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Spring 2017
This is a snapshot of our Spring programme and doesn’t include everything. For everything, visit themaclive.com.
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In our theatres:
Looking Deadly
8-9 February | 8pm | £18 - £12.50
A fast-paced comedy drama that’s full of heart. (And other body parts) You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll never look an Irish undertaker in the eye again.
Dublin Old-school: MAC Creative Directors Pick of the Season.
10 – 11 February | 8pm | £18 - £12.50
Join wannabe DJ Jason on a chemically enhanced trip through the streets of Dublin, stumbling from one misguided misadventure to another.
MAC Roller Disco:
10-11 February | Sessions from 7pm | £15 | £5 non-skating
Leg warmers? Check. Neon sweat band? Check. Bubble perm? Check. Back by popular demand, our roller party is the perfect antidote to Valentine’s night. Or turn it into a date night with a twist.
MAC special event. Ticket includes 45min skate session and late night disco with DJ Carolyn Stewart.
Entitled
14-18 February | 8pm & 3pm | £10-£8 (£5 group concession)
Who is entitled to benefits? Who is entitled to say who shouldn’t be entitled? Have your say in the audience referendum. A fictional account of life under Welfare Reform.
Glasgow Girls:
21 – 25 February | 7:45pm & 3pm| £25 - £12.50
A life-affirming drama based on the true story of seven feisty teenagers whose lives change forever when their school friend and her asylum-seeking family are forcibly taken from their home to be deported.
Glasgow Girls is a potent political drama, with uplifting songs, music, dance and humour to tell the tale of the most powerful asylum campaigns in recent history.
Don’t miss the biggest selling theatre show of the Edinburgh Fringe.
Barry Douglas’ Celtic Orbit:
1 March | 7:45pm | £25 - £12.50
Led by world-class pianist Barry Douglas, Celtic Orbit is a musical journey, inspired by the cultural history of his homes, Ulster, Connacht and Paris. Accompanied by some of the world’s leading Celtic musicians, you’ll enjoy both familiar and new music accenting the influences of Breton, Welsh, Galician, Scottish and Irish cultures.
Maiden Voyage Dance Triple Bill:
3-4 March | 8pm | £18 - £12.50
A dance triple bill exploring life, love and loss.
Every Something has a Somewhere by guest choreographer Rachel Lopez de La Nieta, inspired by relics of the past we choose to hold on to.
A meditative duet by Oona Doherty, Korper and Leib, reflecting on the architecture, intimacy and relationship between male bodies.
Landscapes of Loss, a collaboration between choreographer Nicola Curry, visual artist Sharon Kelly and writer Martelle McPartland in this moving interpretation of the grief
David Meade:Seeing is Deceiving:
2-5 March | 7.45pm | £20 David Meade returns to the MAC with his brand-new show for 2017. TV’s million-dollar mind reader is back with a ground- breaking show that will leave you scratching your head, laughing out loud and totally amazed.
For the first time, ever he’ll be lifting the lid on how he does what he does and teaching you some of his secrets.
Prepare to be amazed.
Famla:
21-25 March | 8pm & 3:30pm | £18 - £12.50
A new drama by Tinderbox Theatre Company. Written by acclaimed dramatist John McCann, Famla is a haunting, humorous and heart-breaking story that challenges the stories we tell ourselves to hide the truth of who we really are.
Hector has passed this place all her life. An old house; maybe a hundred years old or more. It looks abandoned and she never gave it a second thought until now. She discovers that someone is still living inside. Someone spiteful and refusing to budge.
Age guidance: 16+
The Importance Of Being Earnest:
24 March – 15 April | 7:45pm & 3pm| £25 - £12.50
Signed & Audio Described Show |Wed 5 April | 7.45pm
The Importance of Being Earnest is widely regarded as one of Oscar Wilde’s finest works and one of the world’s great farcical comedies. A hilarious tale that pokes fun at Victorian society’s conventions and institutions, its themes are still relevant today.
Bruiser Theatre Company brings its uniquely punchy style to this production of the classic. Imaginatively interpreted by an all-male cast, this is Earnest for a 2017 audience.
Linger - A duet for 2 male dancers:
31 March | 8pm | £18 - £12.50
Choreographed by former Riverdance principal Breandán de Gallaí, Lïnger is a contemporary Irish show by two male dancers at opposite ends of their careers.
Performed by Breandán de Gallaí and Nick O’Connell this is a powerfully tender and muscular exploration of Irish gay masculinity which unfolds through a rich mix of photography, film, music and movement. With a soundtrack ranging from classical to traditional and jazz, this is a 21st century reimagining of Irish dance.
The Game:
1 April | 8pm | £18-£12.50
The Game explores the act of buying sex and the subculture of prostitution; its rules, language and power structures. This challenging show gives audiences an insight into a world that sits uncomfortably beneath the surface of our day-to-day lives.
It is a play that’s also a real-life game, with levels and consequences. Five new men have volunteered each night. These men have never played ‘The Game’ before. They’ve no idea what they’re about to do, they won’t be given a script. All you have to do is watch.
