Cork Arts Theatre

The Pigeon Factory
2023-06-15 - 2023-06-17 | Cork Arts Theatre, Carroll's Quay, Cork, T23 X72D, Ireland
Thursday 15th – Saturday 17th June @ 6.00pm

Oh!Scare Wilde Productions in association with Cork Midsummer Festival presents
The Pigeon Factory

A new one-man show that explores ideas of work, family, and finding purpose in a broken society through the lens of absurdity, pathos, and pigeons.
Walden has a pretty good life – happily married to his mannequin wife, he works his pigeon children into the ground so that he may feast upon their eggs for sustenance. Walden is doing everything he’s supposed to do – so why does he feel so empty? Can his fantasies about his pigeons sustain him? Or must he do the hard thing, and face up to a great hurt done to him in the past?
Oh!Scare Wilde Productions is a Cork-based theatre company specializing in original work. Previous productions include Canterville In Spiritu Sancto (2017, 2019), Issues: An Important Play (2020), and The Relatability Engine (2022). This exciting new piece marks an ambitious next step for the company, showcasing the company’s unique blend of comedy, satire, and absurdity.
Ages 12+
70 mins
Content Note: Strong Language, references to violence, flashing lights.
Written and Performed by Aaron O’Neill
Direction and Production Management Dee Finn
Lighting Design Orla Kelly-Smith
Sound Design Adam Donovan
Set Design Aodh Lamere
Pigeon Design Seana Coveney
Tickets: €15, €12.50 conc.
*Booking fees apply.

The Wind that Shakes the Wig
2023-06-24
Saturday 24th June @ 4.00pm and 7.00pm

Candy Warhol in association with Cork Midsummer Festival presents

The Wind That Shakes The Wig

One of Ireland’s most exciting drag acts, Candy Warhol, rediscovers her grá for her homeland in this glittering show for the soul!
Join Candy on a queer crusade to champion the national icons of the Emerald Isle and rediscover her camp connection to the country she once felt ostracised by. Aided by her spirit guide Saint Marian Mary The 6th, this dynamic duo revisit Ireland’s pop culture pioneers and limelight lion hearts as they journey down the yellow brick road – experience the Craic agus Ceol as our royal banríon realises There’s No Place Like Abhaile!
Candy Warhol is one of Ireland’s most renowned drag acts. A descendant of the legendary Danny La Rue, Candy is the mother of Mockie Ah, Ireland’s leading drag Haus, the subject of RT’s Kin Of Queens documentary and featured on BBC One’s The Travel Show. Candy is the co-presenter of Comedy Central’s Dragony Aunts and the host of acclaimed podcast Friends Of Dorothy. She recently launched Gayli, an Irish cabaret in London, with her drag sister Marian Mary The 6th and made her Dublin Fringe Festival debut in 2022.
Ages 14+
75mins
Content Note: Flashing lights.
Written and Performed by Candy Warhol
Performers include Marian Mary The 6th and Benjamin Reilly
Director Katrina Foley
Producer Ciara O’Mahony
Tickets: €15, €12.50 conc.
*Booking fees apply.

OCD Me
2023-06-28 - 2023-07-01
Weds. 28th June – Sat. 1st July 2023 @ 8.00pm
plus Lunchtime Performances @ 1.00pm Thurs. and Fri.
OCD Me

Sure, we all get a bit stressed sometimes.
We all feel a bit isolated, ashamed, and terrified; convinced that the minutest of our actions may somehow have catastrophic effects on our loved ones… or is that just me?
Sarah was diagnosed with OCD a decade ago. She wants to tell you her story and let you know that there’s much more to it than the stereotypes we see on TV, like obsessive hand-washing (though in her case that’s definitely part of it).
A one-woman play about living with OCD, written and directed by Aisling Smith and starring Laura Whelan.
Tickets:
Lunchtime Show: €15 (including soup or sandwich); €12 (show only)
Evening Show: €15
Lunch will be served from 12 noon until ten minutes before performance time.
*Booking fees apply.

Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes
2023-07-05 - 2023-07-08
Weds. 5th – Sat. 8th July 2023 @ 8.00pm
plus Lunchtime Performances @ 1.00pm Thurs. and Fri.
Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes

by Neil Titley
Starring Will Govan and directed by Rebecca O’Connor.
Set in Paris in 1898, Will Govan plays an exiled Oscar Wilde looking back on his extraordinarily colourful life and ruminating on love, fame, family and misfortune with his infamous wit and irreverence in this hilarious but ultimately tragic story of a life.
The play draws on Wilde’s letters, essays and anecdotes to bring this literary genius to life in a 60-minute performance which will appeal as much to those who know little about the man as it will to those who admire his work.
This play has delighted audiences in hundreds of venues across the world, including the USA, Canada, India, Hong Kong, Uruguay, Zimbabwe, Bahrain and Ethiopia.
‘Titley balances Wilde’s almost dutiful humour with an unsentimental portrayal of his suffering in Reading Gaol, his bitter perception of man’s inhumanity to man. He also captures his character’s dignity in despair and the comedy makes the heartbreak of Wilde’s life even more poignant. It is a most moving effect.’ – Evening Standard
‘Funny and melancholic.’ – The Times
‘Charming and witty.’ – Irish Times
‘Fine and genuinely moving.’ – Festival Times, Edinburgh
‘I found myself finding out more about Wilde than any lecturer in an entire semester of school could teach. A highly intelligent piece of writing that I would gladly recommend.’ – Ontario Arts Review
Will Govan grew up in the UK, where he acted in several Shakespeare productions before choosing to study portrait painting at the Heatherley School of Fine Art in London. He is an artist and co-founder of The Moth. After a hiatus of seven years, in which he interviewed the likes of Colm Tóibín, Sally Rooney and Anne Enright for The Moth magazine, he is returning to his first love, reviving the award-winning Moth Productions theatre company to take on the role of Oscar Wilde in Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes.
Neil Titley was born in Inverness in Scotland. An actor and writer, he spent his theatrical career concentrating on solo shows. He performed Work is the Curse of the Drinking Classes over 700 times in five continents before retiring in 2017. His play on George Bernard Shaw, Shaw’s Corner, was televised in over twenty countries. He is the author of The Oscar Wilde World of Gossip: A Subversive Encycolpaedia of Victorian Anecdote.
Rebecca O’Connor is an author and co-founder of The Moth. She was a member of the QUB Drama Society, where she produced several plays. Her work has been shortlisted for the Irish Times Strong Shine Award and the Kate O’Brien Award, and she was awarded the Geoffrey Dearmer Prize by Poetry Review. Her debut novel He Is Mine and I Have No Other was published in 2018: ‘A remarkable account of adolescent love in the 1990s, backlit by the true story of 35 children who burned to death in a Cavan orphanage 50 years earlier’ (Critics Choice, Irish Independent).
Tickets:
Lunchtime Show: €15 (including soup or sandwich); €12 (show only)
Evening Show: €15
Lunch will be served from 12 noon until ten minutes before performance time.
*Booking fees apply.

