In 2009 Cork Midsummer Festival and Granary Theatre Cork commissioned the Belgian director Pol Heyvaert of CAMPO to undertake a workshop in Cork with 20 teenagers with no acting experience and during the two weeks of the 2009 festival Pol, his dramaturge Bart Capelle, 20 teenage performers and a teenage creative team explored the theme of being a member of the new Irish generation. The result of this was Out of Order, a powerful, darkly humorous and innovative performance piece.
The good news is that Out of Order is back for a full production for the 2010 festival, reinvented as FML (Fuck my Life). We don’t want to give too much away just yet but here’s a little sneak peek of what the group have been up to over the winter holidays …
Mimic Goes Stateside
Cork Midsummer Festival, with the support of Culture Ireland, is delighted to bring Mimic to New York running at Performance Space 122 from Friday January 8th to Sunday January 17th as part of COIL 2010. First performed at Cork Midsummer Festival in June 2007, Mimic then played at the Galway and Kilkenny Arts Festivals, and the Dublin Fringe Festival. It was revived at Cork Midsummer Festival 2009 as part of the festival’s first International Showcase.
Written, composed and performed by Raymond Scannell (awarded Best Male Performer at Dublin Fringe Festival) Mimic is a poetic and extraordinarily prescient solo performance about a culture in economic and spiritual freefall. Mimic is a story about a young man, Julian Neary, who becomes a professional Mimic and leaves home to get out of the grip of the culture and family life of 1980’s Ireland, and about what he finds when he returns home years later. A dark satire about imitation, authenticity, and what happens to a nation that leaves its heritage behind. Director Tom Creed was recently hailed as “one of the most accomplished and productive Irish theatre-makers of the decade” by the Irish Times.
If you happen to be in the neighbourhood make sure to catch a performance of this remarkable production!
Good luck to all the cast and crew from Ireland.
http://www.ps122.org/performances/mimic.html
The Big Lebowski Experience
Wednesday 9th December 2009, Crane Lane Theatre, Phoenix St. Doors 7:30pm
The Dude is back!
Cork Midsummer Festival is delighted to present the Big Lebowski Experience in the Crane Lane Theatre where ‘the Dude’ abides!!
Join us for the whole Lebowski experience – enter the best dressed Dude & Dudette competition, win a weekend for two in the 4 star Clarion Hotel Limerick in our fundraiser raffle, and many more amazing prizes! All this before the screening of your favourite Coen Brothers cult movie! Come and join ‘the Dude’, an unemployed Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler, and his friend Walter as they get caught up in a case of mistaken identity, multi-millionaires and criminal conspiracies.
Wednesday 9th December, Crane Lane Theatre, Phoenix St
Doors are 7.30pm. Join us for fun & games before the screening. Film starts at 9pm sharp.
Tickets €10 (includes a White Russian)
Book your tickets on 021 4215131/email info@corkmidsummer.com
Also available on the door on the night.
For more information contact: Cork Midsummer Festival 021 4215131
A Cork Midsummer Festival ‘midwinter’ event! Come and support your favorite summer arts event.
The Gift Voucher for Culture Vultures!
Cork Culture Vouchers are gift vouchers that can be used with all of the companies at Civic Trust House – a single voucher can buy tickets at any of the festivals, workshops, training courses – vouchers can also be used for equipment hire and publications.
We can make the vouchers to any value you like and each one comes presented with a limited-edition artist-designed calendar with dates of the festivals highlighted.
As a special bonus, voucher holders can sign up for VIP invite lists as well as for company newsletters, so they can stay well and truly in the loop.
Gift packs of voucher & calendar are available from Civic Trust House – please call Nicki on 021 4215 101 or email info@civictrusthouse.ie for more information.
Vouchers can be redeemed for any events organised at Civic Trust House. Book your ticket through Civic Trust House or directly at the relevant booking office. You can buy a voucher securely online right here with Paypal www.civictrusthouse.ie
Vouchers can be used more than once – the remaining balance will be confirmed on your voucher by box office on redemption.
Welcome
Hello and welcome to the Cork Midsummer Festival 2009. We’ve got the perfect cure for the Midsummer blues with a fantastic 16 day programme of theatre, dance, music and art. Highlights of this year’s programme includes the AIB Street Performance World Championship, brilliant new shows from Corcadorca, Asylum productions and Hammergrin, the return of the hit show Mimic, written and performed by Raymond Scannell, and Crazy Dog Audio Theatre’s The People’s Republic of Gerry Murphy
This year’s festival is as international as ever. We have some of the hottest theatre talent from Scotland performing at the Half Moon Theatre and Fitzgerald’s Park, the amazing Sol Pico returns to Cork Opera House for the first time since her sell-out performances that opened to standing ovations at the beginning of Cork European Capital of Culture.
If you want to take part this year’s festival gives ample opportunity. Dance Marathon, in the Irish Examiner Spiegeltent, is a fantastic participatory dance show – here in Cork prior to performing at the Vancouver Olympics. If you are between the ages of 16 and 21 Out of Order is a great performance project which you get to devise and perform in.
And finally, last year’s Spencer Tunick installation is available for all to see with a stunning web exhibition. Go to www.tunickireland.com to see these amazing art works.
This year our tickets are cheaper than ever. Our average full ticket price is only €15 and to help you enjoy as much of the festival as possible take advantage of our 5 for €55 ticket offer – which will save you up to €25 were you to buy the tickets separately. 5 for €55 applies to around half of Midsummer Festival shows.
Have a great Midsummer
– The Cork Midsummer Festival team.
