: Sat 18 Oct, 2pm Protestant and Catholic churches in Belfast. NORTHERN IRELAND The Uncle Jack THE ARCHITECTURAL STORY OF BELFAST modernist architecture such as the Waterfront Hall Modernism and the Church Talk: Discover the history and culture of Belfast on this and the Ulster Museum. Dedicated to cinema architect John McBride Neill. A Northern Ireland Legacy floodlit bus tour of key civic buildings and their Date: Sat 18 Oct, 4pm This tour compliments other architectural-related Time: 12.30pm – 1.15pm architectural story. events in the 2014 Festival such as the Absorbing North by Northwest The social and aesthetic impact of modernity on View significant Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian Modernity Programme. church architecture. Belfast buildings such as Belfast City Hall, St Peter’s Hitchcock Film with Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint & Cathedral, Clonard Monastery, St Anne’s Cathedral, James Mason. A Clockwork Jerusalem Talk the Custom House and Stormont together with Finish Time: 9pm Date: Sun 19 Oct, 2pm Time: 2pm – 3pm Queen’s Film Theatre (QFT) Is there such a thing as national architecture? Tickets: £6.50, £5 Concession The Lost City of Craigavon (£4 Students & under 16s) Film Screening & Discussion Leave a agata Dziadul The Cabinet of Dr Caligari Time: 3pm – 4.30pm LEgacy Michael Barnes Drama Scholar Werner Krauss & Conrad Veidt. Setting Craigavon within the broader context of Scholarships are an Date: Fri 24 Oct, 6.30pm modernist trends in landscape architecture. investment in our brightest talent. Philanthropic gifts such Le Mépris Closing Screening: as legacies support students, allowing them to turn their An Epoch translated into Space Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli & Jack Palance. dreams into reality, regardless Date: Fri 24 Oct, 8.45pm of their financial circumstances. Time: 4.30pm – 5.15pm The Fountainhead The untold story of Ulster Museum architect Paddy Lawson by Forum for Alternative Belfast. Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal & Raymond Massey. Date: Sat 25 Oct, 6.30pm

Help support the pursuit of If you would like to speak to someone about leaving a gift in your will, please contact Susan Wilson, Legacy Officer world-class education and life Development and Alumni Relations Office, Queen’s University, changing research. Absorbing Modernity ABSORBING MODERNITY PARTNERS: T: +44 (0) 28 9097 3162 E: [email protected] British Council, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, University Booking Essential Events Available Through Festival of Ulster, Queen’s University Belfast, PLACE, Belfast www.queensfoundation.com Website & Box Office Exposed, The Ulster Museum, Forum for Alternative Belfast. Registered Charity Number: XR22432 46 THEATRE BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest THEATRE 47

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A Tribute to Mike Moloney Brassneck Theatre Company Presents Mike Night Cabaret The Holy Holy Bus

Time: 7.30pm SUN TUE 21 Time: 8pm Venue: Whitla Hall, Queen’s University TO Venue: Belfast Waterfront Belfast 19 FRI 31 Tickets: Mon-Thurs £12, Fri & Sat £15 OCT Tickets: £15 (£150 for a table of 10) OCT*

NORTHERN IRELAND NORTHERN IRELAND CLUB-STYLE CABARET CELEBRATION WORLD PREMIERE A fun-filled night of celebratory entertainment in memory BITTERSWEET BELFAST COMEDY of Mike Moloney, the man who ran Festival Club, in a There is a pilgrimage that leaves a West Belfast parish specially created cabaret club venue. once a year to tour the holy sites of Ireland. The local CHECK-IN TO FESTIVAL 2014 For one night only, come and relive, or experience for the parishioners call it The Holy Holy Bus. first time, the legendary atmosphere of a Festival Club or Over seven hectic days, follow four of the faithful females New Moon Showcase, which launched many a performer on their personal journeys (warts and all), as they embark Genre on their professional journey. on this hilariously madcap adventure which will change all Enjoy the cream of performing talent in music, comedy, of their lives forever. THEATRE magic and circus drawn from around the globe. The artists A bittersweet comedy about love, happiness, and organisers are giving freely of their skills, sweat, laughter, disappointment and faith, from the producers of A Night Dates and tears in a tribute to the late, great Mike Moloney, Actor, With George and Man In The Moon. 16 OCT- 01 NOV #BELFEST Teacher, Circus Performer and Director of the Prison Arts Foundation, but above all, an inspiration to many over his www.belfastfestival.com 33 years in Belfast. *No show on Sun 26 Oct 15 yrs + All proceeds go to the Mike Moloney Bursary Fund for Artists Preview: Tues 21 Oct, Tickets £10 48 THEATRE BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest THEATRE 49

Schaubühne Berlin Presents Time: 7.30pm Venue: Grand Opera House An Enemy of the People THU 23 Tickets: £31.50, £27.50, £25.50, TO £23.50 & £21.50 By Henrik Ibsen SAT 25 Concession £15* Limited number available Directed by: Thomas Ostermeier OCT Tickets: across all performances. In a version by Florian Borchmeyer (Book directly at Grand Opera House Box Office only) Passport To THEATRE GERMANY

