Companies

Belfast Theatre Company

Description

THIS COMPANY IS NO LONGER IN OPERATION.
History

Belfast Theatre Company was a professional company financed in part by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Belfast City Council. The company was a winner of a BBC New Drama Award in 1995/1996 and was nominated for several Irish Times and other drama awards. It also won a Pick of the Fringe in Edinburgh 1983 with Shem the Penman.

The company’s artistic policy was to promote new and innovative drama, especially from Northern Ireland. The company officially ceased operations in 2008.

Play Title	Playwright
A Most Notorious Woman	Maggie Cronin
James Young Lives!	Paul Boyd (2) Paddy Scully
Shem the Penman	Paddy Scully
The Feast Of Lupercal	Paddy Scully Michael McKnight Brian Moore (3) An adaptation of the original novel by Brian Moore.
The Tell-Tale Heart	Paddy Scully Edgar Allan Poe An adaptation of the original short story by Edgar Allan Poe.

Premiered 18 Oct 2006