The Hare
2023-07-13 - 2023-07-15
Thursday 13th, Friday 14th and Saturday 15th July @ 8.00pm
Matinee: Friday 14th @ 1.00pm

Once Off Productions present
The Hare

Once Off Productions presents The Hare, a new play from co-writers Clare Monnelly and Bob Kelly exploring social isolation and the modern disconnect from both the natural world and our unconscious nature.
She’s an odd one; a lonely girl, living out the back of beyond. Unwanted by her community, laughed at by her peers, torn between the civilisation that rejects her and her own wilder nature. But we meet her on a day that’s different – the day that is today – when the arrival of an unexpected letter floods her world with the potential for change.
‘The possibility. Imagine.’
Directed by Bob Kelly, performed by Úna Ní Bhriain with live music by Steve Wickham.
Originally developed with support from the Abbey Theatre and Cairde Festival.
Age Recommendation 16+ due to themes of sexual violence’
Written by Clare Monnelly & Bob Kelly
Performed by Úna Ní Bhriain
Composition and live music by Steve Wickham
Sound Design by Joe Hunt
Set and Costume Design by Jenny Whyte
Lighting Design by Michael Cummins
Producer Sadhbh Barrett Coakley
Dramaturgy by Eleanor White
Production Manager George Bernard Gallagher
Photography Marcin Lewandowski
Tickets: €15; €12 conc. (matinee only)
*Booking fees apply.

Fred & Alice - Love in the Time of OCD
2023-07-19 - 2023-07-22
Wednesday 19th to Saturday 22nd July @ 8.00pm
plus Lunchtime Performances @ 1.00pm Thurs. and Fri.
Fred & Alice – Love in the Time of OCD

10th Year Anniversary Tour
With over 160 performances to date and sellout runs, Fred & Alice, one of the biggest hits of the last 10 years, is delighted to be back on tour around Ireland in 2023.
CallBack theatre presents the award winning Fred & Alice – Love in the time of OCD.
Written by award winning writer John Sheehy.
Performed by Ciaran Bermingham & Cora Fenton.
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★★★★ – The Irish Times ★★★★★ – The Herald Scotland
★★★★ – Irish Examiner ★★★★ – Playstosee.com ★★★★★ – tripadvisor
The tennis rackets have been restrung; Wembley has been booked for the comeback tour!!!!!
Fred & Alice is a blistering head wreck played at a hilarious pace!
It’s not easy to get by in this crazy old world, is it? But Fred and Alice have discovered that all you really need are 2 tennis rackets, disproportionate reactions to minor accidents, an immature coping strategy and each other.
Fred & Alice is a quirky love story about 2 amazing mischievous characters who meet in a home. It wasn’t really a home but Fred always called it a home because that was where he lived, and if you are not living at home then where are you? It was love at first sight for Alice. Fred didn’t talk to her again for years but then eventually Fred got used to her and it was love at first sight for him too.
From their days in care, to independent living, Fred and Alice negotiate the perils and pitfalls of life and love. Together they create a fantastical world which spills over into a madcap reality when they decide to move in together.
Come see this joyous celebration of individuality.
*****
Sample of Reviews:
“Splendid Production and Powerful Performances” – Joe Duffy Presenter RTE
“Whirling Comedy” – The Irish Times
“Charming”
“a delightful piece, touching and funny” – Emer O’Kelly Sunday Independent
“That melding of comedy with uncondescending frankness is what gives Sheehy’s script its emotional curve balls” – The Herald Scotland
“it’s the remarkable performances from Ciaran Bermingham and Cora Fenton that deliver the full whammy” – The Herald Scotland
“Masterful” Ciaran Bermingham – The Sunday Times
“Exceptional performance from Cora Fenton” – The Irish Mail on Sunday
“A special piece of work…above the ordinary” – Insert Title
“A touching tale of love in adversity” – The Irish Times
“Lively, imaginative and life affirming” – Irish Theatre Magazine
“when, tennis rackets/ air guitars in hand, they rock the universe – or Wembley, their imagined venue of choice – all’s right with their world. Please some-one, tour this round Scotland” – The Herald Scotland
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Awarded Best Professional Production 2015: ‘View from the Green Room’ Awards Waterford News and Star
Medalist at 2016 PPI National Radio Awards
Recently published in Freshly Brewed Vol 2 a book of 7 one-act plays from Bewley’s Cafe Theatre

Tickets:
Lunchtime Show: €15 (including soup or sandwich); €12 (show only)
Evening Show: €15
*Booking fees apply.

Nursey
2023-07-26 - 2023-07-29
Wednesday 26th to Saturday 29th July
Lunchtime: Thurs. & Fri. @ 1.00pm; Sat. @ 2.30pm
Evening Performances @ 8.00pm Weds., Thurs. and Fri.

Nursey

NO DESSERTS THEATRE is delighted to present our latest production Nursey, written and performed by Mayo actor and real life medical professional Aoife Martyn.
Nursey is a hysterical and heartfelt comedy about an overzealous young nurse from the West of Ireland who leaves her remote Mayo home to heal the sick and destitute of 1970s Dublin. Led by the spirit of Florence Nightingale, Nursey considers herself to be the best nurse in Ireland. Despite her many mishaps, this enthusiastic caregiver wants to be promoted up from the stroke ward immediately. She’ll do anything that her vocation demands.
Performed on Sinead Purcell’s striking set to the backdrop of beautiful, original music by composer Shell Dooley – this hilarious, multifaceted play puts the duality of the nursing profession under the microscope in all its catastrophic and uplifting glory.
DIRECTED BY: Clare Maguire
PRODUCED BY: Ali Fox
SET DESIGNER: Sinead Purcell
LX: Eoin Lennon
COMPOSER: Shell Dooley
VIDEOGRAPHY/IMAGERY: Sadhbh McLoughlin
NURSEY was developed @ Scene + Heard Festival 2020 and later with Fringe Lab 50 and The Abbey Theatre’s ‘Engine Room’ initiative.
Tickets:
Lunchtime Show: €15 (including soup or sandwich); €12 (show only)
Evening Show: €15
*Booking fees apply.

