Belgrade Irish festival from March 13 to 22

BELGRADE - The Belgrade Irish Festival (BIF) under the slogan 'BEO-GRAD, ZELENI-GRAD' will be held at several locations in Belgrade from March 13 to 22.

The star of this year's festival, the third in a row, is Irish singer and composer Lisa Hannigan who will perform in the Belgrade Youth Centre on March 21.

During the concert, Hannigan will promote her two studio albums and she will also sing several scores from her new album which should be released soon. Hannigan will appear on stage together with the Belgrade band Stray Dogg.

This year's BIF will feature a rich film programme and several theatre plays.

The play 'Dancing at Lughnasa' by Brian Friel will be performed in the Belgrade Drama Theatre, while 'The Dreaming of the Bones: A Balkan Session', based on the play written by Nobel prize winner William Butler Yeats born 150 years ago, will be performed on March 16 and a reprise will take place on March 18 in UK Parobrod. Seven films will be screened in the Yugoslav Cinematheque and Fontana Cinema, and the organisers qualified as especially interesting the films 'Fast Food' and 'Frank', a comedy by Lenny Abrahamson.

Poetry reading featuring pieces by William Butler Yeats will be organised in the Cultural Centre of Belgrade on the World Poetry Day.

In honour of Saint Patrick's Day, Belgrade will use green lights to illuminate the Ada Bridge and thus for the first time join other world metropolises observing March 17 by light-shows within the global Irish green-up campaign.

The festival visitors will be able to taste the specialties of traditional Irish cuisine which will be served in Belgrade restaurants at promotional prices.

BIF was backed by the EU Delegation in Serbia and the Irish...