Cork Arts Theatre

EVEnEVE
2023-01-18 20:00 - 2023-01-21 20:00 (Europe/Dublin)
Wednesday 18th – Saturday 21st January, 2023 @ 8pm
LINC Drama presents
EVEnEVE
LINC Drama is back! Treat yourselves to a hilarious new show set in a couples retreat. This is no ordinary retreat and certainly no ordinary couples.
Three lesbian couples win an exclusive audience and therapy sessions with the famous ‘Guru’. Will the Guru’s questionable methods heal fractured relationships or tear them apart completely?
You will laugh, be perplexed and possibly wet your pants… It’s sure to be another sell out show!
Written and directed by LINC Drama
Tickets: €15
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YOUR SAFE VISIT

In line with government guidelines announced on 28 February 2022, all performances will operate at full capacity.
Covid Certification is no longer required for entry, and the wearing of masks is not compulsory. You may, of course, wear one if you wish.
Social distancing is no longer a requirement and people from other parties may be seated next to you.
Hand sanitising stations are available throughout the building.

If you have any queries on the above you can contact us by email at: info@corkartstheatre.com or by phone at 021 450 5624.

Bigfellas
2023-01-26 20:00 - 2023-01-28 20:00
Thursday 26th to Saturday 28th January, 2023 @ 8pm
Bigfellasby Nuala Maunder
Bigfellas is a new Irish play written by Nuala Maunder. The story follows six students as they try to revamp their college radio station. However, what started as a passion project quickly turns sour as egos get in the way and tempers flare.
Will their friendships be enough to salvage the fledgling station, or will they allow it to crumble before them?
Bigfellas is an allegory for the Irish Civil War, with characters and events being inspired by history.
Production Team:Director/playwright – Nuala MaunderProduction manager and Costumes – Hannah MaunderStage Manager – Emily Byrne O’MahonyLighting Design – Louis FerrisSound Design – Gráinne ClerkinProduction Assistant – Patrycja Leszczyńska
Rian – Shane O’DonovanDarragh – Stephen BurkeTadhg – Colin HealyNiall – Jaimie FallonCara – Olivia MatthewsLorcan – Mollie Savage-LynchOlivia – Sarah DawsonImogen – Gillian Roberts
Running time: 1 hr 15 min, plus Interval.
Tickets: €15, Concession €12*Booking fees apply.
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YOUR SAFE VISIT

In line with government guidelines all performances will operate at full capacity.
Covid Certification is no longer required for entry, and the wearing of masks is not compulsory. You may, of course, wear one if you wish.
Social distancing is no longer a requirement and people from other parties may be seated next to you.
Hand sanitising stations are available throughout the building.

If you have any queries on the above you can contact us by email at: info@corkartstheatre.com or by phone at 021 450 5624.

The Parish
2023-02-08 20:00 - 2023-02-11 20:00
Wednesday 8th to Saturday 11th February
The Parish is back!

Hubcap Theatre presents
The Parish
Written and performed by Michael Ryan and Sean Kelleher
The popular comedy returns to Cork Arts Theatre for four nights only.
The Parish is a hilarious light comedy where two actors bring to life a range of characters that can be found in every rural community. It has performed nationwide including the Blackwater Fit-Up Festival, Kinsale Arts Weekend and West Cork Fit-up Festival.
Running time: 1 hr 15 min, no Interval.
Recommended age 12+
Audience reactions:
“The Parish is absolutely hilarious and makes for a great night out!”
“These two are an amazing combination, a night of fun & laughter. Don’t miss it!”
“Absolutely hilarious and clever, clever, clever!”
Tickets: €15 (plus booking fee)
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Chatroom
2023-02-15 - 2023-02-18
Wednesday 15th – Saturday 18th February, 2023 @ 8pmand Matinee Performance: Saturday 18th @ 1pm
Four Faced Theatre Company presents
CHATROOMby Enda Walsh
“But who are you? How do I know I can trust you?”
A chilling tale of manipulation and adolescent insecurity. Set in a series of internet chatrooms, a group of individuals show off, flirt and play power games, all at a safe distance; though it seems the distance may not be safe enough for the vulnerable.
Please note: This play contains mentions of suicide, self-harm & eating disorders. Recommended age: 15+
Starring: Malua Ní Chleirigh, Sinéad Crowley, Bríon O’Sullivan, Ciara O’Neill, Michael Moone, Joshua Wills.
Director: Alison McCormackProduction Manager: Michael-Anthony GreeneStage Manager & Assistant Director: Molly FoleyLighting Designer: Jamie FeehilySound Designer: Emily Naughton
Tickets: €15, €12 concession*Booking fees apply.
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YOUR SAFE VISIT

In line with government guidelines all performances will operate at full capacity.
Covid Certification is no longer required for entry, and the wearing of masks is not compulsory. You may, of course, wear one if you wish.
Social distancing is no longer a requirement and people from other parties may be seated next to you.
Hand sanitising stations are available throughout the building.