Katty Barry - Queen of the Coal Quay
2023-08-02 - 2023-08-05
Weds. 2nd August – Sat. 5th August 2023 @ 8.00pm
plus Lunchtime Performances @ 1.00pm Thurs. and Fri.
Katty Barry – Queen of the Coal Quay

Katty Barry, Queen of the Coal Quay returns by popular demand. Having sold out during its previous run at the Cork Arts Theatre, the play, written and directed by Marion Wyatt, creator of Before Dawn, Dockers, Shawlies, On Albert Road and The Sunbeam Girls promises an equally entertaining show all about “a bold and beautiful Cork woman.” The play, written with the support of Miss Barry’s family, chronicles the colourful life of one of the great Coal Quay characters. An all Cork cast and creative team bring this powerful woman back to life.
Katty Barry, who was a legend in her own time, ran an eating house in Dalton’s Avenue, just off Cornmarket Street. Peers and paupers frequented her establishment alike, and all were treated the same, with nightly songs and stories, as Katty served alcohol, often late at night, despite having no licence, and being repeatedly fined. Katty presided over bohemian Cork life until the closure of her establishment in the late sixties.
The Irish Times stated that Katty Barry remained “elegant, observant, highly intelligent, with a devilish twinkle in her eye and the ability to cut people down to size.”
Written and Directed by Marion WyattOriginal Music by Jimmy Brockie
Cast: Marie O’Donovan ~ Liam O’Caoimh ~ Pearse O’Donoghue
What audience members said about the 2021 production:
“ …this play is every bit as good as Angela’s Ashes and Philomena.”
“It was superb…..a fantastic cast, an amazing writer & director.”
“The story, the acting, the production …the whole thing was brilliant!”
“Marie O’Donovan brilliantly captures Katty’s complexity, resourcefulness and heart.”
Not suitable for under 12’s
Tickets:
Lunchtime Show: €15 (including soup or sandwich); €12 (show only)
Evening Show: €15
Lunch will be served from 12 noon until ten minutes before performance time.
*Booking fees apply.

The Sand Park
2023-08-09 - 2023-08-12
Wednesday 9th to Saturday 12th August @ 8.00pm
plus Lunchtime Performances @ 1.00pm Thurs. and Fri.
The Sand Park

Written and Performed by Seamus O’Rourke.
Seamus O’Rourke has become widely known for his simple storytelling – capturing rural Irish life in a way that both amuses and affects in equal measure. His writing takes a rare approach – his acting oozes with an energy and passion that comes from his love of the land and his art.
The Sand Park – James Antony Lowry – cherishes the family hub – the fun and mayhem of his rural existence. He knows what it’s like to lose, but his loved-ones are never lost, as long as he has the Sand Park.
In this 50-minute play, there is much to ponder, much to enjoy and a good reason to laugh out loud.
Tickets:
Lunchtime Show: €15 (including soup or sandwich); €12 (show only)
Evening Show: €15
*Booking fees apply.

The Empty Nest
2023-08-16 - 2023-08-19
Weds. 16th – Sat. 19th August 2023 @ 8.00pm
plus Lunchtime Performances @ 1.00pm Thurs. and Fri.
The Empty Nest

by Oisín Flores Sweeney

Tony and Sheila are watching television. Again! Their children are grown and their grandchildren are invading their lives. Sheila wants to travel, Tony is determined to stay put. Tony is on a new diet, Sheila could cut you in two with a sharp comment. All that’s on the television is sex and they can’t remember when they last did it!
Oisín Flores Sweeney’s first full play is an hilarious piece of theatre that looks at how couples negotiate life after the kids leave, their dreams, disappointments, longings and uncompromising opinions on everything! Gogglebox on speed!
The Empty Nest is written by emerging Irish playwright Oisín Flores Sweeney, whose short play A Compromising Position delighted audiences at Cork Arts Theatre last year as part of the ‘10 x 10 Minute Theatre Event’. Directed by Geoff Gould, it stars Irish Times Theatre Award nominee Seamus O’Rourke (Lakelands), an established actor and playwright, and Joan Sheehy, actor and director recently seen in An Cailín Ciúin.
Tickets:
Lunchtime Show: €15 (including soup or sandwich); €12 (show only)
Evening Show: €15
Lunch will be served from 12 noon until ten minutes before performance time.
*Booking fees apply.

Cork Burlesque Festival: The Headliner Competition
2023-08-24 19:30 (Europe/Dublin)
Thursday 24th August @ 7.30pm

Cork Burlesque Festival
The Headliner Competition
The opening night of the festival and we are starting off with a bang!
The newest stars on the burlesque scene will come together and compete for the title of The Headliner and win some amazing prizes on the night!
Artists from around the world will be competing to not only be crowned The Headliner but also win a coveted spot to perform in the Gala show on Saturday Night.
Hosted by Miss Emerald Elle.
Tickets: €15
*Booking fees apply.

Cork Burlesque Festival: The Rebel Cabaret
2023-08-25 19:30
Friday 25th August @ 7.30pm

Cork Burlesque Festival
The Rebel Cabaret

Some of the best performers in the business converge on Cork to show the Rebel County what they’ve got!
Hosted by Rubyyy Jones.
Tickets: €20
*Booking fees apply.

Cork Burlesque Festival: The Gala Show
2023-08-26 19:30
Saturday 26th August @ 7.30pm

Cork Burlesque Festival
The Gala Show

An extravagant evening of outstanding Irish and International talent, this show is the highlight of the festival with a stage filled with headliner performers.
Some first-rate stars have been hand picked to come to Cork, packing a real treat with the best that Burlesque and Cabaret has to offer!
Dress to impress!
Hosted by Lilly Snatchdragon.
Tickets: €30
*Booking fees apply.

Cortisol
2023-08-31 - 2023-09-01
Thursday 31st August @ 8pm
Friday 1st September @ 1pm
CORTISOL
by Megan Haly & Shannon Haly
REHEARSED READING
Cortisol tells the story of Sam who through love, grief and self discovery is learning to navigate life in her twenties- with a metamorphic timeline, the play drifts between childhood nostalgia and present day chaos.
This is a new piece of writing by Cork sisters Megan and Shannon Haly. Collaborating across different time zones, the Halys began writing Cortisol during the Covid Pandemic. With only 18 months between them, the sisters wanted to address commonly held misconceptions about people in their twenties. The idea of ‘your twenties being the best years of your life’ was something they struggled with and felt it was an important reality that needed discussion. Nostalgia is a fundamental theme to this play. It looks at how our childhood and growing up in Ireland has influenced the kind of people we are today. From being honest about our sexuality, living up to our parents’ expectations of us, leaving our hometowns and the evolution of friendships as we get older, this play is an exploration of love, self discovery, and the journey of becoming ourselves.
Fresh off the stage from a rehearsed reading of their play at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York, the sisters are excited to share a new draft of Cortisol with Cork audiences at The Cork Arts Theatre.
“Cortisol is like a puzzle piece you are putting together in your brain as you’re watching.” – Jenny Green, New York Irish Arts.
Written and Performed by Megan Haly & Shannon Haly
Directed by Bailey Bass
Produced by Sadhbh Barrett Coakley
Stage Managed by Molly Foley
Lighting by Jamie Feehily
Cortisol is one of 4 new works in the CATALYST programme that runs throughout September at Cork Arts Theatre.
CATALYST is a new collaboration between Cork Arts Theatre and The Everyman, supported by Cork City Council Arts Office, which aims to provide a platform for the work of early career theatre artists in the city.
Tickets: €8
*Booking fees apply.

