The Cure and After Luke: Cónal Creedon double bill shows this writer’s gift for bringing light into dark places
Theatre: Al Dalton directs Ciaran Bermingham in The Cure. Leon Danza directs Niall Holland, Simon McKeon and Mike O’Dowd in After Luke
Gatman! review: Tadhg Hickey’s monologue is an exposition of inebriation as something joyous
Theatre: Telling has the comedy of self-awareness but falters as it gathers its darkness
The Empty Nest review: Gogglebox-style exchanges provide witty take on married couple’s embattled relationship
Theatre: Oisín Flores Sweeney’s play should be longer – the audience leaves laughing but longing for more
Tempesta review: Stephanie Dufresne and Naoise Dunbar shine in Deirdre Kinahan’s moving play
Cork Midsummer Festival 2024: A play of such dimensions could repay a few more than these 75 minutes, especially with so much gorgeous writing to savour
Theatre for One: This Ireland review – Brilliant, totally immersive one-to-one plays
Cork Midsummer Festival 2024: The brilliance of these 12 five-minute plays lies in their containment
The Summer I Robbed a Bank review: A riot of inspired fun as David O’Doherty’s children’s book becomes stage show
Theatre: creative and innovative display of stagecraft using video and lighting with glee that enchants audience
Passion play: Cork theatre fights for its future
The closure of Corcadorca theatre company, in 2022, left a hole that the city’s remaining theatre community is battling to fill
The Mysterious Case of Kitsy Rainey review: Superbly skilled Mikel Murfi pares his one-man confessional to its emotional bone
Theatre: Mikel Murfi writes, directs and stars in the final play in trio that began with The Man in the Woman’s Shoes and I Hear You and Rejoice
The Pigeon Factory review: Aaron O’Neill gives an ingenious, consistently entertaining performance
Theatre: Directed by Dee Finn, this adroit production revives the passion for pigeon fancying that sent swirls of homing birds into Irish skies
Cara O’Sullivan’s Irish opera legacy: ‘An almost mythical figure, tall, imperious – and hilarious’
Late soprano’s contribution to music is remembered in Cork Opera House’s Cara O’Sullivan Associate Artists programme
Beauty and the Beast: Jubilant panto has audience roaring enough to peel gilding off the Everyman’s ceiling
Theatre: Driven by very attractive singing and by Anth Kaley’s musical direction, the pace is helter skelter
Jack and the Beanstalk at Cork Opera House: Spectacle, sophistication and style
Theatre: This pantomime’s energetic cast seize the production’s comic opportunities at every turn
The family story behind the building of Adare Manor
Adare Manor is now a luxury hotel, but its construction in the 19th century by the Wyndham Quins family was a labour of love
Swan Lake at Cork Opera House: Flawless in dance and dedication to vivid artistry
Marking the 30th anniversary of Cork City Ballet Company, this is a work of extravagant display
The Glass Menagerie: Delicacy and tenderness but overwrought moments, too
Theatre: It is impossible not to try to guess what director Emma Jordan was aiming in terms of vocal style and script