If you have any queries on the above you can contact us by email at: info@corkartstheatre.com or by phone at 021 450 5624.

From Kovno to Cobh
2023-02-19 19:00
Sunday 19th February 2023 @ 7.00pm
JACI (Jewish Arts and Culture Ireland) presents
From Kovno to Cobh
– a musical and poetic journey with special guest Lenny Abrahamson
An evening of music and words expressing the immigrant experience of the Irish-Jewish immigrants of the late 1800s and early 1900s.
JACI’s From Kovno to Cobh includes performances from international musicians and writers, now mostly resident in Ireland, and features a live interview with world-renowned Irish Jewish film director Lenny Abrahamson.
Performers include:

Istvan Barnacz – Hungary, violin, and Brian Connor – Belfast, piano – Jewish classical and film music
Simon Lewis – Carlow, poetry – from his collection Jewtown set in Cork
Fresh Air Collective – Cork, London, Japan – Edel Sullivan (fiddle), Eileen Healy (guitar), Lucy Tasker (clarinet), Ruti Lachs (accordion) – klezmer and folk music
Lenny Abrahamson – Dublin, film director – in conversation with Human Rights lawyer and JACI Chair Saul Woolfson
Ruti Lachs – Crosshaven, Cork via Liverpool and Kerry, accordion, voice – original songs and klezmer music
Sabri Handl – Argentina, Dublin, singer – tango
Vivi Lachs – London – Yiddish song and story
JACI Klezmer Ensemble

Doors: 6.30pm
Tickets: €15 plus booking fee
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Little Red Riding Hood - ACA
2023-02-21 18:30 - 2023-02-22 18:30
Tue 21st and Weds 22nd February 2023 @ 6.30pm
The ACA Performing Arts presents
Little Red Riding Hood
The ACA Performing Arts presents “Little Red Riding Hood” the Panto! This magical production featuring a superb cast runs at the Cork Arts Theatre on 21st & 22nd February 2023.With lots of laughter ‘LIttle Red Riding Hood’ promises to be yet another hilarious production for all the family to enjoy with eye catching costumes, song and dance!
With plenty of twists, turns and adventure, join Dame Hood and Red along with their friends as they journey through the magical pantosphere.. Will Red finally realise her true destiny and save Nursery Rhyme Land from the big Bad Wolf and the three little wans?
A show for the whole family not to be missed.
Tickets:Individual ticket price €10.00 – €15.00*Group ticket price €48.00*
*booking fee applies
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YOUR SAFE VISIT

In line with government guidelines all performances will operate at full capacity.
Covid Certification is no longer required for entry, and the wearing of masks is not compulsory. You may, of course, wear one if you wish.
Social distancing is no longer a requirement and people from other parties may be seated next to you.
Hand sanitising stations are available throughout the building.

If you have any queries on the above you can contact us by email at: info@corkartstheatre.com or by phone at 021 450 5624.

Love Changes Everything
2023-02-24 - 2023-02-26
Friday 24th and Saturday 25th February @ 8.00pmSunday 26th February @ 3.00pm
Leeside Voices presents
Love Changes Everything
The voices blend together with the piano in solos, duets and quartets for a compendium of Broadway hits with songs from The Student Prince, The Desert Song, The King and I, The White Horse Inn and many others. The show revolves around the many and varied aspects of love.
LEESIDE VOICES: Anne Bermingham – SopranoSiobhán Coakley – SopranoDenis Lane – BaritoneNoel Somers – Tenor
Accompanist: Tom Doyle
Musical Director: Aileen Scriven
Narrator: Ber Madden
Tickets: €15 plus booking fee
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Sisters
2023-03-01 - 2023-03-11
Wednesday 1st to Saturday 11th March
Times: Wednesday to Saturday 8pm
Matinees Sat 4th and Sat 11th March @ 3pm
Special matinee Sunday 5th March @ 3pm
No performance Mon 6th March