Untitled Song Cycle
2023-09-09 - 2023-09-10
Saturday 9th September at 5pm
Sunday 10th September at 1pm
The Abbey Theatre and Sounds from a Safe Harbour present
Untitled Song Cycle

by Enda Walsh and Anna Mullarkey, sung by Aoife Duffin
with projections by Jack Phelan.
A small sharing of a work in progress.
A woman leaves her small town to forget and feel something else. In an outdoor handball alley in Connemara – her life arrives at her in music and song and fractured bullying scenes.
Tickets: €20
*Booking fees apply.

The SAD Panto!
2023-09-13 20:00 - 2023-09-16 20:00
Wednesday 13th to Saturday 16th September @ 8pm

The SAD Panto!
Presented by Moonescale Productions
Written and directed by John Francis Scally
A dark tale about the nature of free will, and a panto like no other, The SAD! Panto is a journey into a decaying fantasy where a trio of heroes realise their world is not as it seems.
Follow Abby, Chino and their friendly dog Ben through the twisted world of Panoptydoo, a magical realm where anything is possible, but the same thing happens every day. As they journey to find the amazing Wishbone, which can grant their greatest desires, they start to feel the hand of the audience and the way it affects their lives. They must defeat a sinister conductor they cannot see, who seems intent on forcing them to remain in the archetypes that have been written for them.Will they be able to break the chains controlling their fate and get a chance to write their own story? Oh yes, they will! Oh no, they won’t!
This show is suitable for audiences 16+. It features strong language, discussions of suicide, themes of an adult nature, and scenes that some viewers may find distressing.
Credits
John Francis Scally – Writer and directorMichael Moone – Producer
Ciara O’Neill – Stage Manager
Aoife O’Doherty – Makeup Artist and Assistant Stage Manager
Aoife King – Costume Designer
Hannah Lane – Production Designer
Kyle English – Sound Designer
Poster designed by Saoirse Evans
The SAD Panto! is one of 4 new works in the CATALYST programme that runs throughout September at Cork Arts Theatre.
CATALYST is a new collaboration between Cork Arts Theatre and The Everyman, supported by Cork City Council Arts Office, which aims to provide a platform for the work of early career theatre artists in the city.
Tickets: €15, Concessions €12
*Booking fees apply.

GLUE
2023-09-19 - 2023-09-23
Tuesday 19th – Saturday 23rd September

Preview 19th @ 8pm
Wednesday 20th to Saturday 23rd @ 8pm
Matinee Saturday 23rd @ 1pm
*No show Friday 22nd

Four Faced Theatre Company presents
GLUE
by Niamh Fennessy
Glue is a vignette of the life of a girl caught in the typical throes of young adulthood. Relationships, sex, theft, girl’s nights out, girl’s nights in, more theft, glue, boyfriends, breaks from boyfriends, siblings, death, God, car air fresheners, lipstick, lies, and…the list goes on.
But it’s like that for everyone sure, isn’t it?
Glue is a piece for one female performer and a willing audience, all happening in a narrow window of time as she waits for a fateful phone call. The audience becomes complicit in covering up the petty crimes committed by herself and her oh-so-important beau, Kev, as she fills them in on the story of how she has become the unwilling mule for his adrenaline addiction and kleptomania.
Recommended age 15+. Strong language including mentions of substance abuse & sexual references.
Director: Alison McCormackWriter and Performer: Niamh Fennessy
Production Manager: Michael-Anthony Greene
Stage Manager: Molly Foley
Scenic Artist: Gillian Roberts
Lighting and Sound Design: Jamie Feehily
GLUE is one of 4 new works in the CATALYST programme that runs throughout September at Cork Arts Theatre.
CATALYST is a new collaboration between Cork Arts Theatre and The Everyman, supported by Cork City Council Arts Office, which aims to provide a platform for the work of early career theatre artists in the city.
Tickets: Preview €10, Standard €15, Concession €12
*Booking fees apply.

Salomé by the Cliff
2023-09-27 20:00 - 2023-09-30 20:00
Weds. 27th, Thurs. 28th and Sat. 30th September @ 8pm
*No show Friday 29th

IsThatAllThereIs Theatre presents
Salomé by the Cliff
Two actresses meet to sacrifice their creation: Salomé. They move freely into the narratives, luxuriate in the contradictions, mystify the definitions and strip off all the masks.
Salomé by the Cliff twists the ancient Christian myth of Salomé into a new subversive version with the players enacting the gradual dismantlement of their play. Audiences are invited to witness this dream like journey; to plunge into an intense, intimate and ultimately engaging experience that will challenge intellectual rigidities and awaken the imagery of their subconscious world.
Created by IsThatAllThereIs: Paolo Gruni, Sophia Santabarbara and Isadora Söderström
Performed by Sophia Santabarbara and Isadora Söderström
Videography by Sophia Santabarbara and Artem Trofimenko
Running Time: 55 min
Age Suitability: 16+Audience Warnings: Strong language, Full / Partial nudity, Themes of an adult nature, Strobe lighting, Loud music / Loud effects.
Salomé by the Cliff is one of 4 new works in the CATALYST programme that runs throughout September at Cork Arts Theatre.
CATALYST is a new collaboration between Cork Arts Theatre and The Everyman, supported by Cork City Council Arts Office, which aims to provide a platform for the work of early career theatre artists in the city.
Tickets: Standard €15, Concession €12
*Booking fees apply.

Sexy Laundry
2023-10-03 - 2023-10-07
Tuesday 3rd – Saturday 7th October @ 8pm

Hiya Fella Productions proudly ​presents

Sexy Laundry
by Michele Riml

After twenty-five years of marriage, the emergence of love handles, body parts that sag and receding hairlines, Alice and Henry have hit an intimate waste land. Bed is for sleeping, watching Netflix and flicking through Facebook. The only sounds coming from behind the closed bedroom door is snoring and the odd gasp for air.
With a “Sex for Dummies” guidebook in hand Alice convinces Henry into a weekend of alone time in a posh hotel, with the the hopes of seducing him, unearthing her inner vixen and relighting the fire they had. Henry, however, wants to keep things the way they are ‘we’re grand’ – comfortable and easy.
Exploring fantasies from leather to lace, and the odd toy, Alice and Henry portray every couple’s desire to grow together but keep a piece of themselves and try and to stay somewhat Sexy!
Not suitable for under 16’s.
Starring Fionula Linehan and Ciarán Bermingham.
Directed by Trevor Ryan.
Tickets: €20
*Booking fees apply.

