Michael Quinn is obituaries editor for The Stage. Michael has been contributing to The Stage since 1989 and became obituaries editor in 2014. A former theatre director and BBC Radio Drama producer, he also writes about classical music, opera and Irish traditional music. Programming consultant to Northern Ireland’s newest arts centre, Portico, in Portaferry, County Down, he is editor for SOMM Recordings and previously deputy editor of Gramophone and Classic FM magazines.
Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s longest-serving chief executive Roisín McDonough is to step down from the post at the end of March next year after 26 years in the role
The world premiere of a new musical based on the film Waking Ned – with music and lyrics by Once writers Markéta Irglová and Glen Hansard – will open at Belfast’s Lyric Theatre in February 2027
An open letter of no confidence in Northern Ireland’s arts minister Gordon Lyons has gathered more than 2,000 signatures amid a protest outside Stormont against the region’s low level of arts funding
With Northern Ireland’s arts sector facing more standstill funding, director Michael Quinn says the time for the industry to make its voice heard is now
The reopening of the Alley Theatre in Strabane has been delayed for a second time until early 2027 to enable further repairs following extensive water damage
Belfast’s Lyric Theatre refused to close its doors as violence swept through the city on Tuesday, with its leader vowing it would not be forced to shut ’because of fascists’
