The Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) has put together a list of 10 exciting things to do in Northern Ireland next week (February 23- March 1).

• Open Night at Armagh Planetarium, College Hill, Armagh, Co Armagh, February 24. To experience the marvels of the Universe you should see them for yourself with your own eyes so Armagh Planetarium will be hosting a public telescope viewing session. Visitors will be fascinated by the views of the Moon, planets and deep sky objects through a high quality telescope.

• Family Month at Titanic Belfast, Queen’s Road, Belfast until February 28. Get your thinking cap on during Family Month and make your way round the kid’s Explorer Trail through the Titanic Belfast Galleries, discovering a whole host of characters along the way. Plus there will be lots of other fun activities for all ages throughout the weekend.

• Run Forest Run Winter Race Series, Castlewellan Forest Park & Peace Maze, County Down, February 28. Enjoy this running event with a difference. Born2run organise great races in great places and this one is no different as it will be taking place in Castlewellan Forest Park, an area of outstanding natural beauty.

• Beoga, Duncairn Centre for Culture & Arts, Belfast, February 28. Enjoy an evening of bluesy riffs and raunchy New Orleans jamboree vibes. The result is traditional, with a huge sense of fun and adventure and it all works wonderfully well.

• Neil Delamere -The Fresh Prince of Delamere, Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, February 27. Described by The Scotsman as “a master”, Delamere is renowned for his on-stage banter and quick-witted, well-observed yarns.  Previous tours and international appearances include the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival.

• Isla Grant ‘From the Heart Tour’, The Alley Theatre, Strabane, Co Tyrone, February 28. Scotland’s most popular singer-songwriter Isla Grant makes a welcome return to Ireland for a traditional tour.  Her highly entertaining concert show features all her wonderful hit songs. Isla’s interaction with her audience is second to none and the atmosphere at her live shows is electric.

• Bookends Tribute Show, Simon and Garfunkel – Through the Years, Down Arts Centre, 2-6 Irish Street, Downpatrick, Co Down, February 22. Bookends return following a sell out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Receiving 4 stars from Broadway Baby the show sees Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel give their personal accounts of their rise to fame. Bookends perform as no other Simon & Garfunkel act can, with just a single guitar and two voices.

• NI Science Festival, Innovation Centre, Queen’s Road, Belfast (and other locations), until March 1. Feed your curiosity and celebrate the wonders of science, technology, engineering and maths with over 70 exciting and fact filled events at the first Science Festival in Northern Ireland.

• Cat The Musical, Courtyard Theatre, 585 Doagh Road, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, February 23-28. Dave was in the original cast of CATS. On opening night he was sacked. He was not a happy pussy… After a sold out run at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this brand new comedy about the greatest musical theatre star that never got to shine finally makes it to The Courtyard Theatre. Starring Gerard McCarthy.

• Snowdrop Walks, Springhill, Moneymore, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry, until March 1. As winter melts away take a self-guided walk through Springhill’s glorious display of snowdrops and enjoy a delicious tea and scone in the Servants’ Hall Tea-Room. Snowdrop plants also available to buy.

Please note some of the events require pre-booking.

Down

Join Krafty Kids every Saturday until the end of March at Ards Arts Centre for some  hands-on, fun filled, art packed class for Saturday morning creative adventures such a  Pirates of the High Seas, Cowboys and Indians adventures and more.  Try a different adventure each week! Suitable for 5 – 11 years

Armagh

Ecology Sunday Salute to Spring takes place this Sunday  22nd February from 11.00am – 3.00pm.  Enjoy this free event at the Navan Fort Centre celebrating the arrival of Spring looking at flowers, plants, insects, bird calls and much more. Take a ‘plant identification’ walk and even get to plant your own seeds and bulbs. This is a FREE, drop in event.

Fermanagh

Gluten Free Ireland and The Westville Hotel are hosting a Gluten Free Food event in the hotel on Saturday, 21st February.  Come along and sample some of the delicious gluten free foods currently on the market from leading Coeliac friendly manufacturers.  There will also be gluten free lagers to try and lots of foods to buy.

Tyrone

Movie Magic returns to the Strule Arts Centre this Saturday 21^st February with How to Train Your Dragon 2! It’s been five years since Hiccup and Toothless successfully united dragons and Vikings on the island of Berk.  While Astrid, Snotlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island’s new favourite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds.  Screenings at 11.30am and 1.30pm.