Sexy Laundry was first produced by the Belfry Theatre (Victoria, BC) in the fall of 2003. This same production was revived at the Arts Club Theatre Company (Vancouver, BC) in the fall of 2004. Sexy Laundry is produced by permission of the Playwright and Marquis Literary (Colin Rivers) www.MQlit.ca

Off the Meter, On the Record
2023-10-10 20:00
Tuesday 10th October @ 8pm

Off The Meter, On The Record
A play by John McDonagh
A comedic glimpse into 35 years behind the wheel of a New York City yellow taxi, Off The Meter is a pithy social commentary from New York’s most recognizable cab driver about life spent behind the wheel. John McDonagh, veteran radio host, has condensed thirty-plus years of activism, reality show antics and observation into a love song to the city that never sleeps.
From the plight of the NYC homeless to the crazy demands of Upper East Side matrons, McDonagh brings the audience from laughter to tears and back again faster than the apparition of umbrella dealers on a rainy day. Throw in his tales of brushes with the rich and famous, and you have Irish storytelling at its best.
Residing in Queens, New York City, John’s parents were from Donegal and Tyrone, and he spent his childhood going back and forth between Queens and his uncle’s sheep farm outside of Pettigo, Donegal. He began his career as a cab driver after serving in the US army in Germany during the Vietnam war.
Off the Meter represents the culmination of a forty year career of driving a yellow cab in New York City, while trying to make a difference in the world. A glimpse into the changing landscape of the city from the unique position of behind the wheel of an NYC yellow cab, and takes the audience from tears to hilarity in the speed of a New York minute. Initially presented during the NYC Fringe Festival, it had a successful sold out run at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York City, and was directed by Irish Rep founder Ciaran O’Reilly. Shown in theaters in Boston and New York, it also received the First Origin Irish Theatre Spirit Award in January of 2022 and was shown in the Sean O’Casey Theatre in Dublin before capacity crowds as part of the O’Casey Festival, where it was very well received.
When not performing the play, John co-hosts a weekly radio show with Malachy McCourt on WBAI, 99.5 FM in NYC every Sunday. He is a board member of the Irish American Writers and Artists, and has featured on the BBC program Steven Fry in America, Top Gear with Richard Hammond, and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.
A Q&A will take place after the show with guest Conal Creedon.

Stephen Fry – ” My Fellow Cabbie- The best and most articulate guide I have ever had”
Richard Hammond – ” John McDonagh is faster than a New York Minute”
New York Times – “The Bard of Gridlock”
New York Daily News – ” John takes Passengers and theatre goers on one hell of a ride”
Irish Echo – ” Rip- Roaring -Side Spitting -Tongue in check one man play”
New York Irish Arts – ” “Off The Meter” offers a topsy-turvy journey through the New York streets”
Woman Around Town – “Had Mark Twain driven a yellow cab instead of a riverboat, his stories might’ve been like those of populist raconteur John McDonagh”
The New Yorker – “he’s an unfailingly affable raconteur… It’s all fascinating stuff”
The Epoch Times -“An absorbing portrait of a city and society in continual flux, as told by someone who has lived through it, Off the Meter, on the Record makes for an extremely satisfying journey.”
TheaterScene – “uproarious and moving”
Theatre’s Leiter Side – “Hilarious…It’s hard to think of anyone who could who could do justice to the New York cabby’s life better than John McDonagh.”
Curtain Up – ” it’s a gem”
Tickets: €15, Concessions €12
*Booking fees apply.

Cork International Short Story Festival
2023-10-11 - 2023-10-14
Wednesday 11th to Saturday 14th October

Cork International Short Story Festival

The Cork International Short Story Festival was founded in 2000. Then called the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Festival, an event dedicated to the celebration of the short story and named for one of Cork’s most beloved authors, the event has grown to become one of the most prestigious short story festivals. The festival showcases readings, literary forums and workshops.

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT THE CORK ARTS THEATRE:
Wednesday 11th October
8.00pm | Órfhlaith Foyle & Beverly Parayno EVENT DETAILS | BOOK TICKETS
9.30pm | Alexander MacLeod in conversation with Billy O’Callaghan EVENT DETAILS | BOOK TICKETS

Thursday 12th October
8.00pm | Thomas Morris & Niamh Mulvey EVENT DETAILS | BOOK TICKETS
9.30pm | Leon Craig & Éilís Ní Dhuibhne EVENT DETAILS | BOOK TICKETS

Friday 13th October
8.00pm | Sheila Armstrong & Alice Jolly EVENT DETAILS | BOOK TICKETS
9.30pm | Sidik Fofana & Gothataone Moeng EVENT DETAILS | BOOK TICKETS

Saturday 14th October
3.00pm | Ó Faoláin & Flash Fiction Prizewinners EVENT DETAILS | BOOK TICKETS
4.30pm | Neil Campbell & Fergus Cronin EVENT DETAILS | BOOK TICKETS
8.00pm | Yan Ge & Ada Zhang: Writing the Asian Diaspora EVENT DETAILS | BOOK TICKETS
9.30pm | Moïra Fowley & Kim Fu: Writing Queer Fabulism EVENT DETAILS | BOOK TICKETS

