Listings at the Lyric Theatre

Mixed MarriageDate/Time: 30 Jan – 23 February 2013; various times; Danske Bank Stage Description: Kickstarting the Lyric’s Belfast Season of plays to celebrate the city’s 400^thxa0anniversary is this poetic tragedy by St. John Ervine which dissects class and sectarianism in Ireland before partition. Cost: £10 – £24; Belfast season discounts availableThe Seafarer Date/Time: 28 Feb – 23 March 2013; various times; Danske Bank Stage Description: This darkly funny play tells the tale of a recovering alcoholic who returns to his Dublin family. Written by the much-acclaimed Conor McPherson, best-known for his playxa0The Weir. Cost: £10 – £22.50

Dickens at the Ulster Hall

Date/Time: 19 – 23 March 2013; 8pm & Sat matinee 3pm; Naughton Studio Description: Noted Irish actor and director, Sam McCready, returns to the Lyricxa0after his one-man showxa0sold-out last year. McCready recreates an afternoon when the great novelist, Charles Dickens, meets an appreciative Ulster audience in the newly-opened Ulster Hall. Cost: £8-£10

Love Billy

Date/Time:xa0 1 – 25 May 2013; 7.45pm and additional 2.30pm Sat & Suns; Danske Bank Stage Description: World premierexa0 of Graham Reid’sxa0fifth instalment in the now legendary series ofxa0Billyxa0plays.xa0Love, Billyxa0sees Billy Martin returning to Belfast after 25 years away. Cost: £10 -24.50; Belfast season discounts available

Can’t Forget About You

Date/Time: 23 May – 16 June 2013; various times; Naughton Studio Description: New comedy by David Ireland about a young Belfast man falling for a much older woman and the negative reaction of his conservative mother and Ulster-Scots speaking sister. Directed by Conleth Hill. Cost:£10-£16 See website for bookingxa0www.lyrictheatre.co.ukxa0or contact Lyric box office on 028 9038 1081]]>