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2025 Programme

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Helios Book Now
Luke Jerram

Helios

Visual Art / Opening Event

Experience the Sun like never before at St Fin Barre's Cathedral.

€8 / €7 concession**, plus booking fee

Les Girafes More Info
Compagnie OFF

Les Girafes: An Animal Operetta

Spectacle / Closing Event

Prepare to be amazed as seven towering red giraffes gracefully parade through Cork's city centre, led by a captivating operatic Diva.

Free

Dear Laila 2 Book Now
Basel Zaraa

Dear Laila

Installation

Installations

An intimate, one-to-one installation that invites you to step into a world lost to war—but still alive in memory.

€8

Second Woman website Book Now
Nat Randall & Anna Breckon

The Second Woman

Theatre / 24-Hour Event

One Woman. One Scene. One Hundred Times. One 24-Hour Performance - starring Eileen Walsh.

€20 - €55 (entry slots available at different times)

Burnout Paradise Book Now
Pony Cam

Burnout Paradise

Theatre

International Theatre & Dance

Four performers. Four treadmills. One relentless, spiralling challenge.

€22 / €18

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Western Frequencies

Claudia Rankine

Literature

Literature

Join us at the Glucksman for a special event with Claudia Rankine, New York Times bestselling poet and MacArthur ‘Genius’ Award recipient.

€15

Ca Bubble Book Now
Beag Early Years Arts

CaBubble

Participation

Participation

CaBubble is a magical, multi-sensory play experience designed especially for babies (0–1year) and their grown-ups.

€10 (per child)
Graffiti Theatre

Nest house 1 Book Now
Amanda Feery

NEST

Music

Music

NEST is a Mass for the Tenant. A powerful live performance honouring our deep, often sacred connection to home - even when those in power treat it as disposable.

€15 / €13

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