Cork Midsummer Festival

Welcome to the 2010 Cork Midsummer Festival. This year sees an action-packed festival with 16 days and nights of the very best in theatre, dance, music and arts participation from Cork, Ireland and the entire world. We have new productions and Irish premieres taking place in every conceivable location across Cork city.

This year’s headline events include the first performance in Cork by the legendary composer Philip Glass, Corcadorca’s Plasticine and the interactive computer game performance Best Before from German theatre pioneers Rimini Protokoll. We also introduce legendary New York story-teller Mike Daisey who will be performing three of his brilliant monologues at the Half Moon Theatre.

We’ve got big shows on Cork’s biggest stages – and they don’t come much bigger than The Show Must Go On, the Irish premiere of this international smash hit created by French enfant terrible Jérôme Bel. With 18 dancers and 18 pop classics this is one of the most original and entertaining nights at the theatre you will ever experience.

At the Everyman Palace Theatre we premiere our very own production F*ck My Life – the world as seen through the eyes of a group of Cork teens. It’s been a year in its creation and after its Cork performances is set to take the world by storm in an international tour.

This year we say farewell to the Spiegeltent after five great years. Instead we have our Heineken Midsummer Nights programme at the Crane Lane Theatre and the Pavilion. There will be cabaret and comedy at the Crane Lane, and music, DJs and the Midsummer Festival Club at the Pavilion.

The Midsummer wouldn’t be the Midsummer without opportunities to take part in some great events. Join in with Danish artists Superflex when we see if the power of words can change the state of the nation in Today We Don’t Use the Word ‘Recession’, or undertake the ultimate act of trust by letting a 9 year old cut your hair in Haircuts By Children.

This year we’ve made it easier and cheaper than ever to book tickets. We see the return of the very popular 5 for 55 deal and we have done away with all booking charges on events booked through our website and over the phone as well as in person.

Have a great Midsummer! – The Cork Midsummer Festival team.

How to Book

Online booking

Links for online booking are included on each events main page. All Cork Midsummer Festival Box office events are also listed at this page with booking links for each performance

Note: From 4pm on the day of performance, tickets will no longer be available online. Limited tickets may be available on the door of the venue. Please arrive 15 minutes before the performance is due to begin.

There are a limited number of 5 for 55 tickets available for the Pavilion Shows, these are only available from the box office in person or over the phone.

Please note that The Crane Lane Theatre is a licensed premises. Patrons must be 18 years and over.

Bookings in person:

Festival Box Office at Cork Opera House, Emmett Place, Cork

Telephone Booking [2010 box office closed]

Box Office Opening Hours:

Mon – Fri, 10am – 5pm
Sat 11am – 5pm
Sun 1pm – 5pm (during festival)

Note:

Tickets for performances in Cork Opera House are only available from Cork Opera House (excluding tickets sold as part of 5 for 55 for The Show Must Go On) www.corkoperahouse.ie Tel 021 427 0022

All Cork Opera House internet and telephone bookings subject to a booking fee of €2.50 per ticket. All tickets include a €1 restoration levy.

After Sunday 27 June tickets for FML are only available from Everyman Palace Theatre www.everymanpalace.com Tel 021 4501673

Terms and Conditions

• Customers please be advised that tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded.
• Management reserves the right to cancel any performance without prior notice. In this event the tickets may be exchanged or refunded to the face value only from the original point of sale.
• Patrons must arrive at least 10 minutes before the performance is due to begin.
• Late admission is not guaranteed but will be offered whenever possible.
• Management reserves the right to refuse admission or to change the scheduled programming.