Derry

Animation Antics at An Carn Maghera, is a 6 week workshop for 8+ in animation production from making models to making movies.  An exciting opportunity to take part in a project showcasing what YOU can do with the new skills on offer – learn how to make models, animate in digital and stop-motion techniques, timelapse and photosphering!  They will look at the editing process and special effects used in film production.  All materials and equipment provided – just turn up and make some magic!  Booking essential. Classes begin this Saturday 21^st February.

Antrim

Newtownabbey Youth Theatre in association with Mr Hullabaloo presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr. at Theatre at the Mill from 17^th to 22^nd February. Celebrate with Theatre at the Mill in this 5th Anniversary production and sing along to some of the shows hit songs including ‘Part of Your World, ‘She’s in Love’, and the Oscar-winning ‘Under the Sea.

Belfast

God of Carnage at the Mac, “A comedy of manners, without the manners,” is brand new show by Prime Cut Productions and the MAC.  What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behaviour of their children?  A calm and rational debate between grown-ups about the need to teach kids how to behave properly? Or a hysterical night of name-calling, tantrums and tears before bedtime?  Boys will be boys, but adults are usually worse – much worse. Runs until Saturday 21st February.

One of Northern Ireland’s emerging chefs has been appointed by the new owners to head up the kitchens at Ardtara Country House….with buffalo meat top of his menu.

Eddie Attwell, 28, twice a Roux scholarship finalist, and who once worked in the kitchens at L’Enclume, a Michelin two-star restaurant in the English Lake District, was recruited by Browns Restaurant Group which has taken over the award winning 19th century manor on the edge of the Sperrin Mountains.

Co-owner & Head Chef of The Browns Group, Ian Orr said: “He has been on my radar for some time, probably since his first scholarship in 2012.  He is innovative, exciting and passionate and just the sort of chef we need to maintain the Browns level of food and service at Ardtara”.

Ardtara, just outside the village of Upperlands, formerly the home of the Clark family, the world famous linen makers, is one of Northern Ireland finest rural accommodation and dining establishments and the choice of Attwell as head chef will be central to its future development with his new menu an important feature.

Attwell, originally from Craigavon, spent almost eight years in England after he left catering college.  It was during his time at L’Enclume where he learned to grow herbs and forage. Dan Cox, executive chef at Claridges in London was one of his mentors and with eight acres of adjoining land, Ardtara’s chef wasted no time finding wild vegetables, including three types of mushrooms.

And he has already come up with his first meat speciality – prime cuts of water buffalo from a herd reared on a farm two miles from Magherafelt.  Milk from the animals will also be used to make butter and cheese.

He said: “This is an unbelievable opportunity for me to make a major statement as a chef.  Ardtara is the first place which I can really call home. I’m the person in charge.  The buck stops with me and I’m out to make a serious impression.”

“I will be drawing heavily on local produce. I think I’ll be the first chef anywhere in Ireland who will be serving water buffalo.  That should make for

interesting times and the fact that I’ve spent a considerable amount of time in my career growing and foraging will be an enormous benefit.  There is plenty of mushrooms in the grounds at Ardtara and I plan to have my own garden to grow the herbs.

“It’s all about natural cooking and creating the right flavours.  I’ve even been down to the shores of Strangford Lough to find a few varieties of sea herbs.”

Attwell who moved to his new job after a year at the Schoolhouse Restaurant, near Comber, Co Down added: “This is a massive challenge for me, it really is. Ian is a brilliant chef in his own right. He has placed his faith in me and I’m determined not to let him down.”

Orr who worked as a chef with the late Robbie Millar at Shanks near Bangor, and also at the River Café in London where Jamie Oliver first started, launched his restaurant business six years ago with co-owner Marcus Roulston.  There are two Browns restaurants in Londonderry/Derry and one in Letterkenny and the purchase of their new premises in the Mid Ulster countryside represents another big investment.

Managing director Roulston said: “The purchase of Ardtara is part of the group’s long term strategy. It’s an establishment with a long and distinguished history, representing all that is good in first class accommodation and fine dining and having Eddie in charge of the kitchen is massively important for us. He is such an exciting young chef.”

The buffalo meat is coming from a herd reared by Michael O’Brien, a former beef farmer who decided four years ago to switch from cattle and develop a new commercial enterprise.

