23 June 2023
Be Part Sharing
Suisha Arts with Jody O’Neill & Al Bellamy
100 people representing a cross section of Cork’s population were brought together to tell their stories on stage at Cork Opera House in 100% Cork. In this theatre event, German documentary superstars Rimini Protokoll teamed up with Irish theatre director Una McKevitt to create a living, breathing portrait of Cork.
Over the four months in 2013, 100 Cork people were recruited according to specific criteria of age, gender and where they are in the city, mirroring the demographic make-up of our small but perfectly formed city.
German directing collective Rimini Protokoll (Helgard Haug, Stefan Kaegi and Daniel Wetzel) have been acclaimed around the world for their unique theatre created from everyday life. They previously presented Best Before at the 2010 Cork Midsummer Festival, and Stefan Kaegi co-curated last year’s festival hit Ciudades Paralelas / Parallel Cities. Una McKevitt is a theatre maker based in Dublin. Her previous work includes 565+, Victor & Gord, The Big Deal and Singlehood.
The Arts Council participation in the Cultural Programme to mark Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union is supported by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Supported by the Goethe Institut and the Evening Echo.
