NORTH BY NORTH WEST FESTIVAL A Two Day Urban Festival May 25th 2013 to May 26th 2013

A Two Day Urban Festival including 40 bands, DJs & acts

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Columba Canticles Four centuries of Song at St Columb’s Cathedral June 9th 2013 Tickets: £10/£7

A dazzling tapestry of music and verse celebrating 400 years of Derry's richly joyous, yet volatile history

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Marks of Time– The Buildings Of Derry~Londonderry June 10th 2013 to June 12th 2013 Free entry

Manus Deery, Principal Conservation Architect in the Historic Buildings Unit of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, provides a personal contribution to the UK City of Culture

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Gay McIntyre June 15th 2013 Tickets: £11/ £9

An evening of music with jazz legend Gay McIntyre

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Music City! June 21st 2013 Freee

Music City! promises to be one of the most memorable days of 2013. The Playhouse are proud to be one of the venues for this day-long celebration of music of all genres.

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Moving on Music presents BEYOND THE MARCH New Music for Londonderry Bands June 21st 2013

Two of Northern Ireland's most innovative composers work with bands from Londonderry Bands Forum

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Borderline Players presents It Runs in the Family By Ray Cooney June 22nd 2013 Tickets: £10/ £9

The frantic world of a doctors' common room comes alive in this fast paced comedy by the legendary Ray Cooney.

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The Playhouse and Black Sheep Theatre presents The Cook Directed by Dennis Bohr June 26th 2013 to June 29th 2013 £14/ £10 (Opening night offer £10)

While much is unknown, The Cook is an imaginative treatment of the year before the execution and what led Cecily Jackson to her death.

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An Nua presents Derry 24 July 17th 2013 to July 19th 2013 Tickets £10/ £6

Derry Stories combines images and sounds gathered from the city to form a 24 hour frame into which we have placed several monologues, duologues, stories and caught moments.

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The Playhouse Children’s &Youth Arts Festival 2013 July 22nd 2013 to August 2nd 2013

N.Ireland's longest running Children's and Youth Arts Festival is back

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On The Subject Of Love

The Playhouse's second production for UK City of Culture 2013.

Viewed as the first modern 'European' and one of the 18th Century's great eccentrics, Bishop of Derry Frederick Augustus Hervey, was a phenomenal Builder, art collector and a notorious womaniser.

Writer and broadcaster Ken McCormack joins forces with esteemed Donegal director Caitríona McLaughlin, best known for her work on the stages of New York and London, for this new commission about 'The Earl Bishop's' life and loves.

Filmed and Edited by Chris McAlinden
Sound by Fiachra Ó Longáin
Produced by www.cmorefilms.com