The Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) has put together a list of 10 exciting things to do in Northern Ireland over the next week (February 11 – 17).
Andy Warhol, The Mac, Belfast, February 8 – April 28. Over the course of a 30 year long career, Andy Warhol transformed contemporary art and this will be the first significant exhibition of Andy Warhol’s work in Northern Ireland.
Chinese Culture Week, citywide, Co. Londonderry, February 9 – 16. The Chinese community is NI’s largest and oldest minority ethnic group with over 13,000 Chinese people living here today. Chinese New Year is the biggest celebration in the Chinese calendar and for the UK City of Culture 2013, there will be a week-long celebration across the city to mark Chinese New Year, The Year of The Snake.
Brian Friel – Freedom of the City, Millennium Forum, Co. Londonderry, February 11 – 12. First produced in 1973, The Freedom of the City is Brian Friel’s most overtly political play. Set in Derry in 1970, in the aftermath of a Civil Rights meeting, it conjures the events of Bloody Sunday.
Young Artists, The Courtyard Theatre, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, February 12. An evening of light classical music performed by some of Northern Ireland’s most talented young musicians including Andrew Douglas on the flute, Eva Richards on the cello and Zak Hassan playing the Violin and piano.
Literary Lunchtimes – Poetry Picnic Love Sucks, Ulster Hall, Belfast, February 13. Get out over lunchtime and explore the other side of Valentine’s Day with live music from Ursula Burns, poems by Scott Jamison and new theatre from Nicholas Boyle.
Swingabella Sweetheart’s Tea Dance, Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick, Co. Down, February 15. Swingabella is a close-harmony vocal trio bringing back the sassy sound of the 30’s, and 40’s – the Swing era. Nothing conjures up the image of that era quite like the jaunty Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree and the ever-popular In The Mood coquettishly sung by three ‘broads’ in victory rolls and T-bar shoes.
The Flying Dutchman, Grand Opera House, Belfast, February 15 – 17. One stormy night a Norwegian sea captain encounters the Flying Dutchman – a ghostly captain doomed to sail the seas for all eternity. The two men strike a deal, but when things do not go according to plan, other lives are pulled into the resulting maelstrom, brought by NI Opera.
Owl Box Building for Landowners, Slieve Gullion Courtyard, Newry, Co. Armagh, February 16. Celebrate National Nest Box by encouraging birds in your garden to come home to roost. If you own some land in the Ring of Gullion and are interested in owls or birds in general then come along and build your own owl nesting box.
Valentines Murder Mystery Night, Tullylagan Country House Hotel, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, February 16. Love can be blind to all sorts of faults and this Valentines you can take part in an investigation into a foul and heinous crime that takes place before your very eyes. Have you got what it takes to get to the bottom of this horrid matter?
Calendar Girls, Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, February 16. When Annie’s husband John dies of leukaemia, she and best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. They manage to coax friends to pose nude with them for an ‘alternative’ calendar and they had no idea of the media sensation they would create.
The Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) has put together a list of 10 exciting things to do in Northern Ireland over the next week (February 11 – 17).