I always think that if we had heat like the past couple of weeks I’d never get anything done, between being overcome with tiredness, enjoying the sweet outdoors, or just not having the inclination to do anything remotely challenging. However, last weekend I was at the Street Performance World Championship in Dublin’s Merrion Square and [...]

Each year I look forward to Belfast’s own street performance festival: the Festival of Fools, for I have a respect for those who can gather a crowd in the street and entertain them for 30mins without too many nodding off/going about their shopping. This, the 6th Festival of Fools, “Ireland’s biggest street theatre festival,” took [...]