Belfast is full of excitement in the past few weeks as high time for tourism approaches. A major ad campaign called "Our Time, Our Place" run by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board has garnered international attention as the province celebrates the nature, history, and industry that make it a unique place to visit.
One of the most recent additions to Belfast is the Metropolitan Art Centre (the MAC) which has numerous at galleries and theaters. It is located within a new development known as St. Anne's Square because of its adjacency to the beautiful St. Anne's Cathedral (or Belfast Cathedral) north of the City Centre. The MAC is a welcome addition to the cultural "Cathedral Quarter" where many of the cities finest and oldest monuments are surrounded by surface parking lots as well as vacant shops and offices.
Last week I visited the MAC to watch a play they are running for the 100th anniversary of the launching and sinking of the Titanic. The play was called Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner’s Inquiry, 1912) which was a thrilling courtroom drama highlighting the unexpected and tragic events that led to the sinking of the largest ship of its time (by far). The video below explains a bit more about the play.
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