in association with
F1RST
BASE
AT THE BARRACKS
a series of first-look theatrical treats, queer rehearsed readings, cross dressed shenanigans and new gay plays, as part of the Catherdral Quarter Arts Festival 2016. Tickets & Information:
www. cqaf.com Doors for all shows open 15 minutes before start times listed.
BASH: latterday plays Sun 1st May 7.30PM £5.00 Neil LaBute’s collection of three dark one act plays, almost confession -like in their intimacy. Brought to you by Pan Narrans Theatre Company.
THE PASS Mon 2nd & Tues 3rd May 7.30pm £5.00 Jason Donnelly’s acerbically witty and horribly gripping new play tackles the topical subject of the homophobia that entrenched in football culture. Presented by Pintsized Productions.
TO BUILD A BEAR Wed 4th & Thurs 5th May 10pm £5.00 A fabulous work in progress of an original musical/cabaret hybrid from The Voice Bear, Ross Anderson-Doherty and musician and sonic artist, Marty Byrne SOLD OUT! Extra show 5pm on Thurs 5th!
SHAKESPEARE’S WOMEN Wed 4th & Thurs 5th May 7pm £5.00 Two actresses play over 15 of Shakespeare’s Women. What if Ophelia met Juliet? What if Portia told Cleopatra to wise up? All headstrong, feisty and in the thralls of love, but what can they learn from each other?
LAVINIA Fri 6th May 7.30pm & Sun 8th May 2pm £5.00 Let’s spin our lovely queer disco ball over the moral fabric of the city revealing its everyday up-to-no-gooders in all their vivid glories! Sarah Baxter and Alice Malseed with a work-in-progress sharing of their new show.
TURTLE Sat 7th & Sun 8th May 5.30pm & 8pm £7.00 PUNCHEDcanvas return with a new play by James Johnson. Lily is marrying Aubrey at the weekend, but her alcoholic sister Polly gatecrashes her Hen Do. Will the past she left behind come back to shatter everything?
THE BARRACKS, 8-12 Exchange Place, Belfast, BT1 2NA (laneway to right of Black Box)