Patrick Talbot Productions presents
Sisters
by Declan Hassett
Featuring Fionula Linehan and Catherine Mahon Buckley.
“One cannot forgive, one cannot forget.”
Martha awaits her sister Mary so they can both celebrate Martha’s birthday together.
Her waiting triggers memories of a challenging life lived and the diverging path taken by both sisters.
But the arrival of Mary provides a very different perspective on the same story, leading to a dramatic and explosive climax.
Inspired by the biblical story of Mary and Martha, Declan Hassett’s acclaimed play is a compelling portrait of two women we all have met somewhere, sometime.
Featuring Fionula Linehan and Catherine Mahon Buckley, two of Cork’s most established actors, SISTERS is a must-see experience.
Directed by Patrick Talbot.
Set-Design by Jim Queally.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes, no interval.
Tickets: €20 (plus booking fee)
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An Phéacóg
2023-03-13 - 2023-03-16
Monday 13th – Thursday 16th March, 2023
13ú Márta @ 11am, 2pm & 7pm14ú Márta @ 11am, 2pm15ú Márta @ 11am, 2pm & 7pm16ú Márta @ 11am, 2pm & 7pm
Cois Laoi Productions presents
AN PHÉACÓGle Sinéad Crowley agus Antóin Ó Dúllaing
Tá na daltaí i nGaelcholáiste Phroinsias Naofa ag staidéar go dian don Ardteist – roinnt níos mó ná a chéile – Tá triúr cairde ag súil le Graduation a dhéanamh le chéile ach tá duine acu tar éis dul thar fóir ag iarraidh cleas a imirt ar an bpríomhoide, ‘nois tá seans ann go bhfuil níos mó ná graduation i mbaol…
The students in Gaelcholáiste Phroinsias Naofa have been studying hard for their leaving cert – some harder than others. Three friends are looking forward to graduating together but when one of them takes things a step too far, a lot more than graduation is at stake…
The Cast / An Fhoireann: Dara Ó Madaoin, Gearóid Ó Treasaigh, Georgia Maguire, Katie Taylor & Linda O’ FlahertyDirector / Stiúrthóir: Aisling Nic CárthaighProduction Manager / Bainisteoir Léirithe: Timothy McCarthyDrámadóir & ASM / Playwrights & ASM: Antóin Ó Dúllaing & Sinéad CrowleySoilse & Fuaim / Lighting & Sound Designer: Jamie Feehily
Tickets: €10 adult, €7 student*Booking fees apply.
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YOUR SAFE VISIT

In line with government guidelines all performances will operate at full capacity.
Covid Certification is no longer required for entry, and the wearing of masks is not compulsory. You may, of course, wear one if you wish.
Social distancing is no longer a requirement and people from other parties may be seated next to you.
Hand sanitising stations are available throughout the building.

If you have any queries on the above you can contact us by email at: info@corkartstheatre.com or by phone at 021 450 5624.

Unmasked - CADA
2023-03-21 - 2023-03-25
Tuesday 21st – Saturday 25th March
CADA Performing Arts presents
UNMASKED
A family show introducing our future performers and stars in a wonderful show called “Unmasked”.
CADA Performing Arts students will showcase their talents in shows like “Kids in Action” to “Toystory” to “Disposable Income”. Throughout the week the pupils will present 14 pieces of superb drama.Unmasked is an Ooh La La for everyone!
See individual booking pages for the performance schedule for each date by clicking the ‘Book Now’ button below.
Tickets: €18*Booking fees apply.
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YOUR SAFE VISIT

In line with government guidelines all performances will operate at full capacity.
Covid Certification is no longer required for entry, and the wearing of masks is not compulsory. You may, of course, wear one if you wish.
Social distancing is no longer a requirement and people from other parties may be seated next to you.
Hand sanitising stations are available throughout the building.

If you have any queries on the above you can contact us by email at: info@corkartstheatre.com or by phone at 021 450 5624.

SEÁN MOYLAN- Irish Revolutionary
2023-03-28 20:00 - 2023-04-01 20:00
Tuesday 28th March – Saturday 1st April, 2023 @ 8pm
Blood in the Alley Theatre Company presents
SEÁN MOYLANIrish Revolutionary
One man’s account of key events during the Irish War of Independence. A man who sacrificed, suffered and risked his life for his country. It is a tribute to him and to all who volunteered, many of whom paid the ultimate sacrifice, and to their families who bear it.
Written and performed by Michael Patric, (An Cailín Ciúin, Smother, Frontier) and directed by Geoff Gould, the play will take the audience through dramatic events of the period. Ambush and guerrilla tactics, life on the run and the lasting effects of it all. In true Moylan fashion, it will be intense but funny and direct but reflective.
An evening sure to entertain, inform and provoke conversation.
Tickets: €15*Booking fees apply.
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YOUR SAFE VISIT

In line with government guidelines all performances will operate at full capacity.
Covid Certification is no longer required for entry, and the wearing of masks is not compulsory. You may, of course, wear one if you wish.
Social distancing is no longer a requirement and people from other parties may be seated next to you.
Hand sanitising stations are available throughout the building.

If you have any queries on the above you can contact us by email at: info@corkartstheatre.com or by phone at 021 450 5624.

Broadway Kidz
2023-04-03 19:30 - 2023-04-05 19:30
Monday 3rd – Wednesday 5th April, 2023 @ 7.30pm
Montfort College of Performing Arts presents
BROADWAY KIDZ
The Montfort College of Performing Arts is proud to present ‘Broadway Kidz’ – a musical revue celebrating its 61st year of showcasing the best of Cork talent between 9 and 18 years of age. The students of the Montfort Youth Choir will shine on stage with a medley of classic hits from the best of Broadway and the West End.
To get the show truly hopping there will be unforgettable classics with tunes from Frozen, Dear Evan Hansen, The Music Man, Into the Woods, Annie, Kiss Me Kate, Mary Poppins Returns and much, much more. A foot-tapping, sing-along extravaganza for all the family is guaranteed.Musical Director: Michelle Cooke
Choreographers: Laurie O’ Driscoll & Karen Walsh
Tickets: €15*Booking fees apply.
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YOUR SAFE VISIT

In line with government guidelines all performances will operate at full capacity.
Covid Certification is no longer required for entry, and the wearing of masks is not compulsory. You may, of course, wear one if you wish.
Social distancing is no longer a requirement and people from other parties may be seated next to you.
Hand sanitising stations are available throughout the building.

