Belfast Blues: A Performance On Screen
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Belfast Blues: A Performance On Screen
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Belfast Blues: A Performance On Screen NYC Reviews and Tickets

85%
(14 Ratings)
Positive
93%
Mixed
7%
Negative
0%
Members say
Absorbing, Thought-provoking, Great acting, Great writing, Funny

About the Show

A solo show from Geraldine Hughes about her childhood growing up in war-torn Belfast in the 1980s.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (14)

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115 Reviews | 19 Followers
100
Great writing, Great staging, Great singing, Great acting, Clever

See it if Saw the play a while ago, passionate and humorous

Don't see it if Do not like to have fun, skip this production

253 Reviews | 116 Followers
98
Gold standard theater, 2019 recording of one of last remarkable live performances

See it if for Geraldine Hughes' extraordinary performance in the 2019 staging of her one-woman autobiographical Belfast Blues. Top rate all-the-way.

Don't see it if You don't like one-man shows or don't want to be moved by the personal story of this amazing actress, raised during Belfast's Troubles. Read more

272 Reviews | 57 Followers
93
Must see, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if for everything you expect from great theatre - acting, writing, directing.

Don't see it if no reason not to see this.

114 Reviews | 24 Followers
90
Thought-provoking, Profound, Great writing, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if Hughes is a master storyteller making painful Irish history come to life. There is humor as well. You do not have to be Irish to appreciate

Don't see it if ....you don't like one person shows. This is serious material with some humor.

581 Reviews | 140 Followers
90
Wrought with humor & terror, Thought-provoking, Story of war torn era, Chilling, Absorbing

See it if The one-person show sprung from war-torn Belfast childhood, spectacularly performed by Geraldine Hughes with great humor is to your liking.

Don't see it if Care not for one-person form, or fear producing tears at the childhhood situations the actor finds herself in with great humor & dark fear.

367 Reviews | 40 Followers
89
Relevant, Intelligent, Great writing, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if one- woman show that works via streaming. Splendid acting in a riveting performance about difficult subjects. Completely engaging

Don't see it if the very things that make it work are not to your liking: a one person show about a life lived in troubled times.

1123 Reviews | 382 Followers
85
Well staged, Strong acting, Intense, Thought-provoking, Absorbing

See it if you like auto-bio works. Hughes has had a fascinating life which she shares in vivid detail. Important lessons about civil conflict.

Don't see it if you are upset by stories of poverty and bloodshed.

499 Reviews | 77 Followers
82
Riveting, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if you enjoy well told stories

Don't see it if you like multi-character plays with typical plots.