Further information about the festival can be found at: corkshortstory.net

JUMP!?
2023-10-17 - 2023-10-21
Tuesday 17th – Saturday 21st October @ 8.00pm

JUMP!?
Written and performed by Pauline O’Driscoll
Directed by Karen Minihan

A Middle-Aged, Coming-Of-Age play.
Raunchy, Hormonal Comedy
Recommended age 16+. Adult Themes & Sexual References.
Monica is on the edge, literally! She’s had enough, of being nice and reasonable and sensible, not to mention her temperamental fffing washing machine. She wants to scream and shout. She wants more!
A searingly truthful, but delightfully comic leapfrog through the taboo minefields of puberty, menstruation, fertility, infertility, the pressure on women to reproduce, the choice not to, fertility treatments, middle aged sex, vaginal atrophy and the hunt for the perfect cocktail… of hormones.
“Something has to change… to jump or not to jump that is the question!”
“Am I mad?… No! I’m hor-mental!”
Consummate actor Pauline O’Driscoll is best known on screen for Mustard, Sisters, Smalltown, The Young Offenders and on stage for solo plays Seven Ages of MAM which she co-wrote and You Have It All Backwards both of which had sell out runs at Cork Arts Theatre. Jump!? is Pauline’s first solo self-penned play.
Writer and artistic director of Playacting Theatre, Karen Minihan has an extensive back catalogue of projects ranging from small, intimate, innovative productions to large, all-inclusive, community spectacles. She is also author of the book & subsequent show Extraordinary Ordinary Women, which she and Pauline continue to tour to the many corners of West Cork and beyond.
What the critics say about Seven Ages of MAM:
“MUST SEE SHOW… wondrously inventive … hilariously detailed … O’Driscoll can call down the angels in a light high tessitura – a whisper away from silence, and she can … roar like a banshee. …….. master of pause and sudden tangent, the surprise monologue, the squirm of embarrassment, the language of love and forgiveness and letting go. What O’Driscoll brings even more than humour is sudden abiding grief. And what she gets more than grief is life-affirming humour, and what she gets most is utter exhaustion … No, she’s of a piece. This is consummately acted, wholly believable, the most original riff on the Seven Ages I’ve seen … in short, SEE IT” – Simon Jenner, FringeReview
“The audience hung on every word and went willingly on a roller coaster ride of emotions masterfully orchestrated by Pauline O’Driscoll … a terrific show, funny, heart-rending and jam-packed full of relevance and social commentary … a powerful, beautifully nuanced, mesmerizing performance” – Denis Walsh, Listowel Advertiser
Tickets: Preview €10, Standard €15
*Booking fees apply.
Discounts available for students and groups of 6+. Please contact Box Office.

This production is part of the Creative Empowerment Award supported by Cork Arts Theatre and The Community Foundation Ireland.

The Comedy Improvised Murder Mystery
2023-10-26 - 2023-10-28
Thursday 26th to Saturday 28th October @ 8.00pm

The Comedy Improvised Murder Mystery

Starring Laura O’Mahony, John McCarthy, Laura Harte, Annette Roche and Adrian Scanlan
Devised by James Horgan

The Comedy Improvised Murder Mystery Gang are back again with their hilarious ‘off the cuff’ antics at the Cork Arts Theatre from Thursday 26th October.
The show is entirely improvised and with no script to fall back on the actors must create the entire plot with its many twists and turns on the spot. As usual, things get out of hand pretty quickly with deadly (and hilarious) consequences.
The audience play their part each night too as they will secretly decide beforehand who the unfortunate victim and the mysterious murderer will be. And they will also provide hilarious ‘secrets’ that the cast read out at random moments to add mayhem and mirth to the proceedings. All of this is completed before the show starts so that the audience can then sit back, relax and enjoy the ensuing mayhem.
Bringing the various characters to life each evening is the task for the very talented Cork cast members. Their experience in comedy improvisation will ensure that the audience won’t have time to catch their breath.
The production is devised by Cabal Theatre Company director, James Horgan, who says of the show, “Due to both its improvised nature and the audience ‘secrets’ the show is completely different each time it’s performed. ‘The gang’ are attending another of their infamous Halloween parties but, tragically, it will be the last party for one of them! Who will the victim be? And who is the dastardly murderer? No-one knows, especially not the cast!”
So, with audience suggestions, random musical cues and no script in sight, ‘The Comedy Improvised Murder Mystery’ is, once again, set to be a deliciously chaotic and hilarious evening’s entertainment.
Tickets sell out very quickly for this show so we advise booking as early as possible.
And please note, that the show is only suitable for persons aged 16 and over.
Tickets: €18, Groups of 8 or more €14 per person
Administration fee on phone and online bookings.

The Wisdom of Eve
2023-11-01 - 2023-11-04
Wednesday 1st – Saturday 4th November @ 8pm
Matinee Saturday 4th @ 2.00pm

The Wisdom of Eve
by Mary Orr

“Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night”
The UCC Players are delighted to be back on stage at the Cork Arts Theatre with their new production of “The Wisdom of Eve” by Mary Orr.
Shy, sincere and conscientious, Eve Harrington’s dream is realised when she is taken on as a personal secretary by her actress idol, Margo Crane. However, Eve’s seemingly innocent and devoted demeanour masks her true intentions– to usurp Margo’s position in the theatre world and become the new reigning star. The story unfolds through a series of betrayals, deceptions, and manipulations highlighting the cutthroat nature of the entertainment industry and the complexities of human relationships.
Adapted from the short story by the author, the story provided the basis for the Academy Award winning classic film All About Eve (starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter) and the hit musical Applause.
This stage version is an engrossing and revealing inside story of life in the world of 1950’s New York theatre, featuring an array of unforgettable characters and razor-sharp dialogue.
Director: Brenda Lynch
Cast (in order of appearance):
Karen Roberts: Adriana Dinneen
Eve Harrington: Karen Ray
Margo Crane: Jean van Sinderen-Law
Clement Howell: Jim O’Mahony
Lloyd Roberts: Mike O’Keeffe
Leila: Ruben Keane
Tally-ho Thompson: Patricia O’Regan
Bert Hinkle: Mark Rowlands
Vera Thompson: Rosie O’Byrne
Runtime: 2hrs 20mins approx. (including 15min interval)
Tickets: €15, Concessions €12
*Booking fees apply.

Cork One Act Theatre Festival
2023-11-08 - 2023-11-11
Wednesday 8th – Saturday 11th November @ 8pm

The Cork One Act Theatre Festival

The annual Cork One Act Theatre Festival takes place once again at the Cork Arts Theatre from Wednesday 8th to Saturday 11th November at 8pm each night.
Theatre groups from around the country will gather over the four nights to compete for the all-important points in their bid to reach the All-Ireland One Act Final. Eleven groups will stage a wide variety of plays showcasing the very best acting and directing talent. The competitive element makes for an electric atmosphere during the performances as the groups are evaluated by the adjudicator.
The adjudicator for the event this year is Evelyn O’Sullivan (ADA). An award-winning actor and director, Evelyn holds an honours M.A. in Drama and Performance from UCD. She also holds a diploma in Performance from LAMDA and a teaching Diploma in Speech and Drama from the London College of Music. Evelyn was recently appointed examiner with the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
James Horgan, the Festival Director, said, “The Cork One Act Theatre Festival is one of the highlights of the theatre calendar. The event always guarantees a great night out for theatre-goers as the groups that perform are of a high standard and, with eleven plays to choose from, there is plenty of variety.”
Festival Programme:
Wednesday 8th November:
– Gaggin Drama Group (Confined): ‘I’m Not ADHD, I’m Bold’ by Georgina McKevitt and Jacinta Sheerin
– Gunpowder Productions (Open): ‘Bombshell’ by Fiona Looney
– Ennis Players (Open): ‘Meeting Miss Ireland’ by Rosemary Jenkinson
Thursday 9th November:
– Carraig na bhFear (Confined): ‘In The Blink Of An Eye’ by Michael Manley
– Oakhill Players (Confined): ‘The Chip Van Plays Dixie’ by Robert Iles
– Kilmeen Drama Group (Open): ‘Home Talk From Abroad’ by Brendan Griffin
Friday 10th November:
– Coachford Players (Confined): ‘Watching The Magpies’ by Les Clarke
– Carlow Little Theatre (Confined): ‘Heiligenstadt’ by Mark Cradock
– Blue Hat Productions (Open): ‘Riders To The Sea’ by J.M. Synge
Saturday 11th November:
– Camross Drama Group (Confined): ‘Ragman’ by Eileen Kavanagh
– Conna Drama Group (Confined): ‘Bobby Gould in Hell’ by David Mamet
– Followed by the final adjudication and presentation of the awards.
Tickets: €15
*Booking fees apply.

