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VENUES

Cork Opera House

OVERVIEW

    Address

    Emmet Place, Cork, Co. Cork

    Email

    info@corkoperahouse.ie

    Website

    www.corkoperahouse.ie

    Phone

    + 353 (0)21 427 4308

  • CEO

    Eibhlín Gleeson

  • Business Development Manager

    Martin O'Donoghue

  • Technical Manager

    Chris Gaughan

  • Programme Manager

    Ashley Keating

  • Box Office Phone

    + 353 (0)21 427 0022

  • Programming Policy

    Cork Opera House is southern Ireland’s premier venue for the best in concerts, comedy, drama, dance, family fare, and of course, opera. Located in the heart of Cork City, the Opera House has been a Cork cultural institution for over 160 years and will continue to strive to present and produce both indigenous and international top class acts for the people of Cork and further afield.

  • Resident Company

    Cork Opera House

NEW IRISH PLAYS PRODUCED AT CORK OPERA HOUSE

Play Title Playwright
A Heart of Cork Donal Beecher Gina Moxley
After Luke Conal Creedon
Banshee Makers Ger Bourke
Beats 'n' Pieces Raymond Scannell
Big Maggie John B. Keane
Blue Ursula Rani Sarma
Deep Raymond Scannell
Fr Mathew Seán McCarthy
The Art of Waiting Johnny Hanrahan
The Big Yum Yum Patrick McCabe
The Change in Mame Fadden John B. Keane
The Chastitute John B. Keane
The Cure Conal Creedon
The Roses of Tralee John B. Keane
The Year Of Magical Wanking Neil Watkins
Theatre For One (Ireland) Marina Carr Stacey Gregg Emmet Kirwan Louise Lowe Mark O'Rowe Enda Walsh

ADAPTATIONS/TRANSLATIONS

Play Title Playwright
A Keane Sense of Humour Joe O'Donnell John B. Keane
Adapted from the writings of John B. Keane.
Castle Rackrent Johnny Hanrahan Maria Edgeworth
Adapted from the original novel by Maria Edgeworth.
Emma Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Jane Austen
Adapted from the original novel by Jane Austen.
Hard Times Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Charles Dickens
Adapted from the original novel by Charles Dickens.
Oedipus Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Sophocles
A version of the myth.
Silas Marner Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy George Eliot
Adapted from the original novel by George Eliot.
The Calmative Judy Hegarty-Lovett Conor Lovett Samuel Beckett

A staged recital of the short story of the same name.