Everyman Up Front

As part of their commitment to artists and the development of new work, The Everyman has several playwrights under commission. This year, as part of Cork Midsummer Festival, The Everyman will present up-close readings of never-before-heard plays by some of these writers.

Comrade by Bob Kelly (1pm, 20 June - 90 mins)
Ireland and Russia. Michael Collins and the Romanovs. The last days of an old country and a state about to begin. Comrade is a moving and intimate play about friendship, loyalty and the personal cost of revolution.

Bob Kelly is an actor and theatre-maker trained at the Ecole Internationale de Jacques Lecoq in Paris and has written for Landmark Productions, Blue Raincoat and Hawk’s Well Theatre.

Something Borrowed by Irene Kelleher (4pm, 20 June - 70 mins)
It’s just a wedding morning, what could go wrong? In Something Borrowed, everything. As Simone prepares to marry her “perfect” partner, one simple question cracks everything open. With a house full of clashing personalities and chaos mounting by the minute, this dark comedy tears into the myth of happily ever after with wit, bite and glorious chaos.

Irene Kelleher is a Cork-based playwright and actor whose acclaimed work includes Mary and Me and Gone Full Havisham, with multiple awards and international presentations.

Double by Tommy Harris (3.30pm, 21 June - 90 mins)
Cork, 1990. Double is about a family reunited as the county chases a historic achievement. Tommy Harris’s new play is a comedy-drama about family, fallout and something more important than life or death... sport.

Tommy Harris is an actor and writer from Cork and a nominee for Fishamble’s New Writing Award in 2024 for his debut one-man show Happy Capital.