The Perfect Immigrant
2023-11-16 - 2023-11-18
Thursday 16th – Saturday 18th November @ 8pm
plus Matinee Saturday 18th @ 2.30pm

The Perfect Immigrant
Written and Performed by Sam Yakura

After a sold-out run at The New Theatre, Dublin Fringe Festival 2022 and a short run at Smock Alley 2022, The Perfect Immigrant is on tour!
What else does a young Black man have to say if it isn’t about racism?
Too busy trying to be an adult, leaving Nigeria and settling in Ireland, he has to find a way to hold on to both worlds.
With a story woven through prose and poetry, you will shift in your seat as you are teased with the discomfort of this immigrant settling into a new land. Take sides as loyalty to home is torn by the promise of the new.
But the real question is, where do you buy a hot pepper in Lucan?
Originally commissioned by Dublin Fringe Festival. This project was part of Weft, funded by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon through the Open Call initiative for 2021. Developed with the support of Fishamble’s New Play Clinic.
‘This witty and carefully crafted confessional show, sliced up via fervent spoken word poems, centres on family dynamics, the experience of emigrating to a foreign land, and the feeling of being an outsider for the first time.’
★★★★ Buzz.ie
‘Under Katie O’Halloran’s direction, everything is kept simple and easy, O’Halloran making sure to give Yakura plenty of room to breathe. The result is less a play or, thankfully, a lecture, so much as a one-to one encounter. Yakura’s greatest strengths being his honesty and presence, which makes the entire audience feel connected.’
★★★★ Arts Review
‘As a Nigerian in Ireland, Levi is being constantly othered: his reciprocal othering of Irish culture is effective and funny.’
– Irish Times.
‘He creates an instant rapport with the audience and holds them throughout this view of life in Dublin, from the outside looking in!’
– No More Workhorse.
Written and Performed by Sam Yakura
Directed by Katie O’Halloran
Lighting by Colin Doran
Sset Design by Pai Rathaya
Sound Design by Cameron James MacaulayProduced by Bellaray Bertrand
Produced by Sinéad Gallagher
Stage Management by Alexandra Ayvazova
Choreography by Alessandra Azevedo
Dramaturgy by Carys D. Coburn
Photography by Simon Lazewski
Poster by @manueldpoet
Tickets: €15
*Booking fee applies

Taboo
2023-11-21 - 2023-11-25
Tuesday 21st -Saturday 25th November @ 8pm
Red ‘n Blue Theatre Company present

Taboo
A dark comedy by award winning writer, John Morton

There was a boy and a girl and somehow, they met. Lily doesn’t get out much. Tom finds it hard to meet new people. And now they’re having their first date. Lily cooks a three-course meal. Tom brings flowers and wine. On the surface, everything seems fine. But in the modern world, dating is a surprisingly complex thing with a lot of unwritten rules. There are certain things you shouldn’t do on a first date. And then there are certain things you shouldn’t do at all.
Recommended age 14+
Red ‘n Blue Theatre Company was founded by husband and wife Dylan Kennedy and Jenny Fennessy. Their debut production, LOVESONG sold out 16 performances across Cork, Waterford and Dublin. It was nominated for 5 Waterford News and Star Green Room awards, including Outstanding Event of the Year, Best Play, Best Director and won awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. Their second production, THE FLAGS was nominated for a further 6 Waterford News and Star Green Room awards, including and won Best Play of the Year 2022, Best Set and Best Supporting Actress (Jenny Fennessy).
This production is supported by Cork City Council Arts Office and Cork County Council.
Dylan KennedyDylan trained at The East 15 Acting School. His credits include, Philadelphia Here I Come (Donmar Warehouse), Katie Roche (Abbey Theatre), Our Tethered Kin (Broken Crow) Hansel and Gretel (The National Theatre), The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh), All Over Town (Project Arts Centre, Dublin), Peter Pan (National Theatre of Scotland), Romeo and Juliet, Mid Summer Night’s Dream (Antic Disposition), Forever House (The Drum, Plymouth), Mind Walking (Band Bazi), Autumn Fire (Finborough Theatre), The Bay (Theatre 503), His directing credits include Lovesong (Garter Lane) and The Flags (Cork Arts Theatre) for Red ‘n Blue Theatre Company.
Jenny FennessyJenny is an acting graduate from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. TV credits include Call the Midwife (BBC) and The Doireann Project and Seriously, Sinéad? (RTE). Theatre credits include Greg Doran’s King Lear and Melly Still’s Cymbeline (Royal Shakespeare Company), Richard Eyre’s Liola (National Theatre, London), Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Nurse in Romeo and Juliet and Emilia in Othello (Mill Productions), A Life (Finborough Theatre), The Flags (Cork Arts Theatre, Garter Lane), Lovesong (Garter Lane, Civic Theatre, Cork Arts Theatre), There’s Always Tomorrow and The Bus (Barnstorm Theatre Company), The Salvage Shop (Garter Lane), Riders to the Sea (Fractured Lines), King Lear, Macbeth and Othello (Theatre Royal). Jenny was one of the finalists for the Michael Bryant Verse Speaking Award at the National Theatre, London. She won the Waterford News and Star Green Room Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Ursula in The Flags. She is a very experienced voice over actor.
John MortonJohn is the creator and writer of the TV series Dead Still, for which he won an Edgar Award for Best TV Episode Teleplay. He has written and directed several short films including Smitten for RTÉ Storyland, and also wrote the award winning shorts Seanie & Flo, Kathleen and Swerve. For the stage John has written the plays Denouement (Lyric Theatre/Traverse), Taboo (White Label), War Of Attrition, Scratcher, Smitten and Heart Shaped Vinyl (Devious Theatre). With Peter McGann, he co-wrote the Irish historical plays The Hellfire Squad and The Roaring Banshees. He also wrote the adaptation of Thomas Kilroy’s novel The Big Chapel (Asylum/Abbey Theatre/Kilkenny Arts Festival) which was nominated in three categories at Irish Times Theatre Awards 2020. John is a founding member of Devious Theatre in Kilkenny and White Label in Dublin. He is currently writing comedy drama pilot script The Continental Method for Deadpan Pictures Limited.
Shane DempseyShane trained at The National Theatre Studio and E15 Acting School. For the National: Hamlet (as movement director) Translations (as staff director). Other productions include: Shining City (as assistant director) at Theatre Royal Stratford East; rob steal swindle at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts; Continuity and The Non-Stop Connolly Show at the Finborough; About Last Night and Seven Jewish Children at the Arcola; The Master and Margarita at the Bussey Building and Te Pooka, Edinburgh; and The Bay at Theatre503, The Space and Te Pooka, Edinburgh. He is also the founding member of Fragments, a dynamic physical ensemble in London working across theatre and film. He is currently developing a devised project with young people on The Climate Emergency for The Donmar Warehouse.
Tickets: €15, €12 concessions
*Booking fee applies