Age Guidance 18+ Contains adult themes, nudity, sexual references and violence.
Release Your Inner Cartoonist:
15 April | 2:30pm & 11:30am |£9 (adult) £6 (child) Harry Venning, cartoonist and award winning comedy writer, best known for Clare In The Community (The Guardian strip and BBC Radio 4 sitcom) presents Release Your Inner Cartoonist.
After two extremely successful and hugely enjoyable runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, and a sell-out performance at the Brighton festival, Venning is bringing his cartoon workshop to Belfast. The show/workshops involve an A1 flipchart, some marker pens, pencils and paper for the audience (all provided).
The Train:
19–23 April | 7:45pm & 3pm| £25–£12.50
The Train is a fictional account of actual events surrounding the legendary ‘Contraceptive Train’. Determined to challenge the laws of the Irish State, a group of 47 trailblazing women take a train to Belfast and return to Dublin with forbidden contraceptives.
It’s the story of the remarkable media coup orchestrated by the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement in 1971 that changed the social landscape of Ireland. This watershed moment is joyously captured by Arthur Riordan’s wit and Bill Whelan’s dynamic score. Direct from its run at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Don’t miss it.
Tank:
20 – 21 April | 8pm | £18–£12.50
In 1965, an American scientist lived with a dolphin for ten weeks to try and teach him to speak English as part of a NASA- funded research project into human-animal communication. Condemned as an elaborate circus trick, these lessons remain a controversial episode in the space race between the two Cold War superpowers.
The Fringe First award-winning Tank rips this history apart to explore the difficulties of bridging cultural divides, the politics behind the stories we tell and what happens when you inject a dolphin with LSD
The Faerie Thorn:
25 - 29 April | 8pm & 3pm | £18 - £12.50
Based on the book The Faerie Thorn and Other Stories by Jane Talbot, The Faerie Thorn is a witty, dark and wickedly comedic show that recreates the author’s bewitching Faerie tales for adults. The stories are brought to life on stage in a vivid and dangerous world controlled by a complex fairy mafia.
Expect to be propelled into a world of devilish debts, trysts and trades, broken bargains and unjust trials of magic, quick- wittedness, hoodwinking and revenge. A vibrant, contemporary production brought to you by Big Telly Theatre Company.
Age guidance: 14+
Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
Scorch:
2 – 7 May | 8pm & 3pm |£18–£12.50
Don’t miss the award-winning show that astounded audiences at the MAC and at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. A story of first love through the eyes of a gender-curious teen.
My Father’s Chair:
5-7 May | 7pm,6pm & 2pm| £9 (adult) £6 (child)
A funny and heart-warming show for young audiences... and their families about the nature of fatherhood. What is it like to have a Dad? What’s it like to be a Dad? What makes the relationship between Dads and children unique and special?
Age Guidance 6+
Countryfile’s Adam Henson:
12 May | 7.45pm |£25 - £12.50
Farmer and presenter from BBC TV’s Countryfile, Adam Henson is perhaps the best-known farmer in the UK, presenting to around 7 million viewers every Sunday evening.
Join Adam as he shares stories about his farming life, his TV career, and the running of the Cotswold Farm Park, together with his thoughts on British Agriculture. There’ll be a chance to ask your own questions, followed by a post-show book signing.
Waves:
18–19 May | 8pm |£18–£12.50
Waves is the story of Elizabeth Moncello: of her youth growing up on a small Australian island in the 1930s and how she came to be the unofficial inventor of the butterfly swimming stroke.
Expect a wonderful story, delicate movement and splashes of humour to tell Elizabeth’s amazing tale of a life fully lived. Waves is about having an idea and the courage, drive and desire to follow it through to achieve something that is truly incredible. Come meet the real Little Mermaid in this show which is a delight for audiences of all ages.
Trainspotting:
24-27 May |10:30 pm, 8.45pm & 7pm | £20 – £12.50
An unmissable 21st anniversary production of the infamous Trainspotting. This is the story of Mark Renton and his friends, living through the Edinburgh heroin scene of the 80s.
This punchy production recaptures the adult themes, passion and controversy of the famous novel and globally successful film, and repackages it into an immersive theatre production – of which the audience are a part.
This is a no-holds-barred immersive, in-yer-face theatre production: this is your ticket to a ride you won’t soon forget. Not for the faint hearted.
WARNING: 18 + Contains nudity, strong language, violent and sexual scenes and heavy drug use.
In our galleries:
Lost in Narration:
10 March – 18 June |10am-7pm Daily | Free
A new exhibition at the MAC, guest curated by Manuela Pacella. This exhibition brings together several projects across a range of media by Italian artists Riccardo Giacconi, Invernomuto and Luca Trevisani.
The three projects on display have been developed during intense periods of research that have taken the artists far from the relative comfort of their lives in Western Europe. They delve into oral histories, forgotten stories and remarkable characters from places like Colombia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Jamaica.
The exhibition fills all three MAC galleries.
Remember, this is just a snapshot of our Spring programme and doesn’t include everything. For everything, visit themaclive.com.