“Friends and neighbours agreed to take part in tasting sessions and the response has been 99.9% positive,” he said. “They loved it, especially the burgers which are low on fat and full of protein.”

Food critic Joris Minne said Orr had been instrumental in raising the North West culinary reputation in the last three years and his choice of Attwell to take charge of the kitchen will be key, he claimed.

He added:  His arrival at Ardtara has already prompted glowing reviews from some of Belfast’s and Dublin’s most respected food bloggers. Ardtara represents the core of Ulster traditions and culture and Attwell’s cooking relies on the best local produce available. This means game, fish, beef, pork and poultry to rival anything in Ireland.”

Over the past 20 years, Ardtara Country House has hosted ‘romantic couples’, ‘golfing heroes’, ‘Nobel prize winners’, ‘Olympic  champions’, ‘Hollywood celebrities’, as well as thousands of loyal locals while garnering kudos from discerning reviewers such as:

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER  (“One of the five best hotels in the country”),

The AA (“Most Romantic Hotel of the Year”),

CONDE NAST TRAVELER (“Offers superb fare and sublimely comfortable rooms each with a glowing fireplace”).

Ardtara has been a member of the prestigious ~Ireland’s Blue Book~ since 2004 (a collection of Irish Country House Hotels, Manor Houses, Castles and Restaurants);

www.ardtara.com.

Sensational live group ‘Celtic Soul’ and the intriguing drama ‘Amazing Grace’ are set to entertain audiences at The Market Place Theatre in Armagh over the coming weeks.

‘Celtic Soul’ pay homage one of the truly great singer | songwriters of all time: our own Van Morrison. Receiving critical acclaim from devout Van fans wherever they perform, you’ll hear the big hits like  ‘Jackie Wilson Said’, ‘Days Like This’, and of course ‘Brown Eyed Girl’. You’ll also hear ‘Ballerina’, ‘Cyprus Avenue’, and ‘In The Garden’, among many others in a packed show. Several live ‘unplugged’ performances on Gerry Kelly’s show on BBC Radio Ulster have boosted the band’s following. BBC’s Ralph McLean, a massive Van Morrison fan himself, describes Celtic Soul as ‘a great band’ and ‘a very fine tribute’. ‘Celtic Soul’ will perform on Saturday 28^th February at 8pm. Tickets are priced £14 and £12.50 (concession).

‘Amazing Grace’ tells the story of John Newton, who is press-ganged into the navy at nineteen, flogged for desertion miles away from the girl he loves, and feels he has nothing to live for. Making his way into the harsh world of the eighteenth century transatlantic slave trade, he climbs up through the ranks to slave ship captain. He is a man without hope, making enemies of all he meets. Then one stormy night, with his ship going down, he faces certain death…and nothing is the same again. This is a powerfully moving story of slavery, freedom and the remarkable power of love and grace to transform a life. ‘Amazing Grace’ will be performed on Monday 2^nd March at 8pm. Tickets are priced £10 or £8 (concession).

Tickets for all performances can be booked on [028] 3752 1821, or online at www.marketplacearmagh.com And to keep up-to-date with the latest news at the Market Place Theatre, you can follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/marketplacearmagh) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/mptarmagh

Northern Ireland has a unique collection of irresistible places to stay including quirky B&Bs, luxurious spa hotels and hidden gem properties for the perfect short break and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) has selected the best offers of the week for you to choose from.

• Dine & Stay, Roe Park Resort, Limavady, Co Londonderry. Package includes one night B&B, one evening meal per adult, full access to the Fairways Health Club which includes indoor heated swimming pool, steam room, jacuzzi and sauna from £59.50 per person. Available until 31 December. To book call (028) 7772 2222.

• Mid-Week ESCAPE, Manor House Country Hotel, Irvinestown, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. Two nights B&B with one dinner in award winning Belleek fine dining restaurant. From £79 per person sharing.  Available 28 February. To book call (028) 6862 2200.

• Sale, Sale, Sale. The Fitzwilliam Hotel, Belfast. Keep the spirit of sales going for a little while longer with a luxurious overnight stay at the Fitzwilliam with breakfast & 4 course evening meal. From £145 per room. Available until 31 March. To book call (028) 9044 2080.