10x10 Minute Play Event
2023-11-28 - 2023-12-02
10 New Plays, 100 Minutes of Great Theatre

Tuesday 28th November to Saturday 2nd December @ 8pm
Our very popular, annual 10 x 10 Minute Play Event is back with ten brand new short plays for you to enjoy..

The event has proved a great hit with audiences and performers alike over the years and, once again, we will have ten mini-plays each evening with something to suit all tastes. Audiences will also get to vote for their favourite play of the evening which adds to the sense of occasion.
This event, established in 2010, has grown from its humble beginnings to become one of the most popular shows in our annual programme. Our panel of readers are currently hard at work poring over all the entries and will eventually whittle these down to the final 10 plays to be staged. As in previous years, we are sure that the final ten plays will prove to be wonderful examples of what can be achieved on stage in a short space of time with a well-crafted script.
The event is an important fund-raiser 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 the event 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’.”
The 10 plays performed each night are:
ACT I
– ‘Accountant from Hell’ by Barry Wood – Director: John Scally
– ‘Pornstar Martini’ by Jamie McLeish – Director: Dolores Dermody
– ‘Mirror Image’ by Deborah Walliker – Director: Michael Manley
– ‘With Love’ by Yvonne Coughlan – Director: Katy Mullins
– ‘Supernatural Solutions’ by Eithne Horgan – Director: Deirdre Dunlea
ACT II
– ‘The AI Generated Irish Play’ by David Keenan – Director: Cathal O’Donovan
– ‘Seven Day Cooling Off Period’ by Helen Connolly – Director: Seán Creagh
– ‘Thicker Than Water’ by Áine King – Director: Colin Healy
– ‘The Three B’s’ by Éidín Griffin – Director: Yvonne Coughlan
– ‘Forgive Me, Father’ by Ken Burke – Director: Ken Burke
Please note that some of the plays deal with adult themes so are only suitable for ages 16+
Tickets: €15
Administration fee on phone and online bookings.

Note for Online Bookings: Once your booking is complete, please either print your tickets at home and bring them with you, or present them on your phone at the box office on arrival and they will print them for you.

Funsize
2023-12-03 13:00
Sunday 3rd December, 2023 @ 1.00pm
Suzanne Jones Drama Studio presents
Funsize
Funsize is back!! Come watch the senior students of Suzanne Jones Drama Studio perform scenes of comedy, tragedy and all that lies between!!
A lunchtime delight on Sunday the 3rd of December at 1:00pm
Tickets: €12 each or 4 for €44

Note for Online Bookings: Once your booking is complete, please either print your tickets at home and bring them with you, or present them on your phone at the box office on arrival and they will print them for you.

Gilín Sneachta agus an Seachtar Ealaí
2023-12-11 - 2023-12-17
Gilín Sneachta agus an Seachtar Ealaí

Monday 11th – Sunday 17th December 2023
(See the full list of dates and times below)

An Irish Language bilingual Pantomime le hAntóin Ó Dúllaing
Directed by Aisling Nic Cárthaigh.
Synopsis (Gaeilge & English):
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, cad é an panto is fearr of them all?
Tagaigí go Cork Arts Theatre an Nollaig seo chun Gillín Sneachta agus Ken an Prionsa a fheiscint ag canadh is ag damhsa. Piocann Aoife an Chailleach úll nimhiúil agus ceistíonn sí an scáthán… an tslí is fearr chun an choróin a ghoid. Bígí ann in éineacht le Mímí Nic An Airgid, Odette, Marcas Mac Ron agus na hEalaí chun Aoife a stopadh agus Cathair Chorcaí a shábháil.
Seó spraíúil é Gillín Sneachta agus An Seachtar Ealaí le hAntóin Ó Dúllaing, atá oiriúnach don teaghlach ar fad. Léirithe ag Cois Laoi Productions, le maoiniú ó Fhoras na Gaeilge agus Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí.
Cork City’s only Irish language bilingual panto is back! Come to Cork Arts Theatre this Christmas to see Gillín Sneachta and Ken the Prince singing and dancing their hearts out. Aoife the Witch picks a poisonous apple, and she asks the mirror a question… what’s the best way to steal the crown? Be there alongside Mímí Nic an Airgid, Odette, Marcas Mac Ron and the Swans to stop Aoife and save Cork City.
Gillín Sneachta agus An Seachtar Ealaí by Antóin Ó Dúllaing promises to be a fun-filled show suitable for the whole family. Produced by Cois Laoi Productions, with funding from Foras na Gaeilge and Cork City Council.
Tickets: €7 (Morning performances);
Afternoons / Evenings: €15 (Adult); €10 (Child / OAP)
Administration fee on phone and online bookings.
Dates / Times:
Mon 11 Dec 2023, 11:00am
Tue 12 Dec 2023, 11:00am
Wed 13 Dec 2023, 11:00am
Thu 14 Dec 2023, 11:00am
Fri 15 Dec 2023, 11:00am
Fri 15 Dec 2023, 6:30pm
Sat 16 Dec 2023, 1:00pm
Sat 16 Dec 2023, 6:30pm
Sun 17 Dec 2023, 1:00pm
Sun 17 Dec 2023, 6:30pm

Note for Online Bookings: Once your booking is complete, please either print your tickets at home and bring them with you, or present them on your phone at the box office on arrival and they will print them for you.