If you have any queries on the above you can contact us by email at: info@corkartstheatre.com or by phone at 021 450 5624.

The Boy Preference
2023-04-07 20:00 - 2023-04-08 20:00
Friday 7th – Saturday 8th April, 2023 @ 8.00pm
Montfort College of Performing Arts presents
The Boy Preference
In September 2022 the Montfort College of Performing Arts established a company drama class under the direction of Sinéad Crowley. The work of the students culminates with a fully staged play which allows them to put to use all the skills developed over the course of the year. Their inaugural production is ’The Boy Preference’In an affluent suburb in the near future, the birth of a boy is welcomed with shouts of joy and firecrackers, but when a girl is born, the neighbours say nothing. One night, Joey looks out of his bedroom window and sees many young women with a strange glow around them – are they the ‘missing women’? Why have they come back?
Writer: Elinor Cook
Director: Sinéad Crowley
Tickets: €15, €10 conc.*Booking fees apply.
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YOUR SAFE VISIT

In line with government guidelines all performances will operate at full capacity.
Covid Certification is no longer required for entry, and the wearing of masks is not compulsory. You may, of course, wear one if you wish.
Social distancing is no longer a requirement and people from other parties may be seated next to you.
Hand sanitising stations are available throughout the building.

If you have any queries on the above you can contact us by email at: info@corkartstheatre.com or by phone at 021 450 5624.

A Midsummer Night's Dream
2023-04-12 20:00 - 2023-04-15 20:00
Wednesday 12th – Saturday 15th April @ 8pm
The Cork Shakespearean Company presents
A Midsummer Night’s Dreamby William Shakespeare
“The course of true love never did run smooth”
In its 99th year, The Cork Shakespearean Company, locally known as The Loft, brings you William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.
This tale of love and disorder, fairies and amazons, small mix ups and big Bottoms is set to make you smile throughout and will truly help you to understand why this is one of The Bard’s most iconic plays.
Director: Luke BarryStage Manager: Declan Lynch
Tickets: €15, €12 concessions*Booking fees apply.
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YOUR SAFE VISIT

In line with government guidelines all performances will operate at full capacity.
Covid Certification is no longer required for entry, and the wearing of masks is not compulsory. You may, of course, wear one if you wish.
Social distancing is no longer a requirement and people from other parties may be seated next to you.
Hand sanitising stations are available throughout the building.

If you have any queries on the above you can contact us by email at: info@corkartstheatre.com or by phone at 021 450 5624.

Curvy Figures
2023-04-19 20:00 - 2023-04-22 20:00
Wednesday 19th – Saturday 22nd April, 2023 @ 8pm
Feather Bowl Theatre Group presents
CURVY FIGURESby Brendan Griffin
Feather Bowl Theatre Group presents the first production of Brendan Griffin’s play Curvy Figures.
The play emerged from Fishamble Theatre’s Play for Ireland where thirty writers from across Ireland were chosen to write a play that captures the zeitgeist of the country.
One day, one building, three couples in three apartments each struggle with their crisis that involve figures: attempting to put together the rent; ever increasing bidding on a house; a child’s temperature is rising. With the backdrop of a Saint Patrick’s Day their stories connect, intertwine, influence. Beyond the figures the couples are forced to confront their real issues.
The play is directed by John Morgan and promises to be a must see.
Tickets: €15, €12 concessions*Booking fees apply.
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YOUR SAFE VISIT

In line with government guidelines all performances will operate at full capacity.
Covid Certification is no longer required for entry, and the wearing of masks is not compulsory. You may, of course, wear one if you wish.
Social distancing is no longer a requirement and people from other parties may be seated next to you.
Hand sanitising stations are available throughout the building.

If you have any queries on the above you can contact us by email at: info@corkartstheatre.com or by phone at 021 450 5624.

