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October 8, 2009
 
 







 

Julie Feeney, Colm Toibin, Camille O'Sullivan, Marcus du SautoyDear
 
We've got festival fever. With the Belfast Festival at Queen's only a week away we speak with star turns singer Camille O'Sullivan, novelist David Peace and mathematician Marcus du Sautoy.

Elsewhere, Prime Cut bring modern Russia to life and Colm Tóibín tells us why some curators are 'educated beyond their intelligence'. Watch an online exhibition from the 128th RUA annual exhibition, take a tour of the Belfast synagogue and get up on Anthony Gormley's plinth. Plus there's the usual exciting, eclectic mix of features, events and reviews.

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Marcus du SautoyMarcus du Sautoy
Acclaimed science writer talks about maths, symmetry and why people need a little push sometimes.

Black MilkBlack Milk
New Prime Cut production brings Vassily Sigarev's tale of rural Russia to life on the Belfast stage.

David PeaceDavid Peace
'I don't mind criticism.' Yorkshire's finest novelist on writing history, Brian Clough and dealing with bad reviews.

Camille O'SullivanCamille O'Sullivan
Cabaret star on Jacques Brel, architecture and interpreting Tom Waits' 'strange stories'. 

Colm ToibinColm Tóibín
Booker-shortlisted Irish novelist on contemporary art and why writing short stories is like cooking scallops.
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Culture Night BelfastCulture Night Belfast
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One and OtherOne & Other
Belfast filmmaker Tom Magill spends an hour on Anthony Gormley's plinth in Trafalgar Square.   Video Podcast

This Is What We SangThis Is What We Sang
Playwright Gavin Kostick on writing the history of Belfast's jewish community, ahead of new Kabosh production. Video Podcast






Culture Live!
 
Heartbreak SoupHeartbreak Soup, Down Arts Centre, Oct 8. Cuddy is getting ready to tell his story, and Dan is here to help.
  

Cyrano
Cyrano, Grand Opera House, Oct 13-17. The Birmingham Royal Ballet arrive in Belfast with David Bintley's production of Cyrano. 
 
The Anna Cheyne AwardThe Anna Cheyne Visual Art Award, Island Arts Centre, until Oct 15. The annual award and exhibition in honour of Anna Cheyne. 
 
Niamh KavanaghThe Illegals feat. Niamh Kavanagh, the Alley, Oct 16. 1970s rock classics performed with 11 guitars, two keyboards and drums.
  
PonydanceBodies, Buns and Boyfriends, OMAC, Oct 16-18. Ponydance deliver an energetic show full of humour and honesty.
 
Seamus HeaneySeamus Heaney, Michael Longley and the Ulster Orchestra, Waterfront Hall, Oct 17. Two of Ireland's greatest poets open the Belfast Festival.

Julie FeeneyJulie Feeney, Oh Yeah, Oct 18. She's back! After sharing the stage with Duke Special Julie Feeney returns in support of new album Pages.   
 
Hal KetchumHal Ketchum, Burnavon, Oct 22.
The New York-born country singer comes to Cookstown.


 
The Guerrilla GirlsI'm Not a Feminist, But... Millennium Court, until Nov 28. Four new works from the Guerrilla Girls. 
  
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CyranoWin tickets to Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra at the opening night of the Belfast Festival at Queen's, Cyrano at the Grand Opera House and Toy Army in the Spiegeltent.

Also up for grabs a copy of I'll Tell Me Ma, Brian Keenan's memoir and tickets to Rockaoke, featuring the one and only Chesney Hawkes.

What the critics say

To Be Straight With YouTHEATRE PREVIEW: To Be Straight With You
'An unsettling, magnificent production that fizzes with imagination.'

Hilliard EnsembleCLASSICAL REVIEW: Hilliard Ensemble
An exhilarating evening of musicial modernity.

The CribsMUSIC REVIEW: The Cribs
Johnny Marr joins young indie tyros. What would Morrissey think?

transparencyTHEATRE REVIEW: Transparency
Ransom return with provocative production.

CyranoBALLET PREVIEW: Cyrano
Birmingham Royal Ballet deliver a classic tale of unrequited love.

MacbethTHEATRE PREVIEW: Macbeth
Witches on stilts, motorbikes and imperial murder in an industrial wasteland.

 

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