• Relish Free Time Three Night Special, Enniskeen Country House Hotel, Newcastle, Co Down. Three nights’ accommodation, full Irish breakfast each morning and two sumptuous evening dinners included. Enjoy the amazing scenery whether you are walking, cycling, hill walking or sightseeing from £149 pps. Available between 13 Mar 2015 – 8 Nov 2015. To book call (028) 4372 2392.

For further information contact the Northern Ireland Tourist Board on 028 9023 1221 or view on www.discovernorthernireland.com/offers.

Down

Enjoy a high tea with a difference! See the sights of Strangford Lough with Strangford Sea Safari, before stopping of in a beautiful spot to enjoy a nice cup of tea and some homemade scones! You might get to explore Salt Island or even see the seals playing at the Angus Rocks Lighthouse! The trip incorporates the Strangford Sea Safari tour so you really will be spoilt for sights to see! Available until the end of June. Trip lasts approximately 2 hours.

Armagh

Love Coffee Lurgan are  teaming up with QFT and FILMHUBNI to bring you some of the Best Independent Movies ever made.  This Friday 13^th the Valentine’s Special is  Amelie.  For £10 a couple  you will also receive two slices of chocolate fudge cake, a mini box of truffles to share, fresh strawberries and a glass of bubbly! Venue opens 7.30pm and the show starts at 8pm.

Fermanagh

Treat your special one this Valentine’s day at Share Discovery Village and try something different. Forget awkward first dates take your Valentine to Share for a day of fun activities. Or why not enjoy a fun family day out with all your loved ones on Saturday the 14th February for activities including indoor archery, indoor climbing or mountain biking.

Tyrone

This Valentine’s night enjoy the music of Nina Simone at the Strule Arts Centre Omagh. Known for her powerful and emotive performances, vocalist Victoria Geelan and her trio of outstanding local musicians bring their celebration of a woman who defied convention and categorisation. Jazz favourites are juxtaposed with Civil Rights anthems to create an intoxicating insight into an artist whose musical mastery continues to inspire generations.

Derry

Join the Lurach Centre Maghera on Valentine’s Morning for a full cooked  Valentine’s Breakfast from 8am to 12 noon. £4.50 per person. Everyone welcome!

Antrim

Braid Real Music Club presents Errol Walsh & Steve Simpson this Saturday 14th February at the Braid Arts Centre Ballymena for some Rock’n’Roll, Blues, Country (minus the Western!!), R&B, folk and occasional jazz.  Tickets are only £5.

Belfast

Come along to Titanic Belfast 14th – 17th February for Mid Term! Complete the Explorer Trail and discover the Titanic story by answering our special Explorer Quiz, before heading over to The Andrew’s Gallery for some Clayrazy fun! Discover the 9 galleries of the Titanic Experience, do the Explorer Trail, picking up clues & meeting a few characters along the way, make and take home your own Clayrazy model, take part in arts, crafts and storytelling.

The Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) has put together a list of 10 exciting things to do in Northern Ireland next week (February 16-22).

• Red Bull Crashed Ice 2015, Stormont Estate, Belfast, February 20-21. Belfast will stage one of the four stops of the Red Bull Crashed Ice World Series 2015. Over 140 competitors will take part in the action-packed race on a heart-pumping assault course that has been specifically designed for Belfast. The track will be positioned in front of Parliament Buildings and an estimated crowd of 40,000 is expected to attend.

• The Comedy of Errors, Ardhowen Theatre, 97 Dublin Road, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. February 19-21. Following the phenomenal success of the recent performance of ‘Allo’ Allo!’ by the Enniskillen Amateur Dramatic Society they are returning with a performance of William Shakespeare’s ‘The Comedy of Errors’.

• Ireland`s Greatest Voices – The Three Tenors, The Waterfront, Lanyon Place, Belfast, February 21. This thrilling fast-moving concert is packed with a selection of the world’s most beautiful, magical, feel-good and uplifting songs. You can enjoy classics such as ‘My Way’ and ‘New York, New York’, ‘Hallelujah’ and ‘Nessun Dorma’.

• Kids Pottery Class Market Place Theatre, Irish Street, Downpatrick, Co Down, February 14. Join our Artist in Residence, Aine McKenna to create sculptural forms, animal pots, explore texture and impressing in clay, make relief tiles and coil or pinch pots.

