MIRRORBALL, a brand-new musical from Replay Theatre Company, is to receive its world premiere at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast on Friday 10th March 2023.

Cherrie knows they’ve finally come for her at the Club.

The Narrow Minders – human machines with a loathing distaste for art (and especially fabulous free-spirited Drag Queens) break into her dressing room to remove Cherrie from the imagination. She has no choice but to smash through the dressing room mirror to escape the grasp of fear and prejudice.

Cherrie suddenly finds herself in a different Universe where she is faced with the ultimate choice – do we confront our fears and fight for what’s right or avoid them and diminish into the ether?

Based on the real-life experiences of Belfast performer, Matt Cavan and his drag persona Cherrie Ontop, Mirrorball explores the immense potential of creativity when our worlds are turned upside down by life circumstances.

A brand-new musical, written by Patrick J O’Reilly, with original musical compositions by Garth McConaghie, Mirrorball celebrates creativity, authenticity and the power of the imagination to make a better world for ourselves.

The cast includes some of the best talent in Northern Ireland, with Matt playing himself and also including Sean Kearns, Jolene O’Hara and Gerard McCabe.

The show, aimed at young audiencers 15+, will form part of the closing weekend of Young at Arts, 2023 Belfast Children’s Festival.

The show’s director, Janice Kernoghan-Reid said,

“We’re so excited to share this show with audiences – it’s fun and high energy, with a lot of heart and some show-stopping tunes. If just one person leaves the theatre feeling uplifted and maybe even less alone, our work here will be done.”

Show co-creator Matthew Cavan stated,

“The blessing of being an artist is being able to take difficult things from your life and create art, hopefully something that will leave a lasting impact. It’s a scary thing to put your life on stage, but I feel we’ve created something very special that I’m now excited to share with our audiences at the Belfast Children’s Festival.”

To find out more information about Mirrorball, or to book tickets click here. 

Laura Caldwell

Author: Laura Caldwell

Hi, I'm Laura. I'm 30 years old and have a degree in Journalism with Photo-Imaging at the University of Ulster. I have an undying love for Belfast and all that it has to offer, an undying love for sleeping, Tegan and Sara, trashy tv shows, foreign snack-foods and being irresponsible with money. I also quite like origami, reading, jazz, hip-hop, dubstep, anything acoustic and Food Network TV. I've written for The Big List, Culture NI, Chatterbox and The Echo, as well as writing for BBC Across the Line.