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What's On

Join us in Cork from 12 - 21 June 2026!

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

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Fugit Book Now
Kamchàtka

Fugit

Theatre

Theatre & Dance Beyond The Stage

Step into a world where the lines between audience and
participant blur.

€25 / €22

The Homecoming Of Joseph Grace Book Now
Deirdre Kinahan

The Homecoming Of Joseph Grace

Theatre

Theatre & Dance Beyond The Stage

A tender, disarming and unexpected new drama by Deirdre Kinahan (The Saviour, Tempesta).

€25 / €20

Pool No Waterr Book Now
Mark Ravenhill

Pool (No Water)

Theatre

Theatre & Dance Beyond The Stage

“I suppose it was one of the happiest nights of my life.” A group of artists, a trip abroad, an event that distorts everything. 

€25

Drink Rum With Ex Pats Book Now
Sh!t Theatre

Drink Rum With Ex-Pats

Theatre

Theatre & Dance Beyond The Stage

This is a true story. It’s a few summers ago and a Maltese producer invites Sh!t Theatre out to her island paradise for Valletta European Capital of Culture...

€22 / €18

Process 2026 More Info

Process at Cork Theatre Collective

Theatre

Theatre & Dance Beyond The Stage

Cork Theatre Collective, in collaboration with Cork Midsummer Festival, throws open the doors to the next wave of theatre-makers.

Distillation Book Now
Luke Casserly

Distillation

Theatre

Theatre & Dance Beyond The Stage

A multi-sensory performance that transports audiences to the Irish bog landscape through scent.

€20 / €18

0800 CUPID Hero Image Eoin Greally and Niall Sweeney 1 1 Book Now
THISISPOPBABY

0800 Cupid

Theatre

Theatre & Dance On Stage

Nightlife gatecrash, raucous cabaret and musical extravaganza; 0800 CUPID is a genre-defying queer countercultural opus from THISISPOPBABY that fizzes between performance and reality.

€26 - €32

The Lost Tapes of Lydia Howell Book Now
Ray Scannell

The Lost Tapes Of Lydia Howell

Theatre

Theatre & Dance On Stage

A listening party for a forgotten musician.

€25 / €20

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Nick Payne

Constellations

Theatre

Theatre & Dance On Stage

“One drink. And if you never want to see me again you never have to see me again.”

€24 / €20

Everyman Up Front The Everyman Cork 20 21 Jun 2026 Book Now
The Everyman

Everyman Up Front

Theatre

Theatre & Dance On Stage

Readings of bold new plays on The Everyman forestage.

House Work Book Now
Áine Ní Laoghaire

HouseWork

Theatre

Theatre & Dance On Stage

A love letter to House and the women who shaped it.

€20 / €18

The Warm Up Book Now
Jane Deasy

The Warm Up

Theatre / Music

Music

A music theatre performance based on a live recording of actors warming up before the opening night of a show.

€20 / €18

DIGNITY Book Now
Amanda Coogan

Dignity

Theatre / Participation

Participation

This brilliant collaboration returns to present their fascination with the work of deaf writer Teresa Deevy, adapting one of her most enduring radio plays in this centennial year of Radio Éireann.

€22 / €15

Edited 2 Book Now
Al Bellamy & Aoife King

Stimphony

Theatre / Music / Participation

Participation

How does it feel to be us? More importantly, how does it sound? How do we hear Joy? Fear? Pride? Grief? There is music in all of us, and melodies come from surprising places.

€15 / €12

Young Critics More Info
Youth Theatre Ireland

Young Critics Panel

Theatre / Participation

Participation

The Young Critics are coming to Cork! One of Youth Theatre Ireland’s most popular and innovative programmes, the Young Critics recruits 14 young people from youth theatres across the country.

Free

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