IRISH PREMIERE (Production) Thomas Ostermeier is renowned RADICAL NEW PRODUCTION OF WORLD-CLASS “internationally for ‘shaking up the EUROPEAN THEATRE. classical repertoire.’ Schaubühne Berlin, the prestigious German theatre of the New York Times ” people and one of Europe’s leading theatre companies, makes its NI debut. Ibsen was controversial in his time and this “production delivers a volatile adaptation This bold new adaptation is directed by one of the leading that will trigger heated conversation in the voices in contemporary theatre, Thomas Ostermeier, car on the way home against a global backdrop of spreading immigration Herald Sun ” panics, environmental and financial crises. A battle rages in the city. The drinking water is contaminated, but never mind the opinion of a local expert, there’s a tourism industry to protect. Factions form… to tell or not to tell? In what could be described as controversial yet an inspired choice for current times, this dark satire of greed and Performed in German with English Surtitles corruption with a modern twist includes live music such as Please note there is no interval David Bowie’s Changes and brings Ibsen’s wryly comedic Finish Time: 9.45pm parable to the boil and, with help from the people, a solitary Postshow Talk: Has austerity been good for Europe? whistleblower to his knees. Baby Grand, Fri 24 Oct 50 THEATRE BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest THEATRE 51

Happenstance Presents #BELFEST More Than A Flag

THU 23 Time: 7.30pm TO Venue: Ballymacarrett Orange Hall, SAT 25 Albertbridge Road OCT Tickets: £7 & £5 (Concession)

NORTHERN IRELAND WORLD PREMIERE 3 BANDS, 2 SIDES, 1 WORLD WAR East Belfast answered the call to arms in World War One. Dan Gordon works with 18 young East Belfast bandsmen to find out why and create a special performance with songs, poetry, music and drama to commemorate this vital part of the city’s heritage. “The spoken word does not carry far enough: hence the institution of gongs and drums. Nor can ordinary objects be seen clearly enough: hence the institution of banners and flags.” - Sun Tzu (544–496 BCE) - The Art of War

12 yrs+ Aisling Ghéar FRI 24 Time: Fri 24 & Sat 25 Oct 8pm, TO Sun 26 Oct 3pm Makaronik SUN 26 Venue: Lyric Theatre OCT Tickets: £12 & £10 (Concession)

NORTHERN IRELAND/IRELAND WORLD PREMIERE

Keep up to date A MULTI-LINGUAL SCI-FI DRAMA DRÁMA FICSEAN-EOLAÍOCHTA ILTEANGACH It’s the year 2084 in a world where ‘The Empire’ reigns An bhliain 2084 atá ann agus an domhan mór faoi with the latest supreme. Most European languages are forbidden. cheannas iomlán ag ‘an Impireacht’. Tá cosc ar an chuid is mó de theangacha na hEorpa. Festival news and In Belfast, Makaronik, the last woman standing, has been instructed by ‘The Centre’ to wrap up her archive and Is í Makaronik bean dheireanach seasta an fhóid i mBéal reviews with BBC send back all remnants of the Irish language for ‘storage’. Feirste. Ordaítear di deireadh a chur lena hobair chartlainne agus iarsmaí uilig na Gaeilge a sheoladh ar ais le go Futuristic, yet rooted in an ancient tradition - think of gcuirfear ‘i dtaisce’ iad. Northern Ireland Beckett’s Endgame and Ridley Scott’s Bladerunner, with just a hint of The Matrix. Den todhchaí é Makaronik ach é fréamhaithe fosta i dtraidisiún ársa – smaoinigh ar Críoch-Chluiche Beckett, across TV, radio Makaronik is derived from the Latin - macaronicus - where Bladerunner Ridley Scott le blaiseadh beag The Matrix. the mixing up of languages has a humorous or satirical and online. intent. Tagann Makaronik ón fhocal Laidine macaronicus –cuspóir greannmhar nó aorach a bheith le meascadh suas teangacha. Empirish: think George Orwell’s ‘Newspeak’ or Star Trek’s ‘Klingon’. Impiris: smaoinigh ar ‘Newspeak’ George Orwell nó ‘Klingon’ For more details log onto Star Trek. bbc.co.uk/northernireland Postshow Talk: The Director and cast talk about the inspiration behind this new work, Sat 25 Oct 16 yrs +

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Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord Presents WED 29 Time: 7.45pm The Suit TO Venue: Lyric Theatre Direction, adaptation and musical direction by Peter Brook, FRI 31 Tickets: £20 & £18 (Concession) Marie-Hélène Estienne and Franck Krawczyk OCT

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NORTHERN Irish Premiere This story of adultery in apartheid South A CLASSIC STORY SUPERBLY TAILORED “Africa is quietly preparing to break your heart Renowned European theatre and former RSC director The New York Times ” Peter Brook, working with his long-time collaborator Marie-Hélene Estienne and composer Frank Krawczyk, The suit that figures so prominently demonstrates that some themes don’t wear out on stage “onstage may be empty, but ‘The Suit’ by giving The Suit a new life, presented in its original is filled with emotion. English-language version. The Huffington Post ” This simple but sad South African story of infidelity centres on a middle-class lawyer who punishes his wife for being unfaithful to him by treating the suit that her lover left Postshow Talk: In Conversation with members of the cast, behind as a physical person in their life. She has to feed it, Fri 31 Oct entertain it and take it out for walks as a constant reminder Based on ‘The Suit’ by Can Themba, Mothobi Mutloatse of her adultery. and Barney Simon. www.belfast-harbour.co.uk/about-us/sponsorship Based on the 1950s novel by South African author Can 12 yrs + Themba, who was exiled to Swaziland and his book banned Finish Time: 9pm during apartheid. Image: © Johan Persson 54 TALKS BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest TALKS 55

The 2014 Stewart Parker Memorial Lecture CHECK-IN TO FESTIVAL 2014 Jonathan Powell Talking to Terrorists Adrian Dunbar Genre TALKS & SAT Time: 7.30pm SAT Time: 5pm LITERATURE Venue: The Great Hall, Queen’s Venue: Brian Friel Theatre, 18 University Belfast 18 Queen’s University Belfast Dates 16 OCT- 01 NOV #BELFEST OCT Tickets: £8 & £6 (Concession) OCT Tickets: FREE – Booking Essential

