GROUP!
GROUP! The Musical
Created by Conor Mitchell
Book by Conor Mitchell & Matthew Hurt
March / April 2026
A riotous, razor-sharp, hilarious night out.
GROUP! fuses a sh*t hot cast, live band, bright lights, big dance numbers and Belfast’s classic dark humour - bringing together the city’s top talent to make you laugh so hard you wet yourself.
A group therapy session spirals into hilarious havoc when a cocktail of deeply dysfunctional and unpredictable personalities collide.
Pioneering composer & theatre-maker Conor Mitchell joins forces with his Belfast Ensemble for GROUP! The Musical.
Blending Mitchell’s socially-satirical writing with his stylish and lusciously orchestrated score, GROUP! presents a vibrant, honest, and hilarious portrait of modern Belfast - and the f*cked up people that make the city sing.
Audiences will laugh, cry, and connect as our cast of seven misfits process their trauma, and speak their minds.
GROUP! takes the caustic humour of Book of Mormon & Avenue Q and deliciously laces it with Belfast’s accent, politics, and friction.
The drama (and damn, is there drama....) is amplified by Alan Menken style ballads, Busby Berkeley big-band numbers, and sophistically scored Sondheim infused belters.
This is Derry Girls meets Hacks meets Jerry Springer: The Opera - with its very own Andrew Tate inspired tap number.
Harnessing their trademark multi-disciplinary approach, Belfast Ensemble have created an “eye-popping” new musical that showcases the city’s finest vocal, instrumental, design, and technical talents.
Fused with live-wire social themes connecting with the manosphere, IVF, PTSD, and addiction, GROUP! deftly treads the tightrope of Belfast’s classic dark humour to create side-splitting, visually stunning, aurally electric chaos.
*contains outrageous material
Performance Diary
2026
Lyric Theatre - Belfast - March / April 2026
Reviews
★★★★★
“a surreal coup-de-théâtre…. The Belfast of Group! is undoubtable.
It’s one of people putting the work in, to start, to rebuild, to restart”
Chris McCormack - Feeling Good
★★★★
“Eye-Popping……audacious piece of musical theatre revels in its Belfast-accented dark humour and dubious morality”
Jane Coyle - The Stage
“Remarkable and incredibly catchy”
Kellie Burch - Ulster Tatler
“part hilarious, part unsettling, and often delightfully unhinged”
Ita Dunda - Love Belfast
CAST
Bob Broad
Clare Hadwen
Aoife Magee
Elias Rooney
Roger McCann
Kevin Lawless
Gillian McCutcheon
Sarah Smith
Pamela Stainer
Ross Lyness
Ronan McKee
Jean
Chris
Frank
Jackie
Emmett
Barbara
Amy
Yogi / Artist
Musical Diretor / Piano
Leader / Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Clarinet / Flute
Clarinet / Sax
Bass Clarinet
Trumpet
Trombone
Percussion
Rosie Barry
Matthew Cavan
Adam Dougal
Colette Lennon Dougal
Darren Franklin
Carol Moore
Brigid Shine
Fergus Wachala-Kelly
STAGING
INSTRUMENTS
Design
Lights
Choreography
AV
Sound
Costume Associate
Production Manager
Deputy Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Technician
Follow Spot
Flys
Credits
Conor Mitchell
Andrew Hume
Alice Malseed
Jen Shepherd
Aiveen Kelly
Aoife Magee
Conor Mitchell
Mary Tumelty
Paula O’Reilly
Gavin Peden
Ian Vennard
Arlene Reilly
Kerri Stokes
Jonathan Rainey-Reid
Cal McElwee
Declan Paxton
Fergus Wachala-Kelly
Patrick Freeman
Artistic Director
Executive Producer
Creative Producer
Admin & Finance
Marketing Associate
Orchestral Associate
MANAGEMENT
Credits
CAST
Rosie Barry
Matthew Cavan
Adam Dougal
Colette Lennon Dougal
Darren Franklin
Carol Moore
Brigid Shine
Fergus Wachala-Kelly
Jean
Chris
Frank
Jackie
Emmett
Barbara
Amy
Yogi / Artist
INSTRUMENTS
Bob Broad
Clare Hadwen
Aoife Magee
Elias Rooney
Roger McCann
Kevin Lawless
Gillian McCutcheon
Sarah Smith
Pamela Stainer
Ross Lyness
Ronan McKee
Musical Diretor / Piano
Leader / Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Clarinet / Flute
Clarinet / Sax
Bass Clarinet
Trumpet
Trombone
Percussion
STAGING
Conor Mitchell
Mary Tumelty
Paula O’Reilly
Gavin Peden
Ian Vennard
Arlene Reilly
Kerri Stokes
Jonathan Rainey-Reid
Cal McElwee
Declan Paxton
Fergus Wachala-Kelly
Patrick Freeman
Design
Lights
Choreography
AV
Sound
Costume Associate
Production
Manager
Deputy Stage
Manager
Assistant Stage
Manager
Technician
Follow Spot
Flys
MANAGEMENT
Conor Mitchell
Andrew Hume
Alice Malseed
Jen Shepherd
Aiveen Kelly
Aoife Magee
Artistic Director
Executive Producer
Creative Producer
Admin & Finance
Marketing Associate
Orchestral Associate
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