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The Merchant of Venice

Fringe Benefits are gearing up towards our April production of 'The Merchant of Venice', set in Belfast 1912. Our tour dates are as follows:

Strand Cinema: 12th - 14th April: book online or via phone on 028 90 655 830, tickets £10/ £8 concessions
Lyric Theatre (RSC Open Stages Showcase): 19th April: book online or via phone: 028 9038 1081 tickets £8/£6 concessions
Crescent Arts Centre: 26th - 29th of April: Book online or on 02890 242 338. tickets £10/£8 concessions

All performances commence at 7.30pm.

Listen to Merchant of Venice Interview on BBC Radio Ulster’s Arts Extra progarmme

Listen to actress Aileen Kelly singing a song in Hebrew from our forthcoming production of 'Merchant of Venice'. Aileen plays Jessica, Shylock's daughter, who leaves her father and her community to marry a Christian...a harder decision that it might at first seem.

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Sam McCready to direct Fringe Benefits in Autumn 2012

Sam McCready to direct Nicholas Nickleby in Autumn 2012
Fringe Benefits is delighted to be producing Nicholas Nickleby adapted and directed by the wonderful Sam McCready this Autumn.
The show will take place in the Crescent Arts Centre in October 2012 and is part of the Dickens 2012 programme and the Northern Bank Festival at Queens 50th anniversary programme. It will also be touring to Derry/ Londonderry and Omagh.
We are currently seeking expressions of interest from folk interested in volunteering for our Production team. We are interested in motivated, creative, organised, and extremely reliable people with some experience in Costume/design, marketing and publicity,set and lighting design, makeup for stage, Stage Management and Production management. If interested please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
We are also offering some schools workshops based on the play and on the life and times of Charles Dickens. Any school interested in booking a workshop please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Upcoming Auditions

Fringe Benefits auditions for new members each Spring and Autumn. Information will be posted on the website once the dates for the next set of auditions is available. For more information and to request audition please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .