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A note from our Artistic Director JULIE KELLEHER Here we are again on the brink of summer – it seems the early part of 2016 passed in the bat of an eyelid! The past few months have been awash with commemorative events, and our programme was no different – we hope you enjoyed the range of shows on offer, and the various perspectives they put forth. For our part, we’re taking something of a break from the centenary for the coming months and bringing you a season of such strong theatre titles, we can’t quite believe it – we are spoiled for choice! This season showcases the work of some of Ireland’s finest established and emerging playwrights. All this theatre has been generously seasoned with plenty of variety in comedy and music, and the additional spice of circus and puppetry shows. Two fantastic highlights bookend the season, the first of which is Cork Midsummer Festival. Festival time is always hotly anticipated, but this year’s Cork Midsummer brings a palpable sense of promise. We’re delighted to be presenting a range of work in conjunction with the festival, including an unmissable update of a classic with Jungle Book from Metta Theatre (UK) (clue: it has street dance, circus and beatboxing!), a visit from award-winning queen of counter-culture Penny Arcade (USA), and a welcome return for Cork’s favourite chanteuse, Camille O’Sullivan. At the opposite end of the season, in September, you can look forward to the much longedfor return of Druid, with their anniversary production of Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane, starring company stalwarts Aisling O’Sullivan and Marie Mullen. I’m thrilled to say that I am returning to the rehearsal room this summer to direct a new production of Frank McGuinness’s superb debut play, The Factory Girls. Thirty-odd years on, this play and its themes continue to resonate: recession, redundancies, lay-offs and the power of collective action. We’re putting together a superb ensemble cast who will deliver every ounce of wit and banter that gives this wonderful play its real joy. As ever, we’re supporting the finest local theatre talent and bringing you revivals of two of the most interesting new works made in Cork in the past 6 months. Both pieces have the fact of a real-life central character in common, but beyond that are hugely different. In Alice Barry’s Violet Gibson: The Woman Who Shot Mussolini, we bear witness to the hopes and aspirations of a fiercely intelligent and
deeply misunderstood individual whose obscure adventures are well worth the watch. And perhaps slightly better known are the public exploits of Michael Collins and his diplomatic efforts in London during the War of Independence, but in A Great Arrangement we have the intriguing addition of his private correspondence with Kitty Kiernan. Hearing the real words of such monumental historical figures gave me goosebumps and I’m sure you’ll be no different. We’re also tickled pink to announce that we will premiere the music of John O’Brien’s new opera, The Nightingale and the Rose, based on the Oscar Wilde story of the same name. This will be a very special, one-off concert event, featuring Cara O’Sullivan and many other bright lights of Irish opera. And in amongst all of that there is: Music! Circus! Look out for Karen Underwood and Friends, Des Bishop, Two and a Half Tenors, Don Baker & Clara Rose, A Night in Venice, Circus Of Horrors, Tales of the Unseen, Cork Puppetry Festival and the Everyman debut of Cork Comedy Festival. Last but by no means least, we’re bringing the finest touring theatre from around the country. Decadent returns with Conor McPherson’s The Weir; the wonderful Mary McEvoy and Jon Kenny reprise their hilarious turns in John B. Keane’s The Matchmaker; Belfast-based Prime Cut Productions bring us the Irish Times Theatre Award Winner for Best New Play: Scorch by Stacey Gregg, Keegan Theatre Company visit with American Buffalo, and an old Cork favourite Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh, an exciting new production all the way from London. We can’t wait for you to see it all.
MUSIC from the Noun Project
The Simon and Garfunkel Story Direct from its success in London’s West End, a sold-out UK tour and standing ovations at every performance, The Simon and Garfunkel Story is here!
Mon 23 May | 8pm
Using huge projections and original film footage, don’t miss this full live band performing all the hits including Mrs. Robinson, Cecilia, Homeward Bound and many more.
FANTASTIC
Elaine Paige, BBC Radio 2
AUTHENTIC AND EXCITING The Stage
Tickets €26
CIRCUS
Circus of Horrors The show that stormed into the finals of Britain’s Got Talent and is now a West End smash is celebrating its 21st anniversary in spectacular style! This story twists and turns with grisly murders and sensational shocks – all interwoven with some of the greatest and most bizarre circus acts on earth, performed by an almighty cast with a forked tongue firmly in each cheek and the devil driven rock n’ roll of Dr Haze and The Interceptors from Hell.
Tickets €25
Sun 29 May | 8pm IF QUENTIN TARANTINO HAD DIRECTED CIRQUE DU SOLEIL THEN YOU WOULD BE ONLY HALF WAY THERE. Age recommendation 16+
DRAMA
Noggin Theatre Company presents
Fruitcake BY ALICE BARRY Mary McEvoy captivates her audience in this delightfully moving one woman show. Under the guise of a cookery demonstration where Della Dolan shows us how to make ‘the perfect fruitcake’. She also divests her provoking memories to give a fascinating account of her life and divulges a chequered past involving hardship, murder and intrigue but most of all great sacrifice, realisation and love. Funny and poignant, this play will make you laugh and cry and remind you why life is ultimately rewarding and exciting for all its ups and downs. STARRING MARY MCEVOY
Tickets €22 | Concession €20 | Students €9
Tue 24 - Sat 28 May 8pm AN UNEXPECTEDLY MOVING PIECE OF WORK. Evening Echo
COMEDY
Big Telly Theatre Company presents
Puckoon BY SPIKE MILLIGAN Ireland 1922, and the Ulster Boundary Commission has drawn the new border straight through the small town of Puckoon. With the church separated from its own graveyard and drink now thirty percent cheaper in one corner of the pub, life in the newly divided village will never be the same again. Based on the book by Spike Milligan, this comic masterpiece is an irreverent and hilarious story which takes the mick, celebrates the absurd, and paints a picture of a simple life that borders on the ridiculous.
Mon 30 May - Thu 2 June 8pm
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN MEETS MONTY PYTHON Belfast Telegraph
Tickets €26 | Concession €23 | Students €9
AM-DRAM
Briery Gap Players presents
Hello Dolly! Featuring a strong local cast and a talented chorus of all ages. Under the guidance of director Philip McTeggart Walsh, this hilarious musical production promises to be something special. Featuring such memorable songs as Before the Parade Passes By, It Only Takes a Moment, Put on Your Sunday Clothes and of course, the title number, Hello, Dolly!, this musical is charming and funny from start to finish. Hello Dolly! is Briery Gap’s seventh Spring musical, having already presented classics The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, Calamity Jane, Showboat, South Pacific and Oliver.
Tickets €16 | Concession €13
Fri 3 June | 8pm DIRECTED BY PHILIP MCTEGGART WALSH
CIRCUS
Riuchi and Squarehead Productions present
Tales of the Unseen
Prepare to be amazed with this charming double-bill that brings together two of Ireland’s award-winning circus companies. Embark on a journey through imaginary realms as poetic science fiction is created on stage. Tales of the Unseen promises an unforgettable magic that you won’t want to miss.
Sat 4 June | 7pm Age recommendation 10+
DOUBLE BILL
IF LIGHT AND ELECTRICITY WERE TO TAKE ON ANTHROPOMORPHIC FORMS THEY MIGHT LOOK LIKE RIUCHI’S HANDS The Irish Times
Tickets €15 | Family Price €50 (4 tickets)
MUSIC from the Noun Project
Karen Underwood and Friends A night with Cork’s finest soul singers! Join Karen and friends for a night of soulful music with special guests Jack O’Rourke, the Niall McCabe Band, Gemma Sugrue, She Said, MB Soul and resident DJ Stevie G with Christiana Underwood. This showcase is the grand finale of the Soul in the City Festival running on MacCurtain, Bridge and Coburg Streets on June 4th and 5th. Not to be missed!
Tickets €20
Sun 5 June | 8pm Supported by Cork City Council and Cork’s 96fm
FUNDRAISER
THE GLEN THEATRE DRAMA GROUP BANTEER Presents
No Borders A night of theatre and migrant solidarity. This show was devised as a form of solidarity for migrants and attempts to personalise some of the various humanitarian crises that we have been privy to down through the years. No Borders consists of six one-act plays, two presentations of poetry and a musical performance. The cast are both established local actors and migrants themselves who had never acted before this show.
Tue 7 June | 8pm All profits to Anti-Deportation Ireland
Post show talk Tue 7 June
Tickets €18 | Concession €15
AM-DRAM
Glen Theatre Drama Group presents
Widow’s Paradise BY SAM CREE
Thu 9 June | 8pm
This farcical comedy is set in the 70’s and the action takes place in a seaside caravan with five ladies embarking on a strictly women only holiday. A case of mistaken caravan identity sends the widows’ paradise into disarray with the subsequent arrival of no nonsense alpha-male Harry, his dim-witted sidekick Ernie, and Harry’s handsome young son Alan. Add a couple of surprise visitors in the form of Willie and Farmer John and you have what can only be described
Tickets €15
as hysterical chaos. What was supposed to be a scene of peace and tranquility turns into a riotous clash of the sexes, with each of the ten characters having his/her own story to tell.
DIRECTED BY TADHG O KEEFFE
MUSIC from the Noun Project
A Night in Venice Recreating all of the romance and glamour of Venetian soirees, the masked balls and society bustle, A Night in Venice encapsulates some of the great music of Verdi, Puccini and Rossini.
Fri 10 June | 8pm
With music performed by the European Baroque Ensemble, this show features world class opera singers performing arias from the grand operas of the day - Aida, Madam Butterfly, Turandot and many more! STARRING Jonathan Ansell (G4 fame) and Maria Kesselman (BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night Is Music Night)
Tickets €26 | Concession €23
Dorm
READING
BY LYNDA RADLEY Chris can’t sleep, ever. Vicky’s job is to monitor those suffering sleep-related conditions. They take a late night sleepwalk through blurry memories and half-remembered moments, as characters both real and surreal drift in and out. Please note there is limited capacity as the performance will take place in the bar.
Sat 25 June | 2pm
Tickets €9
Gare St Lazare Artists in Residence Gare St Lazare continue their programme of work, which includes workshops, public In Conversation events and ongoing development of their latest Beckett adaptation How It Is. Details of workshops and public events to be announced, please see our website for further details.
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
FESTIVAL
London Artists Projects presents
Penny Arcade - Longing Lasts Longer Edinburgh’s double award-winning new show from New York’s undisputed queen of the underground turns contemporary stand-up on its head to create a crack in the post-gentrified landscape. You will never be the same! Driven by her magnetic rock ‘n’ roll energy, Arcade’s razor sharp satire is mixed live to euphoric soundscapes inspired by four decades of pop culture. A blow against the golden age of stupidity, this is a passionate and exuberant performance anthem where you can think, laugh and dance, all at the same time!
Fri 24 June | 8.30pm
IT’S A REVELATION THAT CALLS FOR REVOLUTION Adelaide Advertiser
Tickets €20
FESTIVAL
Camille O’Sullivan With a formidable international reputation for her intensely dramatic interpretations of the songs of Brel, Cave, Waits, Bowie and more, Camille has stunned audiences with 5-star sell-out performances including Sydney Opera House, Royal Festival Hall, La Clique, Roundhouse and Later with Jools Holland. Dark, sexy, fierce and mesmerizing, Camille transforms each song she performs into an intense, emotional experience. Expect joy and pure passion.
Tickets €25
Sat 25 June | 8.30pm A MAJOR STAR Scotsman
A MASTERCLASS IN LIVING A LYRIC - MESMERISING Mail on Sunday
FESTIVAL
Metta Theatre presents
Jungle Book This spectacular new production from the award-winning Metta Theatre brings Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale crashing into the 21st century with breath-taking street dance, circus and rap. Mowgli is finding her way in the urban jungle. With a beat-boxing bin-man Baloo, graffiti artist Bagheera and a skateboarding Wolf crew, this heart-warming coming of age story will astonish and amaze audiences. Featuring jaw-dropping tricks from an extraordinary cast of international performers, including alumni of both Cirque Du Soleil and ZooNation, this is a show for everyone from 8 to 108!
FOR ALL ITS ASTONISHING CHOREOGRAPHY, THE SHOW FEELS LIKE IT HAS BEEN CREATED WITH THE PUBLIC IN MIND – IT IS FOR EVERYONE The Reviews Hub
Tickets €20 | Concession €18 | Family Price €70 (4 tickets)
Fri 17 – Tue 21 June 7pm (excl. Mon 20) Sat 18 June | 2pm
A GLORIOUSLY COMIC BREAKDANCING BALOO...THE CAST, RICH IN EDGY DANCE AND CIRCUS EXPERIENCE, ARE REMARKABLE Libby Purves (The Guardian)
DRAMA
Decadent Theatre Company, in association with Town Hall Theatre Galway, the Everyman Cork, and Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire presents
The Weir BY CONOR MCPHERSON On a stormy night in Brendan’s pub, isolated above a Leitrim town, the men are gathering for their daily pint. The arrival of a stranger in their midst – a beautiful woman – spurs them to impress her with stories. They are stories of souls past, spirits present and spectres unforeseen. One story, however, is more haunting, more sinister and more real than any of them could have foreseen. Quietly compelling and strangely chilling, The Weir is the perfect story for a summer’s night. Decadent’s production marks a major Irish revival and national tour of this undoubted modern classic.
Mon 27 June – Sat 2 July 8pm
A MASTERPIECE The Guardian
A HAIR-RAISING SCRIPT The Times
BEAUTIFUL AND DEVIOUS The New York Times
WINNER OF AN OLIVIER AWARD FOR BEST NEW PLAY WINNER OF THE EVENING STANDARD & CRITICS’ CIRCLE AWARDS FOR BEST NEW PLAY
Tickets €26 | Concession €23 | Students €9
Post show talk Mon 27 June
DRAMA
The Everyman presents
The Factory Girls BY FRANK MCGUINNESS The Factory Girls tells the story of five working women: hardy ringleader Ellen and factory veteran Una, sharp-tongued Vera, dark horse Rebecca and baby of the bunch, Rosemary. Under the threat of devastating job loss, the “girls” take matters in to their own hands. During the course of their adventure, they discover who and what really counts when the chips are down. Set in the recessionary early 80’s, the play still resonates with so much of what affects us politically, socially, and personally; recession, redundancies, lay-offs and the power of collective action. The play was the stunning debut of Frank McGuinness, one of Ireland’s greatest living playwrights, and was first produced in 1982. Presented by the same team that brought you Brian Friel’s Lovers in 2015, The Factory Girls will feature a superb ensemble cast who will deliver every ounce of wit and banter that gives this wonderful play its real joy.
Tickets €26 | Concession €23 | Students €9 | Opening Week €20
©Irish Examiner/Evening Echo
Wed 13 – Sat 30 July 8pm (excl. Sun 17 & 24)
DIRECTED BY JULIE KELLEHER
Post show talk Tue 26 July
MUSIC from the Noun Project
Two and a Half Tenors Be transported on a spellbinding musical journey from Venice to Vegas with Ireland’s leading “Operatainers” Derek Ryan 6’4’’, Ryan Morgan 6’7’’ and Nyle Wolfe 5’6’’ and special guest star soprano, Jean Wallace. Singing your favourite songs from opera, Broadway and swing, The Two and Half Tenors are world class singers who love to entertain. Together they will delight you with such popular favourites as My Way, Quando me’n vo, Granada, Ain’t that a Kick in the Head, Maria, Mack the Knife, The Fields of Athenry and many, many more.
Sun 24 July | 8pm
Direct from their sell-out debut at the National Concert Hall
Tickets €25
COMEDY
Des Bishop - Grey Matters The fantasy of everlasting youth dyed with Des’s last purchase of Just for Men over a year ago. Now he is embracing the Grey and letting the wisdom of his years inspire his stand up. Grey Matters tackles the issues confronting Des these days, returning to live in New York, being surrounded by other people’s kids, gender and marriage equality, the dangers of snapchat, dating a Chinese woman and the prospect of reaching 40! Early booking is advised as tickets are selling fast! Tickets €27
Sun 31 July | 8pm
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
PUPPETRY
Green Ginger presents
Outpost If you’re drunk on power can you ever sober up? Luis and BK are stationed at a remote border crossing between their two countries. Luis believes in order and discipline. BK believes in taking things easy. And he believes that somewhere out there, mysterious creatures roam the desert. The chance discovery of a strange other-world takes the two guards on a journey into the dark heart of politics, tyranny and murder. Absurd comedy and grotesque puppetry combine to explore nationalism, leadership and the terrible consequences of using another man’s toilet, in a 65-minute show for audiences aged 12+. Co-produced with Tobacco Factory Theatres & Nordland Visual Theatre Age recommendation 12+
Tickets €12 | Family Price €40 (4 tickets)
Sat 6 & Sun 7 Aug | 7pm POWERFUL Total Theatre
ASTONISHING The Stage
DRAMA
The Matchmaker
Mon 8 – Sat 13 Aug 8pm
BY JOHN B. KEANE Following a sell-out national tour, The Matchmaker returns to the Everyman this Summer.
STARRING JON KENNY & MARY MCEVOY
One of Ireland’s greatest comedic talents Jon Kenny comes together with legendary Irish actor Mary McEvoy in a revival of Michael Scott’s iconic production of The Matchmaker.
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL SCOTT
John B. Keane’s hilarious hit play follows the efforts of Dicky Mick Dicky O’ Connor to make matches for the lonely and lovelorn from all parts of the country. At the centre of this celebrated production is John B. Keane’s marvellous mischievous wit coupled with his unparalleled way with words. John B. Keane takes us back to a simpler time, when even phones were few and far between and the only web was one left behind by spiders.
Tickets €26 | Concession €23 | Students €9
AS RELEVANT AND FUNNY TODAY AS EVER Irish Independent
DRAMA
Noggin Theatre Company presents
Violet Gibson
The Woman Who Shot Mussolini
Tue 16 – Sat 20 Aug 8pm
BY ALICE BARRY In 1926 Irish aristocrat Violet Gibson (aged 49) shot Benito Mussolini, the Italian Prime Minister. ‘Fancy, a woman!’ Benito exclaimed, making light at having been shot by this insignificant little old lady. Everyone except Violet thought it was madness. Her fate hinged on whether she would stand trial as a political criminal or be declared insane. We hear Violet’s account of her absurd life governed by illness, death and the shackles of a male-dominated Victorian society. Her questioning nature will not let her fiddle and twiddle her days away with nosegays and needlepoint, and like Florence Nightingale she strives to achieve something meaningful in her life. Psychological exploration brings her to religion and moral obligation. Is Violet mad, bad or neither? Can society benefit by listening to the people who stand alone and bold? The play explores the dangers of demoralizing citizens by creating minorities, and the instability of moral judgement.
