Lilting ballads, foot-tapping jigs, soulful lyrics of yesteryears, and new folk songs originating from the north of Ireland. Jenny Lee chats to co-founder Raymond Walsh of The Shamrock Tenors about how the group are adding to the great Irish Songbook and their plans to take their music to London’s West End and America
The phrase ‘two planks and a passion’ is the answer to the question, “What do you need to put on a play?” With the planks, the idea is that you find somewhere to present the work, but it needn’t be grand or gilded.
A former senior-ranking RUC officer says the east Belfast theatre company behind a challenging new play about the police force “deserves huge credit” for the production.
The phrase ‘two planks and a passion’ is the answer to the question, “What do you need to put on a play?” With the planks, the idea is that you find somewhere to present the work, but it needn’t be grand or gilded.
Guide of things to see and do this Spring in Belfast belfastlive.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from belfastlive.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Events happening across Belfast this weekend belfastlive.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from belfastlive.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.