UK NORTHERN IRELAND www.belfastfestival.com SHOULD GOVERNMENTS TALK TO TERRORISTS? REFLECTING THE WORK OF THE PLAYWRIGHT Jonathan Powell, government advisor and negotiator, has The Stewart Parker Memorial Lecture is delivered annually spent half a lifetime talking to people and organisations by a distinguished artist or intellectual from the field of labelled as terrorists. He runs Inter Mediate, a London- Theatre, Film, Music and Sonic Arts to reflect both the based charity for negotiation and mediation that focuses School of Creative Arts’ multi-subject composition and on the most difficult, complex and dangerous conflicts, Stewart’s extraordinary eclecticism. where other organisations are unable to operate. Today, To commemorate Stewart Parker’s 26th anniversary, this he works in different armed conflicts around the world and year the School welcomes one of Northern Ireland’s most is the UK Prime Minister’s special envoy to Libya. renowned actors of the stage and screen, Adrian Dunbar. He will be joined by Mark Carruthers, the presenter of BBC Adrian Dunbar has a long association with Stewart Parker’s Northern Ireland’s weekly flagship politics programme The work and has performed in both screen and radio versions View to discuss his new book Talking to Terrorists, an inside of Stewart Parker’s latest and greatest play, Pentecost, look at the subterranean exchanges that occur between running at the Lyric Theatre this autumn. governments and terrorist organisations. 56 TALKS BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest TALKS 57

Harkaitz Cano, with Amnesty International Annual Lecture Gay Byrne Live Vincent Dargan Syria - The World’s Most The Falls: The People, The Deirdre Cartmill and Dangerous Place For Journalists On Stage Maria McManus Community, The Memories

Time: 7.30pm SUN Time: 6pm MON TUE Time: 7.45pm THU Time: 7pm Venue: The Great Hall, Venue: The Crescent Arts Centre Venue: Lyric Theatre Venue: Falls Road Library Queen’s University Belfast 19 Tickets: £6 & £4 (Concession) 20 21 Tickets: £20 23 Tickets: £6 & £4 (Concession) OCT OCT Tickets: £8 & £6 (Concession) OCT OCT SPAIN/IRELAND/ Passport To TALKS NORTHERN IRELAND UK IRELAND IRELAND

WRITING OF IRELAND AND THE BASQUE WITH WAR PHOTOGRAPHER PAUL CONROY IRELAND’S LEGENDARY BROADCASTER THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE FALLS COUNTRY CHAIRED BY WILLIAM CRAWLEY One of the most loved television and radio personalities in CAUGHT ON CAMERA Renowned Basque poet, Harkaitz Cano reads with two In 2012 a Syrian government rocket ripped a hole in the leg Ireland, Gay Byrne brings his solo sell-out show to Belfast. Photography is a key method of recording the changes rising stars of the Northern Irish literary scene, Deirdre of Paul Conroy and took the life of war correspondent Marie that a city experiences, times caught in the shutter giving Enjoy Ireland’s legendary broadcaster at his best, telling Cartmill and Maria McManus. Colvin, confirming Syria as the world’s most dangerous a unique flavour of how it was and what was lost. behind-the-scenes stories of the stars in a hilarious place for journalists. Harkaitz Cano was born in San Sebastian in 1975. In evening’s entertainment. Vincent Dargan is a street photographer from the Lower addition to the poetry collections Kea behelainopean Paul Conroy is a war photographer and film maker, who Falls region of Belfast. His latest book, published by In his five decade broadcasting career, Gay Byrne was bezala/Like Smoke in a Low-lying Fog and Norbait dabil has worked in some of the world’s deadliest conflict zones, Blackstaff Press, is an unparalleled archive of images of the first presenter to ever introduce The Beatles on TV sute-eskaileran/Somebody’s Out on the Fire Escape, he from the Balkans to Iraq and Libya. this politically and culturally significant area of the city, and is recognised as the man who introduced Ireland to has published several collections of short stories, as well as at a time of great change and conflict. Hear Conroy explain the tragedy that continues to unfold modernity, both on his RTÉ morning radio show and The the novels Beluna Jazz and Pasaia blues and the personal in Syria, which has now claimed 150,000 lives, and why the Late Late Show. The Festival is delighted to showcase these lost and ever- chronicle set in New York: Piano gainean gosaltzen role of war correspondent has never been more important changing streets, and the work of the local artist who (Breakfasting on the Piano). or more perilous. recorded them. Deirdre Cartmill has published two collections, The Return …exhilarating …superb …ingenious Lecture followed by Q&A chaired by William Crawley. of the Buffalo and Midnight Solo, and has become one …a thoroughly enjoyable evening of the most distinctive voices on the poetry scene here in In association with the Human Rights Centre at Queen’s Irish Times ” Northern Ireland. Maria McManus, poet and playwright University Belfast. has a long track record on the stage with her work with Related Events: Photo Exhibition by Paul Conroy for viewing Tinderbox Theatre Company. Her most recent poetry before and after event. collection is We are Bone. 58 TALKS BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest TALKS 59

Bob Harris Poetry Ireland Presents Brian McGilloway and Sinead John Hewitt Society Presents Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill Crowley In Conversation Poetry Reading with Pat Boran, with David Torrens Theo Dorgan & Anne-Marie Fyfe

Time: 8.30pm THU FRI Time: 6pm MON Time: 7.30pm WED Time: 8pm Venue: Music Club, Elmwood Hall, Venue: Skainos Centre, Newtownards Road Venue: No Alibis Bookshop Venue: John Hewitt Bar Queen’s University Belfast 23 24 Tickets: £5 & £3 (Concession) 27 Tickets: £6 & £4 (Concession) 29 Tickets: £8 & £7 (Concession) OCT Tickets: £10 & £8 (Concession) OCT OCT OCT