DIRECTED BY JASON BYRNE A VISIONARY ESPOUSING A MORE DRAMATIC, INTERESTING AND INFLUENTIAL ROLE FOR WOMEN IN SOCIETY Evening Echo
Tickets €20 | Concession €18 | Students €9
Post show talk Wed 17 Aug
DRAMA
Patrick Talbot Productions presents
A Great Arrangement BY PATRICK TALBOT Michael Collins, Kitty Kiernan and the forging of a nation. As the War of Independence plays out in 1921 and Michael Collins and the Irish delegation head to London to negotiate the Anglo-Irish Treaty, one of the great love stories of Irish history develops. Drawing from the legendary correspondence between Michael Collins and Kitty Kiernan, Collin’s compelling speeches, the gripping Dail debate on the Treaty and contemporaneous newspaper accounts of events; A Great Arrangement presents a vivid portrait of a unique couple and a divided country at an extraordinary time. Starring Dominic MacHale as Michael Collins, Irene Kelleher as Kitty Kiernan with Mark D’Aughton, Michael Grennell and Paula McGlinchy.
Tickets €26 | Concession €23 | Students €9
Mon 22 Aug – Sat 3 Sept 8pm (excl. Fri 26) PARADES HISTORY BEFORE US WITH EXTRAORDINARY CREDIBILITY AND GREAT HUMANITY Sunday Independent
ENGROSSING, ENTERTAINING, DRAMATIC Evening Echo
DIRECTED BY PATRICK TALBOT
Post show talk Tue 23 Aug
MUSIC from the Noun Project
Don Baker & Clara Rose Don Baker, renowned bluesman, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player has joined forces with emerging unique vocalist and songwriter, Clara Rose to create an unforgettable show featuring their own music and collaborations from their new album, “Baker Rose”.
Fri 26 Aug | 8pm
In their show they present their new collaborative album of original blues and home-grown country roots which promises to be a gorgeous exponent of the genres in this collaboration of ‘kindred spirits’. Tickets €20
DRAMA
Keegan Theatre Company presents
American Buffalo BY DAVID MAMET In a Chicago junk shop, three small-time crooks plot to rob a man of his coin collection, the showpiece of which is a valuable “Buffalonickel.” The three conspirators fancy themselves as businessmen pursuing the legitimate concerns of free enterprise but in reality, they are merely small-time crooks, and all of their plotting amounts to nothing in the end. Tickets €26 | Concession €23 | Students €9
Thu 8 - Sat 10 Sept 8pm GRIPPING DRAMA The New York Times
OPERA
The Everyman presents
The Nightingale and The Rose Sun 11 Sept | 8pm
BY JOHN O’BRIEN We are enormously proud to present the world premiere concert performance of a brand new opera by John O’Brien, inspired by Oscar Wilde’s timeless story, The Nightingale and the Rose. For the last year or more, John O’Brien, conductor and musical director of Everyman operas such as Pagliacci and Faust, has been working on this beautiful new composition. In this very special one-off concert performance, we gather together some of the finest singers and musicians, in partnership with Cork Orchestral Society, to give this music its first breath. This is an extraordinary chance to be present at the first presentation of a work which we hope ultimately can be brought to full production.
STARRING CARA O’SULLIVAN
WORLD PREMIERE
Tickets €30 | €25 | €15 DRAMA
Prime Cut Productions presents
Scorch
BY STACEY GREGG For those who don’t feel like they’re in the right life, on-line is a place to be yourself. “Happiness. Aching, constant, consuming - on there it’s more real than real life. I’m honest on there. I’m being honest.” Out in the real world though, things can be very different. A story of first love through the eyes of a gender-curious teen Scorch examines how the human story often gets lost amidst the headlines.
BEST NEW PLAY – IRISH TIMES THEATRE AWARDS 2015 Tickets €22 | Concession €20 | Students €9
Mon 12 – Sat 17 Sept | 8pm A COMPELLING LOOK AT TEENAGE IDENTITY The Irish Times Please note capacity is limited as the audience will be seated on the Everyman stage.
