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  • IN PERSON
    Festival Box Office
    5th June onwards,
    Mon - Sat 11am - 6pm,
    and Sun 11am - 6pm
    (during the Festival only)

  • BY PHONE
    021 4215159
    From 14 May.
    Priority booking for
    Patrons and Friends from 4 May.

  • ONLINE
    From 14 May.
    Priority booking for
    Patrons and Friends from 4 May.

  • AT THE VENUES
    Cork Opera House,
    Triskel Christchurch,
    Everyman Palace Theatre,
    Firkin Crane

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Rian

21 June – 23 June

“One of the most daring and highly 
 original dance theatre companies in 
 the world”  The Times (UK) ...

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Starlight

21 June – 24 June

Starlight is a new performance by leading Irish choreographer Fearghus Ó Conchúir that surprises its audience with its...

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What The Folk!

21 June – 1 July

“What the Folk! gives us nostalgia in unembarrassed spades, there is an infectious sincerity in this charming authentic and...

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Ciudades Paralelas: Factory: La Fabrica

21 June – 1 July

In the old days, cities were built around factories. Today, the factories are built far outside the city boundaries. The...

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Berlin Love Tour

19 June – 30 June

“Berlin and love are beautifully, even painfully evoked.” ★★★★ The Irish Times   Welcome to Berlin! Walk through this...

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Adventures of a Music Nerd: 1 Guy, 2 World Cups

22 June – 30 June

“Such an amiable host that rarely a moment of the hour long show passes without a chuckle.” jimihair...

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Ciudades Paralelas: Parallel Cities

21 June – 1 July

Hotel rooms, shopping centres, factories... these are functional places, not usually thought of as interesting to the outside eye. But...

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Ciudades Parales: Court: In the Name of the People

26 June – 29 June

The entrance halls of court buildings are often among the most impressive examples of a city’s architecture. The...

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Ciudades Paralelas: Shopping Centre: The First International of Shopping Malls

23 June – 1 July

The shopping mall is a utopian place. It’s like a whole city is assembled in an idealised form...

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Ciudades Paralelas: House: Prime Time

21 June – 29 June

In Prime Time, we visit an apartment block. Standing outside and wearing headphones, we watch what happens on several floors...

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Ciudades Paralelas: Library: The Quiet Volume

21 June – 30 June

Sitting side-by-side. Via headphones, Ant Hampton and Tim Etchells whisper to us over the silence of a library reading-room. Taking...

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Ciudades Paralelas: Station: Sometimes I Think I Can See You

22 June – 30 June

A train station. Three authors observe the space from various perspectives. Typing into their laptops, they write, live, about what...

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Ciudades Paralelas: Hotel: Chamber Maids

21 June – 1 July

Hotels are the same the world over. Guests spend the night in anonymous rooms where anonymous beings make our beds,...

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Ciudades Paralelas: Rooftop: Review

21 June – 30 June

On summer nights rooftops become living spaces. Halfway between the distant street noise and the thick urban glow above, the...

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Silent

21 June – 30 June

“a must-see if ever there was one” ★★★★★ The List Homeless McGoldrig once had splendid things. But he has...

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The Museum of Incest

10 May – 27 June

The Crawford Art Gallery is pleased to present, for the first time in Ireland, the British/Japanese artist Simon Fujiwara....

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RECORD

22 June – 30 June

“fearless, willing to shed all inhibitions to satisfy his vision…the creator of audacious and inspired theatrical experiences...

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Burke + Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan

20 April – 30 June

In 2010, internationally acclaimed photographer Simon Norfolk began a series of photographs in Afghanistan, which takes its cue from the work...

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The Sacred Modernist: Josef Albers as a Catholic Artist

5 April – 8 July

Curated by Nicholas Fox Weber, Director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, this exhibition presents the work of the...

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Inductive Probability: A Retrospective

16 June – 29 July

This exhibition covers twenty years’ worth of Paul Gregg’s perennially sited machines. Gregg’s work has...

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Drift

30 June

A new work by artist Mark Garry in collaboration with composer Seán Carpio, a live sound art performance...

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The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly

28 June – 1 July

“The Theatrical Equivalent of going to bed on Christmas Eve.” The Sunday Times Peggy O&rsquo...

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Kindur—The Adventurous Life of Icelandic Sheep

21 June – 23 June

“Entertaining… Great fun on multiple levels… Kindur offers insights to participants of all ages.” Time...

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Hungry Tea

26 June – 30 June

“...Mark Storor, who doesn’t so much rehearse theatre in a traditional manner as create an alchemical process"...

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White

21 June – 26 June

“An utter delight no matter what your age“ The Times Welcome to the beautifully strange world of White....

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DOOR

21 June – 24 June

Over four days, two musicians carry an unusual door around Cork city. Watch out for them... Composer George Higgs has...

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Pagliacci

20 June – 26 June

“The Irish Superstar of her generation.” The Irish Times on Cara O’Sullivan Featuring a talented company...

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30 Years On Song

30 June

One of the joys of being human is that we have the right to interpret, to view creations from centuries...

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a:Volution

30 June – 1 July

A series of events in verse unfold in a unique electro-acoustic chamber music setting, where a specially chosen contemporary chamber...

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Bowerbird: Modern Folk & Beyond

29 June – 30 June

An exploration of the folk tradition in 2012, Bowerbird brings a remarkable group of artists to Cork for...

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Small Moments

27 June

“There’s an otherness at work here, an ability to subvert prettiness and a knack for bending a...

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Moon

25 June – 25 June

The Apollo 11 Moon Landing as you have never experienced it before: a play of light, images and live music in...

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Resound

24 June

Resound brings together the creative talents of six diverse musicians, two visual artists and a poet. Inspired by collaborations throughout...

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The Sinking of the Titanic

23 June – 23 June

“Devastatingly poignant.” ★★★★★ Uncut A timeless and moving musical experience on the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. Composed...

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Féasta: The Festival Market

23 June – 1 July

At Féasta, expect plenty of local produce lining the pavements of Patrick’s Street. Delicious artisan foods...

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The Reading Room

21 June – 5 July

A collaborative project which strives to stretch the possibilities of what can be achieved in the organisation and presentation of...

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The Memory Room

25 June – 29 June

The Memory Room is a new publication (published by Farpoint Recordings) and sound and visual installation by pioneering Irish sound...

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Strange Attractor

30 June

“The finest experimental improv in the country at present” Bernard Clarke, Lyric FM Strange Attractor (Anthony Kelly, Danny...

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The Trailblaze Sunday Service

1 July

We need a population that is willing to rock the boat, stand up and be non-compliant with the status quo....

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Festival Nights at the TDC

22 June – 30 June

Festival Nights at the TDC is an exciting new performance club, presenting up to 12 new works a night in a...

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The Stars of Bel Air

29 June

Corcadorca’s rehearsed reading of The Stars of Bel Air a new play by Irish playwright and novelist Pat...

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Festival Workshops

19 June – 1 July

Professional Dance Class with guest teacher Fearghus Ó Conchúir and company dancers 19 June, Firkin Crane, 10am-noon €7, €5...

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Solstice / This Is Tough Love Everybody Residency

27 June – 1 July

Solstice returns for 2012 with some of the brightest talents and freshest voices from the performing and visual arts with theatre,...

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