Views from a Window
2023-04-25 20:00 - 2023-04-29 20:00
Tuesday 25th to Saturday 29th April @ 8.00pm
Cork Arts Theatre presents
Views from a Window
“A fantastically entertaining evening of short plays!”
We are delighted to present another evening of short plays for your enjoyment with ‘Views from a Window’!
These events have proved immensely popular with audiences and performers alike over the years and, once again, we have ten mini-plays each evening with something to suit all tastes.
There was huge interest again this year from writers both nationally and internationally with just over 200 plays submitted. Writers were tasked with writing a piece where a window played an integral part of the plot and they certainly didn’t disappoint.
The 10 plays that were selected for performance this year are:

‘A Viewing’ by Trevor Suthers (UK)
‘Before Dawn’ by Marion Wyatt (IRL)
‘Captivity’ by Karl Minns (UK)
‘Framed for Murder’ by Seán Creagh (IRL)
‘Infrequent Flier’ by Barry Wood (UK)
‘Ritual Dance’ by Theresa Ryder (IRL)
‘The Room Upstairs’ by Eithne Horgan (IRL)
‘The Waiting Room’ by Philip O’Byrne (IRL)
‘Views from a Window’ by Shilpa Varma (UK)
‘When All Around You’ by Tony Domaille (UK)

As in previous years, these plays are wonderful examples of what can be achieved in a short space of time with a well-crafted script.
These short play events continue to be important fund-raisers for the Cork Arts Theatre and it wouldn’t be possible without everyone giving of their time so generously. Our audiences, too, deserve our sincere thanks as, each year, they attend these events in great numbers, with most performances selling out!
We are looking forward to another week of great theatre with a wealth of fabulous Cork talent at, what we like to call, ‘The Little Theatre with a Big Heart’.”
Tickets: €15, €12 concessionsAdministration fee on phone and online bookings.*Concession price tickets only avalable from our box office.
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YOUR SAFE VISIT

In line with government guidelines all performances will operate at full capacity.
Covid Certification is no longer required for entry, and the wearing of masks is not compulsory. You may, of course, wear one if you wish.
Social distancing is no longer a requirement and people from other parties may be seated next to you.
Hand sanitising stations are available throughout the building.

If you have any queries on the above you can contact us by email at: info@corkartstheatre.com or by phone at 021 450 5624.

Dave Hood
2023-04-30 - 2023-05-01
Sunday 30th April @ 2.30pm and 7.00pmMonday 1st May @ 2.30pm and 7.00pm
Suzanne Jones Drama Studio presents
Dave Hood
Set in medieval merry Ireland it tells the age old story of Robin Hood or Dave as he’s known in Douglas!
Our heroine Maid Miley along with the villagers of Douglas find themselves being threatened by the evil Sheriff of Ballyphehane.
King Leo has imposed more taxes and if they don’t pay up they’re out!! Miley needs help and she needs it now.
Along with her side kick, Will, and the comical Nursie she hires a team of freedom fighters for protection but when Dave and his Merry Menarrive they’re not exactly what she ordered!! Follow the most outrageous outlaws in Ireland as they hope to save the day and not ladder any tights.
Director: Suzanne Jones
Choreographer: Mia Jones
Tickets: €13, Family of 4: €48*Booking fees apply.
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YOUR SAFE VISIT

In line with government guidelines all performances will operate at full capacity.
Covid Certification is no longer required for entry, and the wearing of masks is not compulsory. You may, of course, wear one if you wish.
Social distancing is no longer a requirement and people from other parties may be seated next to you.
Hand sanitising stations are available throughout the building.

If you have any queries on the above you can contact us by email at: info@corkartstheatre.com or by phone at 021 450 5624.

The Miser
2023-05-03 19:30
Wednesday 3rd May @ 7.30pm
Kinsale Campus, Cork College of FET, Drama Department presents
The MiserA comic farce by MolièreDirected by Belinda Wild
“I’m NOT stinking rich!!”
Harpagon, the Miser, is wealthy with delusions of poverty whilst his servants and children scrimp, borrow and scheme for money and love. Moliere’s hilarious farce, set in the roaring twenties, gallops through unexpected twists and turns, featuring thwarted lovers, a dancing policeman, the Duchess of Lower Normandy and Brittainy Wittainy and a million francs buried at the bottom of the garden.
This lively adaptation, presented by an energetic ensemble, and complete with the Charleston and high jinks, is guaranteed to bring a smile and enrich a May evening.
Tickets: €12, €10 conc.*Booking fees apply.
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YOUR SAFE VISIT

In line with government guidelines all performances will operate at full capacity.
Covid Certification is no longer required for entry, and the wearing of masks is not compulsory. You may, of course, wear one if you wish.
Social distancing is no longer a requirement and people from other parties may be seated next to you.
Hand sanitising stations are available throughout the building.

If you have any queries on the above you can contact us by email at: info@corkartstheatre.com or by phone at 021 450 5624.

