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Theatre | What's On | Cork Midsummer Festival

What's On

Thank you for joining us in Cork from 13 - 22 June 2025!

Browse our full programme below, or download and read our brochure PDF.

  • Irish Theatre & Performance
  • International Theatre & Dance
  • Visual Art
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Participation
  • Installations
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  • Theatre
  • Music
  • Dance
  • Circus
  • Spectacle
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  • Participation
  • Visual Art
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  • 24-Hour Event
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Second Woman website More Info
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)

Theatre for One Made In Cork More Info
Landmark Productions & Octopus Theatricals

Theatre for One: Made In Cork

Theatre

Irish Theatre & Performance

The iconic Theatre for One booth returns to Emmet Place as part of Cork Midsummer Festival, with a very special instalment for 2025.

Free, just join the queue

Bottlenose More Info
Oh!Scare Wilde Productions and Cork Midsummer Festival

Bottlenose: A Mystery For Modern Ireland

Theatre

Irish Theatre & Performance

Murder! Mystery! Dolphins!

€23 / €21

Stitch Image 2 Landscape Marcin Lewandowski More Info
Irene Kelleher

Stitch

Theatre

Irish Theatre & Performance

In the dim light of Pins and Needles, something dark is stirring…

€21 / €19
J. Nolan Stationary, Shandon Street

Burnout Paradise More Info
Pony Cam

Burnout Paradise

Theatre

International Theatre & Dance

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

€22 / €18

Young Critics More Info
Youth Theatre Ireland

Young Critics Forum

Theatre

Participation

Free

The Black Wolfe Tone More Info
Kwaku Fortune

The Black Wolfe Tone

Theatre

Irish Theatre & Performance

A young man on the edge. A past that won't let go.

€25 / €23

Escaped Alone Webpage More Info
Caryl Churchill

Escaped Alone

Theatre

Irish Theatre & Performance

New work from one of Ireland's leading theatre companies, directed by Annabelle Comyn

€25 - €28

Time and Time Again More Info
Gabriela Mayer and Regina Crowley

Time and Time Again

Theatre / Music

Installations

Step out of the rush and into a world suspended. Time and Time Again is an immersive sound and theatre installation that invites you to slow down, listen deeply, and reflect on the mysterious flow of time.

€10

Footnote More Info
Irene Kelleher

Footnote

Theatre

Irish Theatre & Performance

Noreen Gilhooly is the daughter of a celebrated poet wrestling with her own literary ambitions.

Opposite of Queer Trauma More Info
Yvon Bonenfant with Candy Warhol

The Opposite of Queer Trauma

Theatre / Music

Participation

This is no ordinary performance.

€10

Songs and Souls More Info
Deirdre Kinahan and Steve Wickham

Songs and Souls

Theatre / Music

Irish Theatre & Performance

A moving, riotous celebration of character, music, and storytelling.

Radio Resistors More Info
Action Hero

Rebel Resistors Radio Club

Theatre

Participation

Twelve Cork girls take control of the airwaves in this bold DIY performance project.

Free

Process 2 More Info
Cork Theatre Collective and Cork Midsummer Festival

Process

Theatre

A series of work in progress sharings at Cork Theatre Collective Studio at Triskel Arts Centre, supported by Cork Midsummer Festival and Cork Theatre Collective.

Process Workshops 1 More Info
Cork Theatre Collective and Cork Midsummer Festival

Process - Talks & Workshops

Theatre

Cork Theatre Collective present a series of insightful and participatory workshops and talks with a selection of artists from this year's festival programme.

Free events, booking required directly through Cork Theatre Collective
Cork Theatre Collective Studio at Triskel Arts Centre

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