Belfast International Arts Festival returns with a new season of contemporary arts and cultural events from 16 October – 23 November in over 30 venues across the city, featuring the very best in international and homegrown artists across theatre, dance, music, visual arts, literature and film.
Belfast International Arts Festival Events
Theatre
Faust-ish | Big Telly Theatre Company | Presented by Belfast International Arts Festival
29 Oct - 09 Nov 2025
Faust-ish – a wild search party for someone’s missing soul
Theatre
My English Persian Kitchen | Soho Theatre | Presented by Belfast International Arts Festival
24 - 25 Oct 2025
How would you make a fresh start somewhere completely new? This is the true story about one woman…
Theatre
UNRECONCILED | Unreconciled Project Inc. | Presented by Belfast International Arts Festival
17 - 19 Oct 2025
A powerful, hilarious, and heartbreaking story of courage, family, and reclaiming your voice.
International Arts Festival
Denouement | A Lyric Theatre Production | Presented by Belfast International Arts Festival
21 Oct - 15 Nov 2025
This bold piece of new writing will stay with you long after the curtain closes.
Theatre
Instructions Subject Object | Presented by Belfast International Arts Festival
21 - 22 Oct 2025
A show about AI, performed by a different unrehearsed actor every time.