The Artistry of Frank Sinatra: 25th Anniversary
2023-05-10 - 2023-05-13 | Cork Arts Theatre, Carroll's Quay, Cork, T23 X72D, Ireland
Wednesday 10th to Saturday 13th May @ 8.00pm
The Artistry of Frank Sinatra: 25th Anniversary
Written and performed by Jim O’Mahony
For nearly 60 years Frank Sinatra’s impact was unequalled and he remains one of the true musical icons of the 20th century.
To coincide with the 25th anniversary of his death, this previously sold out show is coming back to the Cork Arts Theatre for a limited run.
Using the original authentic arrangements and an engaging narrative style of delivery, this multimedia show will appeal to anyone who wants to know more about the life and artistic brilliance of Frank Sinatra. The opening scene begins in the Rustic Cabin where he first performed as a singing waiter and finishes with his legendary stadium tours of the 70s and 80s.
In between, the audience will relive his early big band days, his Hollywood career, the Capitol studio sessions, Vegas, the Rat Pack years and many other elements of his star studded career. In total, over 16 of his most popular songs will be magically recreated and performed on stage.
Written and performed by Jim O’Mahony, this is a rare chance to see this unique and immersive theatre event again and a perfect way to kick start the Summer.
Tickets: €15
*Booking fees apply.

A Grand Night for Singing
2023-05-15 - 2023-05-16 | Cork Arts Theatre, Carroll's Quay, Cork, T23 X72D, Ireland
Monday 15th May @ 7.30pm
Tuesday 16th May @ 5.30pm and 8.00pm

Montfort College of Performing Arts presents

A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING

The Montfort College of Performing Arts are proud to present ‘A Grand Night For Singing’. Join us for a glorious evening of songs from Broadway to the West End!The singing students from the Montfort College under the tutelage of Emma Nash, Naomi Ryan, Muireann Slattery and Sarah Quinn will perform a wide and varied repertoire with songs from Annie, Dear Evan Hansen, The Greatest Showman, Matilda, Mamma Mia and many, many more!
Accompanist – Ronan Holohan
Tickets: €10
*Booking fees apply.

CIPF 2023 Jodie Hollander & Luke Morgan
2023-05-17 19:00 | Cork Arts Theatre, Carroll's Quay, Cork, T23 X72D, Ireland
Wednesday 17th May @ 7.00pm

Cork International Poetry Festival
Jodie Hollander & Luke Morgan
Jodie Hollander’s work has appeared in journals such as The Poetry Review, The Yale Review, The Harvard Review, PN Review, The Kenyon Review, Poetry London, The Hudson Review, The Dark Horse, and The Best Australian Poems. Her debut full-length collection, My Dark Horses, was published with Liverpool University Press & Oxford University Press in 2017. Her second collection, Nocturne, will be published with the Liverpool & Oxford University Press in the spring of 2023. Hollander is the recipient of a MacDowell fellowship and a Fulbright fellowship in South Africa. She is also the originator of ‘Poetry in the Parks,’ in conjunction with several National Parks and Monuments in the US. She lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Luke Morgan’s second collection, Beast, was published by Arlen House in 2022 and described in the Irish Times as showing “a real ambition” with “striking, energetic imagination”. His debut, Honest Walls, was published in 2016. He has new poetry forthcoming from various journals at home and abroad in 2023. As well as poetry, he is also an award-winning filmmaker. He lives in Galway.
Tickets: €5
*Booking fees apply.

CIPF 2023 John Kelly & Aleš Šteger
2023-05-17 20:30 | Cork Arts Theatre, Carroll's Quay, Cork, T23 X72D, Ireland
Wednesday 17th May @ 8.30pm

Cork International Poetry Festival
John Kelly & Aleš Šteger
John Kelly is from Enniskillen in Co. Fermanagh. His first collection, Notions, was published by Dedalus Press in 2018. A second collection, Space, was published in 2022.
Aleš Šteger is a poet and prose writer from Ljubljana, Slovenia. His books have been translated into over 20 languages. Aleš is the programme director of Beletrina Academic Press, which he co-founded 25 years ago. He has initiated and led European-wide art projects, most notably Versopolis – a European platform for emerging poets and international poetry festivals. He received the title Chevalier des Artes et Lettres from the French state and is a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts and of the German Academy for Language and Literature. His latest English book is Burning Tongues: New and Selected Poems (Bloodaxe, 2022).
Tickets: €5
*Booking fees apply.

CIPF 2023 John Fitzgerald & Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh
2023-05-17 22:00 | Cork Arts Theatre, Carroll's Quay, Cork, T23 X72D, Ireland
Wednesday 17th May @ 10.00pm

