Robin & Jane In The Stalls

🎭 Robin & Jane In The Stalls — Episode: Faust-ish at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast 🎭

This week on Theatre Review Podcast: Robin & Jane In The Stalls, our reviewers head to Belfast’s Lyric Theatre to experience Faust-ish — Big Telly’s wickedly inventive reimagining of the Faust legend, running until 9th November as part of this year’s Belfast International Arts Festival.

🔥 Fresh from Off Broadway, where Big Telly picked up B...

🎭 Robin & Jane In The Stalls | Episode: Blood Brothers (UK Tour – Belfast Grand Opera House)

🎭 This week, Robin and Jane are back In The Stalls for one of the most iconic British musicals of all time — Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers. Currently touring the UK, the show is playing at Belfast’s Grand Opera House until 8th November.

It’s a special episode: this is Jane’s very first time seeing Blood Brothers — and Robin’s 15th (!...

🎭 Robin & Jane In The Stalls | Episode 50 – Denouement at Belfast’s Lyric Theatre 🎭

This week, Robin & Jane step into the near future – or maybe the end of it – as they review John Morton’s Denouement, now running at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast until 15th November.

It’s 2048, Armageddon is on the horizon, and Edel and Liam are spending their final hours together in a remote Irish farmhouse. As the world crumbles outside, t...

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Episode Title: The Upside Down House – Tinderbox Theatre Company @ The MAC, Belfast

This week, Robin & Jane are back in Belfast at The MAC to see Tinderbox Theatre Company’s brand-new production The Upside Down House — running until 2nd November.

💔 A first love story, one last time. Heartfelt, hilarious, and wildly imaginative, The Upside Down House takes audiences ...

The Belfast International Arts Festival is in full swing, and Robin & Jane are back In The Stalls with a brand new episode you won’t want to miss.

This week, they shine the spotlight on “Ottilie” – the international premiere of a powerful one-woman show from Rathmore Productions, running at the Grand Opera House until 24th October.

🎤 Who was Ottilie Patterson? Blues trailblazer, international star, and the voice that brought t...

In this episode, Robin & Jane are back in the stalls as Belfast International Arts Festival kicks off! 🎉 They’ve just seen Unreconciled at the Lyric Theatre – a powerful and unforgettable solo play by Jay Sefton and Mark Basquil, directed by Geraldine Hughes.

Set in Philadelphia, Unreconciled tells the true story of a young actor cast as Jesus in a school play run by a parish priest. What follows is a deeply personal, often hi...

Robin & Jane are back in the stalls — and this week, they’re sleuthing their way through a gripping night at the theatre with Inspector Morse: House of Ghosts, now haunting Belfast’s Grand Opera House until Saturday! 👻

🕵️‍♂️ This first-ever stage adaptation of the legendary detective series brings a brand-new mystery to life: a young actress collapses mid-performance, and what begins as a routine investigation spirals into so...

🎭 Robin & Jane In The Stalls | Belfast International Arts Festival 2025 Preview | Theatre Review Podcast

This week on a special episode of Robin & Jane In The Stalls, we're diving headfirst into one of the biggest cultural events on the calendar — the Belfast International Arts Festival! 🌍🎨🎶

As the festival prepares to take over the city from 14 October – 9 November, Robin and Jane preview some of the standout shows and...

Robin & Jane In The Stalls are back — and this week, they’re pitch-side at Belfast’s Lyric Theatre for a powerful new play: THE PITCH 🏐

Set in East Belfast, The Pitch tells the story of three unlikely friends — Robbie, Melissa, and Deren — whose lives collide on a patch of turf that means something different to each of them. Gaelic football, identity, culture, and community all clash and connect on this contested ground, as th...

This week on Robin & Jane IN The Stalls, our favourite theatre-loving duo head behind bars at Belfast’s Grand Opera House for a gripping performance of The Shawshank Redemption — running until Saturday only!