• Jason Byrne – ‘You Name The Show’, Market Street, Armagh, Co Armagh, February 20. It has been said that no two Jason Byrne shows are the same. Now the master of improvised comedy pushes the limits even further with the introduction of the wheel of stand up. This original stand up concept, which is either an act of extreme daring or supreme laziness, involves Jason not only letting the audience name the show but getting them to choose the topics discussed as they are invited to spin the wheel of random nonsense.

• Adult Pony Camps, Tullynewbank Stables, Glenavy, Co Antrim, February 22. Adult Camps are a great way to refine a skill or to learn something completely new. You do not need to be a seasoned pro or be the guru of all knowledge when it comes to horses as there is something for everyone to do, no matter what your skill level is.

• Hands on Seafood Cookery Classes, Nautilus Centre, Rooney Road, Kilkeel, Co Down, February 21. Enjoy hands on cookery class where the chef will take you through a number of recipes, various cooking, and preparation techniques and tips. The course is designed to be informative but also to be a fun and enjoyable experience.

• All for the Dead Man’s Penny, Roe Valley Arts Centre, 24 Main Street, Limavady, Co Londonderry, February 19. Join internationally renowned storyteller Liz Weir and fiddle player Ciaran Mulholland as they present a riveting tale told through passionate storytelling and music that links past and present, a tale of lost youth and memories that span the generations.

• Give My Head Peace Live 2015… Back with a Bang, The Alley Theatre, Strabane, Co Tyrone, February 21. Uncle Andy takes his annual week off from the Kneebreakers for a night of laughs at the Alley Theatre. He’ll be ably assisted by Pastor Begbie as well as Billy, Dympna Ma, Cal and Da. If you haven’t seen the gang live, find out why they always sell out!

• Jesus Christ Superstar, Grand Opera House, Great Victoria Street, Belfast, until February 28. Jesus Christ Superstar exploded onto the musical scene in 1971, stunning audiences and changing the face of musical theatre forever. Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera tells the story of the last seven days in the life of Jesus through an extraordinary, groundbreaking score.

Please note some of the events require pre-booking.

No more lonely hearts this February

Local entrepreneurs and dating event pioneers, Ben Corby and Sarah Ripley, have launched an event management company that focuses on providing singles of Northern Ireland with more innovative, fun and interesting ways to meet fellow singletons with the hope for romance to blossom.

The company’s flagship event “Hers & His Quiz” is essentially speed dating mixed with pub quiz, with tickets now available for Thursday 26 February, 2015 event at Madison’s Hotel, Botanic Avenue.

The format of the event includes 30 males and 30 females split into teams, with gentlemen moving around tables of single ladies after each quiz round. If there is a potential interest, attendees can write the name and number of their interest, which will then be collected at the end for matches to be made the following day.

Company co-founder and Director, Ben Corby, says that the events have been established in order to meet the demand for high quality singles events that don’t necessarily feel like singles events, that are well run and provide that something different.

“We want to offer those that attend our events the best possible chance of meeting someone, whilst having a fun and enjoyable evening that alleviates any nerves – especially for those that are perhaps new to the dating world.

Romance has a far better opportunity to flourish when people feel comfortable, relaxed and are genuinely enjoying themselves – that is the kind of environment we want to create”, Mr. Corby said.

Various innovative and original singles events have been popular in larger capital cities for years, but Northern Ireland has yet to embrace any kind of novelty event that is designed for singles to meet and mingle without enormous pressure.

“Aside from the odd speed dating event, and sporadic dating site meets, there aren’t many other options for singles to gather that don’t conjure up ideas of desperation and lonely hearts.

“Our events are fun, flirty and just that little bit cool”, Ben said.

Tickets for the “Hers & His Quiz” for Thursday the 26^th of February at Madison’s Hotel are now on sale via https://anankeevents.yapsody.com/event/index/8267

For further information, visit www.anankeevents.com or email ananke.events@gmail.com

Ahead of the release of the highly anticipated third album, Darling Arithmetic, Villagers have announced a run of dates across Ireland this May, Including Belfast.

20 May: DUBLIN, Olympia Theatre

23 May: CORK, Opera House

24 May: LIMERICK, Big Top

25 May: BELFAST, Mandela Hall

Tickets on-sale: Friday 13 February from 9am – from all Ticketmaster outlets and www.Ticketmaster.ie

New album, Darling Arithmetic, released on 13 April 2015

Darling Arithmetic is the third album from Villagers, released on 13 April 2015. The follow-up to Conor O’Brien’s debut, Becoming a Jackal, and its successor, Awayland – both hugely acclaimed and Mercury-nominated – is a breathtakingly beautiful, intimate album entirely about love and relationships.

