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The Arts Council Playography Na Gaeilge

Companies

Belfast Theatre Company

OVERVIEW

  • 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.

    • Director

    Paddy Scully

New Irish Plays Produced By Belfast Theatre Company

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.