Festival News

20 January,2010

NT live - Nation at the QFT

Following on from NT Live’s international sell-out screenings of Phèdre with Helen Mirren, this is an exciting opportunity for Belfast audiences to see a top theatre production direct from London in an innovative and accessible new way.

Following His Dark Materials, Coram Boy and War Horse, the National stages Mark Ravenhill's exhilarating adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s latest witty and challenging adventure story.

A parallel world, 1860. Two teenagers thrown together by a tsunami that has destroyed Mau's village and left Daphne shipwrecked on his South Pacific island, thousands of miles from home.

One wears next to nothing, the other a long white dress; neither speaks the other's language; somehow they must learn to survive. As starving refugees gather, Daphne delivers a baby, milks a pig, brews beer and does battle with a mutineer. Mau fights cannibal Raiders, discovers the world is round and questions the reality of his tribe's fiercely patriarchal gods.

Together they come of age, overseen by a foul-mouthed parrot, as they discard old doctrine to forge a new Nation. Live music, thrilling dance and spectacular puppets combine to bring to life the spectacular and surprising world of Nation.

Where: QFT (queens Film Theatre) 20 University Square, Belfast

Tickets: £10

Age: suitable for 10yrs+.

How to Book: QFT website

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15th July 2010

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25th May 2010

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Don't forget about all the great events coming up this week during the Belfast Children's Festival!! We've got .....a Wolf trying to eat a Goat , an Electric Fairy who could show you a trick or two, a little sister called Lola - who won't go to bed and A Green Man from No Man's Land.

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20th May 2010

Tickets still available for .......

There are still some tickets available for some opening weekend shows and don't forget if you book for 3 shows you get 10% OFF!

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7th May 2010

SOLD OUT at the Belfast Children's Festival 2010

Some events have already Sold Out this year ...but don't worry there's plently of other events to choose from...

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16th April 2010

The Belfast Children's Festival has officially launched!

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1st April 2010

BOOK ONLINE FOR MAKING SPACE 2010

The deadline is fast approaching to book you place at Making Space, the annual professional youth arts forum run by Young at Art, in partnership with the University of Ulster.

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1st April 2010

Are you looking for something to do with the kids over the Easter Holidays?

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24th March 2010

Belfast Children's Festival Volunteers Wanted!

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5th March 2010

Call for young musical acts to take to the stage in an Open Air Concert!

Some of Belfast's hottest arts and music businesses have come together to offer the opportunity for young acts / solo artists to share the bill with established bands at 'Festival goes to the Waterworks' - a large scale, outdoor family event in the Waterworks Park, North Belfast on 22 May 2010

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3rd March 2010

MAKING SPACE 2010: book your place now!

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