Post show talk Tue 13 Sept
DRAMA
Disco Pigs BY ENDA WALSH Born seconds apart, Darren and Sinead, aka Pig and Runt, live in a fantasy world all of their own in Cork City. Trash TV, disco beats and a load of cheap booze have fuelled this obsessive friendship. But as they go for their 17th birthday binge, reality violently collides with their fantasy and their world begins to crumble. Disco Pigs is a furious, funny and violent dash through a lifelong friendship at the moment of its savage destruction. This production first played a sell out extended run at the Young Vic Theatre in 2011. Enda Walsh’s credits include Once (recently in the West End) and Chatroom, Misterman and Ballyturk at the National Theatre. His screen credits include Hunger, directed by Steve McQueen.
Tickets €22 | Concession €20 | Students €9
Mon 19 – Thu 22 Sept 8pm THRILLING VIGOUR AND JABBERING ENERGY … KICKASS PERFORMANCES Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
FUNNY AND TERRIFYING AT THE SAME TIME, DISCO PIGS IS SUPERB The Independent
COMEDY
Cork Comedy Festival presents
Foil, Arms and Hog Ireland’s top comedy trio present their very first Everyman show following sell out runs at the Dublin and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals. With over 4 million hits on YouTube, five exclusives on American comedy website Funny or Die and an endorsement from Rowan Atkinson, Foil Arms and Hog are one of the country’s finest comedy prospects. This brand new escapade will showcase a delicious blend of bizarre, surreal and hilarious comedy scenes with outrageous characters and unexpected twists.
Fri 23 Sept | 8pm The Irish Times Presented in association with City Limits
Tickets €18
MUSIC from the Noun Project
The Everyman Sunday Songbook
Sweethearts: the story of Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald From the moment they appeared together on the big screen, their millions of fans christened Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald “The Singing Sweethearts”. Join Damian Smith and Linda Kenny, our Everyman Songbook Band (MD Alan Carney), our Grand Master of Ceremonies Michael Twomey, and special guests The Carrigaline Singers, as they celebrate that love with a night of delicious songs such as Lover Come Back To Me, The Indian Love Call, I’ll See You Again, Stout-Hearted Men, Wanting You. And as one glorious hit follows another, we shall trace the story of the screen’s sweetest lovers as it has never been revealed before! Tickets €20
Sun 2 Oct | 7.30pm
DRAMA
Druid presents
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Mon 26 Sept – Sat 1 Oct 8pm
BY MARTIN MCDONAGH
PLEASE AVAIL YOURSELF, AND BRACE YOURSELF, FOR THE VIRTUOSIC TURBULENCE OF ONE OF MODERN THEATER’S MOST GIDDILY DIABOLICAL MINDS
The Beauty Queen of Leenane is set in the mountains of Connemara and tells the story of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman in her early 40s, and Mag, her manipulative, aging mother. Mag’s interference in Maureen’s first and potentially last romantic relationship sets in motion a chain of events that are as tragically funny as they are horrific. Druid returns with the brilliantly subversive play on the twentieth anniversary of its debut. Multi award-winning Garry Hynes will direct the production with the stellar cast of Marie Mullen, Aisling O’Sullivan, Marty Rea and Aaron Monaghan.
