2017 Festival
Welcome to the 2017 edition of the Belfast International Arts Festival. Our aim is a simple one; to create a genuinely civic event of contemporary arts and ideas of international appeal and stature.
What You Missed
Hello Charlie
8pm (Tues – Sat) | 3pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
Faith Healer
7.30pm (Tues – Sat) | 2.30pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
Orchestra Baobab
7pm (doors)
Music
Thanks for Being Here
7:30pm
Theatre & Dance
Irish Premiere
Swallow by Stef Smith
2:30pm
Theatre & Dance
Parade – The Giant Wheel
1pm & 3.30pm
Theatre & Dance
Irish Premiere
Free
145th Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition
10am – 5pm (Tues - Sun)
Visual Arts
Free
Ed O’Brien
7:30pm
Music
Rhythms of Connection
7.30pm (doors)
Music
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
7:30pm (20-23 & 27 Oct) | 11am (21, 22 & 27 Oct) | 2:30pm (25 Oct)
Theatre & Dance
Darren Jackson’s Wedding
7.30pm (Tues – Sat) | 2.30pm (Sat & Sun)
Theatre & Dance
World Premiere
Beethoven 200: Dance Moves
7:45pm
Music
Aliens
7:00pm
Theatre & Dance
The Light Within & Tá Brón Orm
7:30pm
Theatre & Dance
European Premiere
Simon Mayo
6:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Mary Dillon, Dónal O’Connor and Neil Martin
7:30pm
Music
Takkuuk
Wed & Thu: 5pm, 7pm | Fri: 3pm, 5pm, 7pm | Sat: 11am, 1pm, 3pm
Immersive Arts
Free
HOME
Wed 28 & Thu 29: 5–8pm | Fri 30: 3–8pm | Sat 31: 11am–4pm
Immersive Arts
Artist in Residence
Free
Lost Communications: Underwater
6:30pm
Immersive Arts
Free
The Songs of Joni Mitchell
7:30pm
Music
NI Premiere
Takuya Nakamura
10:30pm (doors)
Music
Joshua Idehen
7:30pm (doors)
Music
Bette A. & Brian Eno | What Art Does
2:00pm
Talks & Ideas
Sebastian Barry
4:00pm
Talks & Ideas