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Lay Up Your Ends: 40th Anniversary Exhibit

The Linen Hall 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast

The Linen Hall is an invaluable source of theatrical material from Northern Ireland. To mark the fortieth anniversary of Charabanc’s landmark production, Lay Up Your Ends, we will host an exhibit of holdings from our Theatre and Performing Arts Archive, including items relating to Charabanc and other theatre companies and theatres, including The Lyric and Kabosh, as well as items from theatre-makers and playwrights, such as Christina Reid, Jo Egan and Carol Moore

Blue Plaque Tour: A walking tour of Belfast’s most notable citizens

The Linen Hall 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast

Discover some of Belfast’s Blue Plaques on this city centre walking tour. Placed by Ulster History Circle, each plaque marks the home or workplace of a famous historic person in The Linen Hall area.

£10.00 – £15.00

Linenopolis Tour: A historic walking tour of Belfast’s Linen Quarter

The Linen Hall 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast

During the 1800s Belfast and its surrounding towns exploded with industry. One of the most significant industries of that time was the linen industry. Discover the history of Belfast’s linen trade on this city-centre walking tour. Many buildings in The Linen Hall area reflect the city’s past as a global industrial hub of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

£10.00 – £15.00

Publishing & Performing ‘Lost’ Plays

The Linen Hall 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast

Lisa Fitzpatrick and Shonagh Hill published Plays by Women in Ireland 1926-1933: Feminist Theatres of Freedom and Resistance (Methuen, 2022), a collection of five plays by women writing in the first decade of the Irish Free State. Lisa and Shonagh will share the experience of researching, retrieving, and publishing unpublished or ‘lost’ play scripts from archival sources, and explore the process of staging Olga Fielden’s 1948 play Witches in Eden, reflecting upon the dramaturgical choices made in reviving a play from 75 years ago.

Celebrating Jo Egan

The Linen Hall 17 Donegall Square North, Belfast

Join us for an evening of performances and reflections as we pay tribute to playwright Jo Egan. Alongside contributions from Gerri Moriarty, Moyra Donaldson, and Fionnuala Kennedy, there will be an opportunity to view items from Jo’s archive, which is part of The Linen Hall’s Theatre and Performing Arts Archive.


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