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THE LEGENDARY RADIO BROADCASTER CELEBRATING POETRY IN IRISH IRISH CRIME WRITING AT ITS FINEST HEWITT BIRTHDAY POETRY READING AND PRESENTER OF BBC’S THE OLD GREY One of Ireland’s leading Irish language poets, Nuala Ní Two of Ireland’s finest crime writers, one a new voice, the To mark the birth date of the celebrated Belfast-born WHISTLE TEST Dhomhnaill will join local school children who have been other an established star of the genre, convene at Belfast’s poet John Hewitt, three of Ireland’s most popular, award- Described by the Radio Times as ‘...one of the greats participating in poetry workshops, based on an exploration home of crime fiction, No Alibis Bookstore. winning poets give readings in the pub named after him. of British contemporary music broadcasting’ and ‘...an of Irish-language poems. Sinead Crowley is known as an RTÉ journalist, and her Dublin-based poet, editor and publisher, Pat Boran has independent champion of great music’, and rewarded as This event, presented in association with the Seamus Heaney debut novel Can Anybody Help Me? has been well received published five collections of poetry, most recently The such in 2011 with an OBE in the Queen’s Honours list for his Centre at Queen’s, will also see Nuala reading some of her across Ireland and the UK. The novel enters the strange Next Life. He received the 2008 Lawrence O’Shaughnessy services to music broadcasting, Bob Harris has been at the best-loved poems in Irish, with postgraduate students from anonymous world of internet forums with chilling results. Poetry Award. centre of the British music industry for more than 40 years. the Centre reading the English translations. Brian McGilloway is one of Ireland’s leading crime novelists, Cork-born Theo Dorgan is a poet and prose writer whose In this special Music Club event, introduced by BBC with six novels to date including Little Girl Lost which poetry collections include Sappho’s Daughter, What This NI Broadcaster Ralph McLean, Bob shares anecdotes, Workshop: Writers In Schools NI Mini Residencies Programme appeared in the top 10 of the New York Times bestselling Earth Cost Us and Greek. reminiscences and insights into the workings and the list in 2014. His novels inhabit the borderlands of Derry and future of the global music industry. Anne-Marie Fyfe, born in Co Antrim and now based in Tyrone, with buried secrets rising to the surface of society. London, has published four poetry collections, including A must for fans of the thrills and chills of crime fiction. Understudies: New & Collected Poems.

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CLOSING NIGHT of the 2014 festival

Matthias Politycki Stephen Sexton and Rachel Piercey Samarkand, Samarkand Oils and Rivers Wanted

Time: 8pm THU Time: 6pm THU Venue: The Crescent Arts Centre Venue: Belfast Central Library Tickets: FREE Admission – Booking 30 Tickets: £6 & £4 (Concession) 30 OCT OCT Essential Passport To TALKS GERMANY UK

ACCLAIMED GERMAN NOVELIST THE LAUNCH OF TWO POETRY PAMPHLETS The Night Dances SAT Time: 7.30pm Matthias Politycki is ranked amongst the most successful Oils is the stunning debut collection by Belfast poet Venue: Lyric Theatre literary authors writing in German, having sold over 200,000 Stephen Sexton, who is currently studying for a PhD at With Charlotte Rampling 01 Tickets: £20 & £18 (Concession) copies and published over 20 novels and poetry collections. the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at Queen’s University & Sonia Wieder-Atherton NOV His work has also been translated in 13 countries. Belfast. Rivers Wanted is by London poet Rachel Piercey, editor at Cadaverine Magazine and The Emma Press. Samarkand, Samarkand is Matthias’ latest and critically FRANCE/UK acclaimed book, which took twenty years to complete and Joined by their editor, Emma Wright, the prize-winning Charlotte Rampling, who has starred in over 80 films is the story of one man’s quest to save the West from total poets will read a selection of poems from their books, UK & IRISH Premiere working with directors such as Woody Allen and will destruction. This epic work is both a novel of adventure sharing their unique world views and reflecting on love, RECITING THE POEMS OF SYLVIA PLATH WITH play a lead role in the new series of the award-winning and of romance. identity and art. THE MUSIC OF BENJAMIN BRITTEN TV drama Broadchurch, takes to the Lyric stage in a He currently has a short radio series on the BBC called Launch by The Emma Press. Explore the subtleties of Benjamin Britten’s composition very different role from her sex symbol status of The Letters from Germany. for cello through the lens of the American poet Sylvia Plath, Night Porter or her part as Dr Evelyn Vogel in Dexter. considered one of the leading cultivators of confessional poetry. Actress Charlotte Rampling reads in French and Finish Time: 8.45pm Inventive and deeply affecting, this English, and Sonia Wieder-Atherton performs cello suites “remarkable fiction lingers in the mind long Pre-show Talk: 6.30pm of Britten, in a moving performance, the only UK & Ireland after the last page has been turned. Sylvia in Belfast by Professor date before a 2015 tour. The Independent Gerald Dawe, poet and Head of the Oscar Wilde School of ” Fifty years after the death of Sylvia Plath and one hundred English, Trinity College Dublin. years after the birth of Benjamin Britten, the performance Image: © Mathias Bothor/Photoselection FREE Admission. invites audiences to celebrate their new beginning, Booking Essential listening to each other. The one with the other. #BelFest 63 Ulster Bank: Because access to the arts matters