Cork International Poetry Festival
John Fitzgerald & Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh
John FitzGerald’s collection, The Time Being, was published by Gallery Press in 2021 and shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney First Collection Prize. In 2023 he will publish a new translation of The Lament for Art O’Leary, also with Gallery Press. He has produced two letterpress editions of his work with The Salvage Press, Haiku na Feirme (2022) and Darklight (2019). He won the Patrick Kavanagh Prize in 2014 and the Atlantic Currents Prize in 2021. He is Executive Producer of six film documentaries and teaches on the MA in Creative Writing programme at University College Cork. He left his post as University Librarian at UCC in 2022 to write full-time.
File í Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh as Trá Lí i gCo. Chiarraí. Tá trí bhunchnuasaigh foilsithe aici i nGaeilge ó 2008. Ghnóthaigh Tost agus Allagar Duais Uí hAirtnéide in 2019. Bronnadh Duais Lawrence O’Shaughnessy ar The Coast Road in 2020. D’fhoilsigh Éabhlóid cnuasach úr Tonn Teapsaigh agus Dánta Eile anuraidh.
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh is a poet from Kerry. She has published three collections in Irish since 2008. Tost agus Allagar won the Michael Hartnett Award in 2019 and a bilingual collection, The Coast Road, was awarded the Lawrence O’Shaughnessy Prize in 2020. Éabhlóid published Tonn Teaspaigh agus Dánta Eile last year.
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CIPF 2023 Mark Pajak & Paul Tran
2023-05-18 19:00 | Cork Arts Theatre, Carroll's Quay, Cork, T23 X72D, Ireland
Thursday 18th May @ 7.00pm

Cork International Poetry Festival
Mark Pajak & Paul Tran
Mark Pajak was born in Merseyside. His work has received numerous awards, including the Bridport Prize and an Eric Gregory Award. His first collection, Slide, was shortlisted for the T.S Eliot Prize 2022.
Paul Tran is the author of the debut poetry collection, All the Flowers Kneeling, published by Penguin in the US and the UK. Their work appears in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Best American Poetry, and elsewhere. Winner of the Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Prize, as well as fellowships from the Poetry Foundation, Stanford University, and the National Endowment for the Arts, Paul is an Assistant Professor of English and Asian American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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CIPF 2023 Katie Farris & Ilya Kaminsky
2023-05-18 20:30 | Cork Arts Theatre, Carroll's Quay, Cork, T23 X72D, Ireland
Thursday 18th May @ 8.30pm

Cork International Poetry Festival
Katie Farris & Ilya Kaminsky
Katie Farris is the author of A Net to Catch My Body in its Weaving, winner of the 2021 Chad Walsh Poetry Award, and her collection of poems, Standing in the Forest of Being Alive, is forthcoming from Alice James Books in 2023. She is also the author of the hybrid-form text boysgirls, (Marick Press, 2011; Tupelo Press 2019), and the chapbooks Thirteen Intimacies (Fivehundred Places, 2017), and Mother Superior in Hell (Dancing Girl, 2019). She is currently Associate Professor of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Ilya Kaminsky was born in Odesa, former Soviet Union in 1977, and arrived to the United States in 1993, when his family was granted asylum by the American government. He is the author of Deaf Republic (Graywolf Press) and Dancing In Odessa (Tupelo Press) and has co-edited and co-translated many other books, including Ecco Anthology of International Poetry (Harper Collins) and Dark Elderberry Branch: Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva (Alice James Books). He holds the Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Institute of Technology and lives in Atlanta.
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CIPF 2023 Harry Clifton & Carolyn Forché
2023-05-18 22:00 | Cork Arts Theatre, Carroll's Quay, Cork, T23 X72D, Ireland
Thursday 18th May @ 10.00pm

Cork International Poetry Festival
Harry Clifton & Carolyn Forché
Harry Clifton was born in Dublin and educated at University College Dublin. After graduating he began an extended period of life outside Ireland, lecturing at a Teacher Training College in West Africa and working as an aid administrator in Indochina. After spells in Italy, England and Germany, he settled with his wife the Irish novelist Deirdre Madden for ten years in Paris, a decade recorded in Secular Eden: Paris Notebooks 1994-2004 (Wake Forest University Press 2008). Since 2004 he has lived in Ireland, and teaches at Trinity College Dublin.
Carolyn Forché is the author of five award-winning books of poetry. The most recent, In the Lateness of the World (Penguin Press, 2020) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She is also the author of the memoir What You Have Heard Is True (Penguin Press, 2019), a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Juan E. Mendez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America. Her famed international anthology, Against Forgetting, has been praised by Nelson Mandela as “itself a blow against tyranny, against prejudice, against injustice.” She is a Distinguished University Professor at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
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CIPF 2023 Abigail Parry & Ceaití Ní Bheildiúin
2023-05-19 19:00 | Cork Arts Theatre, Carroll's Quay, Cork, T23 X72D, Ireland
Friday 19th May @ 7.00pm

Cork International Poetry Festival
Abigail Parry & Ceaití Ní Bheildiúin

Abigail Parry spent seven years as a toymaker before completing her doctoral thesis on wordplay. Her poems have been set to music, translated into Spanish and Japanese, broadcast on BBC and RTÉ Radio, and widely published in journals and anthologies. She has won a number of prizes and awards for her work, including the Ballymaloe Prize, the Troubadour Prize, and an Eric Gregory Award. Her first collection, Jinx, published by Bloodaxe Books in 2018, was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2018 and the Seamus Heaney Centre First Collection Poetry Prize 2019. Her second collection, I Think We’re Alone Now, is published by Bloodaxe Books in 2023.
Ceaití Ní Bheildiúin is an Irish language poet. Two recent publications now present her in translation. Let the Hare Sit / Lig don nGiorria Suí (Dedalus Press, 2022) is a bilingual volume with translations to English by Paddy Bushe, comprising a selection of poems drawn from Ní Bheiliúin’s published works to date. Translating Brandon Mountain / Agallamh leis an gCnoc (Ponc Press, 2022) is a limited edition short selection with translations to English by David Knowles. Four volumes of Ní Bheildiúin’s original Irish language poetry were published by Coiscéim.
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CIPF 2023 Eva Bourke & Fran Lock
2023-05-19 20:30 | Cork Arts Theatre, Carroll's Quay, Cork, T23 X72D, Ireland
Friday 19th May @ 8.30pm