🔒 Based on Stephen King's powerful novella, this stage adaptation takes us deep inside Shawshank prison, where injustice, resilience, and an unlikely friendship between Andy Dufresne and Red light the spark of hope in the ...

This week, Robin & Jane took their seats at Belfast's Lyric Theatre for Dear Arabella by the legendary Marie Jones – and wow, do they have thoughts!

Three women. Three lives intertwined by love, regret, and the quiet power of a simple, random act of kindness. There's Jean, feeling the walls close in as she cares for her difficult mother… Elsie, still struggling to connect with the man her husband became after the war… and Arabe...

This week, Robin & Jane are donning their sequins and stepping into the hauntingly glamorous world of Follies, Northern Ireland Opera’s bold new production of the Sondheim classic at Belfast’s Grand Opera House.

✨ A crumbling theatre. 🕰️ A reunion decades in the making. 👻 Ghosts of the past — and songs you won’t forget.

But here’s the question: Does this new take on the legendary 7-time Tony Award-winning musical hit the high...

This week, our intrepid theatre reviewers Robin & Jane took their seats at The Sanctuary Theatre Belfast for Ulster American by East Belfast’s own David Ireland — and what a night it was!

 A Hollywood actor. An ambitious English director. A Northern Irish playwright. The stage is set for collaboration… but egos, politics, and power struggles turn this dark comedy into a powder keg. How far will each of them go to be heard?

Robi...

This week on Robin & Jane In The Stalls, our dynamic theatre-loving duo took their seats at Belfast's Grand Opera House for one of the most beloved music tribute shows of our time — The Simon & Garfunkel Story. But did it live up to the global hype? 🌍🎶

With over 50 countries visited and more than 20 performances in London’s West End, including the legendary Palladium, The Simon & Garfunkel Story promises an unforgetta...

This week on Robin & Jane In The Stalls, we’ve taken a trip to Belfast’s Grand Opera House to catch Mother Of All The Behans, starring the phenomenal Imelda May — and wow, what a night at the theatre! 

Following two sell-out runs in Dublin, this one-week-only engagement in Belfast is not to be missed. Imelda May shines in this powerful and moving tribute to Kathleen Behan, mother to the legendary Brendan Behan. From the book by...

This week on Robin & Jane In The Stalls, our intrepid theatre duo took their seats at Belfast’s Grand Opera House to catch the gripping new production of The Girl On The Train – and trust us, they’ve got thoughts 🎤👀

Adapted from Paula Hawkins’ international bestseller, this thriller takes us deep into the mind of Rachel Watson, whose daily train ride becomes anything but routine when she witnesses something shocking through t...

This week on Robin & Jane In The Stalls, we pack our factor 50 and head to sunny Spain (well... in spirit!) to review Holiday Flush by Rosemary Drama Group   Set in June 1982, this hilarious play sees two Belfast families jet off to the Costa Blanca in search of sun, fun, sangria… and maybe a Northern Ireland win against Spain in the World Cup! But of course, things don’t go quite to plan – with delayed flights, holiday rom...

This week on Robin & Jane In The Stalls, we're swapping the velvet seats for prison sheets as we head to Belfast’s Lyric Theatre for The Tunnel – running until 16th August!

Set in Long Kesh Prison, 1976, The Tunnel is a gripping and deeply human drama. Academy Award-winning director Terry George teams up with Brassneck Theatre Company for the Irish premiere of this thrilling masterpiece

 Escape plans.  Heavy construction.  A tu...

This week on Robin & Jane In The Stalls, we’re heading to The MAC, Belfast, where Everybody’s Talking About Jamie — and trust us, you will be too! 💃🌈

Brought to the stage by the Alfie Boe James Huish Academy of Theatre Arts, this bold and beautiful production isn’t your average youth musical. Directed by James Huish, it’s a timely and heartfelt celebration of identity, courage, and self-expression — arriving just as Belfast P...