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NORTHERN IRISH Premiere three-screen video installation offers a version of Los Angeles which is maddeningly claustrophobic, synchronising forceful AMBITIOUS, VISCERAL VIDEO INSTALLATION imagery to the beat of a thudding soundtrack. Throughout her practice, British-born, California- based artist Amanda Beech entangles narratives from 18 yrs + Parental Guidance (contains profanity) philosophical theory, noir-ish TV shows such as 24 and Closes: 22 Nov 2014 CSI, the hard-boiled writing of James Ellroy, and real political events. In Sanity Assassin, a highly visceral, large-scale video installation, Beech investigates the condition of lawlessness, contingency and instability when imagined as a natural state of the human condition, looking to how we can now understand politics, agency and power in this context. Focusing on what is often thought of as an exclusive playground for the rich and famous, Beech’s ambitious 66 DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS 67

Royal Ulster Academy Golden Thread Gallery Presents 133rd Annual Exhibition Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art

OPENS OPENS Time: Tues–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm, Sat Time: Tues–Sun, 10am–5pm FRI SAT 10.30am–4pm Venue: Ulster Museum Venue: Golden Thread Gallery 17 Tickets: FREE Admission 18 OCT OCT Tickets: FREE Admission

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OVER 250 ARTWORKS EXHIBITED EXPLAINING NORTHERN IRELAND This popular annual exhibition showcases original works THROUGH ART across the disciplines of the visual arts (including sculpture, This exhibition features a number of key works by painting, drawing, photography and video) from emerging international artists who have made work in or about Bolshoi Theatre & Russian Museum OPENS Time: 10am–5pm Daily artists to the biggest names in Irish art. Northern Ireland. of Ethnography FRI (Late Night–9pm Wed & Thurs) From Bolshoi to Belfast Venue: Crumlin Road Gaol This year’s exhibiting artists include: Featuring artists Mike Kelley, Phil Collins & Nancy Spero, the 17 show will explore how this work has been critically received Tickets: £5 & £3.50 (Concession) – David Crone – Clement McAleer The Theatre of Costume OCT beyond Northern Ireland and what impact this has made – Colin Davidson – Simon McWilliams towards the broader understanding of The Troubles. RUSSIA – Rita Duffy – Peter Richards The eleventh and penultimate instalment of Golden – Barbara Freeman – Paul Seawright Thread Gallery’s Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art of Europe, this exhibition has been created especially for UK & irish PREMIERE – Graham Gingles – Jennifer Trouton Series, a project that forms a significant archive of Northern Belfast as part of UK–Russia Year of Culture. A COLLECTION OF BALLET AND OPERA – Brendan Jamison – Neil Shawcross Irish Art from 1945 to the present. COSTUMES FROM BOLSHOI THEATRE The Theatre of Costume will attempt to capture the drama – Sharon Kelly Curated by Hugh Mulholland. The globally recognised Bolshoi has come together with of the Bolshoi as evocative images and sounds surround the Russian Museum of Ethnography to curate a show the costumes to help bring to life the breathtaking beauty A wide range of educational activities are scheduled that tells the story of how the traditional costumes of the and intrigue of Russian culture that has helped set the Closes: 29 Nov 2014 throughout the exhibition aimed at schools, families, art people are reimagined in the famous 20th-century ballet Bolshoi apart as one of the leading, world class arts enthusiasts and the wider general public. and opera designs. companies for over 200 years. Combining costumes never seen before outside Russia with Presented by Belfast City Council designs that have been showcased in the fashion capitals Closes: 13 Dec 2014 Closes: 4 Jan 2015 68 DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS 69

Book Launch: Creative Exchange Presents Liz Crow Presents Jim McKeever Presents We, Too, Sing Belfast Art In The Eastside Resistance Significant Objects By Donal McCann Time: 10am–12pm and 2pm–4pm Daily OPENS OPENS OPENS Time: 11am–4pm (Mon-Fri) SAT Time: 2pm (Late Night Thurs 6pm-8pm) MON Venue: Billboards Across East Belfast TUE WED Venue: Arts & Disability Forum (ADF), Venue: Golden Thread Gallery Venue: Titanic Drawing Rooms Cathedral Quarter Workspaces 18 Tickets: FREE Admission 20 21 Tickets: FREE Admission 22 Tickets: FREE Admission OCT OCT OCT (Donations at Exhibition) OCT

NORTHERN IRELAND NORTHERN IRELAND/VARIOUS UK NORTHERN IRELAND CONNECTING WITH BELFAST’S FIRST CITIZEN 50 ARTIST BILLBOARDS AND INSTALLATIONS IRISH Premiere INTENSE PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC STORY Donal McCann’s new photographic exhibition and ACROSS BELFAST This exhibition tells the story of John, who was placed in AWARD-WINNING FILM INSTALLATION accompanying book launch reflects on the past year in Art in The Eastside is the biggest outdoor visual arts care with the Sisters of Nazareth at just one day old and Resistance is a timely and hopeful work exploring issues of Belfast, and examines how the city connects with itself exhibition in Ireland this October, including work from didn’t leave the system until 17 years later. marginalisation and asking what can be done to prevent and the wider world through its First Citizen. local, national and international artists. oppression in the future. This immersive installation, comprising Collaborating with John over two years, photographer Jim McCann’s project has seen him work closely with Belfast’s Look out for the 50 billboards and installations in public drama, documentary film and audio, takes as its starting point McKeever has created an intense narrative visualising places former Lord Mayor, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, throughout his year spaces across Belfast showcasing high-quality visual and the Nazi programme of mass murder, targeting disabled and objects that represent physical and mental pain. in office (2013–2014). The exhibition presents only the dynamic public art as well as celebrating the creative, people. It follows the story of Elise, a patient who sweeps the Preview: Mon 20 Oct, 5pm-7pm tip of the iceberg of all the work carried out through the positive energy of East Belfast. institution in which she lives. She doesn’t speak but watches Related Talk: In Conversation with Jim McKeever, Tues 28 Oct year by both the photographer and his subject. everything. She watches buses full of patients leave and return Creating an opportunity for over 400,000 commuters, at 2pm in ADF empty. When it’s her turn, she knows what’s in store. Based The associated exhibition runs at Golden Thread Gallery visitors and residents to view this colourful, vibrant and Closes: 28 Nov 2014 on real events, this is the story of one woman’s resistance in from 2–21 Oct. fun art in an urban landscape, Art in The Eastside, is for Exhibition suitable for all ages. the only way she could. The provocative installation draws many, a good introduction to visual art. Parental Guidance for artist talk. audiences into a deeply touching experience that asks Access Information: BSL and audio description on request for An art map is available detailing the location of each questions about what kind of society we want to be. 22 or 28 Oct. Information available in artwork and artist-led tours are available upon request. Braille. (Email [email protected] or download from Closes: Sun 2 Nov 2014

