About us

Making work since 2017, the award-winning BELFAST ENSEMBLE creates music-theatre/opera productions in its home city, and tours across the UK and Ireland.

The Belfast Ensemble is an ever-evolving collective of Belfast artists. Occupying a ‘free space’ in the artistic life of our city, and delivering cutting edge music-theatre work, we blend contemporary music with video, design, spoken text and voice to create ‘music-theatre and opera as event’. Recent productions have included the award-wining opera ABOMINATION (Southbank Centre, Brighton Festival, Abbey Theatre Dublin, Lyric Theatre Belfast, Outburst Queer Arts Festival), PROPAGANDA (Belfast International Arts Festival, Lyric Theatre), MASS (Outburst Queer Arts Festival, Ulster Orchestra), THE MUSICIAN (Belfast Children’s Festival, Queens Film Theatre).

Winner Stephen Joseph Award for Innovation 2022
Winner ‘Best Opera’, Irish Times Theatre Awards 2020
Winner of ‘Staff Engagment Award’, Arts and Business Awards 2021
‘Top 10 Classical of 2019’ (The Guardian, Observer)
‘Best Theatre of 2022’ (The Guardian)
‘Best Theatre Theatre of 2022’ (The Stage)
‘Best Theatre of 2021’ (The Stage)
Double Ivor Novello British Composer Awards nominations for Abomination and Democracy Dances.

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