Belfast International Arts Festival

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The Border Game

A Prime Cut and Lyric Theatre Production

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Date

Wed 6 - Sat 23 October (Previews 2-5 Oct)

Time

7.30pm / Matinee Sat & Sun 2.30pm

Theatre & Dance

Opening Event

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Acts of Commission 1 – Old Rope, Old Lough, Old Love

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Date

7 October - 7 November 2021

Time

7.00pm (Thurs 7 Oct) / On demand thereafter

Talks & Ideas

IN-visible ID-entities 3

Digital Pass

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Paul Seawright – Beasts of Burden

Belfast Exposed

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Date

8 October - 6 November 2021

Time

11.00am - 5.00pm (closed Sunday and Monday)

Visual Arts

Free

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Walking With Beckett

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Date

8 October - 7 November 2021

Time

Any time throughout the Festival

Outdoor

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Hunter Filmed

Oona Doherty

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Date

9 October - 7 November 2021

8:30pm

Theatre & Dance

Free

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Portrait of Northern Ireland: neither an elegy nor a manifesto

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Date

9 October - 3 November 2021

Time

Tuesdays to Fridays 11.00am to 5.00pm | Saturdays 11.00am to 4.00pm (Closed Sunday and Monday)

Visual Arts

Free

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Host – 8 Artists, 2 Cities, 1 Theme

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Date

15 October - 23 October 2021

Time

12.00pm - 4.00pm

Visual Arts

IN-visible ID-entities 3

Free

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Department Story

Big Telly Theatre Company

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Date

20 October - 31 October 2021

Time

Weds - Sat 8.30pm | Fri - Sun 6pm

Theatre & Dance

World Premiere

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The Great Irish Songbook (Audio Broadcast)

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Date

On demand until Thursday 18 November

Time

Any time on demand

Music

IN-visible ID-entities 3

Free

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No Need to Book

Colm Tóibín & Damon Galgut

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Date

22 October - 7 November 2021

Time

8.00pm (22 Oct) / On demand thereafter

Talks & Ideas

IN-visible ID-entities 3

Digital Pass

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Electric Arcade

with Eimear Noone & Ulster Orchestra

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Date

Saturday, 23 October 2021

Time

Doors: 6.30pm | Show: 7.30pm

Music

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Dominique Barbéris & Gaëlle Josse

In association with Institut Francais

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Date

23 October - 7 November 2021

Time

4.00pm (23 Oct) / On demand thereafter

Talks & Ideas

IN-visible ID-entities 3

Digital Pass

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Brian Desmond Hurst – World War 2 Propaganda Film Showcase

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Date

Sunday, 24 October 2021

4:30pm

Film

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Séamas O’Reilly & Lucy Mangan

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Date

24 October - 7 November 2021

Time

6pm (24 Oct) / On demand thereafter

Talks & Ideas

IN-visible ID-entities 3

Digital Pass

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Sestina – In Guilty Night: Dialogues of a distracted mind

Belfast Music Society Northern Lights Mini-Fest

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Date

Wednesday, 27 October 2021

7:30pm

Music

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The John Hewitt Society Birthday Reading

with Siobhán Campbell, Gail McConnell and Tom French

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Date

Thursday, 28 October 2021

8:00pm

Talks & Ideas

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Latest News

Northern Ireland Showcase in India

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Festival News

22 October 2021

The Great Irish Songbook to be broadcast live on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Sounds

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Festival News

13 October 2021

Belfast International Arts Festival returns centre stage

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Festival News

6 October 2021

My uncle, The Scarecrow – choreographer David Bolger on Uncle Ray

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Festival News

5 October 2021