Darling Arithmetic was written, recorded, produced and mixed by O’Brien at home – the loft of a converted farmhouse that he shares in the coastal town of Malahide to the north of Dublin – revealing a single-minded artist at the peak of his already considerable songwriting powers. It encompasses the various shades of feeling – desire, obsession, lust, loneliness and confusion, and deeper into philosophical and existential territory, across a cast of lovers, friends, family and even strangers. Backing up his supple and emoting vocal and guitar is the subtlest palate of instrumentation – piano, Mellotron (which accounts for the album’s occasional horn and cello tones) and brushes. O’Brien plays every instrument on these exquisite, melodic songs in a sparse, spacious, acoustic-leaning fashion.

On Darling Arithmetic, O’Brien doesn’t only pare back his use of language but looks deep into his own heart and motives. The opening track and first single, ‘Courage’, concerns the most important kind of love – for yourself: “It took a little time to get where I wanted / It took a little time to get free / It took a little time to be honest / It took a little time to be me.”

Now three albums in, Villagers is the front for playfulness and seriousness, mystery and revelation, an open-ended and flexible beast that can be anything its creator wants it to be. By going back to the root of songwriting, O’Brien has reinvented himself.

Tickets for Villagers are on sale at 9am this Friday

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With powerful live drama, classical music with a twist, and fun-filled comedy from award-winning playwrights, the line-up at The Market Place Theatre in Armagh couldn’t be more varied.

A classic of modern Irish theatre, ‘Catalpa’ is the story of the 1875 whale-ship rescue of six Irish prisoners from Fremantle penal colony in Australia – all in the vibrant imagination of a screenwriter. ‘Catalpa’ is about heroes and visionaries, political intrigue and personal loyalty, with hot romance, mixed-up rebels and battles at sea. An epic adventure story that challenges the nature of heroism, a celebration of the power of live theatre. ‘Catalpa’ will be staged on Thursday 19^th February at 8pm. Tickets are priced £12.50 and £10.50 (concession).

‘Night Music In Armagh’ is a series of classical concerts featuring top classical performers, artist talks and the opportunity to enjoy wine and tapas before the show. The next concert on Friday 20^th February at 8pm, features Jonathan and Iryna Johnston [flute and piano]. Jonathan, former ‘Young Musician of the Year’ winner, has performed throughout the world. Sir James Galway recently wrote: ‘Jonathan Johnston belongs to a select few of whom I consider to be the best flautists of their generation.’ A graduate from Prokofiev Music Academy, Iryna was already playing Mozart sonatas by the age of nine, and has won many prestigious piano competitions. The programme includes Verdi, Schubert, Chopin, Bizet and Brahms. The two artists will also give a FREE post-show talk on their musical careers. Tickets are priced £12 or £10 (concession). The pre-show wine and tapas costs an additional £6.

From the producers and directors of ‘The History Of The Troubles’ and ’50 Shades Of Red, White And Blue’, ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ is the hilarious new comedy from award-winning playwright, Brenda Murphy [‘A Night With George’]. Packed full of Belfast humour, ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ has had audiences rolling the aisles, and will be staged at The Market Place on Wednesday 25^th and Thursday 26^th February at 8pm.

Set in an isolated cottage on the snow-trapped Black Mountain, the play tells the story of a bizarre love triangle. Pregnant Patsy from West Belfast has gone there to have her baby with the support of her two friends: older woman and academic Sally and beautiful American Law student, Madison. But when Patsy’s ex-boyfriend and baby’s father, Joe arrives on the scene to try and win her back, Patsy announces she’s now in love with Sally. When naïve Joe learns that Madison is also a lesbian, he believes he has stumbled into Lesbian Headquarters Central. Throw in a turkey baster and the baby’s imminent arrival and the scene is set for a monumental tug of war. Tickets are priced £15 each. Please note that this production contains adult themes and strong language.

Tickets for all performances can be booked on [028] 3752 1821, or online at www.marketplacearmagh.com And to keep up-to-date with the latest news at the Market Place Theatre, you can follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/marketplacearmagh) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/mptarmagh) where you will find all the latest information, special offers and video previews.