The Washington Post
DIRECTED BY GARRY HYNES
Tickets €30 | Concession €27 | Students €15 (limited availability)
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PANTO The Everyman and CADA present
How well do you know the secrets of the woods? Take our little quiz and test your knowledge… There is a little girl who lives in the woods and everywhere she does she wears a special garment. Is it a) A red riding hood b) A big blue diving suit c) A black leather jacket
CORK’S FAVOURITE TRADITIONAL PANTO
She likes to go into the woods, but who does she go to visit? a) Aladdin’s cave b) Granny’s house c) The local Hollister outlet But our little friend must be careful if she is not to be a) Tricked into buying magic beans b) Eaten by the Big Bad Wolf c) Featured in the Late Late Toy Show
Cork’s Favourite TRADITIONAL PANTO
Did you get two out of three? Good for you! You have passed the test, but will Red Riding Hood pass hers? Will she get to Granny’s house safely? Or will she be eaten by the Big Bad Wolf? Only time will tell…
DIRECTED BY CATHERINE MAHON-BUCKLEY
From Sat 10 Dec Check website for full performance schedule
Tickets €26 | Family Price €95 (4 tickets) | Magic Monday €17Cork’s Favou For group bookings contact groups@everymancork.com
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Our fundraising manager will be delighted to speak with you further about the various ways to support the Everyman, please contact Anna Marie Coughlan at annamarie@everymancork.com or 021 4501673
BUYING YOUR TICKETS
www.everymancork.com | Tel. 021 450 1673 Box Office, The Everyman, 15 MacCurtain Street, Cork (Please note a booking fee of €2.50 per ticket applies to telephone and online bookings, this includes each ticket in the family price)
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Concession Tickets Available to senior citizens (Over 65s), full time students and the unemployed for many performances. Student Tickets from €9
Available to full time students for many performances.
Group Bookings Special ticket discounts available to groups of ten or more for selected shows. Reserve now – pay later – no booking fees apply!
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BOX OFFICE OPENING HOURS MONDAY – SATURDAY | 12pm to 7.30pm (5pm non-performance days) SUNDAY & BANK HOLIDAYS | 4pm to 7.30pm (performance days only)
ACCESSIBILITY The theatre is wheelchair accessible with an adapted w.c. There is one designated parking space outside the front door. Please advise box office at time of booking if you have any access requirements.
The Everyman is one of Ireland’s leading middle scale presenting and producing theatres. Originally opened in 1897, it is the oldest purpose built theatre building in Cork. A jewel of late Victorian architecture, the theatre is steeped in history and is a favourite with audiences and performers alike for its intimacy and atmosphere.
THE PALACE BAR
The Palace Bar is the perfect venue for your pre-show drink and opens each performance night at 7pm. Enjoy a beverage of your choice in the intimate surroundings of this beautiful little gem. Please note we take interval orders before the show to avoid any rush at the break. And don’t worry if you don’t finish your drink in the time allowed, we will look after it until the end of the show or you can choose to take it with you in the plastic cups on offer. Don’t forget us after the performance as we remain open after every show to give you the chance to chat and rub shoulders with the actors and directors.
EXCHANGE & REFUND
Tickets can only be refunded in the event of a show being cancelled or a change of date and time. Tickets can be exchanged, subject to availability, for another performance within the same run up to 24 hours before the original performance booked. Exchanges are subject to an 80 cent charge per ticket up to a maximum of €4.
WEDDINGS
Would you like to get married on the stage of The Everyman? For civil weddings, give us a call and we can talk you through the possibilities.
DONATIONS You can now donate to the Everyman when booking tickets online. Every donation no matter how small can make a really big difference. The Everyman is a not for profit organisation. We rely on grant aid from government bodies, box office revenue and the generosity of individuals and business to enable us to do what we do and do it well.
PLEASE NOTE: The Everyman reserves the right to vary the advertised programme or cast if necessary. Latecomers may only be admitted at a suitable break in the performance and at the discretion of management.
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STAY CONNECTED
The Simon & Garfunkel Story Fruitcake Circus of Horrors Puckoon Hello Dolly! Tales of the Unseen Karen Underwood and Friends No Borders Widow’s Paradise A Night in Venice Cork City Ballet Welcome to Wonderland Jungle Book Penny Arcade Beyond the Snug - Dorm Camille O’Sullivan The Weir The Factory Girls Two and a Half Tenors Des Bishop Cork Puppetry Festival The Matchmaker Violet Gibson A Great Arrangement Don Baker & Clara Rose American Buffalo The Nightingale and the Rose Scorch Disco Pigs Foil, Arms and Hog The Beauty Queen of Leenane The Everyman Sunday Songbook Red Riding Hood
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