Jane Coyle

Biography

Jane Coyle is an award-winning Belfast-based arts journalist and critic. She is a regular contributor to the Irish Times, The Stage, Culture Northern Ireland and BBC Northern Ireland.

Recent Articles

Choreographer Meseret Yirga: 'My new centre is using dance to transform lives'

Features | 11 Jan 21

Ethiopia’s first female contemporary dance choreographer Meseret Yirga is on the cusp of opening her own dance centre. Yirga and her mentors tell The Stage about what it will mean for the community in Addis Ababa

Belfast International Arts Festival

Long Reviews | 22 Oct 20

Belfast International Arts Festival goes online, uniting audiences with a wide-ranging programme of carefully chosen work

Denouement

Reviews | 09 Sep 20

In spite of the limitations of the medium, this apocalyptic new play draws us into the final hours of a long conjoined life

Alice – A Virtual Theme Park

Reviews | 12 Aug 20

Web-based theme park adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland from Big Telly Theatre Company and Creation Theatre

Northern Ireland and Covid-19: 'England-centric, unrepresentative DCMS taskforces won’t cut it'

Features | 29 Jun 20

Northern Ireland’s arts sector has remained resilient in the face of Covid-19, with artists and organisations pulling together to ensure its survival. Jane Coyle speaks to the creatives who are continuing to back homegrown talent