There are two annual Crescent festivals: Between The Lines, a literary festival that takes place in Spring each year and CityDance performances, showcases and workshops which takes place every Summer.
The Crescent Arts Centre’s annual Life Drawing Exhibition opens on Tuesday 30th June at 7pm. Please come along and view all of the work on display - refreshments provided. The exhibition continues between 10am and 4pm until Saturday 4th July and admission is free. 15% of all sales will be donated to the Crescent’s Refurbishment Fundraising Campaign.
Saturday 20th June Dance Workshops from 1pm to 6pm The Grand Marquee in Lower Crescent Park, (off Botanic Avenue) Belfast Admission Free Come along and bring the whole family to the Crescent Arts Centre’s Annual Midsummer Festival of Dance. Take part in some of the many and varied dance forms available at the Crescent including Tango, Hip Hop, Flamenco, Egyptian [...]
The Open Night/Enrolment Night for classes next term takes place on Monday 20th April, 6pm - 9pm at 165 Ormeau Road. So come along, meet the tutors and enrol for one of the many classes on offer at the Crescent Arts Centre. If you would like further info on our courses, you can browse all the classes [...]
This year, some of the staff and friends of the Crescent have put together a team to run in the Belfast City Marathon as a fundraiser for the refurbishment project. The marathon takes place on the 4th May, 2009 and our team will be covering a combined 26 miles across the whole city, passing by the [...]
Just a quick reminder about the Crescent’s annual literary festival ‘Between the Lines’ beginning Monday 23 March with Ben Okri and Janice Galloway taking to the stage. Tickets are selling well for all of the events during this exciting week of readings, so please book as soon as you can to avoid disappointment. Please click [...]
Part of Between The Lines 2009 During the festival ten readings and workshops will be undertaken by the writers Paul Grattan, Anita Robinson and Liz Weir in prisons and schools. In the week of Between the Lines Festival the writer Paul Grattan will visit two of Northern Ireland’s prisons to read and perform workshops. The writers, Miriam Gamble, [...]
The Point Bar, Magilligan Part of Between The Lines 2009 Ballycastle Writers was formed in 1990 by poet and publisher Joan Newman who taught the group until 1996 before moving from Ballycastle with her daughter Kate to live in Donegal. Subsequent course tutors kept the creative flame alive; the group currently has 20 active members who meet weekly [...]
Queen’s University, Lecture Theatre G9 Part of Between The Lines 2009 Hugo Hamilton Hugo Hamilton was born in Dublin in 1953 after his mother came to Ireland from Germany. His first three novels - Surrogate City (1990), The Last Shot (1991) and The Love Test (1995) – were set in central Europe.Headbanger (1996), a darkly comic crime novel set [...]
Fenderesky Gallery, 105 Royal Avenue Part of Between The Lines 2009 Kevin Barry Kevin Barry was born in Limerick in 1969 and now lives in Dublin. He writes sketches and columns for the Sunday Herald in Glasgow and the Irish Examiner in Cork. He has written about travel and literature for The Guardian, The Irish Times, The Sydney Morning [...]
The Black Box, 18 - 22 Hill Street, Belfast Part of Between The Lines 2009 Bernard MacLaverty Born in Belfast in 1942, Bernard MacLaverty moved to Scotland in 1975. He has been a Medical Laboratory Technician, a mature student, a teacher of English and, for two years in the mid 1980s, Writer-in-Residence at the University of Aberdeen. Having [...]