Horatio Todd’s
406 Upper Newtownards Road Belfast BT4 3EZ – Tel: 028 9065 3090 Part of the Botanic Inn group – Horatio Todd’s bar and restaurant opened in Ballyhackamore in 2010. With a value for money menu and fairly upmarket interior – this place quickly established itself and is often busy, especially at the weekend.
Made In Belfast
1 & 2 Wellington Buildings, Wellington Street Belfast BT1 6ET Tel: 028 9024 6712 This ‘gastrolounge’ doesn’t follow any trends that’s for sure – everything from the decor to the cooking is pretty original and there’s nothing quiet like it anywhere else in Belfast. The urban chic look fits well in Wellington Street, and this place has done really well [...]
Beethoven’s Eroica
Rumon Gamba Conductor Barry Douglas Piano Kodály Dances of Galánta 15’ Bartók Piano Concerto No.3 23’ Beethoven Symphony No.3, Eroica 47’ An Hungarian first half pairs Kodály’s gypsy recollections with Bartók’s beautifully poignant Concerto, written for his wife in the days before his death, and full of deeplyfelt emotions. Beethoven’s Eroica was written to celebrate Napoleon – before power went [...]
Whites Tavern
2-4 Winecellar Entry Belfast BT1 1QN Tel: 028 9024 3080 White’s Tavern is Belfast’s oldest pub – here you’ll find traditional music, an open fire and people from all walks of life. Food is served from 12 noon and is simple home cooking at decent prices.
Malmaison Hotel (4 Star)
34-38 Victoria Street, BT1 3GH Belfast In the heart of the city, this beautifully converted Victorian warehouse is now a stylish and luxurious 4-star hotel, mixing period features with modern boutique style. With carved stone gargoyles and original iron pillars and beams alongside modern facilities, the Malmaison Belfast is one of the city’s top boutique hotels. The luxurious rooms and [...]
The Totally Bazaar Vintage & Handmade Fair will showcase a fantastic mix of 50 vintage dealers and Irish creative designers – offering both genuine vintage and upcycled clothing, accessories, jewellery and homewares. Totally Bazaar will demonstrate just how gorgeous and glamorous recycling can be, transforming the old and discarded into the new and coveted. Our vintage dealers source only the [...]
Added Mar 15, 2011, Under:
Hotels
22 Ormeau Avenue Belfast BT2 8HS Tel: 0871 9429005 Just minutes from the city centre – this 4 star hotel is in an excellent location and was recently had a £1.6m refit in February this year. Take advantage of the location, you’ll find plenty to do on the doorstep – from shopping and cinema to chic bars and restaurants.
229 Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3JF Tel: 028 9065 0079 Aldens is on the Upper Newtownard Road in East Belfast, only a few minutes drive from the city centre. This smart restaurant has been going for some time and owner Jonathan Davis has worked hard to keep his award-winning restaurant a favourite with people from all over. The menu [...]
Added Feb 22, 2011, Under:
Comedy
Andy Parsons once found some underpants in a jar of mayonnaise. He may talk about it. Or he may not. The more you travel the more chance there is that your mayonnaise may contain underpants… so he will be holding nothing back. “Parsons is one of the best.” (Mail On Sunday)
Adrian Dunbar plays Brendan Behan A warm and funny biodrama of an Irish national treasure. It is 1960s New York in legendary bohemian bolt hole, The Chelsea Hotel. Arthur Miller is just across the hall and the symphony of 24th Street is rising up and in through the open window of Brendan Behan’s room. He’s broke, hung over and way [...]
‘When the eyes are blind, one must look with the heart’ World Premiere of a timeless tale Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The Little Prince Music & Lyrics by Nicholas Lloyd Webber and James D. Reid Book By Mick Gordon / in association with Lamplighter drama The new generation of the Lloyd Webber musical theatre dynasty is born. Be the first to [...]
‘One of them’s a killer. One of them wants to die.
What could possibly go wrong?’ Francis Veber THE PAINKILLER Adapted by Sean Foley Creative Producers / Kenneth Branagh and Sean Foley World Premiere of a new comedy Brian is suicidal. And why not? He’s Swindon’s seventeenth best news photographer, dresses in casualwear, and sings ‘Lady in Red’ as spiritual [...]
‘These are the laws of the jungle let them be your guide. Remember the laws of the jungle and survive.’ Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book Adapted by Neil Duffield With original music by Conor Mitchell The Perfect Summer Treat for Little Cubs aged 6+ Meet Mowgli, the man cub. Baloo the bear thinks he’ll make a good student. Shere Khan [...]
A vibrant recreation of Belfast’s docklands in the 1960s. Laced with whiskey, wit and ballsy humour, Dockers is a very Northern Irish play with a universal message. Working class hero John Graham struggles to bring equality and integrity to the brutal working environment of the Belfast docks. As one man’s idealism confronts the tribal politics of the docks, a sobering [...]
Arthur Miller’s compelling dramatisation of the hellish Salem witchcraft trials is critically acclaimed as one of the greatest plays ever written. The Crucible, an allegory to McCarthyism, quickly became a central and revolutionary work in the canon of American drama. Abigail Williams wants revenge after she is spurned by her lover. John Proctor, her seducer, becomes the unwitting hero as [...]
