My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

Tom Baxter Announced For Cork Opera House

By:

Tom Baxter Announced For Cork Opera House Image

Following two sold out shows in 2018 Tom Baxter returns to Cork to play the Opera House for the first time as part of 2019 Cork Folk Festival.

Last year saw the release of his album The Other Side of Blue - the first official release in a decade; Baxter's most searingly personal work to date, performed entirely solo and with gorgeous illustration on guitar and piano.

It was in 2008 that Baxter released the self-funded Skybound - the follow-up to his debut Feather & Stone - which first alerted the wider world to his singular talent for honest and emotionally immersive composition. Baxter made his name with such heart-stopping originals as 'Better', 'Almost There' and 'Day in Verona', all the while being acclaimed by peers such as Tom Waits and Rufus Wainwright.

Baxter's albums have always enveloped the listener with a delicious intensity, and so it is again on The Other Side of Blue, which takes us from the heart-wrenching title track and others such as 'For Crying Out Loud,' to the happier place that Tom now himself inhabits, expressed in the gentle optimism of 'When I'm In Your Hands.'

Theater Fans' Choice Awards
2026 Theater Fans' Choice Awards - Live Stats
Best Orchestrations - Top 3
1. Anders Eljas, Brian Usifer - Chess
22.6% of votes
2. Ethan Popp, The Rescues - The Lost Boys
20.2% of votes
3. William David Brohn - Ragtime
11.4% of votes

Need more Ireland Theatre News in your life?
Sign up for all the news on the Spring season, discounts & more...


Videos


Steve Steinman''s Bat! Bat Out of Hell 50th Anniversary Tour in Ireland Steve Steinman''s Bat! Bat Out of Hell 50th Anniversary Tour
3Olympia Theatre (10/20-10/20)
The Crucified Silence in Ireland The Crucified Silence
The Linenhall Arts Centre (5/29-5/29)
Cats in Ireland Cats
Bord Gais Energy Theatre (3/16-3/20)
Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage in Ireland Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage
Bord Gais Energy Theatre (3/02-3/13)
Murder Trial Tonight V - Death in the Family in Ireland Murder Trial Tonight V - Death in the Family
3Olympia Theatre (3/08-3/08)
Reuben Solo: Someone In This Crowd Will Betray Me in Ireland Reuben Solo: Someone In This Crowd Will Betray Me
The Sugar Club (9/03-9/03)
United We Stand Live - Andy Cole & Andy Mitten in Ireland United We Stand Live - Andy Cole & Andy Mitten
Cyprus Avenue (8/10-8/10)
Give My Head Peace in Ireland Give My Head Peace
Vicar Street (4/04-4/04)
Heathers the Musical in Ireland Heathers the Musical
Bord Gais Energy Theatre (11/17-11/21)
Twelve Angry Men in Ireland Twelve Angry Men
Bord Gais Energy Theatre (2/09-2/13)