The Bitter Fringes x Scratch

"We're Friends, Right?" by John Moriarty

Having struggled with body image since puberty, Finn has taken the plunge and started Life Modelling, though without telling his best friend and flatmate Paula, who has unwittingly signed up for the class. When they address what to do next, Pandora’s Box opens and a deluge of issues spills out on their kitchen table: privacy, boundaries, their respective partners, Paula’s wardrobe and Finn’s... difficulties maintaining eye contact. Amid this detritus, can they construct a conversation that is mutually enlightening, healing - one which could strengthen their friendship… or does their relationship simply not compute?

"We're Friends, Right?" stars Holly Hannaway and Conor Cupples, is directed by Darcey Youngman and produced by John Moriarty for YoJo Productions.

John Moriarty is an author, performer, screenwriter and playwright. His characters navigate, with difficulty, the boundaries between social performance, intimacy and private uncertainty. He has participated in BBC's Voices, the Irish Writers Centre’s New Voices North and Belfast Playwrights’ Playwriting Intensive, during which he developed a scripts for theatre, screen and radio. His writing has appeared in The Honest Ulsterman, Profiles and The Belfast Review.

“The Troubles on Ice” by Gerry Waldron and Paddy McGaughey

The Troubles on Ice is a cold comedic romance set in the frozen north. Buck McGraw is a possibly rich American who wishes to explore his Irish roots by writing an all singing, all dancing, all skating extravaganza. His pop LP efforts are assisted or otherwise by Joseph Joseph (Northern Ireland’s foremost theatrical impresario) and Marian Haste, a feminist dramatist. 

Show Info

In-Person

Venue: 12-13 Shaftesbury Square, Belfast, BT2 7DB

Access: Directly from Shaftesbury Square

Performance(s): Wednesday 5th August 2026

Doors: 7:30pm BST

Starts: 8:00pm BST (Book Bar* will not be open, BYOB welcome)

Run Time: 2 hour

Disabled Access: Theatre (ground floor) is fully accessible. Toilets & Book Bar (1st floor) are accessible via a wheelchair platform lift. Carer tickets available: Call 028 9032 5881 to book.

*The Book Bar is our charity bar, run to help support Accidental & the new building.

Ticket Info

Please book a ticket per person watching to avoid viewing issues.

£10 - WATCH IN-PERSON TICKET - a standard ticket that gives you in-person access to watch the show in the theatre.

£15 - DONATION TICKET - a special ticket that gives a little extra to the exceptional and hardworking artists creating the show.