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Visual Artists Ireland Presents Kabosh Presents Nam June Paik Presents Diogo Alvim and Matilde Meireles Belfast Open Studios 20 Global Groove Play

Time: 10am–6pm (Sun 26, Oct OPENS Time: 11am–4pm daily Time: Fri 7pm, Sat 3pm & 7pm WED 22 Time: 1pm–5pm THU 23 FRI 24 1pm–6pm) THU Venue: The Naughton Gallery, Venue: Physical Education Centre (PEC), TO Venue: See Below OCT TO AND Venue: The Dome, Victoria Square Queen’s University Belfast Queen’s University Belfast SUN 26 Tickets: FREE Admission SAT 01 23 SAT 25 OCT NOV Tickets: FREE Admission OCT Tickets: FREE Admission OCT Tickets: £7 & £5 (Concession)

NORTHERN IRELAND NORTHERN IRELAND KOREA PORTUGAL/UK GLIMPSE ART IN THE MAKING WORLD Premiere NORTHERN IRISH PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE Belfast Open Studios is an open invitation to the UNIQUE MULTI-SENSORY EXPERIENCE A RADICAL MANIFESTO ON COMMUNICATIONS SOUNDS OF SQUASH public to come see how artists work, to explore artistic OF BELFAST This seminal work in the history of video art, created by Music played as a game. Game played as music. methodologies and to have a glimpse into the creative Superb Detached City in Excellent Convenient Location. the Korean-American father of the genre in 1973, is a processes that culminate in the artworks often shown Imagine a trumpet, a tuba, and a trombone in a squash court. radical manifesto on global communications in a media- in galleries, museums, art centres, artist-led spaces and Surrounded by picturesque hills, this lively metropolis saturated world. PLAY is a multilayered performance that unravels what various venues. features south-facing gardens, a thriving port, two these things have in common. airports and a variety of road and motorway connectivity. With surreal visual wit, Paik layers cross-cultural elements, Belfast has more than a dozen artist studios in the city centre A colourful history with huge potential for development. artworld figures and Pop iconography in a joyful, Whilst the music and the game share the same including Flax Art Studios and QSS Bedford Street studios, hallucinatory romp and a prophetic statement on mass space, audiences will be able to explore the sounds of respectively celebrating their 25th and 30th years. Midnight, 31st August 1994. The IRA declares a ‘complete communication and contemporary art. collaboration and competition, persistence and resistance cessation of military operations’. The announcement sends and question the rules of play. Venues include: Flax Art Studios, Creative Exchange, Paragon, shockwaves throughout the province sparking joyous QSS Bedford Street and Platform Arts. celebration, anger, frustration, elation, resentment and relief. The performance brings a concert into a squash court Closes: 2 Nov 2014 See Festival website for full list and plays with the different perspectives of everyday Does peace have a price? Connected Event: Artists Without Studios Show & Tell at Black activities. Box, Wed 22–Fri 24 Oct, 2pm–4pm. School & Colleges Art Studio Sessions available Wed 22–Fri Original music: Conor Mitchell. 24 Oct, 12noon–2pm. Installation: Lesley Cherry. Duration: 45 mins 72 FILM BOOK NOW: belfastfestival.com 028 9097 1197 #BelFest FILM 73 INCLUDING MARTIAL ARTS MOVIES, GOLDEN AGE CLASSICS AND CUTTING EDGE MODERN MASTERPIECES. An opportunity for Belfast audiences to experience the artistry and inventiveness of these rarely seen films, covering 100 years of film- making in China.

— THE GOLDEN AGE — NEW WAVES SPRING IN A SMALL TOWN RED SORGHUM China 1948, Fei Mu, 98 min, Cert U* China 1987, Zhang Yimou, 91 mins, Mandarin/ Regarded as the finest work from the first great era of Japanese with English subtitles, Cert 15 Chinese filmmaking, Fei Mu’s quiet, piercingly poignant Sun 19 Oct 6.30pm study of adulterous desire and guilt-ridden despair – now restored – is a remarkable rediscovery. THE STORY OF QIU JU Fri 17 Oct 6.30pm China 1992, Zhang Yimou, 100 mins, Cert 15* Sat 18 Oct 6.30pm Mon 20 Oct 6.30pm