Cork International Poetry Festival
Eva Bourke & Fran Lock

Eva Bourke is a poet and translator. She has published seven collections of poetry, most recently Seeing Yellow (Dedalus, 2018) and several anthologies and collections in translation. Together with Borbála Farragó she edited the anthology Landing Places: Immigrant Poets in Ireland (Dedalus, 2011) and with Vincent Woods Fermata: Writings Inspired by Music (Artisan House, 2017). In 2020 she was nominated for the Irish Times Poetry Now Prize and the same year was awarded the Michael Hartnett Prize for Poetry. She is a member of Aosdána.
Fran Lock is a some-time itinerant dog whisperer, the author of numerous chapbooks and ten poetry collections. Her most recent chapbook is Forever Alive (Dare-Gale Press, 2022), and her most recent collections are Hyena! (Poetry Bus Press, 2022) and White/ Other (87 Press, 2022). A new collection of poems, a disgusting lie is due from Pamenar Press later this year, and a book of hybrid essays on feral subjectivity, inspired by her work with the Cambridge University Library bestiary, is forthcoming from Out-Spoken Press, also in 2023. She is a proud pit bull parent, and she edits the Soul Food column for Communist Review.
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CIPF 2023 Toby Martinez de las Rivas & A.E. Stallings
2023-05-19 22:00 | Cork Arts Theatre, Carroll's Quay, Cork, T23 X72D, Ireland
Friday 19th May @ 10.00pm

Cork International Poetry Festival
Toby Martinez de las Rivas & A.E. Stallings

Toby Martinez de las Rivas was born in 1978. He grew up in Hampshire and Somerset, then moved to the north-east of England after studying history and archaeology at Durham where he began writing. He won an Eric Gregory award in 2005, the Andrew Waterhouse award from New Writing North in 2008 and the Newcastle Australia Residency Award in 2013. His debut collection, Terror, was published in 2014, followed by Black Sun in 2018, which was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection. His latest collection, Floodmeadow, is forthcoming from Faber in May 2023.
A. E. Stallings is a US-born poet, translator, and critic who lives in Athens. She has received a grant from the NEA, and fellowships from the Guggenheim, United States Artists, and the MacArthur foundations. Her most recent volume of translation is the illustrated Battle Between the Frogs and the Mice (Paul Dry Books), and she has a selected poems just out, This Afterlife, with Carcanet. Her poems, essays, and reviews appear widely. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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CIPF 2023 Fool for Poetry & Gregory O'Donoghue Prize Readings
2023-05-20 15:00 | Cork Arts Theatre, Carroll's Quay, Cork, T23 X72D, Ireland
Saturday 20th May @ 3.00pm

Cork International Poetry Festival
Fool for Poetry & Gregory O’Donoghue Prize Readings

Milica Mijatović is a Serb poet and translator. Born in Brčko, Bosnia and Hercegovina, she relocated to the United States where she earned a BA in Creative Writing and English Literature from Capital University. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Boston University and is a recipient of a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship in Poetry. Her poetry appears or is forthcoming in Rattle, Plume, The Louisville Review, Poet Lore, Collateral, Santa Clara Review, Barely South Review, and elsewhere. Her poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and she serves as Assistant Poetry Editor for Consequence.
Tracy Gaughan lives in Galway. Her poetry has appeared in Southword, Crannóg and ROPES. She was a finalist in the Eavan Boland Emerging Poet Award and was selected for the Irish Writer Centre’s Mentorship Program in 2022. That same year, her poem The Wild Purge was nominated for a Forward Prize for Best Single Poem. A former poetry editor at The Blue Nib Literary Magazine, Tracy holds an MA in International Literatures from the University of Galway and is the recipient of two Arts Council Awards. Her collective anthology, Pushed Toward the Blue Hour, is published with Nine Pens Press.
Jenny Mitchell won the Poetry Book Awards in 2021 for her 2nd collection, Map of a Plantation, which is on the syllabus at Manchester Metropolitan University. The best-selling debut collection, Her Lost Language, is one of 44 Poetry Books for 2019 (Poetry Wales), and her latest collection, Resurrection of a Black Man, is a Poetry Kit Book of the Month. She has won several competitions and is widely-published.
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