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Tony Macaulay launches ‘Belfast Gate’ in the USA

Tony Macaulay at the Belfast Peace Wall in 2019 ‘Northern Ireland author and Milwaukee favorite, Tony Macaulay, author of Paperboy and Breadboy, is returning for the American debut of his latest novel, Belfast Gate.’ Milwaukee Irish Fest Hot on the heels of the hit musical adaption of his memoir ‘Breadboy’ in the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, this week, Belfast author Tony Macaulay returns to Milwaukee Irish Fest for the USA launch of his debut novel ‘Belfast Gate’. Tony says: “The original plan was to launch the book at Irish Fest in 2020, so I’m...

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Breadboy Musical Sold Out on Opening Night!

On 28th July 2022, the musical adaptation of Tony Macaulay’s memoir ‘Breadboy’ opens in the Lyric Theatre in Belfast. Similar to Paperboy in 2018 and 2019, the show is a sell out! Tony says, ‘When I was a child I dreamed of travelling through time to the past and the future. In 2018 and 2019, when British Youth Music Theatre brought my first memoir to life at the Lyric Theatre, it was like time travel. From the first rehearsal to the final curtain call of Paperboy I couldn’t quite believe I was seeing my childhood brought to life on the stage. Three...

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Will your star ‘rise’ in Breadboy?

Tony Macaulay, author of Breadboy, relives his teenage bread round! British Youth Music Theatre search for Breadboy and young people aged 11-21yrs for the next exciting 2022 Summer Season of new musical theatreFollowing the huge success of the musical adaptation of Tony Macaulay’s internationally acclaimed memoir Paperboy, which had two sell-out runs (summer 2018 and 2019) at Lyric Theatre Belfast, British Youth Music Theatre (BYMT), the leading music theatre company for young people, is set to return with a musical adaptation of Tony Macaulay’s second memoir Breadboy. The production will...

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Remembering Desmond Tutu 1931-2021

I met Archbishop Desmond Tutu in 1998, during one of his many visits to Northern Ireland, when he was encouraging and supporting peace and reconciliation. I heard him speak to an audience of community workers in Belfast and then I had the privilege of sitting beside him at a private dinner with local peacebuilders. What I remember most about meeting Desmond Tutu was his humility. He was one of the most famous and respected men in the world and yet there was no hint of arrogance or self-importance. He didn’t boast of his vital role in ending apartheid and working for justice and reconciliation...

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