— A NEW CHINA — NEW DIRECTIONS RED DETACHMENT OF WOMEN THE MISSING GUN FRI 17 A Century of Venue: Queen’s Film Theatre China 1961, Xie Jin, 110 mins, Cert U* China 2002, Lu Chuan, 90 mins, Cert 12* TO Tickets: £6.50 & £5 (Concession) THU 23 A young peasant girl on the island of Hainan is Tues 21 Oct 6.30pm Chinese Cinema Students & Under 16s £4 recruited to the red flag by a dashing communist spy OCT and joins an all-female brigade for a brutal campaign AFTERSHOCK against the dastardly Nationalist foe. One of the most important Mainland films up to the fall of the ‘Gang China 2010, Feng Xiaogang, 130 mins, Cert 15* of Four,’ director Xie Jin’s war epic crosses the eye- Wed 22 Oct 6.30pm popping style of Communist propaganda posters with the gritty realism of Soviet war films. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE Sat 18 Oct 3.30pm Hong Kong 2000, Wong Kar-wai, 96 mins, Cert PG, Cantonese with English subtitles Thurs 23 Oct 6.30pm — SWORDSMEN, GANGSTERS AND GHOSTS THE BANQUET A Century of Chinese Cinema is programmed in partnership China 2008, Feng Xiaogang, 131 mins, Cert 15* with BFI and TIFF. Sponsored by Lyca Mobile and The Banquet is a loose adaptation of ‘Hamlet’ set in Shangri La with special thanks to Cathay Pacific Airways. 10th-century China, which finds surprising intersections between Shakespeare’s play and Chinese family values; With thanks to the China Film Archive.

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TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER THURSDAY 23 OCTOBER WHAT’S ON & WHEN CLASSICAL PAGE DANCE PAGE Schubert Ensemble 13 Claire Cunningham, Guide Gods 20 DANCE PAGE ABSORBING MODERNITY PAGE FIND OUT WHAT’S ON OVER THE FESTIVAL PERIOD Claire Cunningham, Guide Gods 20 Building for the Silver Screens of Belfast 42 WITH THIS HANDY AT-A-GLANCE GUIDE: MUSIC PAGE The Ulster Museum 1914-2014: Old Crow Medicine Show 34 Evolution Amidst Revolution 42 ABSORBING MODERNITY PAGE Modern Schools in Belfast Talk: THURSDAY 16 OCTOBER Building for the Silver Screens of Belfast 42 The Work of RS Wilshere 42 CLASSICAL PAGE Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition 67 The Ulster Museum 1914-2014: TOUR PAGE The Ulster Orchestra Four Moods in Music 11 Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art 67 Evolution Amidst Revolution 42 Floodlit Tour of Belfast Heritage ABSORBING MODERNITY PAGE Book Launch: We, Too, Sing Belfast 68 THEATRE PAGE and Modernist Buildings 45 Building for the Silver Screens of Belfast 42 FILM PAGE The Holy Holy Bus 47 THEATRE PAGE Spring In A Small Town 73 TALKS PAGE The Holy Holy Bus 47 FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER Red Detachment of Women 73 Gay Byrne Live on Stage 57 An Enemy of the People 49 DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS PAGE More Than A Flag 50 CLASSICAL PAGE Sanity Assassin 65 TALKS PAGE Trio Rafale 12 SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER From Bolshoi to Belfast: The Theatre of Costume 66 The Falls: The People, Community, Memories 57 DANCE PAGE CLASSICAL PAGE Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition 67 Bob Harris 58 Israel Galvan La Edad de Oro 19 Agnew McAllister Duo 12 Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art 67 DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS PAGE MUSIC PAGE MUSIC PAGE Art In The Eastside 68 Sanity Assassin 65 Elvis Costello Solo In Concert 33 Muriel Anderson 33 Resistance 69 From Bolshoi to Belfast: The Theatre of Costume 66 ABSORBING MODERNITY PAGE FAMILY PAGE FILM PAGE Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition 67 Building for the Silver Screens of Belfast 42 Tiny 38 The Missing Gun 73 Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art 67 The Ulster Museum 1914-2014: ABSORBING MODERNITY PAGE Art In The Eastside 68 Evolution Amidst Revolution 42 Building for the Silver Screens of Belfast 42 Resistance 69 DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS PAGE The Ulster Museum 1914-2014: WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER Significant Objects 69 Sanity Assassin 65 CLASSICAL PAGE Evolution Amidst Revolution 42 Belfast Open Studios 70 From Bolshoi to Belfast: The Theatre of Costume 66 Emerging Conductors Programme 14 Modernity On Film: North by Northwest 44 Kabosh Presents 20 70 Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition 67 Quercus Ensemble: Songs, Games and Dances 14 THEATRE PAGE Global Groove 71 FILM PAGE DANCE PAGE Mike Night Cabaret 47 FILM PAGE Spring In A Small Town 73 Claire Cunningham, Guide Gods 20 TALKS PAGE In the Mood for Love 73 Harkaitz Cano, with Deirdre Cartmill and Maria McManus 56 MUSIC CLUB PAGE SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS PAGE Harry Manx & Gareth Davies Jones 26 ABSORBING MODERNITY PAGE DANCE PAGE Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition 67 FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER Building for the Silver Screens of Belfast 42 CLASSICAL PAGE Israel Galvan La Edad de Oro 19 FILM PAGE The Ulster Orchestra: Classics Through the Ages 15 FAMILY PAGE The Banquet 73 The Ulster Museum 1914-2014: Evolution Amidst Revolution 42 DANCE PAGE Tiny 38 Red Sorghum 73 THEATRE PAGE Camille A. 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FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER (CONTINUED) SUNDAY 26 OCTOBER Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition 67 Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition 67 TALKS PAGE CLASSICAL PAGE Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art 67 Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art 67 Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill 58 Emma Morwood and Jonathan Fisher 15 Art In The Eastside 68 Art In The Eastside 68 DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS PAGE MUSIC CLUB PAGE Resistance 69 Resistance 69 Sanity Assassin 65 Dianne Reeves 27 Significant Objects 69 Significant Objects 69 Kabosh Presents 20 70 Kabosh Presents 20 70 From Bolshoi to Belfast: The Theatre of Costume 66 FAMILY PAGE Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition 67 Hannavas 39 Global Groove 71 Global Groove 71 Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art 67 ABSORBING MODERNITY PAGE Art In The Eastside 68 Building for the Silver Screens of Belfast 42 WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER Resistance 69 The Ulster Museum 1914-2014: DANCE PAGE CLASSICAL PAGE Significant Objects 69 Evolution Amidst Revolution 42 Neither Either 22 The Ulster Orchestra: A Fanfare to Fate 16 Belfast Open Studios 70 Craigavon New Town: 50 Years of Modernity 42 MUSIC CLUB PAGE DANCE PAGE Kabosh Presents 20 70 THEATRE PAGE Hey Harley (Feat: Lizanne Knott and Bill Reveles) Sem Mim and Parabelo 22 Global Groove 71 Makaronik 51 & Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo 28 ABSORBING MODERNITY PAGE Play 71 DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS PAGE ABSORBING MODERNITY PAGE Building for the Silver Screens of Belfast 42 From Bolshoi to Belfast: The Theatre of Costume 66 Building for the Silver Screens of Belfast 42 The Ulster Museum 1914-2014: SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition 67 The Ulster Museum 1914-2014: Evolution Amidst Revolution 42 Art In The Eastside 68 DANCE PAGE Evolution Amidst Revolution 42 Craigavon New Town: 50 Years of Modernity 42 Resistance 69 Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Mr. TOL E. RA ncE 21 Craigavon New Town: 50 Years of Modernity 42 THEATRE PAGE Belfast Open Studios 70 MUSIC PAGE THEATRE PAGE The Holy Holy Bus 47 Kabosh Presents 20 70 Big Big Sing 31 The Holy Holy Bus 47 The Suit 52 Global Groove 71 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 35 The Suit 52 DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS PAGE Neil Cowley Trio 35 TALKS PAGE Sanity Assassin 65 FAMILY PAGE MONDAY 27 OCTOBER Poetry Reading with Pat Boran, Theo From Bolshoi to Belfast: The Theatre of Costume 66 Hannavas 39 ABSORBING MODERNITY PAGE Dorgan & Anne-Marie Fyfe 59 Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition 67 ABSORBING MODERNITY PAGE Building for the Silver Screens of Belfast 42 DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS PAGE Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art 67 Sanity Assassin 65 Art In The Eastside 68 Building for the Silver Screens of Belfast 42 Craigavon New Town: 50 Years of Modernity 42 From Bolshoi to Belfast: The Theatre of Costume 66 Resistance 69 The Ulster Museum 1914-2014: THEATRE PAGE Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition 67 Significant Objects 69 Evolution Amidst Revolution 42 The Holy Holy Bus 47 Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art 67 Kabosh Presents 20 70 Craigavon New Town: 50 Years of Modernity 42 TALKS PAGE Art In The Eastside 68 Global Groove 71 Modernist Churches of Belfast Bus Tour 43 Brian McGilloway and Sinead Resistance 69 Absorbing Modernity Ulster Museum Day 44 Crowley in conversation with Significant Objects 69 Modernity On Film: The Fountainhead 44 David Torrens 59 Kabosh Presents 20 70 SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER THEATRE PAGE DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS PAGE DANCE PAGE Global Groove 71 The Holy Holy Bus 47 From Bolshoi to Belfast: The Theatre of Costume 66 Sem Mim and Parabelo 22 An Enemy of the People 49 Art In The Eastside 68 MUSIC CLUB PAGE More Than A Flag 50 Resistance 69 THURSDAY 30 OCTOBER The Gloaming 30 Makaronik 51 Significant Objects 69 DANCE PAGE ABSORBING MODERNITY PAGE DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS PAGE Kabosh Presents 20 70 Neither Either 22 Building for the Silver Screens of Belfast 42 Sanity Assassin 65 Global Groove 71 MUSIC CLUB PAGE The Ulster Museum 1914-2014: From Bolshoi to Belfast: The Theatre of Costume 66 Tamikrest 29 Evolution Amidst Revolution 42 Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition 67 TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER ABSORBING MODERNITY PAGE Craigavon New Town: 50 Years of Modernity 42 Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art 67 Building for the Silver Screens of Belfast 42 TALKS PAGE Art In The Eastside 68 CLASSICAL PAGE Roland Pöntinen 16 The Ulster Museum 1914-2014: The Night Dances 61 Resistance 69 Evolution Amidst Revolution 42 DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS PAGE ABSORBING MODERNITY PAGE Belfast Open Studios 70 Craigavon New Town: 50 Years of Modernity 42 Building for the Silver Screens of Belfast 42 Sanity Assassin 65 Kabosh Presents 20 70 THEATRE PAGE From Bolshoi to Belfast: The Theatre of Costume 66 The Ulster Museum 1914-2014: Global Groove 71 The Holy Holy Bus 47 Evolution Amidst Revolution 42 Royal Ulster Academy 133rd Annual Exhibition 67 Play 71 The Suit 52 Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art 67 Craigavon New Town: 50 Years of Modernity 42 TALKS PAGE Art In The Eastside 68 THEATRE PAGE Samarkand, Samarkand 60 Resistance 69 The Holy Holy Bus 47 Oils and Rivers Wanted 60 Kabosh Presents 20 70 DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS PAGE DIGITAL, SONIC & VISUAL ARTS PAGE Global Groove 71 Sanity Assassin 65 Sanity Assassin 65 From Bolshoi to Belfast: The Theatre of Costume 66 From Bolshoi to Belfast: The Theatre of Costume 66 TITLE SPONSOR

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